Christina Anstead knew that unloading her family home after splitting from husbandTarek El Moussawould be bittersweet.
“I never thought that when I listed the house that it would sell this quickly,” she says as movers help pack up the home’s furniture. “It listed and sold in just one week… And while I’m super excited to just close this chapter of my life after the divorce, it’s also bittersweet. There’s just so many memories wrapped up in it.”
Christina, who was not yetmarried to new husband Ant Ansteadwhen the episode was filmed in 2018, reminisces on all she’s gone through while living in the home, including the birth of her son, Brayden, now 3.
“Brayden was born in this home. It’s really the only house that [daughter] Taylor knows and remembers. I know it’s going to be really hard on Taylor to move, as well. It’s been a lot of change for her over the past couple years,” she says.
Christina says she took care in packing things that would make Taylor, 8, comfortable no matter where they lived, including photographs and favorite books.
The star also reveals she and her daughter shared a special moment when they returned to the empty house one last time.
At the time, Christina set her family up in a 3-bedroom, 2-bath short-term rental in Newport Beach, California, but has since moved into a larger home with Ant and their children.
She previouslybroke the news of the moveto her kids in an episode ofChristina on the Coastthat aired last month.
“I’m excited to tell Taylor and Brayden that we’re going to move,” she said. “I think part of Taylor is going to be a little bit nervous, but I think overall it’s the best decision for our family.”
She broached the topic with her children as they played a game of cards and noshed on fruit in the kitchen.
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“Hey, we’ve talked about it a little bit, but it’s time that we’re going to sell the house,” she says in the video.
At first, Taylor stares at her in silence before sighing. “I’m just going to miss this house a lot,” Taylor responds. “I mean, I’ve lived in this house for four years.”
Christina described the five-bedroom, five-bathroom pad as a “bohemian modern farmhouse” to PEOPLE in May, with Ant adding, “I love when we’re all here together, with our noise, our mess, our family.”
source: people.com
