TMOG’s Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra Are Going Strong: A Timeline of Their Relationship

2005

The couple first met all the way back in the seventh grade when they were still just young teens.

July 2005

By the summer, they had started dating.

2008

A few years later, the couple found out that Catelynn was pregnant when she was just 16 years old. It was a hard decision, but ultimately, they decided they would place their future daughter for adoption.

2009

While all of this was going on, Tyler’s dad, Butch Baltierra, and Catelynn’s mom, April Brockmiller, decided to tie the knot, making the younger couple stepsiblings.

March 2009

A couple months before her due date, Catelynn and Tyler first met Brandon and Teresa, the couple they had chosen to be the adoptive parents of their child.

May 2009

Carolyn, nicknamed Carly, was born, and Catelynn and Tyler said goodbye as she went on to be raised by Brandon and Teresa.

January 2010

The couple stayed together after placing their daughter, and, months later, they got engaged. The proposal aired on MTV in the beginning of 2010.

2011

They had a few bumps in the road, but a year later, they were able to visit Carly and take this sweet family photo.

2013

After that, though, the couple hit the rocks. In 2013, they decided to go to Couples Therapy on VH1, and while they were there, Tyler realized he needed them to hold off on getting married. They called off the wedding, but stayed together to work on their relationship.

February 2014

By Valentine’s Day, Tyler had proposed again. Their Teen Mom special, Being Catelynn, aired the moment on MTV.

January 2015

On the first day of the new year, Catelynn and Tyler welcomed their second daughter, Novalee Reign — a.k.a. Nova.

July 2015

That summer, the couple celebrated having been together for 10 years. “I can’t be happier with my life right now. I have two beautiful daughters [and] an amazing woman to share the rest of my life with!” Tyler wrote on Instagram. “From the age of 13 years old, we literally grew up together, we survived with each other, we conquered chaos with each other [and] I loved every second of every minute!”

August 2015

The couple finally tied the knot that August. “You’re stuck with me forever! 😆👍😘” Catelynn wrote on Instagram with a picture of their marriage license. “I still can’t believe how lucky I am to have @catelynnmtv as my WIFE! Man it feels good to say that! #MrandMrsBaltierra,” Tyler shared in a post of his own.

November 2017

In the fall of 2017, the couple opened up about mental health problems that Catelynn was struggling with, and she went off to treatment. Later on, the couple revealed she’d suffered a miscarriage around this time.

February 2018

A few months later, the couple reunited. “Marriage [and] relationships aren’t always sunshine [and] rainbows. I believe love begins as a feeling, but evolves into a choice. A choice to sacrifice for that person, a choice of dedicated commitment to one another [and] understanding the selfless acts that are required from both to maintain serenity,” Tyler shared.

May 2018

In the spring, the couple mocked divorced rumors swirling around about them. “Damn! I think divorce looks pretty good on us,” Tyler joked while posting a photo of them kissing.

September 2018

The lovebirds announced that they were expecting again in September. “Already can’t wait to meet you, little nugget,” Catelynn told her future daughter on Instagram.

November 2018

Near the end of the year, an episode of Teen Mom revealed that they’d separated for a month but were still together. The couple had been spotted flirting on Instagram since and were clearly still working things out.

December 2018

Before long, the couple revealed they weren’t thinking of it as a separation at all. Instead, they used that month for “30 days of self-reflection time.” Talking to Us Weekly, they explained, “You get to focus on you, I get to focus on me. We’ll continue to do couples’ therapy. … We’ve got a great therapist who works really [well] with us, so [we’re] kind of following her advice on top of the separation, whatever you wanna call it. We call it 30 days of self-reflection – just positive terminology here.”

February 2019

A few months later, on February 21, they welcomed their daughter Vaeda, and they seemed to be back on track in their relationship. Tyler even gushed over Cate in a post about breast-feeding. “You’re just amazing, Babe,” he wrote. “Watching you carry, nurture, feed and love Vaeda the way you do brings more than tears of joy for this doting father.”

April 2019

The father continued to pay tribute to his wife on social media, and in April, he took a moment to reflect on everything they’d been through. “The couples that are ‘meant to be’ are the ones that go through everything that is meant to tear them apart … but instead, come out even stronger than they were before!” he wrote on Instagram. “Look at me [and] @catelynnmtv when we were kids, it’s cracking me up! 😂 But seriously … then to look at us as adults with our own beautiful children … gives me so much joy [and] peace, it’s unreal. That woman has been through more in her life than you can fathom. She’s a damn warrior. A mother. A wife. A lover. A best friend … [and] I just fall more in love her as we grow together. Because even through the roughest of times, our unconditional love for each other ALWAYS guides us back to the top with more visceral strength than before! ❤️🙏🏻✌🏻 #LoveAlwaysWins.”

June 2019

In June, they admitted their relationship was in a “good place” following their time apart. Confirming that they were once again living together, they credited their progress to couples’ therapy and working together. “We were just honest with ourselves and with each other during that time,” they told Us. “I think, you know, couple’s therapy helped too. Learning how to talk and communicate.”

September 2019

For their wedding anniversary, Catelynn had a special surprise in store for her hubby. During a trip to Hawaii, they ended up renewing their vows.

September 2019

“I actually planned the vow renewal,” the mom told Us months later after the TMOG season 8 trailer revealed their special moment. “Tyler had no clue. … I decided to do it because of the year we had prior. It was like a new beginning and recommitting. We are stronger now. Whenever you go through things as a couple and come out on the other side, you are always stronger!”

February 2020

Now, it’s all love. In addition to celebrating their youngest daughter’s first birthday, they’re also taking the time to celebrate each other. After Cate got her makeup done, her husband couldn’t take his eyes off of her. “MY BABY!!! I love you so much and I’m so proud of how far you’ve come as a woman, as a mother and as a survivor,” he wrote on Instagram. “Your strength is as immeasurable as your capacity to love so deeply and I am so blessed to have you as the matriarch of our family tribe and to have you as my wife! … Thank you for everything you do @catelynnmtv and always remember … You’re BEAUTIFUL. You’re STRONG. You’re WORTHY. You’re SAFE. I love you honey! 😍😛#MyBabe #MyWorld #13YearsStrong.”

March 2020

On March 12, Tyler couldn’t help but gush over his “beautiful” wife on her special day. “HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the bravest, strongest, most beautiful woman I have ever known @catelynnmtv,” he wrote on Instagram. “You illuminate me, In the darkest places, When I’m feeling lonely, You’re always there to save me. I love you, honey! #13YearsStrong #MiddleSchoolSweetheart #MyWifey.”

December 2020

Unfortunately, Catelynn revealed she suffered a devastating pregnancy loss in a vulnerable statement with fans on December 8, 2020.

“I WAS pregnant and excited to share it with all of you and I am heartbroken to reveal that I lost the baby,” the Michigan native wrote via Instagram. “I am sharing this to let you know you are not alone. We are all in this together and everyone experiences pain, loss, and the recovery from it and I am still in the thick of dealing with this loss as it was recent and all the emotional trauma that follows such a loss in an already horrifically hard year.”

Cate thanked her followers in advance for their “prayers, love and support” as her family heals from the heartbreak and tries to move forward together.

February 2021

Just two months later, Catelynn announced she’s expecting. “This rainbow was worth the storm,” she shared via Instagram on February 22, 2021. “Baby Baltierra coming soon.”

August 2021

The Conquering Chaos author gave birth to baby No. 4, announcing their little one’s arrival on August 28. “She’s here and she’s perfect,” Tyler gushed.

September 2021

Days after the delivery of their fourth child, the pair revealed they decided to name her Rya Rosa Baltierra!

December 2021

Just before baby’s first Christmas, Catelynn and Tyler shared precious close-up photos of their little one.

January 2022

Catelynn swooned over her longtime love in a 30th birthday tribute, calling Tyler her “lover” and “best friend” in the caption of her throwback photo. “We are so blessed to have you in our lives,” she added. “30 looks DAMN good on you.”

Later on, the reality star mama shut down critics poking fun at the name she gave her beau.  

“I love that some of you are sooo bothered that I call MY husband my lover,” she clapped back via Instagram Stories. “He is my love/lover and ALWAYS will be.”

May 2022

Catelynn and Tyler announced that baby Rya would be their last after he underwent a vasectomy. 

“[Tyler Baltierra] took one for the team,” Catelynn shared via Instagram on May 6, alongside a video of Tyler holding an ice pack to his crotch. “#nomorebabieshere,” she added.