Celebrity chef Curtis Stone, and his partner, American actress Lindsay Price, welcomed a son on November 6, who is believed to have been named Hudson. Hudson Stone was born in the United States.

Curtis Stone has worked in restaurants around the world, and presented cooking programmes in Australia, the UK and the US. He is currently the host of American reality TV show Top Chef Masters, and is the face of Coles supermarkets.

Lindsay Price is probably best-known for her role as Janet Sosna on teen drama series Beverley Hills 90210, although she has been in several familiar soaps and comedy series, such as The Bold and the Beautiful and How I Met Your Mother.

Curtis and Lindsay have been dating since 2009 and are currently based in Los Angeles.

(Story and photo from The Herald Sun, November 22 2011)

Breakfast radio host Hayley Pearson, and her husband Jimmy Worthington, welcomed their first child on November 3; a son named Austin Bob. Austin Worthington was born at 5:43 am weighing 3.1 kg (7 pounds). Hayley and Jimmy married in 2007, planned to start a family at the end of the year, and were instantly successful in their efforts.

Hayley is co-host of the breakfast radio show on SAFM in Adelaide, has appeared on television several times, and was even an extra in a movie. In 2007, Hayley was lured to Nova in Melbourne when they heard that her weekend hobby was making fun of “silly bogan names” she read in birth announcements.

In May, Hayley revealed that she and Jimmy were arguing about what to call the baby; she has been planning baby names since she was in high school and already had a list ready to go, but Jimmy “screwed his nose up” at most of them. She made it clear that she would not be revealing the baby name in advance. SAFM jokingly referred to Austin as “Darren” – presumably because they consider it to be a “silly bogan name”.

I am reminded of two other breakfast radio hosts who became parents this year, in regard to baby names. Firstly, Ross Stevenson from 3AW in Melbourne, who often makes fun of celebrity baby names and names with unconventional spellings on his show, and whose colleagues made up a fake name for the new baby. And secondly, Emily-Jade O’Keefe from Triple M in Brisbane, who had also been planning baby names since high school.

It seems that breakfast radio hosts have a bit of a bee in their bonnets on the subject of baby names, which makes them perfect fodder for (and possibly even perfect readers of) this blog. Ross and Emily-Jade both chose names which have been featured on Waltzing More Than Matilda, while Hayley picked a name mentioned in one of the Midweek Sibsets.

(Story and photo from SAFM website)

Recently we featured new babies from The Farmer Wants a Wife, and here is another. Rob Hodges runs a beef and sheep farm in Mount Gambier, South Australia, and Jo Fincham was a newspaper photographer from Melbourne when they met on the second season of the rural dating show. Rob and Jo have been married for eighteen months, and had their first child during the winter – a daughter named Darcy.

While some of the women from the show have admitted to having trouble adjusting to farming life, Jo is much happier and healthier since moving to the country, and loves being a mother.

(Story and photo from Woman’s Day website; November 7 2011).

Media personality Emily-Jade O’Keeffe, and her husband, architect Gerard Murtagh, welcomed their first child about a week ago. They have named their daughter Millie Valentine; Millie was conceived after Emily-Jade underwent fertility treatment.

Millie was only one of the names they were considering; Molly and Melody were also up for debate, and Emily-Jade was keen on Molly May Murtagh until she realised the initials spelled out the radio station she worked for. Valentine is what Emily-Jade and Gerard called their unborn baby as a nickname, because it was conceived on Valentine’s Day. As Valentine can be used for both sexes, perhaps the middle name would have been used whether the baby was a boy or a girl. My understanding is that Valentine is a name that Emily-Jade has loved since her early teens.

Emily-Jade is a breakfast radio host for Triple M Brisbane, a regular on Channel 9’s Mornings with Kerri-Anne, and writes a blog for The Courier Mail called Emily Everywhere. She is also a MC and a marriage celebrant.

(Story from Emily-Jade’s blog; photo from her website)

Champion jockey brad Rawiller, and his wife Carolyn, welcomed their first child last week, daughter Cleo Kate, who was conceived using IVF. Cleo Rawiller was due to arrive tomorrow, Melbourne Cup Day, and because she came a week early, Brad will be free to ride in the Melbourne Cup. However, this will only happen if his brother Nash loses his appeal against his suspension; if Nash’s bid fails, then Brad will take his place on American horse Unusual Suspect.

Brad was distraught when doctors told him the strict diet he maintains as a jockey to keep his weight down had left him sterile. Wanting a baby more than anything, he and Carolyn took a month-long holiday to improve his health before undertaking treatment at a Melbourne fertility clinic. Carolyn was pregnant much sooner than expected, and becoming a father is the happiest moment of Brad’s life.

(Story and photo from The Daily Telegraph, October 31 2011)

UPDATE: Was just watching the evening news, and it was announced that Nash Rawiller had lost his final appeal and will not be racing tomorrow. His brother Brad will be riding Unusual Suspect in his place.

UPDATE (November 1): Unusual Suspect came in 9th during the Melbourne Cup.

Soccer player for Sydney FC, Jamie Coyne, and his wife Tanja, welcomed their first child on Tuesday October 25. They have named their son Lucas, and Jamie says that they did not name him after Socceroos skipper Lucas Neill – it was just the only name they could agree on.

Jamie plays right fullback for his home town team, Sydney FC, and began his career in England playing for Westham United. His older brother Chris plays for Perth Glory.

(Story and photo from The Daily Telegraph, October 28 2011)