JJ Lane and his wife Kayla welcomed a baby girl on Thursday July 21st. You should congratulate on this happy event. The former Bachelorette contestant took to social media to break the good news to his followers.
JJ Lane told Us Weekly in an exclusive interview that he and his wife are “excited and blessed” to have a baby girl named Nelle Eden Lane. He also said she was born at 8:16 p.m. MT and that she weighed a “precious 7 pounds and 10 ounces.”
JJ Lane enthusiastically told the magazine that it was emotional to see his wife Kayla holding their daughter for the first time. He also said that she’s already “such a great mom.”
Kayla told the magazine that she and her husband are so in love with Nelle and spoke about how she was born. She also said that giving birth was like a dream and that she and her husband couldn’t be happier about this next step in their lives. She said,
“JJ is already an experienced father and I couldn’t be happier that he is taking care of our daughter.”
However, Nelle is not JJ Lane’s first child. Read on to learn more about the former Bachelorette’s children.
JJ Lane has another child with the woman he previously dated.
The Bachelorette grad has another daughter with ex-girlfriend Heather Sands. Nelle is the first child he had with his wife Kayla. In 2011, he and Sands welcomed a daughter named Gemma.
The former Bachelorette star praised his older daughter and said Nelle’s biggest fan is Gemma. He said,
“She was so sweet and caring with her and she can’t wait until she’s old enough to teach her all about the Avalanche winning the Stanley Cup!”
The three took a trip to Garden of the Gods Park in Colorado Springs the day before Kayla gave birth to Nelle. Kayla posted a picture of them on Instagram with the caption:
“Our last day as a family of three.”
Here’s more about JJ Lane and Kayla’s relationship.
He first appeared on The Bachelorette while trying to win over Kaitlyn Bristowe. He was also in Season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise, but he quit after three weeks.
After being on the popular reality TV show The Bachelorette, he first met Kayla on social media. They told everyone about their relationship in 2017 and two years later, in 2019, they got engaged.
In January 2019, Lane, an investment banker, asked Kayla, who used to cheer the NFL, to marry him. She said yes. He used Instagram to post a picture of himself on one knee with the words: