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Blake Livelyand husbandRyan Reynoldshave welcomed their third child, PEOPLE has confirmed.

Reynolds, 42, and theGossip Girlalum, 32, are already parents to daughtersInez, 2½, andJames, 4½.

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Lively previously ravedabout creating a familywith her husband, tellingAllurein 2012, “I’ve always wanted a big family. Oh, I’d love 30 [children] if I could.”

Reynolds stated ina May interview with PEOPLEthat he and his wife don’t plan on working at the same time for the sake of their children.

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“If she is doing a movie in Thailand and I am doing a movie in Vancouver we would just never see each other. We operate as a unit, and that works really well for us,” said theDeadpoolactor.

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“The kids stay with us, and the family stays together,and that is where home is. So if we are in Spain or Utah or New York, as long as we are together, we’re home,” Reynolds added.

And he wasn’t necessarily hoping for a boy this time around. As the new dad of three (who’s the youngest of four boys himself) told PEOPLE in 2016, “Having a daughter was a dream come true for me. IfI could have nine daughters, I would be thrilled. Really, like I genuinely would be.”

Us Weeklywas first to report the news.

source: people.com