Former Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson is adding another baby to her family! The athlete revealed today that she and her husband Andrew East are expecting their third baby together. “Swipe for a surprise.”
Shawn shared a cheeky post to Instagram that featured two images. The first one showed the “Winning Balance” author sitting at an ancient stadium in Greece with the five Olympic rings behind her. She told her followers to “swipe” to the second picture “for a surprise,” where the Olympian was now standing in the same spot showing off her growing baby bump. She did not reveal when her baby is due to arrive.
The images from Shawn’s announcement are from the family’s recent trip to the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Last month, Shawn shared a video of herself walking her kids through the stadium and cut together clips of her from the 2008 Olympics. While the Olympics were held in the centuries-old building in 2004, Shawn did not compete at that time. On the post, she wrote, “Going back to the Olympic Stadium thankful, but also so proud of where I am today,” and added in the caption, “life can look good a lot of different ways.” Shawn is wearing the same outfit she was posing for her pregnancy announcement, so she did a great job of covering up her baby bump before her big reveal.
Andrew shared a different announcement on his Instagram page by posting a Reel with clips of all the times he learned the couple was pregnant throughout the years: 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2023. Shawn’s first pregnancy sadly ended in a miscarriage, which she has openly discussed in the past. The couple share two children together: Drew Hazel, 3, and Jett James, 2.
Congratulations to Shawn and Andrew on the news of their pregnancy!
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