Stacey Solomon said she spent the day 'welling up' as her first-born son celebrated his birthday. The Loose Women star took to Instagram to share a gushing tribute to Zachary with her millions of followers as he turned 14 on Monday (March 21).
It also gave Stacey, who is also mum to Leighton from a previous relationship and Rex and baby Rose with fiance Joe Swash, a chance to reflect on being a teen mum.
The 32-year-old wrote about how falling pregnant with Zachary had given her "purpose" at 17-years-old and that he changed her "whole life" alongside a series of adorable home videos of her and her son as well as the teenager with his younger siblings. "Happy Birthday Zachary. It definitely wasn’t a coincidence. The truth is you changed my whole life," her post began. "I could never have comprehended the light and love you would bring. At 17 years old the things they said about us, what they didn’t know was that you were my beginning, my reason, my sole purpose to get up and do my absolute best."
The TV star continued: "And you’ve been by my side ever since. It would never have turned out this way without you. Zachary I’m so proud of the man you are becoming and the kind, caring, amazing person that you are. We did it Zachy."
Shen then ended her post: "14 years my darling boy to the moon and back forever & always," before her celebrity pals and loyal fans began flooding the video with comments.
But first, Stacey's fiance Joe wrote: "Happy birthday son. Thank you for being such a special man. We love you."
Loose Women co-star Nadia Sawalha wrote: "He is one special boy. Happy birthday Zak!"
"Oh this is so lovely how perfect you have been for each other," presenter Davina McCall commented. @squashedpickle said: "You’ve done a wonderful job raising him @staceysolomon you should be proud! My Zachary is 4 this month and I feel like he’s basically 14 (Happy bday Zachy! )"
"Look at what an incredible job you’ve done he’s a credit to you! Happy birthday Zachary," @dottys.doodles shared. @sairas_life replied: "Happy Birthday! You gave your mum the strength and love when she needed it the most. Keep being amazing."
"I love how special he is, he’s a credit to you & how you’ve brought him up, happy birthday young man," @shaz.addict added.
Stacey also shard the post to her Instagram Story alongside a different message. She wrote: "The truth is every year on Zachys birthday I spent most of the day welling up.
"When I got pregnant at 17 I could never have imagined that a real life angel would be born into my life. Pushing me to try my hardest never give up and always supporting me through everything." She went on: "Zachary wit wasn't a coincidence. You are so special and every year with you has been the biggest privilege I could have ever imagined."
