One other baby for JJ Lane! The Bachelorette alum welcomed his second child, his first with spouse Kayla Lane (née Hughes), on Thursday, July 21.
“We had the infant woman final evening at 8:16 p.m.,” the duo completely informed Us Weekly on Friday, July 22. “She’s so excellent.”
The Bachelor Nation member, 39, and the previous NFL cheerleader, 29, added that the “wholesome and treasured” baby — who weighed in at 7 kilos, 10 ounces — is called Nelle Eden. “We’ve got been in new child bliss,” the couple gushed to Us. “We’re so excited and really feel extraordinarily blessed to have the ability to welcome Nelle Eden Lane into our household!”
JJ additionally praised his spouse’s mother expertise, telling Us: “Seeing Kayla maintain Nelle for the primary time was an amazingly emotional expertise and she or he is already such an unimaginable mother!”
Kayla, for her half, revealed how unimaginable the expertise has been for her. “We’re so in love with our candy babe. Her labor was a dream and we couldn’t be extra excited for this subsequent chapter of our lives. JJ is already a professional dad and I couldn’t be in love extra with him caring for our little woman,” she informed Us.
The new child’s “greatest fan,” nevertheless, could also be her massive sister, Gemma, who’s JJ’s daughter from a earlier relationship.
“She has been so loving and doting along with her and might’t look forward to her to get sufficiently old so she will educate her all about the Avalanche Stanley Cup championship!” the couple informed Us of the 10-year-old.
Days earlier than the start, the twosome visited Backyard of the Gods park in Colorado Springs with Gemma. “Final day as a household of three,” Kayla wrote by way of Instagram on Tuesday, July 19, alongside candy snaps from the picturesque journey.
JJ first grew to become a dad in December 2011 earlier than showing on season 11 of The Bachelorette, the place he competed for Kaitlyn Bristowe‘s coronary heart. After starring on season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise, the Colorado native moved on with Kayla.
The duo obtained engaged in July 2019, two years after going public with their relationship. “She stated YES!!!” the previous actuality star wrote by way of Instagram after proposing to his girlfriend. “I can’t wait to marry my finest buddy, my love, and the girl that has made me higher because the day we met!”
Kayla added in a put up of her personal that JJ is her “finest buddy,” gushing, “Does this ring make me look…. ENGAGED??!!! I stated sure to the person of my desires.”
In February 2020, the bride walked down the aisle. JJ celebrated the second anniversary of their Colorado marriage ceremony on social media with an Instagram picture from their Hawaii babymoon.
“Technically it’s not our anniversary since we had been married on leap day, however so I don’t sleep on the sofa … glad anniversary babe!” the previous investor informed his Instagram followers on the time.
Kayla joked that the picture he selected “is likely to be a sofa offense” within the feedback, writing, “Of alllll the photographs you choose the one the place I hiked the Napali coast with my hair down. Love you.”
The candy social media change got here two months after Kayla introduced her being pregnant information with ultrasound photographs.
“One of the best reward wasn’t beneath the tree this yr,” she wrote by way of Instagram in December 2021. “Littlest Lane coming July 2022.” In his personal put up, the previous ABC character joked that he and his spouse “gained’t be capable to unwrap” their reward till July.
The couple documented their intercourse reveal the next month in the identical place that JJ proposed. Kayla used a pink luau skirt and balloons of the identical coloration to announce {that a} child woman was on the best way.
JJ gushed about his then-pregnant spouse in April, writing by way of Instagram: “Been an unimaginable journey the final 5 years and has supported me by way of thick and skinny, been an outstanding stepmom, and goes to be the BEST mother to our child woman!”