"It was really a battle to get a chance to hold Rene Junior, because his daddy won't let anyone else have a look-in. His face was a mixture of disbelief and love for his son. After all, it is only two years since he was fighting cancer. Rene was very involved. He slept beside me, helped me with the feeds and changed the baby every three hours."

Recalling her husband's emotion when he first saw Rene-Charles, Celine says that Rene left the hospital to buy a bottle steriliser, a nursing cushion and a child's car seat. Afterwards, however, he realised that his efficient spouse had already bought the items. Celine's husband and manager will be a new father and a grandfather all in the same year - his daughter Anne Marie is expecting a child this summer.

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