Blake Lively subtly confirmed that she and Ryan Reynolds had welcomed their fourth child on Super Bowl Sunday when she shared a photo of herself no longer visibly pregnant. A source gave People an update on how the family of six is doing—although the source did not disclose baby no. 4’s birth date or sex.
The source did share that Lively and Reynolds’ three older daughters—eight-year-old James, six-year-old Inez, and three-year-old Betty—are enjoying having a new younger sibling.
“Blake and Ryan are amazing together,” the source said. “Ryan is a great dad. He is very sweet to Blake. They are very excited about the new baby. The older siblings have adjusted great.”
“Blake is the best mom,” the source added. “She is surrounded by friends that shower her with gifts for all the kids. She and Ryan are a favorite couple. It’s a goal for many of Blake’s friends to have what she has.”
Lively and Reynolds have kept the details of their family life mostly private. Lively spoke about that decision to Marie Claire in 2016, saying her “family, that’s the thing that I feel most protective of and the thing that I feel is the most exposed when I feel exploited.”
With paparazzi, “I’d rather not have to deal with it at all, but we knew the lifestyle we were getting into, and while it’s hard…it’s another thing when it’s our child. She [James, the couple’s only child when the interview was conducted] didn’t have the opportunity to make a decision about what she wants.”
“We want our kids to have the same normal life that we had,” Lively added. “We don’t ever want to rob them of what we had, because we’d feel really selfish.”
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