Fixer Upper stars adding to their family
On Tuesday night, HGTV aired the latest instalment of Fixer Upper starring the ever-popular Chip and Joanna Gaines. Afterward, Chip turned to social media to announce that the couple is expecting.
Chip, 43, and Joanna, 39, are already the proud parents of Drake, 12, Ella, 11, Duke, 9, and Emmie, 7, who appear on their show, which is based in Waco, Texas.
On Instagram, Chip wrote: “Gaines party of 7. (If you are still confused. WE ARE PREGNANT).”
On Twitter, he bordered on TMI: “You might recall a few months back. the ever amazing, ever romantic @JOHNNYSWIM was in Waco,” he wrote of the Los Angeles-based musical duo. “And they put on a little too romantic of a concert . . . anyways, one thing led to another, & we are officially pregnant. And I could not be more EXCITED!”
The announcement came after an episode in which the couple fixed up a house for Joanna’s sister and her husband, who are expecting their sixth child.
This is the fifth and final season for Fixer Upper. The couple stunned their fans in September by announcing in a blog post that they were ending the show, which has been a ratings bonanza for HGTV.
“While we are confident that this is the right choice for us, it has for sure not been an easy one to come to terms with,” they wrote on their blog.
“Our family has grown up alongside yours, and we have felt you rooting us on from the other side of the screen.
“How bittersweet to say goodbye to the very thing that introduced us all in the first place.”
The family lives on a 40-acre farm outside of town.
Their business empire includes: Magnolia Homes, a real estate and design company; a magazine; and retail businesses such as Magnolia Market, which draws an average of 30,000 visitors to town weekly, according to the Waco Convention and Visitors Bureau. They’ve also written best-selling books, have a home goods line and a paint line.