Richard Gere is going to be a father again at age 69.

Wife Alejandra Silva, who made the happy announcement Sunday on Instagram, appears to be visibly pregnant. The picture showed the Dalai Lama blessing her bump, with Gere tenderly laying his hand down as well.

Gere is a Tibetan Buddhist and a longtime supporter of the Dalai Lama.

"A very special moment just a few minutes ago ... Getting blessings for our precious to come," Silva wrote on Instagram in a now-deleted posted, adding an explanation for the late announcement. "We couldn’t say it before telling HH Dalai Lama."

Gere and Silva married in April. It's Gere's third marriage; he was previously wed to actress Cary Lowell and Cindy Crawford.

The child is the second for both parents. Gere has a son, Homer, 18, whose mother is Lowell. Silva has a young son, Albert, 5, also from a previous marriage.