Michael Phelps enjoyed the snow.
Michael Phelps enjoyed the snow.

When Michael Phelps takes to Instagram, it means big news is coming. On Wednesday, the Baltimore Bullet announced he will soon be a father.

โ€œWe found out over eight weeks ago we were expecting,โ€ Phelps wrote in a post with a poolside photo of himself and fiancee, Nicole Johnson. โ€œToday weโ€™re over 12 weeks and it looks like weโ€™re having a boy!โ€

Like his post after getting engaged to Nicole Johnson eight months ago, Phelpsโ€™ announcement was met with a mixed emotions. The disappointment comes not in the news itself, but what it means: Phelps is really off the market.

Phelps, who is training for the 2016 Olympics, is on the cover of this monthโ€™s edition of Sports Illustrated for a story about his comeback following last yearโ€™s DUI arrest in Baltimore.

Stephen Babcock is the editor of Technical.ly Baltimore and an editor-at-large of Baltimore Fishbowl.