Josie Bates is pregnant! Bringing Up Bates star, 24, is expecting her third child with her husband Kelton Balka: ‘Balka, Party of five’
Josie Bates, 24, is pregnant with baby number three with her husband Kelton Balka.
The Bringing Up Bates star announced the happy news on Instagram on Tuesday by sharing a photo of her sonogram.
‘Balka, Party of Five!!,’ she captioned the post, adding the hands making a heart emoji.
Later she posted a series of photos that included Kelton and their daughters Willow, four and Hazel, two, and her sonogram images.
‘Baby Balka coming early March,’ she wrote, adding hands making a heart, a baby bottle, a shocked face and a white heart emojis.
Party of five: Josie Bates, 24, is pregnant with baby number three with her husband Kelton Balka
In one photo, Josie sits on Kelton’s lap holding her sonogram while their two young daughters make funny faces.
The series of photos shows the moment when she told her kids they were going to have a new sibling.
One sweet snap shows the expecting mother holding Hazel while Willow kisses her baby bump.
Another image features Willow looking at the sonogram while another shows Josie sitting on Kelton’s lap in an armchair while WIllow occupies the chair next to them.
Hazel reaches for the sonogram.
In another photo, Kelton’s back is to the camera as he sits on a bed. Josie is hugging him and has the sonogram in her hand while Willow jumps on the bed.
Josie rose to fame on Bringing Up Bates, which followed her parents Gil and Kelly Jo and her 18 siblings.
The series ran for 10 seasons on UpTV and Josie is the middle child of the family from outside of Knoxville, Tennessee.
New baby: The Bringing Up Bates star announced the happy news on Instagram on Tuesday by sharing a photo of her sonogram
Oh baby! ‘Balka, Party of Five!!,’ she captioned the post, adding the hands making a heart emoji
Family: Later she posted a series of photos that included Kelton and their daughters Willow, four and Hazel, two, and her sonogram images. ‘Baby Balka coming early March,’ she wrote, adding hands making a heart, a baby bottle, a shocked face and a white heart emojis.
Growing family: The couple married in 2018 and welcomed Willow in 2019 and Hazel in 2021
Captivated: The young girls seemed fascinated by the sonogram
She has nine older siblings and nine younger siblings.
Josie and Kelton tied the knot in October 2018 when she was 19-years-old.
In February 2019 Josie announced she was pregnant with her first child, Willow.
Hazel joined the growing family in 2021.
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