Blake Lively shows off her baby bump

Actress Blake Lively has showed off her baby bump for the first time after announcing her pregnancy.

The beauty wore a body-hugging tan gown and proudly showed off her belly as she posed for the photographers at the 'God's Love We Deliver, Golden Heart Awards' here Thursday, reports eonline.com.

The mother-to-be is thrilled about here imminent motherhood.

"It's something that I've always wanted ever since I was a little girl. I never knew what I wanted to do for a living but I knew I wanted to have a lot of kids because I had come from a big family, so it was always important to me. So it's just the excitement of that finally being here," said the former "Gossip Girl" actress.

According to the 27-year-old actress, her husband Ryan Reynolds, is taking the chance to support her through the pregnancy.

"He's always good to me, that's like a jerky thing to say because you want to be able to complain about your husband and be that person, but he takes pretty good care of me," Lively added.