Andi Eigenmann, Jake Ejercito celebrate daughter Ellie’s 7th Birthday as a family

“Happiest Birthday Ellie! Love you! Apir Andi Eigenmann and Jake Ejercito – Kudos to you guys!” (Photo: @gabbyeigenmann/Instagram)

It was “neither UP or Ateneo, just #TeamEllie” for actress Andi Eigenmann and son of former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada, Jake Ejercito last Saturday, December 1, as the two young parents celebrate the 7th birthday of their daughter Ellie in matching customized jackets.

With a gymnastics-themed party and a venue decorated in pink, silver, and blue, Jake and Andi also showed their “teamwork” in support for Ellie, entering the venue hand-in-hand and with members of both sides of the family present, including Jake’s sibling Jerika Ejercito and Jacob Ejercito, as well as Andi’s relatives Cherie Gil, Gabby Eigenmann, and Ryan Eigenmann. Gabby even posted a picture of the family captioned, “Kudos to you guys!”

Although her celebration was this past weekend, Ellie officially turned 7 on November 23. Jake shared a selfie of him and Ellie, who was holding up seven fingers, in a social media post captioned, “Though I’d also prefer for you to stay a little girl for always, life’s unfortunately not Neverland. You’re now old enough to tell what’s right from wrong and to have a sense of responsibility. But trust that as long as I’m around, my baby girl you’ll always be.” Andi also posted a series of photos on her Instagram, sharing, “Teaching [Ellie] that the joy of life isn’t the material things, but the priceless memories we are blessed to be able to make together. The moments of belly-aching laughter, the conversations we had, our never-ending exchange of (mostly her) curious questions and my well-thought answers… It’s these that I want to look back on, and hopefully, Ellie would take with her as we both go through our journey in this wonderful life.”

Andi and Jake ended their relationship in 2014, a couple of years after dating. Despite speculation of Andi’s ex-boyfriend Albie Casiño being the father of Ellie, Jake confirmed that he is the child’s biological dad on October 16, saying that he is “happy and [has] no regrets.” Since then, Andi has publicly commended Jake for being a “great father” to Ellie.