Everything We Know About Chip and Joanna Gaines' New Baby
This will be the couple's fifth child!
Big news Fixer Upper fans: Your favorite HGTV couple is having a baby! The duo were overjoyed to share their news with the world yesterday on Instagram. As you probably already know, Chip and Joanna are saying "goodbye" to their hit show, Fixer Upper, at the end of this season to focus on their family. And now that we know their household is growing, it makes all the more sense. Here's everything we know so far about the new baby.
1. This will be the couple's fifth child.
The pair shared the news that they'll soon be a party of seven on Instagram, and Chip, per usual, put his own humorous spin on the occasion, posing next to Joanna with his own, bigger bump. The baby will join older siblings Drake, 11, Ella Rose, 9, Duke, 8, and Emma Kay, 7.
2. Chip is convinced the baby is a boy.
Even though the couple doesn't appear to know the gender yet, they have a guess: "Chip swears he can already tell it's a boy," Joanna wrote on Instagram. "Look at the little heartbeat!!"
3. The baby was conceived after a Johnnyswim concert.
Chip told fans on Twitter that Johnnyswim put on a romantic concert in Waco, Texas a few months back — too romantic, according to him. "One thing led to another and we are officially pregnant," Chip said on Twitter.
4. Their due date is most likely in July.
If Chip's right, and the baby was conceived after the Johnnyswim concert during the "Magnolia Silobration" event on October 13, that would mean Joanna is around 13 weeks pregnant and due in July. But since the couple has yet to share their exact due date, only time will tell.
5. Joanna is craving ice cream with pickles.
As part of their reveal, Chip teased that once Joanna starts craving pickles on top of her ice cream, you know she's experiencing pregnancy cravings.
6. The baby's name will likely start with a "D."
If it's a boy, that is, as the couple has named both of their sons names that start with "D," specifically Drake and Duke. If it's a girl, her name will probably start with an "E" and be two words, like her older sisters, Ella Rose and Emma Kay.
7. Joanna is already nesting at home.
In fact, the interior designer spent the holiday break organizing her attic and going through her kids' baby clothes. Now we know why: she has a newborn that'll soon be wearing these hand-me-downs.
