When the cast of Hallmark Channel’s beloved series “When Calls The Heart” (WCTH begins filming its 14th season in 2026, there will be three new babies joining their parents behind the scenes!
During a WCTH panel at the Hallmark Christmas Experience on December 12, 2025, Chris McNally revealed he and fellow Hallmark star Julie Gonzalo are expecting their second baby. That makes them the third real-life Hallmark couple in a month to announce they’re expecting!
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McNally shared his baby news while participating in a WCTH panel during the third weekend of the Hallmark Christmas Experience in Kansas City, appearing alongside castmates Jack Wagner, Erin Krakow, Kevin McGarry, Pascale Sutton, Kavan Smith, Viv Leacock, Ben Rosenbaum, and returning cast member Lori Loughlin.
“I wanted to touch on season 14 and how wonderful it is that we’ve been renewed, and that’s all thanks to all of you,” McNally told the jam-packed ballroom at the Westin Hotel. “And also, looking back on season 13, there was something going on with our caterers. I don’t know if you guys knew this, but they were giving us something, and they wouldn’t tell us (what it was) at the time.”
McNally then reached into his pocket and pulled out a string of sonogram images and said, “It’s not two, but there’s three coming in the spring.”
The crowd gasped in surprise, realizing he meant that he was the third dad-to-be in the WCTH cast. On November 11, McGarry and his wife, WCTH and “Landman” actress Kayla Wallace, announced they were expecting their first child. Two weeks later, on November 26, Krakow and Rosenbaum — who got married in June — announced they, too, are expecting their first baby.
McNally and Rosenbaum adorably rose from their seats to shake hands with each other and McGarry, as Krakow said, “Something’s in the water!”
Ben Rosenbaum Jokes Hallmark Channel Will Have to Build a ‘Hope Valley Nursery’
HallmarkAs McNally returned to his seat, he revealed the three Hallmark couples’ due dates are “within six weeks of each other.”
“On season 14, we’ll be opening the Hope Valley Nursery,” Rosenbaum quipped, and McNally added, “And when we all look exhausted, you’ll know why!”
McNally also said it was “really special to share such incredible news (with each other) and have the answer be “us, too” and then to share it again and have that answer be “us, too!’ So that was pretty great.”
Gonzalo and McNally — who co-starred in 2023’s “3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Ghost” — have shared very few details about their relationship, but revealed in June 2022 that they’d welcomed their first child, with Gonzalo posting a photo of them holding their baby girl’s finger and calling her only “Baby M.”
In the three years since, Gonzalo has shared a couple of other peeks into their family’s life, including Mother’s Day post in 2024, sharing a photo holding her daughter in a hammock and writing, “My most favorite part of life is being your mama” and calling McNally “the most incredible father and partner a girl could ever wish for ♥️”
