'Bachelor' baby on the way for Sean and Catherine Lowe

NEW YORK -- Big news for "Bachelor Nation"! There's a "Bachelor" baby on the way!

Former season 17 "Bachelor" Sean Lowe posted on his Instagram page a photo of himself and wife Catherine saying, "It's happening! I'm going to be a dad!"

Catherine (Guidici) Lowe followed suit with another photo from the shoot saying, "Hey baby "

In both photos, Sean has his hand lovingly placed on his wife's belly as they gazed at each other.

Sean's post has more than 70,000 likes and Catherine's has more than 50,000 likes - those numbers are growing, along with Catherine's bump!

Sean and Catherine got married in a televised wedding on ABC back on January 29, 2014.

Season 20 "Bachelor" Ben Higgins begins his search for love with 28 bachelorettes on Monday, January 4th at 8/7c on ABC!