Jesse McCartney, Spouse Katie Peterson Anticipating Their First Child

Jesse McCartney and his spouse Katie Peterson are bringing a “Stunning Soul” into the world!

The couple introduced by means of a joint Instagram publish on Friday, Feb. 14, that they are anticipating their first child later this yr. McCartney and Peterson, each 37, shared a sequence of Valentine’s Day-themed images to have a good time their glad information.

The couple posed in “mother” and “dad” monogrammed pajamas and used their arms to type a coronary heart over Peterson’s rising child bump. They closed out their publish with a sonogram picture surrounded by purple roses and hearts that learn “Child Mac” and “Aug. 2025.”

McCartney and Peterson then went on to disclose their child’s anticipated due date within the caption of their festive announcement, writing, “Our lil Valentine 🌹🧸 arriving 8/8 xo, JK.”

On his Instagram Tales, the singer additionally chronicled the precise second the parents-to-be shared their information with the world.

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“Alright, right here we go,” McCartney may be heard saying in a video because the couple put together to publish their Instagram from one in all their telephones. “About to share with the world.”

Peterson, laughing nervously, added, “I am scared,” earlier than they then pressed the add button collectively, sending the images out for the world to see.

McCartney captioned the video, “Sharing this information publicly made it all of the extra actual! New Chapter you guys.”

Peterson, in the meantime, reshared the images on her personal Instagram Tales alongside the caption, “Mother and Dad,” accompanied by the center arms emoji.

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The Greek alum and Peterson, who’s an actress, tied the knot in Carmel, Calif., in 2021, after seven years of courting.

Forward of their marriage ceremony, the couple spoke with PEOPLE and detailed how they first met at a bar the place Peterson was working.

“I used to be type of attempting to sweet-talk her,” McCartney stated on the time. “I discovered her extremely engaging and was simply attempting to allure her, however she wasn’t having it. I finally left my quantity on a serviette and he or she stated, ‘You did not write your title down on it!’ And I used to be like, ‘Oh, in fact, she most likely received 1,000,000 of those tonight.’ I needed to write my title down on the serviette after which finally the remaining is historical past.”

Peterson went on to share what she loves most about her now-husband, telling PEOPLE, “He is simply very considerate together with his time.”

“For any person who’s so busy and all the time on the go, he simply has this beneficiant manner of prioritizing me,” she continued. “We simply make one another snigger. I really feel probably the most snug being myself after I’m with him, which I believe is absolutely the true inform of whenever you discovered your particular person.”