TJ Holmes and Amy Robach have separate Christmas Eve with kids
TJ Holmes And Amy Robach traded romance for family on Christmas Eve.
The couple both took to social media on Sunday, December 24, to share moments from their respective holidays with their little ones.
Holmes, 46, spent the night with 10-year-old daughter Sabine, who he shares with his estranged wife Marilee Fiebig. The pair spent their holidays around the tree watching movies in anticipation of Christmas morning.
“That time of night when kids start counting and shaking their presents,” Homes wrote via his Instagram Story alongside a photo of Sabine playing with her presents. (Holmes is also father of daughter Brianna and son Jaiden from his marriage to first wife Amy Ferson.)
Holmes let Sabina choose the entertainment for the evening, which included horror movies Violent night And MEGAN. “She picked it. #BabySabine,” he joked alongside a photo from the film. As they moved on That hardHolmes added, “That’s more like it.”
Later, Sabine began to lose her patience while waiting for her gifts, when Holmes took a photo of her with wild hair in the early morning hours. “!!! This was 4am!!! #GoBacktoYOURBed,” he joked.
While Holmes spent quality time with his little one, Robach, 50, had a girls’ night out with daughters Ava, 19, and Annalize, 16, whom she shares with her ex-husband Tim McIntosh. (Robach and McIntosh split in 2009. She later exchanged vows with Andrew Shuewho previously welcomed sons Nate, 27, Aidan, 24, and Wyatt, 19, with ex-wife Jennifer Hageney.)
“Merry Xmas Eve,” Robach wrote via her Instagram Story on Sunday alongside a photo of a steak dinner. Ava also shared moments from the trio’s evening, including one of their mothers cooking on the stove.
Holmes and Robach made headlines over a year ago after photos surfaced of them getting cozy outside the office. The former GMA3 co-anchors eventually split with their respective spouses, which they have since claimed happened before they started dating. (We weekly confirmed earlier this month that Shue, 56, and Fiebig, 46, are now also dating.)
The couple has since opened up about their romance on their “Amy and TJpodcast, which premiered earlier this month. During their Thursday, December 21, episode, Holmes and Robach opened up about how their children initially felt about their relationship and the adjustment period their families went through after news broke that they were dating.
“As hard as it has been for so many people in our lives, it is the hardest for us [our kids], because now they have to look at us in a different way,” Robach explained, noting that she and Holmes had both formed individual bonds with each other’s children before their relationship became romantic. As a result, Robach said it has been a challenge for their children to adjust to seeing them as a couple.
Robach added that she and Holmes have been “very thoughtful” and “very patient” in navigating their children’s feelings about their relationship. “But I’m fine,” she said. ‘They are peaceful. We want to build on that.”
Sabine has even asked to spend more time with her father’s new partner. “My little one has known Robach since she was one and now she knows Robach in a different way in a different role, but it was the best,” Holmes explained, sharing that he let Sabine “guide” their dynamic. “I’m always open. ‘Robach is here, we’re hanging, do you want to do this?’”
He continued: “Over the past few months she has volunteered. ‘Robach is there, can I come over? What do you and Robach do? Can I have a piece of that?’ Voluntarily, for example. It has really been one of the most moving things lately to see how she wants to be part of the group and enjoys her time with us.”
Keep scrolling for the best moments from Holmes and Robach’s Christmas Eve celebrations: