Catriona Rowntree’s co-star says she will handle her new role with flair, writes Angela Mollard.
It was her toughest assignment yet, but as Catriona Rowntree gave birth to her strapping 4.5kg son Andrew, she finally got her dearest wish.
Catriona and her husband James Pettit welcomed their beautiful son Andrew John Rowntree Pettit late last Wednesday after a trouble-free 14-hour labour.
For Catriona, the most important meeting for her little boy was with his 96-year-old great-grandmother Riria Smeaton, who had travelled from Sydney to Melbourne with her daughter Heather to be there for the birth.
As she handed over her “fat and happy” son with his shock of jet black hair, Catriona knew her dream had come true. “My nanna’s dearest wish was to see me walk down the aisle and my dearest wish is for her to hold my baby,” she told Woman’s Day last month.
It was Riria who had told her 38-year-old granddaughter last year that she better get a “wriggle on” if she wanted to have children.
The popular Getaway presenter sent friends a message saying she was “thrilled” to finally meet her son, who was born weighing just under 10lb.
She said he was the image of his father and had been named after his great-grandfather and uncle. As they settle into life as a family, Andrew’s smitten parents are determined their son will enjoy both a city and country life.
“I want him to be a little bit country and a little bit rock ‘n’ roll,” Catriona told Woman’s Day.
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