'圧倒するd with happiness': Sir Elton John and David Furnish '完全にする their family' with second son Elijah Joseph

By John Stevens for the Daily Mail

Published: 00:29 BST, 16 January 2013 | Updated: 09:51 BST, 16 January 2013

Sir Elton John and David Furnish are '圧倒するd with happiness' after become fathers to a second baby boy.

Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John was born last Friday evening, 重さを計るing 8lb 4oz.

They said the arrival of their second son, who was born in Las Vegas 経由で a surrogate mother, ‘完全にするs our family in a most precious and perfect way’.

Another little ロケット／急騰する Man! Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish, pictured with son Zachary, two, welcomed Elijah Joseph Daniel Furnish-John into the world at 6.40pm on Friday

Sir Elton, 65, and his civil partner David, 50, said: ‘We are just 圧倒するd with happiness and excitement.’

The pop singer and his partner, who 結婚する in 2005 after 12 years together, are said to have used the same 無名の California-based surrogate mother who gave birth to their son Zachary two years ago.

Speaking to Hello! magazine, the couple said: ‘Both of us have longed to have children, but the reality that we now have two sons is almost unbelievable.

‘The birth of our second son 完全にするs our family in a most precious and perfect way. It is difficult to fully 表明する how we are feeling at this time; we are just 圧倒するd with happiness and excitement.’

Thrilled: The delighted pair said that the arrival of their second son, who was born in Las Vegas 経由で a surrogate, '完全にするs our family in a most precious and perfect way'

In November, the news broke that Elton and David were 推定する／予想するing their second child but had decided never to 明らかにする／漏らす the 身元 of the surrogate. A source said: ‘Elton and David love this lady like a sister and they feel indebted to her for life.

‘自然に she has been 井戸／弁護士席 rewarded. But her 身元 will never be 明らかにする／漏らすd. They are over the moon.’

Elton has 以前 said he regrette d waiting so long to have a child. He said: ‘I think it changes everybody. It’s the most wonderful thing that you could かもしれない go through.

'I 悔いる a little bit that I didn’t do it sooner, but he [Zachary] has changed our lives. Everything is about him now. He’s gorgeous, he travels brilliantly, he so loves people, and it makes our lives - he’s the icing on the cake. It’s the most wonderful thing that you could かもしれない go through.

Best 職業 in the world: Elton has 以前 said that he regretted waiting until his 60s to have children

‘The first thing I do every morning is have breakfast with him. He 株 my breakfast. Whatever I have, he wants.’

The singer first signalled his 願望（する） for a bigger family last year. ‘We definitely will have another one. I don’t want him to be an only child.'

After the birth of his first son, Elton 認める that he is going to 直面する a 'very difficult' childhood because he does not have a mother.

The singer 恐れるs his child will struggle with いじめ（る）s: 'At school other children will say, "You don’t have a mummy".

'We’ve come a long way, but there’s still homophobia and will be until a new 世代 of parents don’t instil it in their children.'

Doting dads: The couple welcomed first son Zachary into the world in December 2010

He 追加するd: ‘存在 the child of someone famous is a 抱擁する ball and chain around your ankles. It’s going to be very difficult.’

Elton has 明らかにする／漏らすd that Zachary calls him ‘daddy’ and his partner ‘papa’.

He 追加するd that he has introduced Zachary to Mozart, but said that he seems more 利益／興味d in サッカー and cooking.

California is one of the most 融通するing places in the world for gay surrogacy. It is permitted to use a mix of sperm to fertilise the egg and the 指名するs of both partners can go on the birth 証明書.

In the 事例／患者 of Zachary, a mix of both men’s sperm was used in fertilisation, a 過程 banned in the UK.