Bristol Palin Welcomes Baby Boy

Bristol Palin, 18, and her boyfriend Levi Johnston welcomed a baby boy on Saturday in Palmer Alaska.  They named him Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston.  He was born at 5:30 a.m. and weighed 7 lb., 7 oz.

“We think it’s wonderful,” said Colleen Jones, the sister of Bristol’s grandmother Sally Heath, who confirmed the news. “The baby is fine and Bristol is doing well. Everyone is excited.”

Baby Tripp takes his surname from his dad, Levi Johnston, an apprentice electrician and former Wasilla High School hockey player who has been dating Bristol for three years.

Bristol Palin is currently residing in Wasilla and completing her high-school diploma through correspondence courses.

Johnston is studying to become an electrician. He told the Associated Press in October that he and fiancée Bristol plan to wed in 2009 and raise the child together.

Bristol is the daughter of former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who caused major controversy over teen pregnancy when the news first hit.