Jessica Simpson spoke about motherhood (exclusive)

Do you want to pay Jessica Simpson the ultimate compliment? Just tell her she's a good mom!

On Tuesday morning, the 38-year-old star announced her third pregnancy. The news is a surprise, as Simpson has talked about motherhood at ET over the years. In fact, she even won an award for her excellent parenting education.

"The fact that people think I'm doing a good job [as a mother] is the best compliment, "she said at the 40th Annual Outstanding Mother's Award in May.

Simpson's road to motherhood was a hot topic in 2002, when ET met the singer and her younger sister, Ashlee. Simpson, 22 years old at the time, already knew that the practice was one of the greatest traits that she hoped to own as a parent.

"When I'm a mother, I really want to be a mother," she said. "I do not want a nanny doing everything for me."

After his highly publicized marriage to Nick Lachey, from 98 to 2002, Simpson began dating NFL star Eric Johnon, who would help make her baby dreams come true by hosting their granddaughter Maxwell in May 2012. his son, Ace, in June 2013.

The cuties were present while Simpson and Johnson were bonded in July 2014 and, of course, ET wondered if more children were on the horizon after the wedding, but in September 2015, she admitted to having more children "Would scare me a little bit"

While she was later telling Ellen DeGeneres that she did not plan to have more rugby in an interview in May 2017, in April of this year she was clearly thinking about the baby number three telling AND and she and Johnson "making babies, adding," but that would certainly be a miracle. "

"My daughter is about to be six, May 1st is her birthday, and my son is going to celebrate his five years on June 30th and it's like" Wait, so this n & # 39; "He is no longer a toddler, he is a complete child" Simpson, 37, shared. "My daughter [already] think she's a teenager. My son at least still wants to be a baby. "

Months later, she emphasized how she and Johnson were procrastinating with ET at BeautyConLA.

"I mean, we are very happy and we know how to make babies very well, but we had the little one here," she said.

Of course, there is another one along the way, both revealing that they are expecting a little girl via an Instagram post on Tuesday. "This little girl is going to make us a family of five," Simpson wrote on a photo showing his booming hump. "We could not be more pleased to announce this blessing of life."

So, what does Simpson like to be a mom? The fashionista thinks that there is nothing like seeing her fingers grow and learn.

"The most rewarding to be a mother, is to see my kids grow up," she told ET in May. "It's as if my knowledge of life was so meaningful to me and how much they put to heart everything that they do. There is nothing like the innocence of a child. "

Then there is the clamor of watching children develop their personality and passions as they grow up.

While Ace seems to be sporty like his father, adoring baseball, Maxwell seems to have inherited Simpson's love for the limelight. In fact, she is so The biggest showman that was the theme of his sixth birthday party in May.

"My daughter's favorite movie is The biggest showman. We have seen it, literally 100 times, at least! Explained Simpson. Maxwell was doing flips and we were celebrating all types of people, unique, everyone is unique[ness] and individuality. "

Little Maxwell is also an aspiring star, with Simpson telling how the girl has already marched for Simpson's clothing line and has been practicing it ever since.

"She's better than her mom!" said Simpson, who launched a baby collection in 2016. "She does it every day, to be honest, as there was no way to stop it. I do not know not what else to do, it's out of my control. "

As for how Simpson thinks of the possibility that her children are following her in the entertainment industry, she is in complete agreement.

"I would definitely embrace my children as artists," she previously shared. "For me, they are like the stars of my life, so I would like the world to see what I see."

Congratulations to Simpson and Johnson for their baby! See more on the couple below.

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