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\t\t<\/p>\n Thomas Rhett<\/strong><\/a> and Lauren Akins<\/strong><\/a>\u2018 family just got bigger!<\/p>\n The 35-year-old country music artist and the 36-year-old author shared the news on Friday (February 27) that their fifth child has been born nearly two weeks early.<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWelcome to the world Brave \ud83e\ude75\ud83d\udc9a\ud83e\ude75,\u201d Lauren<\/strong> captioned a joint, featuring pics of the new little one. \u201cOh. my. goodness. Our hearts are just in a big ole puddle with this precious baby BOY \ud83e\ude75 \ud83e\udd86\ud83e\ude75\u26be\ufe0f\ud83e\ude75\ud83e\udd8c\ud83e\ude75\ud83d\udc1f\ud83e\ude75\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBrave Elijah Akins was born last week at almost 10 pounds and almost 2 weeks early-thank you Jesus this big boy didn\u2019t wait another 2 weeks to be born \ud83d\ude0d. Lauren<\/strong> concluded, \u201cWe are so grateful God chose us to have YOU cutie pie\ud83e\udd70\ud83e\udd70 Your four sisters are smitten and we are completely over the moon in love with you big Brave boy \ud83e\ude75\ud83c\udf19\ud83e\ude75\u201d <\/p>\n Thomas<\/strong> and Lauren<\/strong> first revealed they were expecting back in August, and in September, the singer shared that they were waiting for the birth to find out the gender. <\/p>\n \u201cDue date is in March and we are going to wait until the day of to figure out what the gender is,\u201d he told Taste of Country<\/a><\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s terrifying for me, but there\u2019s not many surprises left in this world, and I feel that\u2019s one that you kinda get to be surprised with, if you choose to.\u201d <\/p>\n Their first boy, baby Brave<\/strong> joins his four big sisters \u2013 Lillie Carolina<\/strong>, 4, Lennon Love<\/strong>, 6, Ada James<\/strong>, 8, and Willa Gray<\/strong>, 10.<\/p>\n Congratulations to Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins on the new addition to their family!<\/em><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n
Thomas Rhett was my biggest champion in labor & delivery\ud83e\udd0d He helped deliver him (\ud83d\ude2d), was the first one to see and *tearfully*, mixed with a bit of shock announce to us all in the room \u201cIt\u2019s a BOY\u201d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83e\ude75\ud83e\udd70\u201d she continued. <\/p>\n