Actress lifts up her shirt to show growing belly for a picture with friends

Feb 28, 2013 11:28 GMT  ·  By

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are expecting their first child and, naturally, they’re both excited at the thought of becoming parents. Kristen, for one, is so excited that she’s just shown off her belly out in public.

The actress was out on the town with friends when, presumably, one of them asked for a pic of her belly.

Ever so obliging, she lifted her top up to her breasts and smiled as the friend snapped pictures – but so were the paparazzi, which explains the amount of interest in her right now.

Us Magazine has one of the photos.

“Kristen Bell rocked a big smile – to match her bigger-than-ever baby bump – when she stepped out in L.A. on Tuesday, Feb. 26. Clad in black jeans and a black T-shirt rolled up to expose her bare, pregnant belly, the 32-year-old House of Lies star looked radiant and relaxed,” the celebrity publication writes.

Word of the pregnancy emerged in November, with the star saying in January that she was having a blast being pregnant – but not so much thinking she would have to give birth soon.

“Three days earlier, the Veronica Mars alum celebrated her approaching due date with a group of her closest pals at a party in Los Feliz, Calif. ‘All my best girlfriends came to my baby shower,’ she tweeted Feb. 23, alongside a photo of herself with House of Lies co-stars Ben Schwartz and Josh Lawson,” Us further says.

“Also in attendance at the bash were Hart of Dixie actress Rachel Bilson and writer Kelly Oxford, who shared a funny snapshot of Bell posing with breast pumps,” adds the same media outlet.

Kristen and Dax have been together for some years (he proposed in 2009) and are one of the most adorable couples in showbiz. News that they were to become parents thrilled their fans to the max.