The Bachelor alum Caila Quinn has announced she's expecting her second child with husband Nick Burrello.
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"Well... looks like there is another 'Minnie me' coming in August," Caila, 32, wrote in an Instagram post on Friday, February 16.
Alongside the caption, Caila posted a video of Nick and herself wearing matching Mickey Mouse sweatshirts outside of Cinderella's castle. The couple was also holding up a sonogram image.
The photo also featured Caila wearing Minnie Mouse ears and holding Teddi, who looked adorable in a red polka dot dress with Minnie Mouse heads printed on the collar.
"So excited for Teddi to become a big sister!!" Caila, who gave birth to Teddi in March 2023, continued in her upload.
"We are soaking in every second bringing her to Disney for the first time. Also, enjoying this trip before next time we have to do it with a double stroller."
Caila made a separate pregnancy announcement via Instagram Stories, writing, "Well... looks like 'the mouse' is out of the bag!"
Caila also thanked fans and Bachelor Nation for "being excited" for her growing family. Caila gushed about how the public reaction to her second pregnancy has made her "so emotional & grateful."
In addition, the Bachelor in Paradise alum shared how her pregnancy is the reason why she has been "sick and under the weather" as well as "a little off the grid" for the past three months.
Caila and Nick were set up by a mutual friend and went public with their relationship in October 2017 after Nick met her parents, which was well over a year after Caila appeared on Ben Higgins' season of The Bachelor.
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Caila and Nick got married on May 30, 2021 in Sarasota, FL, after canceling an overseas wedding in Lake Como, Italy due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Caila and Nick initially wanted to tie the knot in Italy in May 2021 and have a second local ceremony in the Midwest to accommodate all of their loved ones, but they felt the need to cancel both weddings due to the spread of COVID-19.
Caila admitted the decision was a heartbreaking one, but Caila and Nick ultimately decided to exchange vows in Sarasota, where Nick actually proposed marriage to The Bachelor alum -- during a romantic beach dinner -- on January 2, 2020 after two years of dating.
Caila announced she was expecting her first baby in late September 2022. Caila apparently told Nick that he's going to be a father on his 30th birthday.
The Bachelor alum then revealed she was pregnant with a girl in late December 2022 around the Christmas holiday. Caila had Nick unwrap a gift box with a teddy bear wearing a pink onesie inside.
Caila later endured 15 hours of labor and ended up having a C-section on March 30, 2023.
The Bachelor in Paradise alum previously told Us Weekly that she's "always wanted to be a mom" and being pregnant felt "too good to be true."
On The Bachelor's 20th season, Ben eliminated Caila right after his round of overnight Fantasy Suite dates in favor of eventual runner-up JoJo Fletcher and winner Lauren Bushnell, from whom he split in May 2017.
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Caila, who was 24-years-old at the time Ben broke up with her, was blindsided, crushed and sent home before a Rose Ceremony in Jamaica.
"I thought I'd be getting engaged in a week-and-a-half. I was ready," Caila said in tears following her ouster.
"I was ready to get married. I was ready to be his wife. I was ready. I was ready for our future. It's all I thought about. My purpose in life is to love other people and I don't know why I haven't found it yet. I thought this was it. I thought this was it. I was ready. I didn't see this coming. I love him, too. Like, I still love him."
That same year, Caila appeared on Season 3 of Bachelor in Paradise and left the show still dating Jared Haibon.
Caila even met Jared's family in Rhode Island, but she revealed during an August 2016 episode of After Paradise that "mystical forces" contributed to their split.
Jared's tight friendship with Ashley Iaconetti, who appeared jealous and possessive of her longtime crush, seemed to be the reason behind his split with Caila about six weeks after filming wrapped.
Jared and Ashley reconciled in May 2018 after remaining friends for years and tied the knot in August 2019. The couple now has their second child on the way.
Although Caila didn't find love on The Bachelor franchise, she told Us in 2021 that her experience on reality TV placed her on a path that eventually led to her meeting Nick.
"I feel really lucky because I feel like I wasn't meant to go on the show to find love there," explained Caila, who moved from Ohio to New York after her The Bachelor stint.
"I was meant to go on the show to find Nick. If I wasn't on the show, I wouldn't ever have met him because I would never have been a blogger and that's who introduced us and set us up on our first date. So, I think everything happens for a reason and I thank God every day."
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