Pregnant Stacey Solomon posts adorable picture with Joe Swash and her two sons as she thanks fans for their messages following baby news
The 29-year-old Loose Women star announced the couple's pregnancy yesterday
PREGNANT Stacey Solomon shared an adorable family picture as she thanked fans for their messages after her baby news.
The star - who announced yesterday that she and Joe Swash are expecting their first child together - was pictured smiling on the sofa with her two sons and Joe.
And she posted a gushing message to her followers as she celebrated her good news.
She wrote: "A rare moment where I’m awake, just wanted to say we are so so grateful for all of the lovely messages we’ve received since sharing our news and each and every one means so much to us it really does.
"We are still trying to get through them all and reply back but we aren’t doing it very quickly so thought we’d post a massive THANK YOU from all of us we are so over the moon and excited and blown away by kindness!"
Stacey and Joe first started dating in January 2016 and the former X Factor star is already mum to 10-year-old Zachary and six-year-old Leighton, who she shares with ex Dean Cox.
Meanwhile, Joe is dad to 11-year-old Harry who he shares with ex-fiancee Emma.
The Loose Women panellist recently teased that she and Joe are more likely to welcome a child together before they walk down the aisle.
Writing in her column, the star said: "Joe and I have both spoken about it and neither of us are headstrong about having that marriage contract.
"We're moving in together and probably want to have children before we get married.
"And when we've got through life and fed our children and they're independent, that's when I would think, 'Should we get married?'"
The celeb couple took to Instagram Friday morning to share the baby news with their followers.
Sharing a series of pictures of Stacey asleep, former EastEnders actor Joe, 37, was the first to make the exciting announcement on his social media page.
The star wrote: "Have been driving myself mad thinking that she’s bored senseless of me and can’t stand to be awake for longer than 10 minutes of my company...
"So you can imagine my delight to find out that she still loves me and my company very much she’s just been growing a baby.
"I can’t begin to describe how happy we are to be able to share this wonderful news. We've been so blessed with three incredible children that we've had the privilege of raising and we are forever grateful to have the chance to become parents to another wonderful child.
"It’s all very overwhelming and emotional and we couldn’t be happier right now."
Emotional Stacey followed up with a picture of the scan, adding: "Every time I go to write anything I sob so... what he said @realjoeswashy".
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Taking to Twitter, the expectant star retweeted Joe's message and added: "Words aren’t working for me right now so ditto @realjoeswash" alongside a crying and yellow heart emoji.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain shortly after making the announcement, Joe said of his girlfriend: "She's all good, she's excited.
"We just can't wait for it to happen."
When quizzed on the due date, Joe refused to give any details away - simply saying that he "can't say now".
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