Earlier this month, singer and cookbook author Jessie James Decker and her husband Eric Decker welcomed their fourth child, a boy. In an Instagram post, Decker announced the baby's arrival. "Our beautiful boy is here," she wrote. "Denver Calloway Decker. 8.7 2/9/24."
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Denver has a lot of love waiting for him
In one of the photos, the newborn is laying cradled against his mom's chest while the proud dad looks down at him. Denver joins older sister Vivianne and brothers Eric and Forrest.
The sweet meaning behind his name
"Colorado is such an important place to me and my family. You know, it’s where Eric and I fell in love and got our first dogs and got married and had all of our babies," Decker explained to Country Living. She unveiled the newborn's Colorado Mountain-themed nursery on Instagram back in January.
Bringing a little bit of the family's origin along
"This baby won’t be able to be born in Colorado, so I thought about bringing Colorado to him so he can still kind of be a part of that special tradition that we’ve had all these years with Colorado. So, I wanted the mountains and I wanted the nature and I wanted the bears," she explained.
Another symbolic surprise
When Decker shared Denver's birth info on Instagram, fans were quick to point out the significance of his birth weight: 8 lbs., 7 oz. Dad Eric wore the number 87 during his NFL career and was the 87th overall draft pick back in 2010. He was also born in 1987.
What a lovely coincidence!
