Thank you so much for all of your incredibly kind comments. I already told Brooke all about you and she really likes you guys especially because of the compliments on her hair. I have always loved the name Brooke and Lin is a family name on Billy’s side of the family (his mom’s middle name too:) I think it fits her perfect little face perfectly. I will do a baby story (please tell me you have seen that TLC show) in a few days but until then you will get some quick posts and updates that I will do when I let anyone else hold her (I am really selfish and am having a hard time sharing her). My mom is here, my MIL was here Tuesday night and Wednesday and Billy hasn’t had to miss one class. Brooke came at the perfect time, I needed an instant best buddy.
I told you I was going to get in a run before the hospital (or in the parking lot of the hospital). If you ever wanted to see what it looks like when a woman in labor runs I have an example below. I think I made it a total of 10 steps:)
PS food tastes ridiculously good again and my post baby meals have been delicious.
Mac and cheese and clam chowder in the to go cups.
Just one more picture because she has to be the cutest thing in the whole wide world.
Hope you all are having an incredible Thursday!!!!
232 comments
luv2run
oh my…she is beautiful! :)
BloggingRunner
She is just beautiful. I love her hair! Congrats!!
Chrissy
I have been going crazy wondering about you! I couldn’t access your page all night last night or this morning until now (we have all been so anxious – so much HRG traffic)! CONGRATULATIONS!! She is so incredibly beautiful! I love all the pics, all Billy’s posts, just everything! What an amazing gift! Cannot wait to read the baby story and I’m so glad your appetite is back:)
p.s. I love the pic of Billy holding your hand prior to Brooke’s arrival. So precious. He is going to be an amazing daddy (and you, an amazing Mama)!
Congrats!!
Anna
Brooke is so beautiful, the hair and all. I was born without hair and didn`t have more than a few strands until I was one year old.
You did awesome on that workout ;)
Valerie
Congrats Janae and Billy! She is precious!
Amanda N
She is beautiful Janae! Love the full head of hair already, so cute! That video is pretty hilarious. Seeing as how I have never seen a pregnant woman run in real life, I would try to picture it in my head every time you posted :) Hope you are getting lots of rest and eating lots of food!
Chelsa
You are so awesome! Way to go Janae! She is a beautiful baby!
meredith
Congratulations, Janae & Billy! She’s absolutely adorable & you guys make beautiful family! I hope run as much as you when I have a baby!
Donna Porter
She is precious!! Get some rest Mom :)
Jess
See, now I feel very silly because I assumed your little girl’s first and middle names were chosen because you had a special place in your heart for the city of Brooklyn (!) Good think you, Billy and your daughter have more brains than I do ;)
xxx
HilJo
Bahahaha I love your running video, that made my day!
So, peanut butter? Chocolate? Broccoli? lovin them again?
Joleene
Congrats! She’s beautiful! I just showed my 3 year old son her picture and he said “Awww. Can we get a baby like that?” :-)
Linda
She is adorable. I am thrilled at the gift the Lord gave you and Billy. I just wish I could be there to give her lots of hugs and kisses. Love you girl!
Jen
i can’t handle how happy I am for you. You are one of the most beautiful people (inside and out!!) i’ve ever met! the video is so cute! and BROOKE! i cant handle how cute she is!!!! We have the same middle name tooo! I just spell mine Lynne, but it still counts :) :)
Kath
Love!! She is precious. And loved the video!
LeeAnn
She is absolutely perfect! Congrats!!
Alex @ Healthy Life Happy Wife
Omg she is beautiful! Congrats! Love all that hair!!
Carolyn
I love her! She is so beautiful and sweet. And oh my gosh, such great hair! Tell her she is a good girl for coming on time. My little guy is in trouble if he stays in here much longer…
Heidi
Congrats!! She is a beauty!! :)))
Kelly
You’re a true champ – loved the video! She is adorable!
Yvette Urteaga
Congrats! She is BEAUTIFUL!
Jess
Congrats! She is adorable.
Ashley @ My Food N Fitness Diaries
I can’t say it enough – she is beautiful!! I’m so happy for you guys! And you look amazing too – loved the video!
Tiffany
A few comment’s I’ve been holding in since last night’s post:
1: (new for today) best video ever! I love your preggo-shuffle!
2: She has so much hair! ahhh so cute!!
3: Perfect name! My friend named her baby Brooklyn – I love the names separate or combined and spelled any way you wish!
4: I hope all is well and you are resting up and healing and don’t do anything crazy like run a 1/2 marathon next week! lol
So glad you are both healthy and happy and she is finally there for you to snuggle!
Kayci
Congrats! You are beautiful and so is she. I can’t wait to hear your story:)
Nicole G
God bless you and your family-your daughter is adorable and perfect! I admire your positive attitude and think you are going to be a great mommy! Enjoy getting to know your lil one!
Mallory
JANAE… She is beautiful. I see so much of both you and Billy in her already (her mouth/lips = Billy!!) I hope that doesn’t sound creepy since I know neither of you in real life. But WOW… gorgeous! And how do you look like a supermodel right before/after giving birth?
Kelly
She is so precious!! Hospital food has always looked yummy to me…maybe I’m nuts. You go girl! You ran while in labor! :)
megan @munchercruncher
Ohhhhh….I don’t even have any words. She is perfect. You look awesome, and I am SO STOKED that everything went so well! You are amazing girl! Watching that video makes me miss you already! I can’t wait to see you. It better be soon! :) I LOVE YOU TO PIECES!! xoxoxo
Sonia the Mexigarian
Simply adorable!! Ahhh. it makes my ovaries ache. I love your little video clip :) All smiles and a mini jog! hahaha. You are one special cookie :)
Lora @ Crazy Running Girl
She is adorable!! And all that HAIR!!! Ha — love the video :)
Brooke
I seriously cannot get over the cute!!!
Kelsey
Gahh Janae I can’t get over how precious she is. That video of you is TOO cute, it just reminds me why I love you so much!!! Congrats again, I hope you don’t get sick of hearing that from everyone!
Beth @ Running with the Sunrise
Brooke is so beautiful! You and Billy are very lucky. And thank you for sharing your video of running during labor–I love it. :) (That’s about what I look like when I run and I’m not in labor…)
Becky
Congrats! She is precious. You are awesome girl!
Angela @ Happy Fit Mama
OMG! I missed checking in with you yesterday so I was very surprised to see a baby’s face pop up on my computer. CONGRATS! She’s beautiful and I love the name.
BTW – you are crazy for even running 10 steps. ;)
Katey
Congrats you two!! Love the video!
Sandy
Love the video! Good thing you got that final workout in! Brooke is just gorgeous and I can’t wait to see her grow. You need a new heading just for Brooke now or is she still going to be HRG baby? Congratulations to you and Billy on your beautiful baby girl!
Jodie
She is adorable! You are amazing Janae!
Sherry
Congrats! She is beautiful!
Nicole MacDougall
She is perfect! Beautiful Baby Brooke
Stephanie
Congrats!!!! omg too cute and you look/looked amazing through it all!!! woow you have the best, happiest spirit ever. i know brooke will take after her mommy and have her glow
Amber
I just shOwed my 18 month old baby girl that top picture of brooke. She smiled, waved, then kissed my phone. I think that means brookE is super cute :)
Alyssa @ Don't Look Down
Congratulations! She is adorable. And that hair is amazing!
Carrie
Beautiful!!!!!! (You, Brooke, the whole day in itself.) I screamed when I saw these baby posts yesterday and called Ben over to look at the updates and pics with me. I started crying, I was/am so happy for y’all!! She is such a doll!! Love you!!
XLMIC
Babylove really is the most perfect and divine love in the universe! So glad you are loving on your little one…she is gorgeous and adorable and uniquely herself :)
I LOVE you running in flipflops in labor.
Soak it all in, Mama Janae :) This is such a truly amazing time of life!
Tameika
Oh she is the cutest in all the world! And your video was soooo cute and so you. Thansk for sharing so much of your life with us. I’m an infrequent commenter (sorry! I never know what to say!), but a regular reader. Love your blog! Enjoy your precious little family. Oh I love it!
Amanda
What a beautiful girl and a great looking little family! Love that you had fresh lip gloss on :)
Nicole
Congratulations to you and Billy! She is adorable!!! This must be the most exciting week, with moving, Billy starting law school, plus Brooke :)
Allison
She’s beautiful. I love her sweet peaceful face. I want to give her little kisses on those sweet cheeks. Congratulations and eat this up because there is something so special about the first few days as a mommy.
Caroline
Coming out of hiding (longtime reader, love reading your blog but I just never say anything because I don’t know what to say, though I think that this time it might be that I have too much to say) to say CONGRATULATIONS to you and Billy! Brooke is ADORABLE and so are you! Love all of that hair! I laughed out loud (and I think my co-workers might have heard me) watching your video and I had to watch it at LEAST 3 or 4 more times. I have loved your attitude throughout your pregnancy and hope someday to be as positive and happy as you when I am ready to have children (I am getting married in about 2 months so it will be a little while before that happens!) Lots of changes have happened and they are all exciting for you! I am also an attorney right now so I can tell you that 1st year of law school is not easy (they always give homework on the 1st day of school, yuck!) but I am excited for Billy to start on this path. I know y’all will make it work! I can just tell you and Billy will (and already do!) love her to pieces just from your smiles in the pictures. I can’t wait to read more about her and how you 3 settle into your new life. And I can’t remember being this excited to read more about the birth story! Sorry for all the exclamation points, I am just so excited to see all the pics and learn that she is here! Best of luck to you 3!!!
Shari @ The Daily Dish
Congratulations! Such an adorable baby girl. :)
Kathryn
She is just precious!!! Congratulations!!!
Laura @ LauraLikesDesign
Aww, her spikey little hair is adorable! I am so happy for you guys! What a fun time in your lives! You guys are going to be the best parents!
Beth
Congrats! She is beautiful and I love her hair. Looks like you did a rock start job and you will make a wonderful mommy. I look forward to reading about your journey as a mom through your blog. Someday I hope to start my own, you’ve been an inspiration :-)
Jill
Ok, seeing that little beauty makes me want another baby. My husband (who is totally ready) will be shipping you something from our local Cafe Rio in great thanks!! Congrats and can’t wait to hear all about it!
Jaclyn
omg she is just sooooo adorable!!! that hair, those eyes, that mouth! what a little cutie!!!
so glad you and beeb are healthy and happy and doing great! amazing that billy didn’t have to miss class…how did he swing that one lol? glad too that your momma is there with you :] can’t wait to hear and see more ! xoxox <3
Lauren
Love the video!! You are my fitness hero haha :)
Katlin
Congratulations HRG Family!!! She is gorgeous and I am so happy that she and I are birthday buddies!!! August 15th holla!!
Page
She is BEAUTIFUL! Sending much love and a big CONGRATS!!!
Lizzy in OZ
Bless – you guys are amazing! xxx
Nicole
Absolutely beautiful. So happy for you and Billy! It was VERY important today for me to catch up on all the posts I couldn’t read the last couple of days! It made my morning to see a pic of her first thing! Congratulations again!! Let the fun begin!
Amber
She is soooo adorable!!! Congrats to you and Billy!!!!
Adrianna
so incredibly happy for you all! reading this journey was always entertaining. she is really beautiful already! blessings :)
Tara
She is so beautiful!! Congrats to you and Billy!!!
Emily Peerboom
AHHHHHHHH she is gorgeous!! She looks like a baby monkey! (ok so many people get offended when I say this about their babys, but like, WHY?! baby monkeys are da-bomb!) :) You looked so pretty during your pre-baby run, too! Enjoy your wonderful blessing from God, I hope and pray that the Lord will someday capture her heart, mind, and soul for Himself, and that she would grow to love Christ as her Lord and Savior. Love you J! :)
Megan @ Run Like a Grl
Awww shes SO cute!! So happy for you and Billy!
Alexis
Oh my goodness what a cutie!
Tracie
She is absolutely beautiful. Congrats to you and your new little family! Enjoy every minute of it!
Heidi Nicole
You are adorable! And so is Brooke. So incredible excited for you and proud to blog stalk you!
Brittnie (A Joy Renewed)
Seeing your little girl literally brings tears into my eyes. Brings back so many memories of 5/2/12 when Clara was born. It’s crazy how almost immediately you cannot imagine your life without your little baby girl, ya know? And how you can love someone so much. I am SO excited for you guys.
And yes – her hair is awesome… so stinking cute!!
Zaneta
lol… you are too cute!! I can’t get over how perfectly cute Brooke is!! Congrats again!! :) You guys are going to be great parents!! :)
Jenny
CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS!! She is absolutely adorable but how could she not be with you and Billy as her parents?! Love the video of your last pregnant workout…such a trooper!!!
Keep the pictures coming :)
Kathryn
She is GORGEOUS! Just like her momma :) LOVE all that hair! Enjoy this journey!
Courtney @ CardioQueen
I know I’m late in commenting on this, but I feel like you’ll still get it! She is SO pretty, Janae, and your workout video cracked me up!
Holly
So, so, so beautiful!! Congratulations to you both :)
Mallory
What a beautiful baby girl. Congratulations!
MR DETERMINED
Wow she is so beautiful! Congrats on your little cute baby girl. You make such a sweet family.
chelsea @ averytoday
oh my goodness congratulations!!!!!!!!! i’ve been out of town but was wondering if you had your baby! so sweet!!!!!!