New mother Joanne Larby is giving her followers an update after the birth of her son River in an Instagram Q&A.
Joanne gave birth to her son River with her fiancé on the third of February, she revealed her son’s name “River Larby O’Flynn” in an Instagram caption shortly after his birth.
During her Q&A a follower wondered if she had a list of names to choose from before settling on River.
Joanne replied, “I’ve always loved the name River Phoenix (the actor Joaquin’s brother). We both love the water, how it flows and abbreviates to Riv, so that was our chosen boy name before we even started trying for a baby – thankfully when he was born it suited him perfectly. We had narrowed it down to two girls names, and Adam was going to choose at birth.”
What a gorgeous name!
Joanne shared how she is finding life as a parent, “Parenthood is a beautiful and wild ride – people say nothing can prepare you for it and it’s true. Your life completely changes overnight; it’s a whirlwind of emotions, challenges, magic and completely surreal moments. I still cannot comprehend the fact River was in my belly and that we made this tiny human that will be connected to us for the rest of their life.”
As for her fiancé, Joanne said, “Adam was made to be a father, and it’s made me fall in love with him all over again. He was always my rock, but over the past couple of weeks he became my beacon of strength. River is a gorgeous alert, chilled, determined and HUNGRY little boy.”
Posting her baby announcement to Instagram back in early February she wrote, “Last night at 12.05am we welcomed the most beautiful little boy earthside.”
“Words cannot describe the feelings I’ve been experiencing since – it was truly the most intense, challenging, life changing marathon from start to finish, but boy were you worth the wait. I wish I had the words for this level of love.”