Nick Viall Celebrates ‘Future Wife, and Mother to My Child’ Natalie Joy on Her Birthday: I’m ‘Lucky’

Nick Viall showed his pregnant fiancee Natalie Joy some birthday love on Thursday.

As Joy turned 25, the former bachelor wished his “greatest love, my future wife and the mother of my child” a happy birthday on Instagram.

“Every time I look at you I’m reminded of how lucky I am to have you in my life,” Viall, 42, captioned a carousel of Instagram photos on Thursday. “Your spirit brings a smile to everyone you meet. Thanks for giving me a million reasons to smile every day! I love you Chicken.”

Joy commented on the post, “the best part of me is you 😭😭😭 love you forever my chick.”

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Earlier this month, Viall and Joy announced they were expecting their first child.

“Our biggest dream has come true,” the couple wrote on Instagram on August 8.

Joy explained to PEOPLE how she shared the news with Viall.

I took two positive pregnancy tests, took some baby clothes and put them in a drawer, knowing that Nick would open it while we were making dinner, she said. – He was shocked to say the least.

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Viall said he and Joy talked about how they wanted to raise their child.

“We’ve always both been excited about becoming parents one day and we’re very excited to embark on this journey together,” he added.

Viall and Joy got engaged in January when they Viall files The podcast host popped the question with an 18K yellow gold Brilliant Earth ring with a 5-carat cushion cut diamond. The couple celebrated three years together in July.

“I love our family we started together and can’t wait to see it grow,” he wrote on Instagram on July 11. “Thank you for 3 amazing years and for always fighting for us. I look forward to the rest of our lives together.”

Nick Viall and pregnant Natalie Joy walk around LA after discovering they’re expecting a baby

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For their anniversary, Joy said on Instagram that she “couldn’t imagine a better man” than Viall.

“Thank you for loving every part of me,” she wrote. “You make me feel heard, seen, valued, appreciated, beautiful, safe, confident, protected, challenged, nurtured, I could go on and on. but most importantly you grew flowers in the darkest parts of me (perfectly said by the one and only Zach Bryan) I didn’t think it was possible to find someone who could stand by me, and give me every ounce of encouragement and love I put the most broken parts of me back together. I finally feel whole.”

Joy also thanked Viall “for being the man you are” and added, “I can’t wait to marry you!!!!”

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