Celebrity Celebrity Family Celebrity Pregnancy Lea Michele Shares First Photo of Newborn Son: 'ForEver Grateful for This True Blessing' Lea Michele and husband Zandy Reich welcomed son Ever, their first child together, on Thursday By Jen Juneau Jen Juneau Jen Juneau is a News and Movies Staff Writer at PEOPLE. She started at the brand in 2016 and has more than 15 years' professional writing experience. People Editorial Guidelines Published on August 26, 2020 03:05PM EDT Lea Michele's son Ever. Photo: Lea Michele/Instagram; Inset: Kevin Mazur/Gett Ever Leo has made his social media debut. Lea Michele shared the first glimpse of her 6-day-old baby boy to her Instagram feed Wednesday, posting a black-and-white snapshot of the newborn's tiny foot. Also visible in the photo were the hands of Michele, 33, and husband Zandy Reich, who cradled their first child's toes that were peeking out from under a blanket. "ForEver grateful for this true blessing💙," the former Glee actress wrote in the caption, shouting out her son's name in the capitalization within the first word. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Lea Michele and Zandy Reich. Kevin Mazur/Getty Pregnant Lea Michele Shares Baby Bump Photo and Says She's Getting "Extra Sleep" While She Can A source told PEOPLE on Sunday that Michele and Reich, 37, had welcomed their son the previous Thursday. PEOPLE also confirmed the couple named their son Ever Leo. "Everyone's happy and healthy, and they're extremely grateful," the insider said, adding of the couple's new addition, "[Ever]'s been an easy baby so far." A source confirmed Michele's pregnancy exclusively to PEOPLE in April, sharing that she and entrepreneur and business owner Reich have "always wanted to be parents." One month after news of her pregnancy broke, Michele shared the first photo of her baby bump on Instagram. "So grateful," she wrote. RELATED VIDEO: Lea Michele Reveals How She is Finding Her "Peace" While in Self-Isolation Michele and Reich were first romantically linked in July 2017. Reich proposed the following April, with a four-carat elongated radiant cut ring that he personally designed with Leor Yerushalmi and The Jewelers of Las Vegas. The Scream Queens alum announced their engagement on Instagram, posting a photo of herself with her ring-bearing hand on her face. "Yes," Michele wrote in the caption, including a diamond-ring emoji. PEOPLE exclusively reported in March 2019 that Michele and Reich had tied the knot in an intimate and romantic ceremony in Northern California, celebrating with over 200 family members and close friends including Michele's Glee pals Darren Criss and Becca Tobin, as well as her Scream Queens costar Emma Roberts. The actress previously spoke about wanting a large family. "I'm going to have like a billion [kids]! But mainly because I always hated being an only child, I always wished I had more siblings!" she told Glamour U.K. in 2014. Close