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Tarek and Heather Rae El Moussa are enjoying their first Christmas as husband and wife with the kids!
The pair picked up Tarek’s children — daughter Taylor, 11, and son Brayden, 6 — whomhe shares with ex-wife Christina Haack, on Christmas morning, and kicked off a full day of family fun. Later, the group will be “driving up to our cozy cabin for a few days to play in the snow,” the couple told PEOPLE ahead of the holiday. (Tarek and Heather recently revealed that they purchased a cabinin the San Bernardino mountains, right beside where Heather’s parents live, as a vacation home.)
Tarektook to Instagramon Christmas Day to share how happy he was to spend a quiet holiday with his immediate family this year.
“A quiet Christmas for us this year. But it was special,” Heather commented on the post, adding, “love you so much.”
Tarek also posted in honor of his new wife on Instagram on the day after Christmas, sharing a glammed-up shot of the two of them together.
“Dedicating this post to my wife who always makes the El Moussa Christmas so special,” he beganthe post. “She makes sure our house is decorated all fancy for the holidays, puts elves around the house for the kids, sets up family Christmas photoshoots, helps get all the presents for the kids and the whole family, and goes above and beyond. I hope everyone had a happy Christmas and wifey, I love and appreciate you so much and thank you for making our Christmas the best.”
The newlyweds, along with Tarek’s children and the family dogBugz, got in the Christmas spirit early this year, doinga photoshoot in matching holiday pajamasat their home in Newport Beach. They revealed the photos to PEOPLE exclusively.
The family of four donned matching pajamas for the occasion, sporting black-and-white plaid sets with bright red cuffs. In 2020, Tarek told PEOPLE that wearing matching outfits and doing a photoshoot was “a new tradition for us as a family.”
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Tarek and Heather, who called herself a “bonus mom” to Taylor and Brayden before officially becoming their step-mom earlier this year, say family is the most important thing to them. The couple has also recently spoken out about adding to their family with a child of their own.
On Nov. 22, duringE! NewsDaily Pop, the couple said that they are currently “practicing having babies” until the time is right.
“We’re going to freeze embryos first, go from there and then see what happens,” Heather said during the episode, adding that she’s “more open” to having kids with Tarek because “our life is already crazy.”
“We’re raising two kids. I’m already a mommy. So I’m like, well, why not have just one more?” she said.
In October, the newlyweds spoke to PEOPLE about changing their minds after previously deciding they weren’t going to expand their family.
“It would be a big decision. It’s not just something that I want to say, ‘Let’s just see if it happens,’ " but, “to create something with him, that’s ours, together … I feelI would regret itif I didn’t,” Young said.
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“Before, she was never around kids, and now she’s raising Taylor and Brayden with me,” El Moussa added. “And we have them [half the time] so she’s full-on ‘mom life,’ and she’s realizing she can do it. And she loves it.”
source: people.com
