Christina Anstead and Ant Anstead are expecting their first child together
Couple make announcement on Instagram
Couple make announcement on Instagram
Christina Anstead, formerly Christina El Moussa, has announced a new addition to the Anstead Bunch. In an Instagram post this morning, the "Flip Or Flop" star announced she and her are expecting their first child together, due this September.
It'll be the fifth child for the two TV stars, who each have two children from previous marriages. Christina has a 7-year-old daughter, Taylor, and a 3-year-old son, Brayden, with her ex-husband and "Flip Or Flop" co-star Tarek El Moussa. Ant has a 15-year-old daughter, Amelie, and a 12-year-old son, Archie, from his marriage to Louise Anstead.
"The kids are all so excited to meet their new sibling," Christina wrote in the Instagram post, adding #gonnaneedabiggercar at the end.
Ant also took to Instagram to share the news, posting a photo of all four kids, with a picture of the sonogram in the center.
The posts have racked up hundreds of comments within minutes, as friends and fans send their congratulations.
"You guys make love believable," one fan wrote.
"Yay! Congratulations!! I’ve loved following you for so many years and getting to see you rise again and find true love and real happiness!" another wrote.
This announcement comes three months after Christina and Ant's surprise wedding in December. The couple invited friends and family to Christina's home in Newport Beach, California, for what everyone thought would be a day out watching a holiday boat parade. But it wound up being a romantic backyard ceremony, reported. Ant told the crowd "Got ya!" as he stood next to the pastor, waiting for Christina to walk down the aisle to a string quartet version of "Stand By Me."
Christina and Ant met about a year after she and then-husband Tarek called it quits. She's been very open about , explaining how they've chosen to co-parent. In a , she said she and Tarek "managed to build something even bigger than we had before" through this journey. She and Ant have also talked about how they met each other at a crucial time in their lives and how they've changed each other for the better.
"We saved each other," Christina told People in December about their relationship.