Clay Aiken Photo by: courtesy RCA Records

Clay Aiken is a dad!

The former American Idol contestant and music producer Jaymes Foster welcomed a baby boy Friday morning, his mother Faye told Lynda Loveland of Raleigh, N.C., TV station WRAL.

According to Faye, Foster - Aiken's best friend - gave birth to Parker Foster Aiken at the lucky time of 8:08 a.m. on 8/08/08 at a North Carolina hospital.

"HE'S HERE!" Aiken confirmed on a posting on his blog. "My dear friend, Jaymes, and I are so excited to announce the birth of Parker Foster Aiken (No hyphens. One first name. One middle name. One last name.)"

Parker, whose name is his grandmother Faye's middle name, weighed 6 lbs., 2 oz. and was 19 inches long.

"Wow ... 8:08 ... 08/08/08," added Aiken. "The little man is healthy, happy, and as loud as his daddy. Mama Jaymes is doing quite well also."

Clay's mom Faye also said that baby Parker has "dark hair" and that Clay is "smiling from ear-to-ear" about the news.

In May, his rep confirmed to PEOPLE that Foster was artificially inseminated.

Though they are not romantically linked, Clay and Jaymes plan to raise the child together. The two met when Aiken competed on Idol, and Foster - who is the sister of legendary music producer David Foster - has produced several of his albums.

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