The Bachelorette's Emily Maynard and Jef Holm are becoming increasingly closer. Recent pictures that surfaced on Aug. 22 show them getting intimate and lip-locking at a Charlotte grocery store. 

The 26-year-old voiced her happiness by tweeting a photo of her family with the following message on Aug. 20th:

"The happiest I've ever been in my life with my two favorite people in the world.  I love you to the moon," stated Maynard. 

The duo has actually been sharing several shots of themselves with their fans as of late. With Maynard being the very first "Bachelorette" to have an offspring, the angle of the traditional program was seemingly altered. However, her daughter Ricki is said to be very happy, as Holm has clearly filled the shoes of not only a loving significant other, but father figure quite well.

In somewhat of a foreshadowing, Maynard had made the following declaration on the July 9th episode of the ABC show, according to US Weekly:

"I feel like Jef would make the best husband and the best stepdad ever," she had said, before the competition was over.

Relationship growth aside, the couple is doing things at their own pace, as they still have not taken the next step of living together as of yet.

Maynard and Holm currently have plans to tie the knot in 2013.

See photos of Emily Maynard and Jef Holm here.

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