Smitten! Little House On The Prairie star Melissa Gilbert and fiance Timothy Busfield step out for the first time since announcing their engagement


It will be the third marriage for both Melissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield but you'd never know it.

The newly minted couple, who announced their engagement Jan. 29, were holding hands and looking like young lovers as they strolled in Los Angeles Sunday.

'My fiance is home,' the 48-year-old Little House on the Prairie star tweeted this morning.

The look of love: Newly minted pair Melissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield strolled together Sunday in Los Angeles

The look of love: Newly minted pair Melissa Gilbert and Timothy Busfield strolled together Sunday in Los Angeles

'He's home!' Melissa tweeted about her fiance's return, but didn't say how long he had been away

'He's home!' Melissa tweeted about her fiance's return, but didn't say how long he had been away

Although Melissa didn't divulge where Busfield had been, she seemed mighty glad he was home.

She held his hand tightly on their Hollywood walk and looked positively beaming as she listened intently to him.

The Nip/Tuck actress looked smashing in a long peasant dress that bared her cleavage. To keep warm, she wore a beige sweater with belled sleeves.

Her red hair looked glossy and freshly coiffed.

Upcoming wedding: The pair announced Jan. 29 that they had gotten engaged over the Christmas holidays

Upcoming wedding: The pair announced Jan. 29 that they had gotten engaged over the Christmas holidays

Suddenly romantic: The pair admitted they had been friends before the relationship turned romantic

Suddenly romantic: The pair admitted they had been friends before the relationship turned romantic

Busfield, however, wasn't the fashion plate. The 55-year-old actor wore a wrinkled blue T-shirt under a lumber-jack shirt. A grey baseball cap covered his hair.

Melissa, a mother of two, and Timothy - one of the stars of Thirty Something and The West Wing - have known each other for a while but their relationship recently turned romantic.

Besides acting, Busfield is a prolific TV director, with episodes of 'Damages,' 'Lipstick Jungle' and 'Without a Trace' under his belt, to name a few.

The Little House on the Prairie star popped back into the public eye last year on Dancing With the Stars, where she partnered with Maksim Chmerkovskiy and finished fifth.

Mismatched outfits: Melissa looked sexy chic while Timothy was dressed in a wrinkled T-shirt and wore a baseball cap to cover his unruly hair

Mismatched outfits: Melissa looked sexy chic, while Timothy was dressed in a wrinkled T-shirt and wore a baseball cap to cover his unruly hair



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