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Charlotte McIntyre

Stacey Solomon in tears as she pays tribute to son Zachary, 15, with X Factor throwback

Stacey Solomon shared a sweet birthday video for her son Zachary as she paid tribute to her eldest child in a series of sweet messages on Instagram.

The BBC's Sort Your Life out star, who is married to Joe Swash, uploaded a story of her Pickle Cottage kitchen with a '15' balloon and the caption: "Today is Zachary's day. If you need me I'll be crying looking through home videos of my baby who's now taller than me and growing a beard."

In the next picture, Stacey documented her mission to find her eldest son a bottle of Prime energy drink as she explained: "For anyone else with teenage kids... Feel like I've found gold. It's the only thing he asked for and I couldn't find it anywhere."

The X Factor star uploaded a video montage of her eldest son and admitted her fans' sweet comments were "making [her] sob while...doing the night feed".

Stacey Solomon's sweet video included pictures of Zachary throughout the years (instagram)
Stacey Solomon won I'm A Celebrity in 2010 (instagram)

The post, which included throwback clips from her X Factor audition and I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! win, was captioned: "Look How Far We’ve Come My Baby. 15 Wonderful Years Of You Zachy.

"Thank you for everything Zach. You are all our rock. I cannot even believe how quickly it’s gone and what a kind caring young man you’ve become. I’m so proud of you. To the moon and back always my darling."

The video started with Stacey's audition on the ITV singing competition where she can be heard talking about her bond with the then one-year-old Zachary.

"He means everything to me. He's my baby," the TV star remarked.

Zachary's step-dad Joe Swash also featured in the video (instagram)
Stacey Solomon was left in tears looking through throwbacks snaps of her eldest son (instagram)

Mrs Hinch, Stacey's close friend, wrote: "I'm gone. An incredible beautiful boy inside and out. Your first baby always. Happy birthday Zachy."

Kate Ferdinand added: "How special, had me in tears," while In The Style founder said: "Aww so cute! And my god did you make life better for your kids Stacey. Absolutely smashed it. Happy birthday Zach!"

Fans of Stacey flocked to praised the sweet montage as one wrote: "The love you have for your kids is so beautiful! I aim to be a mother like you when I have children," while another penned: "Wow got me emotional! We have all watched him grow up with you."

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