Drew Barrymore's Ex, Will Kopelman and Wife Alexandra Are Expecting A Baby Boy

Drew Barrymore's ex-husband Will Kopelman and his wife Alexandra Michler Kopelman are expecting their first baby together. Michler Kopelman took to Instagram to share the exciting news, and the baby's gender.

Michler Kopelman's Instagram post, a photo of her holding her baby bump while walking her pup, is simply captioned, "The year of boys!! ?"

Many of her followers left messages of congratulations and positive thoughts in the comment section. "It’s all happening ?," one person wrote. Another follower added, "Allie, I am so thrilled for you and Will. Sending you a heart full of love and blessings for this baby boy. ❤️" Kopelman's sister, "Odd Mom Out" creator and actress Jill Kargman added, "SO excited ??❤️??." 

Kopelman, who married the Vogue director of fashion development, is already dad to daughters Olive, 9, and Frankie, 7, with ex-wife Barrymore. Kopelman and Barrymore got divorced in 2016 after four years of marriage and have been co-parenting since.

In late August, Michler Kopelman shared an anniversary tribute on Instagram to celebrate the couple's one-year wedding anniversary. She captioned one of their wedding photos simply, "One very happy year ?✨."

The couple announced their engagement in January 2021 and tied the knot on August 28, 2021 at Sankaty Head Beach Club in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Kopelman and Barrymore's daughters served as flower girls for the ceremony.

In 2015 before her divorce, Barrymore talked to PEOPLE about watching her then husband with their girls. "Honestly, I don't know how it is for other couples but really I like watching him be a father. I know everyone says you're supposed to put your coupledom first. But I really love it being all about the kids," she said. "Maybe that's my compensating for not having parents myself or a childhood but right now, the focus is about how we're figuring things out as parents."

In 2021, Barrymore shared that she spent Halloween with Kopelman and his new wife during an episode of "The Drew Barrymore Show."  "I went trick-or-treating on Sunday with Will and his beautiful wife Allie, my daughters' wonderful stepmother," she said. "I think, honestly, this is so ideal. It is the dream. And I love seeing this, I really do. It's very positive."

Barrymore, 47, told Parents magazine in early 2022 that it's nice to split the kids time between her and Kopelman because, "both parents get a day off," but the downside to co-parenting is that "you miss them when you're apart because that wasn't the plan."

Last month, Barrymore talked about the importance of positive co-parenting on her show with guest Kate Hudson, who also co-parents with her exes. "I am co-parenting with someone. And although we might not be married anymore, and he's even married with his beautiful new wife, Allie, our wonderful stepmother, we're in a daily engagement and our relationship has never been better," Barrymore said. "We should champion our exes, and you don't have to be best friends, especially if they have a new person in their life."