Angelina & Brad: Expecting!

Now that the globe-trotting pair have confirmed their pregnancy to PEOPLE, see how they grew closer as they traveled the world


JAPAN

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will soon need an extra hand when they fly: The worldly couple (pictured in Japan last month) are adding a third child to their brood. "Yes, I'm pregnant," Jolie said Monday in the Dominican Republic. Reps for Jolie and Pitt later confirmed the happy news for PEOPLE.



JAPAN

Judging by Pitt and Jolie's public appearances, fans might not know just how close the two are. At their recent Tokyo premiere, the Mr. & Mrs. Smith costars posed separately after signing autographs. But back home they're a team: Pitt is adopting Jolie's kids, Maddox, 4, and Zahara, 1, who will share the surname Jolie-Pitt.



PAKISTAN

Jolie, 30, has undeniably affected Pitt, 42. In November, the pair delivered food to earthquake victims (left, in the village of Jabel Sharoon). "I'm sorry we're in this situation," said Jolie, a longtime goodwill ambassador for the United Nations' refugee agency, "but I am so glad to be here for them."



MALIBU

But it's not all work and no play: The gang took a family day in the fall on the beach near Pitt's oceanfront home, where Jolie has been living since the summer. As Maddox played in the sand, the couple displayed a rare tender moment (right). Just last year, Pitt told Oprah Winfrey that having a family was his "dream."



WASHINGTON, D.C.

Jolie's political work has rubbed off on Pitt: The couple (on Nov. 19) visited the nation's capital, where they met with officials about issues in the developing world. (Pitt, said one senator's aide, was "knowledgeable and gracious.") They also checked out houses for sale, but a pal says that architecture buff Pitt just "wanted to look at buildings around Washington."



SANTA MONICA

Advocacy isn't the only thing Jolie has gotten her man into: Pitt has taken up her other passion, flying. But the actor, who recently started lessons (below, on Oct. 27), will have a long way to go to catch up to Jolie (above, on Oct. 3), a licensed private pilot. She owns a $434,000 Cirrus SR22 airplane, and "is a completely competent, confident flyer," says a source.



CANADA & L.A.

Even when they're working their Hollywood jobs, they're together. When Pitt (on Oct. 23) was in Edmonton, Alta., filming The Assassination of Jesse James, Jolie and the kids lived with him in a rented house and visited the set daily. Meanwhile, Pitt stayed close to home while Jolie (on Oct. 31) filmed the CGI-animated Beowulf in Los Angeles.



CANADA

One thing that might draw Pitt and Jolie together? Their thrill-seeking natures. She's not afraid to burn rubber alongside motorcycle-lover Pitt: In Edmonton in September, they hit the road on BMW choppers (left). Of course, Pitt isn't exactly born to be wild: "He's very solid," Jolie told W magazine. "I think you know you can count on him."



NEW YORK CITY

Still careful to keep their distance publicly, Jolie and Pitt attended their first event together outside Hollywood: the Clinton Global Initiative forum on Sept. 17. The event, hosted by former President Bill Clinton, brought together world leaders to discuss poverty, climate change and other global topics. "If celebrities have the ability to raise awareness," Jolie has said, "then that's what they should do."



NEW YORK CITY

On the set of The Good Shepherd in August, Jolie showed off her latest addition: Zahara, then 7 months old and newly adopted from Ethiopia. Visiting days later, Pitt made one good shepherd himself, using both hands – and a pocket – to chaperone Maddox, Zahara and the baby's bottle. "He seems like a natural dad," says a source.



ENGLAND

At Live 8 on July 2, Pitt introduced Annie Lennox at the London concert, while Jolie appeared at a showcase of African musicians in Cornwall. A shared cause is important to Jolie: "You can have great sex with somebody," she told NBC's Ann Curry, "(but) if you don't wake up with a common purpose ... it's not going to work."



KENYA

After Pitt's January split from Jennifer Aniston, the couple were snapped on vacation in April, with Pitt helping Maddox build sand castles. "If I were to bring a man into my life now," Jolie told Britain's Mirror last year, "he would have to be a father to Maddox and that would have to be permanent."



LOS ANGELES

Where it all began: Jolie and Pitt shared a laugh while on a break from filming Mr. & Mrs. Smith last year. Although both stars maintain nothing inappropriate happened while Pitt was married, the spark between them was undeniable. "They have amazing chemistry onscreen," says a source who worked on the Smith set. "They are insanely hot people."

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