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Heather Rae El Moussais opening up about the special bond she shares with stepdaughter Taylor.
“Got so lucky with this one 🤍 I met Tay when she was a little girl and the second I met her, I knew my life was going to change. She melted my heart. She opened her heart to me day one of meeting her,” Heather wrote alongside a photo of the pair hugging. “There was never an ‘awkward’ phase for us.”
“Not everyone can understand the close relationship I have with the kids & that’s fine, all that matters is how we feel. The kids made me want to have kids, I love my role as their bonus mom❤️.”
Along with Taylor, Heather is also stepmom to 7-year-old Brayden. Tarek shares Taylor and Brayden with ex-wifeChristina Hall.
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“She is so caring beyond her years. And told daddy ‘if I’m at school and Heather goes into labor call the school right away so I can talk to her & tell her good luck & I love her'🥹,” Heather concluded.
Tarek and Heather were in the middle of in vitro fertilization treatments, and had even scheduled a date to transfer an embryo, when they werehappily surprised to learn they were expecting, they told PEOPLE exclusively in July.
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“It was a huge shock,” said Heather at the time. “We just weren’t expecting this. We had just gone through IVF. We had embryos on ice. We had a plan.”
But after the disbelief wore off, theSelling Sunsetstar was elated. “I think when you least expect it and there’s no stress in your life, the world just brought us what was meant to be. I’m so excited that it happened like this.”
Speaking with PEOPLE in November about how the family was anticipating their new arrival, Heather said everyone is “getting really excited.”
source: people.com
