Chip and Joanna Gaines, the stars of HGTV’s “Fixer Upper,” announced Tuesday that they are expecting their fifth child.
Congrats @joannagaines & @chipgaines! We can't wait to meet #BabyGaines. #FixerUpper #GrowingUpGaines https://t.co/omV7HJqjwe— HGTV (@HGTV) 1514949065.0
What happened?
In social media posts, the couple shared the news of their pregnancy.
Chip posted a goofy picture of the couple with matching baby bumps and announced their family will become a “party of 7.”
Gaines party of 7.. (If you’re still confused.. WE ARE PREGNANT) @joannagaines
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He previously dropped a series of hints on Twitter.
Everyone tune in now for tonight’s #FixerUpper! We’ve got some BIG news to share.. hint #1 https://t.co/Qwl3ddbbTd— Chip Gaines (@Chip Gaines) 1514944989.0
Hint #2. Airing as we tweet #fixerUpper— Chip Gaines (@Chip Gaines) 1514947263.0
When Chip revealed the news on Twitter, he credited the musical duo Johnnyswim with putting on “a little too romantic of a concert.”
Hint #3 You might recall a few months back.. the ever amazing, ever romantic @JOHNNYSWIM was in Waco. And they put… https://t.co/bz0mZjG5hj— Chip Gaines (@Chip Gaines) 1514948682.0
“We do what we can!” they replied.
We do what we can! https://t.co/VUw4ds2M0p— JOHNNYSWIM (@JOHNNYSWIM) 1514949084.0
On Wednesday morning, Joanna shared a video of her unborn child’s heartbeat.
.@chipgaines swears he can already tell it’s a boy. Look at the little heartbeat!! 🙌🏽❤️❤️ #5 https://t.co/bUwC3T91Cl— Joanna Gaines (@Joanna Gaines) 1514992976.0
“Look at the little heartbeat!” she wrote, adding that her husband “swears he can already tell it’s a boy.”
The couple recently announced that the fifth season of their popular show will be their last, saying that they wanted to spend more time with their young children, two boys and two girls.
“I think for us we felt that season 5 was just the perfect end to this beautiful chapter, but really the why is time, you know,” Joanna told E! News at the time.