Ashley Jacobs Announces Pregnancy: Expecting Baby No. 2 with Husband Mike Appel, Overjoyed with Excitement - lulu

Ashley Jacobs and Mike Appel at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. Photo: 

Abdon Mora/Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Hotel

Ashley Jacobs is going to be a mom again!

The Southern Charm alum, who appeared on the show for two seasons before exiting in 2019, is pregnant and expecting her second baby with husband Mike Appel, a rep for the couple confirms to PEOPLE.

Sharing exclusive images from her family's babymoon vacation with son Grayson Maxwell, 3, at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort, Jacobs, 39, tells PEOPLE that she cannot wait to have another baby boy join her brood.

"I've come a long way since my Southern Charm days!!!" Jacobs says. "My husband, son and I are thrilled to announce that we are expecting baby boy #2 in FIVE WEEKS!!! We cannot wait for his arrival and to watch our boys grow up together. Grateful is an understatement!"

Ashley Jacobs and Mike Appel at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Hotel. 

Abdon Mora/Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Hotel

"Aside from pregnancy, we're also remodeling our new home. Life is pretty hectic at the moment but felt we could somehow manage to squeeze in one last vacation just the three of us."

"The choice was obvious to have our babymoon in our hometown of Santa Barbara!" she tells PEOPLE. "I know people are asking, 'Why choose to have a babymoon in the town you live in?!' My answer is always, 'Have you been to Santa Barbara?!' Staying at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort is as close to paradise as you can get."

Ashley Jacobs and Mike Appel at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Hotel. 

Abdon Mora/Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Hotel

Jacobs and Appel met in 2019 at a summer rooftop party in Jacobs' hometown of Santa Barbara. The couple made their relationship Instagram official a few months later.

In March 2021, PEOPLE exclusively revealed the two got engaged while on a snowmobile ride in Park City, Utah. Later that year, the pair secretly tied the knot later in an intimate wedding ceremony.

"After a year and half of dating, we can both agree that this adventure we're on together is just getting started," Jacobs told PEOPLE at the time. "We're a great team and we can't wait for what's ahead! Buckle up!"

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