Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are ‘very excited about new baby,’ says Source: Everyone has ‘adapted’

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds attend the New York premiere of ‘The Adam Project’ on February 28, 2022 in New York City.

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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are showered with love after becoming a family of six.

“Blake and Ryan are amazing together. Ryan is an amazing dad. He’s very sweet to Blake. They are very excited about the new baby. The older brothers have adjusted great,” a source told PEOPLE.

The couple, who wed in an intimate ceremony in South Carolina in September 2012, first announced they were expecting their fourth child together when Lively, 35, debuted her then baby bump on the red carpet. at the 10th Annual Forbes Power Women Summit in Sept.

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On Sunday, she announced that she and her 46-year-old husband had welcomed their new baby through a perky Super Bowl-themed Instagram post.

“Puppy Bowl Sunday 2023🥘 🍲 🥧 been busy,” Lively wrote alongside a carousel of pictures that revealed she no longer had a baby bump and also featured Reynolds’ mother Tammy.

The new addition joins daughters Betty, 3, Inez, 6 and James, 8.

“Blake is the best mom,” the mom-of-four source adds. “She’s surrounded by friends who 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.”

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While the couple have yet to reveal details about the newborn, Reynolds has previously spoken out on the Today shows in November that she hoped the couple’s fourth child would be a girl.

“I know girls, so I hope so,” the actor said on the morning talk show.

The proud father joked that his preference comes from being one of three siblings. “I love my well-being and my home,” he said, joking that his brothers “were just arsonists and firefighters.”

Lively also touched on being a single mom in an interview with Forbesin which she said that being a mom of three helped her feel comfortable in her own skin, personally and professionally.

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“I think having kids for me has made me feel so much more in my own skin,” she told the publication in May. “I’ve never felt more like myself or comfortable in my body or more confident — not to mention there aren’t a bevy of insecurities that come at me a million times a day, but I feel incredibly stable.”

“I just think growing up, having kids, all of these things have made me feel like I just want to do stuff where I can have really meaningful partnerships and have fatherhood,” Lively continued. “I believe in really valuable partnerships and that’s where I’m getting my fulfillment these days and I’ve never been happier, professionally.”

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are ‘very excited about new baby,’ says Source: Everyone has ‘adapted’

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