Since recently announcing that they are expecting their fourth child, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are reportedly “hoping for a boy”. At the Forbes Power Women’s Summit on Sept. 15, Blake revealed she’s pregnant with baby no. 4. Although the pair has not shared many details on the subject, it appears as though they’re ready to add a baby boy to the fam.
“They are hoping for a boy this time around,” a source told Us Weekly. No matter the sex, the couple really “just want a healthy baby,” the source added.
Lively and Reynolds already have three daughters: James, 7, Inez, 5, and Betty, 2. According to the same Us source, the couple “love[s] being parents,” and their newest addition is coming at a great time. “The timing is perfect because all of their kids are two years apart, so they’re keeping with the pattern.”
Even though the couple is apparently hoping for a boy, Reynolds has been famous for embracing his “Girl Dad” title over the years. In an interview with Access in November 2020, he announced his fondness for the title. “I love being a Girl Dad. I have three daughters, which I never in a million years would imagine,” he said. “I come from all boys. I have three older brothers. So for me to have three daughters has been such a ride and I love every second of it.”
The couple always put their roles as parents first. Despite both having busy careers, a source said Blake always prioritizes her kids’ needs. “You never would think that Blake Lively, this superstar and beautiful woman, would be this regular person who cooks dinner every night and takes care of the family but she is really wonderful with the kids,” an insider shared with People on Sept. 16. “She wants to be that old-fashioned kind of mom – when the kids are out of sleeping that’s when she makes time to do work stuff.”
At the summit, Lively spoke about how her mom Elaine Lively influenced her views of parenthood, proving that you can have both a career and a family. “It’s important for me [and] my kids to see that you don’t have to choose one or the other. I don’t need them to choose to be a businesswoman or a mom,” she said. “They can be both or neither. But just for them to see that anything is possible.”
Lively and Reynolds also make a point to keep her kids out of the spotlight. On Sept. 17, Lively shared candid photos of herself and her baby bump on Instagram hoping photographers would leave her and her kids alone. “Here are photos of me pregnant in real life so the 11 guys waiting outside my home for a sighting will leave me alone,” she wrote. “You freak me and my kids out.”
Here’s hoping for a healthy and private pregnancy!
