Erin and Ben Napier revealed they are expecting another baby girl next month, after successfully keeping her pregnancy under wraps for the past eight months.
The HGTV stars, who already share a three-year-old daughter named Helen, learned they were expecting while ‘simultaneously filming Home Town in Laurel, Mississippi, and their new show, Home Town Takeover, about 200 miles away in Wetumpka, Alabama,’ according to People.
‘The last six months of 2020 really, you know, it was rough. It’s all a blur,’ Ben told the outlet of preparing to expand their family, in addition to their shooting two shows.
Exciting news: Erin and Ben Napier revealed they are expecting their second child, a baby girl, next month, after successfully keeping her pregnancy under wraps for eight months; seen in 2020
Erin echoed a similar statement, as she admitted she doesn’t really ‘remember anything’ from the past year, but was grateful ‘somebody was filming all of it.’
In addition to breaking the news on Sunday night’s episode of Home Town, they revealed Ben’s brother and his wife, Lauren, were also expecting a baby.
‘Our family is growing all of a sudden,’ Erin raved as she is due just three weeks before her sister-in-law.
It’s a girl: The HGTV stars learned they were expecting while ‘simultaneously filming Home Town in Laurel, Mississippi, and their new show, Home Town Takeover, about 200 miles away in Wetumpka, Alabama, according to People
Doting parents: The pair already share a three-year-old daughter named Helen
‘The last six months of 2020 really, you know, it was rough. It’s all a blur,’ Ben told the outlet of preparing to expand their family, in addition to their shooting two shows
The college sweethearts, who married in 2008, both released statements on their Instagram accounts with identical videos of some beautiful memories with each other and little Helen.
‘By now most of you know that in just a few weeks we will be adding another little face to our home videos and photo albums,’ Erin wrote. ‘Just like Helen did, her little sister has made it easy to keep her secret by being tiny even now, and I’m deeply thankful that we’ve had almost 8 months of keeping this our news just for our family and close friends.’
She continued: ‘Last spring, I put away the changing table supplies because I no longer had an infant. I put it away in the guest room closet and then I cried because I thought how lonesome Helen must feel up there in her crib beside an empty room every night.’
It’s all blur: Erin echoed a similar statement, as she admitted she doesn’t ‘remember anything’ from the past year, but was grateful ‘somebody was filming all of it’
So much love: The college sweethearts, who married in 2008, both released statements on their Instagram accounts with identical videos of some beautiful memories with each other and Helen
‘A few weeks later, I watched my daddy and his brother standing at my grandmother’s graveside,’ she explained. ‘Two men with many differences strengthened each other. Two men who knew her better than any of us ever could.’
Speaking of the unique sibling bond, Erin noted that siblings ‘know and remember and keep the stories of a family alive.’
‘We wanted that for Helen,’ she said. ‘Someone to stand with her when we can’t someday. And now she’ll have a cousin following just a few weeks behind her, too. We are so thankful.’
Doting dad: Meanwhile, her husband gushed that he grew up with ‘built-in best friends’ and was thrilled his daughter would get a sibling of her own
Before concluding her emotional caption, she reflected on all the ‘would-be parents waiting for their own babies.’
‘For many it can be such a long and difficult journey and I pray for strength for you if that’s where you are. God answers in His own time, not ours, awfully hard as that can be. Sending so much love to y’all today,’ she encouraged.
Meanwhile, her husband gushed that he grew up with ‘built-in best friends’ and was thrilled his daughter would get a sibling of her own.
‘I would’ve been happy with just the 2 of us, or just the 3 of us, but I can’t wait to see the 4 of us,’ he wrote.