Blake Lively and Ryan Reynold’s Relationship Timeline

Like the best things in Hollywood, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’s love came out of a big movie set. On a fateful day in 2010, the two crossed paths while filming Green Lantern, and shortly after, things turned romantic. Within two years, they tied the knot, and since then, they’ve welcomed four kids. To keep things exciting, the pair have sprinkled in their fair share of adorable—and utterly hilarious—tributes to one another over the course of their marriage, leaving fans thinking I want what they have. See ahead for all the milestones in the decade-long relationship.

2010: They meet on the set of Green Lantern.

As if to foreshadow their future, Lively and Reynolds played each other’s on-screen love interest in the DC Comics film Green Lantern. Reynolds embodied the heroic man in tights whom the movie is named after, while Lively portrayed the girl of his dreams, Carol Ferris.

At the time, both actors were romantically involved with other people. Lively had been dating her Gossip Girl costar Penn Badgley off and on from 2007 to 2010, while Reynolds was married to Scarlett Johansson. However, in October of 2010, Lively and Badgley split. Reynolds and Johansson followed suit, announcing their divorce in December of that year and finalizing things in July 2011.

June 15, 2011: They attend the Green Lantern premiere together.

Fans who shipped the two together got a glimpse of hope when Reynolds and Lively were seen attending the Green Lantern premiere together. They posed for several photos together, looking cozy.

October 2011: They spark dating rumors.

By October 2011, the dating rumor mill was fully churning. The pair was seen outside an apartment in Boston, where Reynolds was filming R.I.P.D. A source confirmed to People they were indeed an item the same month, saying, “They are very much a couple. They’re really happy together.”

Things seemed to have developed quickly, as they spent the holiday season together in Reynolds’s hometown of Vancouver.

September 9, 2012: They get married.

Wedding bells rang for the couple on September 9, 2012. They celebrated their union at Boone Hall Plantation in South Carolina. There was reportedly a children’s choir, a paper lantern sendoff over the river, a sour cream wedding cake with peach-apricot preserves, and a performance by Lively’s friend Florence Welch, who accidentally left a burn mark on the bride’s wedding gown from a sparkler.

A decade later, Reynolds apologized for their choice in venue. “It’s something we’ll always be deeply and unreservedly sorry for,” he said during an interview with Fast Company in 2020. “It’s impossible to reconcile. What we saw at the time was a wedding venue on Pinterest. What we saw after was a place built upon devastating tragedy. Years ago, we got married again at home—but shame works in weird ways. A giant f*cking mistake like that can either cause you to shut down, or it can reframe things and move you into action.”

May 5, 2014: They make their red-carpet couple debut.

Despite being married for two years, the couple saved their red carpet debut for the 2014 Met Gala. They were a vision of Old Hollywood glamour, with Lively stunning in a blush pink gown with a flowy train and cape, and Reynolds looking dapper in a classic tuxedo.

October 6, 2014: They announce they’re expecting.

The Town star announced she and her hubby were expecting via a post on her website Preserve. She shared snaps of her growing belly and later put her full bump on display at the 2014 Angel Ball.

December 16, 2014: They welcome their first child.

Lively and Reynolds officially became parents on December 16, 2014, when they welcomed a daughter named James. The news wasn’t announced until January of the following year, and James’s birthday wasn’t revealed until a full year later when Reynolds commemorated her first trip around the sun with a Tweet. “Happy birthday to my baby girl! Sad I lost my virginity. But thankful I have a daughter,” he wrote.

April 2016: They’re expecting again.

After People confirmed the news, Lively showed off her growing bump with baby no. 2 during the press tour for her film The Shallows.

September 2016: They welcome their second child.

And just like that, they became a family of four with the birth of their second child, a daughter named Inez.

December 15, 2016: Lively and their kids support Reynolds at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony.

The couple made their long-awaited family debut on December 15, 2016, at Reynolds’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony, with their two blonde-headed girls in tow.

The actor sweetly shouted out his wife during his speech, saying, “You are the best thing, the best thing that has ever happened to me—second only to this star…You make everything better, absolutely everything in my life better. You’ve made me the father of my dreams when I thought I only had fun uncle potential.”

May 2, 2019: They announce they’re expecting their third child.

The pair had some big news at the premiere of Reynolds’s film Pokémon Detective Pikachu—they shared they were once again expecting. Lively looked radiant in a yellow dress that put her baby bump on display.

October 2019: They welcome their third child.

Four became five in October 2019. The news was first confirmed by People, followed by Reynolds himself, who Tweeted that the newborn was another girl. Lively’s bestie Taylor Swift sweetly revealed their daughter’s name is Betty, when she featured the names of the couple’s kids on her album Folklore.

July 31, 2021: They celebrate the 10th anniversary of their first date.

The couple commemorated the 10th anniversary of their first date by returning to the place where the magic happened, Boston sushi restaurant O Ya. Lively posted a couple photos to her Instagram story of the two with the captions, “10 years later, We still go out on our ‘first date.’ But in much more comfortable shoes” (Lively donned hiking sandals, while Reynolds wore sneakers) and “If it weren’t for this place. We wouldn’t be together. No joke. No restaurant means more to us.”

May 2, 2022: They attend the Met Gala together.

The esteemed Met Gala already held special significance for the couple, as it is where they made their red carpet debut, and in 2022 it became even more memorable, as they both served as co-chairs for the event. The pair nailed the theme, “In America: An Anthology of Fashion,” with Lively stunning in a copper-colored strapless gown that turned teal like the Statue of Liberty, and Reynolds looking dapper in a black velvet tuxedo.

September 15, 2022: They are expecting—again.

Lively debuted her growing bump with baby no. 4 on the Forbes Power Women’s Summit red carpet.

November 17, 2022: Blake Lively gushes over Ryan Reynolds.

Lively praised her man as an actor, person, and father at the American Cinematheque Awards. “He has contributed so much to the world’s most international happiness with his art, his heart, his philanthropy, his humor, his integrity, his unmatched work ethic, his self-deprecating levity, his hard-earned depths in his scripts,” she said during her speech.

She continued: “And now I am his home, and our girls are his home. And just like that 19-year-old boy [who used to travel home to Canada], he races home, whether it’s from across the globe or a meeting across the street, he is hard-wired to get home. If he came home from set not in his wardrobe, we would be very concerned.”

December 6, 2022: Ryan Reynolds gushes over Blake Lively.

Reynolds returned the favor a month later at the People’s Choice Awards. “Blake and my girls, you are quite literally my heart, my hope, my happiness,” he said during his acceptance speech. “I joke that my family exhausts me, but in reality you give me more strength than any man could possibly deserve.”

February 12, 2023: Blake Lively reveals she welcomed their fourth child.

Even with all the commotion on the field during Super Bowl Sunday, eyes were on Lively who subtly revealed she gave birth to her fourth child on Instagram. The Gossip Girl alum posted a photo of herself, in which her baby bump was no longer present, along with Reynolds, and her mother-in-law Tammy. She captioned the post, “Puppy Bowl Sunday 2023🥘 🍲 🥧 been busy,”

Fans were quick to notice the absence of her bump in the comments.

March 27, 2023: They visit wrexham.

The Lively-Reynolds clan made a family outing to Wrexham, Wales, to watch Wrexham FC (which the Deadpool star partially owns) play York City.

April 7, 2023: They escape for a beach vacation.

The couple enjoyed a beach getaway following the birth of their fourth child. Lively commemorated the trip with a carousel of photos of herself and Reynolds at the sandy destination.

May 13, 2024: Ryan Reynolds Jokes About Their Fourth Baby’s Name.

A few months passed since the birth of baby no. 4 and the couple chose to keep the child’s name and gender close to their chests. While appearing on the Today show, hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb asked Reynolds about the name, with Guthrie remarking “Taylor Swift keeps dropping [their names] into lyrics!” (in reference to Swift’s song “Betty”). Guthrie asked whether the baby’s name is anywhere on Swift’s album The Tortured Poets Department, to which the actor joked, “We always wait for Taylor to tell us what the child’s name is … and I will say this: We’re still waiting.” He did not reveal the name.

February 12, 2024: They troll each other during the Super Bowl.

While Lively was cheering on the Kansas City Chiefs from the VIP stands with her bestie, Swift, Reynolds was watching the game all by his lonesome from the couch. He took to Instagram to joke about their distance, sharing a photo of himself posing next to a TV with a still from his movie Deadpool and the caption, “Has everyone seen the #Deadpool trailer? Also has anyone seen my wife?”

Lively responded the next day on her Instagram Story with a image of herself in the same spot. She wrote, “Honey, I’m home. My day was good. Yours?”