"Dancing with the Stars" winner J.R. Martinez to be a dad

J.R.Martinez and Diana Gonzalez-Jones attend "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute" on Dec. 11, 2011, in Los Angeles.

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(CBS) "Dancing with the Stars" winner J.R. Martinez is having a year he will never forget. On top of winning the celebrity dancing competition, the 28-year-old just found out he is going to be a dad.

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The Iraq war veteran and his girlfriend Diana Gonzalez-Jones are expecting a baby girl, due next spring, reports Us Weekly.

"First thing that crossed my mind when we found out we were having a girl: All the #emotional feelings, all the #beautyproducts, and the #OMG's," Martinez tweeted on Saturday.

The couple met in 2008 on the set of soap opera "All My Children" after Martinez landed a role on the show where she was working as an assistant.

Martinez told Access Hollywood that the two started out as great friends and then things changed.

"Finally, something happened, something clicked, and I just said, ' [Do] you ever look at me different than just a friend?' And she kind of paid attention to it, and here we are! It's great."

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[jose_z1]

I thought he wanted to be treated like everyone else... thus the fact that he got his girfriend pregnant should not be a headline on CBS news. You know, like everyone else.
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[nclaw441]

No one gets married anymore??

[greennnnnn-2009]

Not as much as in the past. People don't want to get married like they used to. Can't blame 'em. I feel the same.