Nikki BellaandArtem Chigvintsevare celebrating the first birthday of their first child,Matteo Artemovich.
On Saturday, Bella, 37, shared a sweet message for her young son on Instagram alongside an adorable photo of the trio posing behind his birthday cake.
She continued: “You have my heart Teo! I love you more than anything in this entire world! Here’s to turning one my wild one! And to many, many more birthdays! And fun themes Muma gets to think of lol love you @theartemc 🐻🥳🦊🎈.”
Chigvintsev, 39, alsowrote a birthday messageto Matteo on Instagram. “Happy first birthday Matteo, Mama and Dada loves you so so much,” he wrote beside a carousel of pictures from the family’s celebration.
Nikki Bella/Instagram
Despite sharing some heartwarming milestones, the first year of Matteo’s life has been challenging for the new parents. During a November appearance with twin sisterBrie BellaonThe Tamron Hall Show, Nikki revealed the couple’s plans to attend therapy after a rocky start to parenthood, especially when Chigvintsev left to film season 29 ofDancing with the Stars.
Nikki Bella and Artem Chigvintsev with their son Matteo.Artem Chigvintsev/Instagram
“I was so supportive and pushing him out the door to go doDancingand then I realized once he left, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, what did I do? Like I need him.’ And so it was really hard,“Bella told Halltwo days after her fiancétook home the Mirror Ball trophywith partnerKaitlyn Bristowe.
“We’re going to start [therapy] after the season and it’s mainly just to be amazing parents and knowing how to balance parent life out and also our own relationship,” she told theBachelorettealum. “Because Artem and I don’t ever want to have a struggle. You know, we plan on being married.”
In January, Nikki confirmed the couple followed through on their plans on Bristowe’s podcastOff the Vine. TheTotal Bellasstar said Chigvintsev “doesn’t realize his tone” whenever he “gets really stressed.”
Artem Chigvintsev and Nikki Bella with son Matteo.Nikki Bella/ Instagram
The conversation began when Bristowe admitted to occasionally clashing with Chigvintsev while competing on the ABC reality show. Bella, who sparked a relationship with the professional dancer after being partnered with him on season 25, said the Russian was “super strict” and even called then-fiancéJohn Cenaabout possibly quitting.
“I remember during dress rehearsals sometimes I’d be like, ‘Is he mad at me?'” Bella told Bristowe. “It would make me feel really off. It would just be his tone. It was hard, it was hard on me a lot.”
Bella and Cenacalled off their engagementin July 2018, a year-and-a-half before the professional wrestler began dating Chigvintsev. The new couplegot engagedin November 2019 during a trip to France beforewelcoming Matteo into the worldeight months later.
source: people.com
