Ballroom babe on board! Dancing with the stars‘ Jenna Johnson gave fans a glimpse of her growing bump since announcing her first pregnancy.
The Utah native revealed via Instagram in July 2022 that she and her husband Val Chmerkovsky wait. “Our biggest dream come true yet 🤍,” Johnson said alongside a handful of maternity set photos. “Baby Chmerkovskiy is coming in January! My heart grew beyond comprehension while developing this little miracle inside of me. We can’t wait to meet our precious angel 🥹.”
The couple were congratulated by friends and fans in the comments, including her sister-in-law Peta Murgatroydwho got married Maks Chmerkovsky in 2017. “I loveuuuuuuuuuu!! I’m so emotional now!!!! Ahhhhhhhhh you’re gonna be the best mom!!!!❤️❤️,” the Burn the Floor alum wrote.
Companion So you think you can dance alum and DWTS pro Lindsay Arnold added: “CRYING EVERYTHING AGAIN 🥹🥹😭😭 most beautiful mom!! Couldn’t be happier for you two ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.”
Johnson went on to tell her social media followers that she wanted to stay active during her pregnancy. “I’m going to dance as long as I can,” she wrote via her Instagram story shortly after announcing the milestone. “Curiously, I felt more inspiration than ever since I became pregnant… Maybe because I want [sic] allowed to dance/train for the first two weeks and I missed it so much. I’ll wear my fringed dresses until my belly won’t fit [in] more them.
A month before sharing that her family was growing, the SYTYCD mentor exclusively said We Weekly that she was excited about season 31 of DWTSwhich will be released on Disney+ in the fall of 2022. [starts],” she explained. “But yeah, I know Val is really excited to be back for another season and I think he’s in the best shape of his life right now. … I think he’s really excited for this next season.
At the time, the ballroom dancer told We that she and Val had enough “pressure” to get pregnant. “You never know what someone’s going through… Let’s just avoid getting into people’s business about this stuff. If I don’t ask you, probably don’t ask me,” Johnson said in June 2022.
The couple tied the knot in 2019 after four years of dating and have been candid about how their busy schedules impacted their romance. “It was a challenge for us to find a good balance between work and family life because we were constantly talking about work, and that was a few years ago and so we really pushed ourselves to finish the job at the door. , to go home and just be humans, just be a married couple,” the choreographer said. We in October 2021 as she and Val faced off DWTS season 30, adding that the duo were living apart due to COVID-19 safety guidelines. “So from afar, we’re just checking on each other. … I think that’s something that we’ve really been working on is getting off work at work and coming home and being together.
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