Jehza Huelar and PJ Simon’s basketball-themed maternity shoot

Former PBA star Peter June Simon and 2018 Binibining Pilipinas-Supranational Jehza Huelar brought smiles and good vibes on Instagram with their cute basketball-themed maternity shoot.

On January 1 2021, the couple finally announced that they will soon become parents to a baby boy.

Mommy Jehza even described this moment as an answered prayer for them.

She said on her post, “Before this day ends, we want to share [with] you the highlight of our #2020 @pjs08 and I are thrilled to announce that a new member of #TheSimons will join us first quarter this year, making it a family of three! We can’t wait to see, smell, hold and kiss our #littleone #bibimbap #littlePJ #bundleofjoy #answeredprayer #happynewyear #2021baby #2021babycomingsoon.”

PJ, who is known as The Scoring Apostle, tied the knot with his beauty queen wife in May 2019 at a gorgeous garden wedding ceremony in Tagaytay, which was attended by several popular PBA stars and beauty queens.

Among those who witnessed their marriage were Jehza’s fellow beauty queen Venus Raj, PJ’s colleague Marc Pingris and his wife Danica Sotto-Pingris, and PBA legend Alvin Patrimonio.

Before the baby announcement, PJ made a difficult decision to finally hang up his jersey and retire from professional basketball.

In an emotional social media post last September 2020, the Magnolia Hotshots cager revealed the reason he decided to move on from playing basketball.

He said, “Kinailangan kong umuwi ng Davao nung nagkasakit at namatay ang father ko at nahirapan na rin akong makabalik dahil sa pandemya. Sign na rin siguro yun na ito na yung tamang time para magretiro.

“Binigay ko yung 17 years ng buhay ko sa PBA, sa Magnolia Hotshots, at sa lahat ng fans but now it’s time to focus on my family. My wife is pregnant and gusto ko magkasama kami as we start a family.

“Sobra-sobra ang mga biyayang natanggap ko sa bu hay ko especially sa aking PBA career at pinapasalamatan ko ng buong puso ang Panginoon.”