It's OK to admit it: You didn't kick off 2018 with " Justin Bieber will get married" on your bingo card. But slowly—and then all at once—you invested a little piece of your heart in Justin and Hailey Bieber , who shared Aug. 23 that they welcomed their first child together .

After this year began with a cryptically quiet few months for the pair, fans started to wonder if perhaps the couple skipping the Met Gala this year was a harbinger of great news. And..

. They were right! The pair announced their pregnancy May 9. Still, some of the fans were presumably among the concerned parties who wondered what , if anything, was up with the family when Stephen Baldwin reposted a pastor's Feb.

26 Instagram Reel soliciting prayers for his daughter and son-in-law. No one ever said for sure what it all meant, and everything Justin and Hailey posted in the ensuing weeks was examined within an inch of its life. Now we know, regardless, that they had more important things on their mind.

And sure enough, the pair who have been refreshingly real when it comes to detailing the ups and downs of married life let the world in on their expectant status when they were good and ready. "My favorite thing about being married is honestly the companionship I feel we have," Hailey, 27, said in an early 2023 interview for Vogue Australia —conducted at the couple's Beverly Hills home with her husband posing the questions. "Genuinely, you are my best friend in the entire world.

There's nobody I would ra.