Eva Marcilleis gearing up for round three of motherhood.
The Real Housewives of Atlantastar is 17 weeks pregnant with her third child and second with husbandMichael Sterling, she reveals exclusively to PEOPLE in this week’s issue, on newsstands Friday.
Marcille, 34, reveals her happy news alongside a pairof cute maternity photos, showing her taking a drink from a smoothie glass in bed while her bare belly — complete with a drawn-on face — “sips” from its own straw, using her belly button as its mouth.
Eva Marcille.
Eva Marcille
“It’s amazing that God shared his most amazing superpower with us: the power to create and give life,” Sterling tells PEOPLE. “I count it a greatblessing to grow our familywith the love of my life,Eva MarcilleSterling, and we look forward to welcoming another generation of hope into this world.”
Eva Marcille’s pregnancy announcement.Terrell Mullin
The couple welcomed Michael Jr. in April 2018, andtied the knot the following Octoberduring a private ceremony in Atlanta, a source confirmed to PEOPLE at the time.
Marcille and Sterling were in tears as they said their “I dos” in front of 220 guests, including their kids, as shown onRHOAin March. It was a beautiful affair that had Marcille’sRHOAcastmatesNeNe Leakes,Kandi Burruss,Cynthia Bailey,Porsha Williams,Shamari DeVoe, Tanya Sam and Marlo Hampton overcome with emotion, too.
Eva Marcille and Michael Sterling.Paras Griffin/Getty Images
Eva Marcilleand Michael Sterling
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Perhaps the most touching moment of the ceremony was when theAmerica’s Next Top Modelcycle 3 winner and Sterlingexchanged the vows they had written.
“I promise to love you unconditional, unrelenting, comforting and eternal,” the groom said. “I promise you not only this present love, but future love. The future love that can’t forecast the unpredictability of life but is prepared to withstandthe hardships, the pains, and the struggles.”
“I vow that you will never be alone because no matter where you go, my love will always be with you,” he continued. “And when God sees fit to take us from this place, I promise you that I will ask Her that she will let me be with you in this next life. Because I don’t want to imagine this life or any life without you.”
Marcille told the audience during her turn, “Growing up I was not the girl who hadthe idea of a fairytale wedding. But now I am just overwhelmed with emotion. To be at this place today with an amazing man? What did I do to deserve this amount of favor and blessings?”
For more fromEva Marcille, pick up the latest issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
source: people.com
