Kate Ferdinand took to Instagram on Sunday to share adorable snaps taken from her 32nd birthday celebration.
The former TOWIE castmate, 32, glowed as she showed off her perfect baby bump and sun kissed skin in a tight black maxi-dress.
She paired the dress with a pair of large black Wayfarer style sunglasses, protecting her eyes from the glorious sunshine.
The ex-reality star, who is expecting her second child with footballer husband Rio Ferdinand, looked radiant as she smiled for the camera.
Against the backdrop of a blue ice cream van, she proudly posed with her lemon ice cream, which added to her summer-ready aesthetic.
Top Bumps: Kate Ferdinand revealed her blossoming baby bump in birthday snaps as she awaits the birth of her second child with husband footballer Rio Ferdinand
Alongside the stunning solo shot, Kate shared several other photos including a cute snap of with husband Rio, 44.
The happy couple, who share son two-year-old Cree, were all smiles as they cosied up for the picture.
Their young son took pride of place in Kate’s Instagram carousel, with her lead photo showing the back on the youngster in his mother’s arms.
Only Cree’s royal blue t-shirt and adorable blonde and brown ringlets were visible as Kate wrapped him up tightly in a warm embrace.
She also posed with some gal pals and some young attendees at her birthday do.
While she and her friends grinned together in one snap. the children excitedly gathered round Kate to watch her blow out the candles in another.
She further treated her 1.4m Instagram followers with a mirror selfie, showing off the low neckline of her figure-hugging gown.
Proud-parents: The former Towie star also shared a couple snap with husband Rio, 44, as the pair excitedly wait the birth of their second child
Mummy’s boy: The couple’s son Cree, two, took pride of place in Kate’s Instagram carousel as she led with a snap of her cradling him
Glamour girls: The blonde beauty and her friends were all smiles as they posed together
Make a wish!: The children at the event excitedly gathered round Kate to watch her blow out the candles in another snap
Hot mama: She further treated her 1.4m Instagram followers with a mirror selfie, showing off the low neckline of her figure-hugging gown
She captioned the photo-set: ‘It doesn’t get much better, family, friends & a lemon Ice on your birthday.’
Alongside the couple’s son Cree and their upcoming arrival, the blonde beauty is a step-mother to Rio’s children Lorenz, 16, Tate, 14, and Tia, 12.
Rio shared the children with his first wife Rebecca Ellison, who died of breast cancer in 2015, aged just 34.
While the older children weren’t seen in the birthday snaps, Kate shared a hilarious video of the blended family enjoying the spoils of half-term fun on Thursday.
The video showed Rio and all the children, including Cree, jumping into a pool together.
The family were in complementary swimwear for the poolside fun while safety came first for Cree who sported armbands and a life-vest.
The delighted mum and step mum added a caption on the idyllic snap reading: ‘Family fun’.
She also took to Instagram on Thursday to show off her growing baby bump as she marked 33 weeks of her pregnancy.
Alongside the gorgeous snap, she confirmed she was just seven weeks away from being full-term in her pregnancy.
Making a splash: While not in her birthday snaps, Kate took to Instagram to share a hilarious video showing her step-kids Lorenz, 16, Tate, 14, Tia, 12, son Cree, two, and Rio jumping into a pool
Counting down: The reality star also showed off her growing baby bump on Thursday as she marked 33 weeks of her pregnancy
The expectant mother simply wrote: ’33 weeks.’
Her latest post comes just days after Kate revealed her exact due date in a Q&A on her Instagram account.
Last week, Kate was asked: ‘How long before bubbas due. Exciting times’, to which she replied: ‘Eight weeks to go and the belly is rapidly growing.’
Alongside the snap, Kate shared a picture of her growing bump in a crop top and sweatpants and she proudly showcased her belly.
Elsewhere in the Q&A, Kate revealed she and Rio have only just plucked up the courage to start having kissing in front of their kids, six years after getting together.
Kate told how she and Rio started off with a no-kissing rule when they were in front of his three children from his late wife Rebecca.
Kate said her whole relationship with Rio wasn’t romantic at the start because of the complications of his children from his first marriage.
She told how she and Rio ensured the kids didn’t mind their early ‘dates’ out together by restricting themselves to half-hour visits to the pub.
Speaking about how she and Rio had to be sensitive about their relationship early on because of the children, Kate said: ‘We didn’t have the whole honeymoon period.
‘It went full-blown “right we’ve got kids and if we’re going to make this work we’re all in”.
Exciting: The post came just days after Kate revealed her exact due date in a Q&A on her Instagram account
‘So the romance was pretty dead because there’s three kids, they’ve lost their mum, you’re thinking about so much, you just want to get it right.
‘I don’t feel like I was there constantly, and when I was I was fun. And absolutely no kissing. We said this the other day – I said “we don’t really kiss in front of the kids that much”.
‘I said “it’s because at the beginning we were so conscious to not do it, to not worry them, or make it uncomfortable, that all of a sudden we’ve then just continued that”.
‘So we’ve started to have a little peck. We go “Oh, give us a kiss – Urgh, disgusting”. But it is six years down the line now.’
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