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Shawn Johnson Eastis keeping the celebration going!
Before hitting the red carpet, the athlete chronicled their road to the ESPYs in a series ofInstagram Story posts, beginning with a photo on an airplane and the text, “Big day. Check back here soon for an update.”
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She followed the post with a clip from their breakfast where they explained that they hadn’t been to the annual award show since their2015 engagement. Before sharing a video of herself getting ready for the big event, she shared various throwback photos of herself wearing loose clothing.
The retired gymnast shared alongside a photo in gray athleisure: “I feel free not having to hide this any more hahahahah it was getting hard.”
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For their Instagram announcement, Johnson shared a series of photos that featured a picture of the gymnast sitting at an ancient stadium in Greece and then posing with her bump to the side. She captioned the post, “Swipe for a surprise ☺️.”
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In their YouTube video, East added, “It’s going to be a heck of a journey. Shawn’s done the whole gymnastics thing. I gotta do the whole football thing. But there’s been no better journey that we’ve been on than this parenting thing together. We get to do it once more as a team.”
source: people.com
