"Vampire Diaries" hottie Ian Somerhalder may be a single 34-year-old man, but he's about to become a grandpa. Wait, what?!


Somerhalder posted the following adorable photo of his dog to his Instagram account this week and captioned it:


The calm before the storm...Launching Season 5 of The Vampire Diaries& preparing for the launch of a whole part of life-being a GRANDFATHER. Yup-I've got my hand on a belly with 8 little ones about to explode out into the world.What I thought was one rescue become 9-Mama Nietzsche is a trooper-babies coming in about 48hrs... Aunt @thejram & Uncle @polivierjr GET READY for some BABIES! 2 cats 9 dogs- is that considered a hoarder???


Oh, grandfather to puppies. Phew, now it all makes sense. And if it'll mean you'll deliver the pups yourself, we'll definitely adopt one, Ian!



Also on HuffPost:




Loading Slideshow...



  • Taylor Swift's cat, Meredith




  • The Obama family's dogs, Sunny and Bo




  • Amanda Seyfried's dog, Finn




  • One of Miley Cyrus' many dogs, Floyd




  • The Kardashian family pig, Snow White




  • Katy Perry's cat, Kitty Purry




  • Miranda Kerr's dog, Frankie




  • Ryan Gosling's dog, George




  • Susan Sarandon's dog, Penny Lane




  • Justin Bieber's monkey, OG Mally




  • Lady Gaga's dog, Fozzi




  • Karl Lagerfeld's cat, Choupette Lagerfeld




  • Britney Spears' dog, Hannah