Dad-to-Be Kellan Lutz Is 'So Excited' to Have a Daughter on the Way: It's a 'Home Run'

Jen Juneau

Kellan Lutz couldn’t be more stoked to become a dad to a baby girl.

The former Twilight star, 34, stopped by The Talk on Tuesday to rave about how excited he is for new fatherhood when his first child with wife Brittany makes her arrival in May, admitting that the situation feels perfect.

“I’m so excited,” he said. “I have a lot of brothers in my family, same with Brittany, so getting a girl right off the bat? Home run!”

Lutz also opened up about his new series FBI: Most Wanted — specifically the upcoming crossover episode with its predecessor FBI, which will be out this spring.

“Working with Missy [Peregrym], who I worked with on Stick It — my first movie, actually — so happy to work with her, and I love doing crossovers,” the actor said. “So it’d be really fun to do more and more of them as the season [progresses].”

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Grateful. 💛⁣ ⁣ I heard someone say “You don’t fall in love. It’s not a hole. You choose love.” I wholeheartedly agree with this. It doesn’t always feel like you’re choosing love in the moment because your emotions and feelings are right there encouraging you and leading you. That’s why it’s important we master our feelings and emotions. To make sure they’re leading us to true love & to get our hearts there safely. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ In the same way you can’t fall out of a hole, you can’t fall out of love. It is a two way street of course, definitely not saying it isn’t. But at the end of the day love is a choice that hopefully you’re both making. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ A lot of people would argue that the greatest act of love was Jesus dying on the cross for us to take our place in the judgement seat when our life here is done. But Jesus didn’t die on the cross in a moment of passion. He didn’t die during an emotional high. He wasn’t falling in love with us. He actually asked to not have to do it (and who could blame Him?!). But He was already in love with us. He had already made the decision that He loved us so it didn’t matter what feelings and emotions were going on, He was going to come through even in His pain and suffering and uncomfortability. He was committed to us. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ So for those of us who’s standard is to be more Christ-like, we can’t expect to live and love based on our FEELINGS and expect to have a fulfilled love life on that alone. For those of you who love hard and choose to love, in 2020 make sure the person you’re pursuing/dating is choosing you back. Like really choosing you. Take it from me, wasting time on people who aren’t loving you right is time you can’t get back and heartache in the making. For those of you still in the waiting, let this be the year you surrender control of your love life and see what God can do. 💛

A post shared by Brittany Lutz (Gonzales) (@brittanylynnlutz) on Jan 1, 2020 at 2:21pm PST

Kellan Lutz | Roy Rochlin/Getty
Kellan Lutz | Roy Rochlin/Getty

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Lutz shared the exciting news that the two are expecting their first child together with an adorable Instagram post on Thanksgiving Day.

In the surprise post, Lutz and Gonzales are both sporting sherpa-lined denim jackets and holding up a third miniature version for their newest addition. The couple is seen kissing in the picture as they show off the baby coat to their viewers.

“HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2019,” Lutz began his caption. “So much to be grateful for this year … and even more so in 2020! So proud of my wife @brittanylynnlutz and so pumped for our lil family to grow into 3 + Koda 🙂 🙏 Get here already 😇!!!! Can’t wait to meet you Little Lutz!”

The sweet announcement came two years after the couple went public with their marriage on social media for the holiday in 2017.

Kellan Lutz (L) and wife Brittany | Amy Graves/Getty
Kellan Lutz (L) and wife Brittany | Amy Graves/Getty

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In a chat with PEOPLE Now this month, Lutz (who played Emmett Cullen in 2009’s Twilight and its four subsequent saga films) said he’s “super excited” about becoming a dad — and his baby girl might be just the beginning.

“I just want a big family,” he revealed. “I come from a big family and Brittany’s an amazing wife, she’s gonna be an amazing mother. I just can’t wait to see what our girl looks like.”

“I think that’s the coolest thing,” the actor continued. “We get to create, and then with all the X and Y chromosomes, you have this lottery ticket of what your child’s gonna look like!”

And surprisingly, the father-to-be isn’t battling any nerves often associated with first-time parenthood. “I’m [just] super excited,” Lutz shared.