Gossip Girl actress announces her pregnancy!

There is exciting news for Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds as it has been revealed she is expecting their first child!

The Gossip Girl actress announced the amazing news over her new lifestyle website, Preserve with a sweet photo of her bump that was taken by her brother, Eric.

The photo was snuck into a Preserve piece about family with lots of autumnal colours and baby bumps too – including the actess'!

This will be the first child for the couple who married in 2012.

It was only in a recent issue of Marie Claire magazine that the actress spoke about her eagerness to start a family, saying: "I gotta get started. If I could spit out a litter of kids I would."

Congratulations to the happy couple – such a cute announcement!