Popular The Block couple announce the birth of their first child and reveal her trendy name

Popular The Block couple announce the birth of their first child – and reveal their daughter’s very trendy name

The Block 2019 winners Tess and Luke Struber have welcomed their first child.

Sharing a black and white photo of their newborn daughter to Instagram on Friday, the reality star couple said they are ‘soaking up every second’ with their baby girl.

Tess and Luke, who took home the $730,000 cash prize from the series, also revealed her name to be Cleo Sophia, named after her great grandmother, Cleopha.

Precious: Popular The Block couple Tess and Luke Struber announced the birth of their first child, daughter Cleo Sophia Struber, sharing this sweet image of the newborn to their joint Instagram page on Friday 

‘Our baby girl Cleo Sophia Struber, born 21/4 at 6:30pm, named after her great grandmother, Cleopha,’ the proud parents shared to their joint Instagram page.

‘Cleo and Tess are both doing great and we are soaking up every second with our baby girl. We are so in love. She’s got Dad wrapped around her finger already!

Thank you for all your messages, we appreciate it so much.’

Family tribute: The couple told their fans how their daughter's trendy name is a tribute to her great grandmother, Cleopha

Family tribute: The couple told their fans how their daughter’s trendy name is a tribute to her great grandmother, Cleopha 

On cloud nine: 'We are so in love. She's got Dad wrapped around her finger already!' they shared online

On cloud nine: ‘We are so in love. She’s got Dad wrapped around her finger already!’ they shared online

The couple accompanied the heartfelt caption with a sweet black and white photo of Luke cradling little Cleo in his arms.  

Tess and Luke first announced they were expecting a child in The Sunday Telegraph’s Stellar magazine in November.

At the time of publication, Tess, who was almost 20 weeks pregnant, said parenthood was something they had been planning on.  

Baby joy: Tess and Luke first announced they were expecting a child in The Sunday Telegraph's Stellar magazine in November. 'We're having a baby, and we're so excited. It's something we've been planning on for a while, and the stars aligned perfectly,' Tess gushed

Baby joy: Tess and Luke first announced they were expecting a child in The Sunday Telegraph’s Stellar magazine in November. ‘We’re having a baby, and we’re so excited. It’s something we’ve been planning on for a while, and the stars aligned perfectly,’ Tess gushed 

‘We’re having a baby, and we’re so excited. It’s something we’ve been planning on for a while, and the stars aligned perfectly,’ she gushed.

Tess went on to say that while it wasn’t the easiest pregnancy, she’s ‘loving every minute’. 

‘I’ve lost my hair, I’ve had skin issues, I’ve been sick every day, I’ve had migraines, nose bleeds… but I’m loving every minute of it.’ 

Impressive! Tess and Luke took home the whopping $730,000 cash prize from the 2019 series

Impressive! Tess and Luke took home the whopping $730,000 cash prize from the 2019 series