A family from the Highlands received the best Christmas present they could have hoped for yesterday – a baby boy.
William James Munro was born at 7.21am at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness yesterday, weighing in at 6lb 14oz.
Proud mum and dad Marsaili and Ian Munro, from Dores, had decided to keep the sex of the baby as a surprise – and compared it to “unwrapping” a present on Christmas Day.
William’s arrival also ensured it will be a Christmas to remember for big sisters Arwen, 11, and nine-year-old Zarah.
Mrs Munro, 37, said: “I wasn’t due until the 30th so it’s an early one.
“It’s lovely. As long as the baby is here I don’t mind what day it was at all.
“It’s a great present for the girls. I didn’t know the sex so it was like unwrapping your present on the day.”
The girls and their dad nipped home for a bite of turkey in the afternoon but were due to return to the hospital to open their presents in the evening.
Mrs Munro said: “Nan and granddad were there to look after the girls last night, they saved the day.
“We’ll get the girls to open their presents here in the hospital when they come back.”
Inverness Provost Helen Carmichael was one of the first visitors to meet William James, and Mrs Munro paid tribute to the staff at Raigmore.
“I would like to say how nice the staff were and I had the provost in as well and they gave us gifts. It was unnecessary but very nice,” she said.