Emily Maynard Johnson Celebrates Thanksgiving by Sharing Cute Videos of Kids

Mar. 15, 2025

Photo: Rebecca Woodman

Emily Maynard Johnsonis focusing on family bonding for Thanksgiving.

Another reposted video shows what appears to be Maynard Johnson and her friends toasting Maynard Johnson’s 2-year-old-daughterNola Belle, who has fruit punch in her cup. “Thanksgiving Mimosas for the girls,” the caption on the video reads.

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The reality star also posted shots of the various delicious charcuterie boards at their friends and family gathering, including an intricate cheese and fruit board, as well as a colorful vegetable board.

Maynard Johnson is also mom to Ricki, 17, Jennings, 7, Gibson, 6, Gatlin, 5.

She opened up to PEOPLE earlier this month about Jones West’s unexpected birth saying she had been “shocked” to find out her newborn had been diagnosed with Down syndrome and a rare congenital colon abnormality that kept him in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for at least a month.

“It was not on my radar at all. And I refused to believe it. I just wanted to hold him and for everything to be OK,” said Maynard Johnson.

But she said Jones West “just folded into all the other craziness” once he got home, and theBachelor Nationstar isn’t taking a second with her newborn for granted.

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“I’m still learning about Down syndrome, but I’m trying to also just experience Jones as Jones and not as different than any of the other kids,” Maynard Johnson added. “I have no expectations. He’s perfect and everything is going to be great.”

source: people.com