Lea Michele Celebrates Son Ever Leo Turning 4 Years Old with Sweet Tribute Post: 'Our Beautiful Boy'

Mar. 15, 2025

Lea Michele hugs son Ever Leo.Photo:Lea Michele/Instagram

Lea Michele/Instagram

Lea Michele’s little boy is growing up!

On Tuesday, Aug. 20, theGleealum, 37, shared a special message for her sonEver Leo, whom she shares with husbandZandy Reich, as he turned 4 years old. The proud mom posted a sweet snap onInstagramof herself hugging her little one with one arm, while holding a bouquet of flowers in the other.

“Happy 4th Birthday to our beautiful boy! 🩵,” Michele wrote in her caption.

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The actress announced she was expecting her second child in March, and has since revealed to PEOPLE that her second pregnancy has been"incredibly different"from her first, which was during theCOVID-19 pandemicin 2020.

“It was an incredibly different experience, being pregnant with Ever. We were in California, and we were in a pandemic,” Michele said. “So it was a lot ofjust hanging out at home and very minimal activity. And now, it’s New York, it’s the busy streets.I’m working, I’m a mom, and it’s very different.”

One specific thing Michele said she’s grateful is different this time around is that she gets to share her pregnancy with her loved ones.

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Lea Michele.Michael Simon/Getty

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“None of my friends saw me pregnant, ever,” she explained. “You know, my best friend,Jonathan [Groff], never saw me pregnant. He wasn’t with me, and my dad was in New York, he was on the East Coast [during] the pandemic. So to be able to have this experience and share this time with my friends and family has been really wonderful, and not something that I got to do before.”

Despite already going through pregnancy with Ever, theFunny Girlstar said that the experience still feels new, saying, “it’s been four years, so it doesn’t feel as fresh in my brain.”

“I think a lot of this experience, it has felt very new to me, because I’ve been in a lot of new scenarios and new environments pregnant,” she continued.

She added that Ever cannot wait to be a big brother.

source: people.com