This is a quick birth announcement to set you know that Trent and Jo are naw the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl, Jade.

Jade arrived on Friday 28 May at 7:40pm (one month early) weighing a healthy 2.41 kgs (5 pounds 5 ounces).

Due to medical concerns Jo was initially induced at about 12pm on Thursday. However, proper labour did not kick in until about 4:30pm on Friday and then progressed relatively quickly.

Both Mum and bub are healthy and well, and apprecitae your kind thoughts.

Jo is at the Royal Womens hospital until Sunday or Monday Morning. We appreciate all of your support and best wishes. If you would like to send a message please email us.

If you would like to pay a visit (in hospital or at home) please contact Trent on 0419 662 442 beforehand to organise a time and see how the family is feeling :-)

Mobile phones won't be on in the hospital, but Trent will check his messages regularly.

We wanted to let you all know our exciting news as soon as possible. We will put up photos etc at http://sillyfrog.com/jade/ in the coming days (weeks...).

Goodnight.