Heidi Klum Opens Up About the Challenges of Co-Parenting With Seal

[post_page_title]Meet Heidi Klum and Seal[/post_page_title] Heidi Klum is perhaps best known for being the face of U.S. fashion design show Project Runway. Klum was the first German model that walked for Victoria's Secret and is ranked as one of the world's top working models. Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel - better known as Seal - is a British singer-songwriter who hit it big with songs like "Crazy" and "Kiss from a Rose". The singer has sold over 20 million records worldwide and is a recipient of four Grammy Awards.

[post_page_title]Kissed by a Rose[/post_page_title] Klum and Seal first met by chance in a hotel lobby in 2004. Speaking to Piers Morgan, the model described the meeting as "kind of like two magnets." Apparently, the British singer had just left the gym and was looking pretty good in a pair of bicycle shorts. At the time, Klum was pregnant from her previous relationship with Flavio Briatore, an Italian businessman. Klum and Seal started dating, and Seal was present for the birth of Helene, known as Leni.

[post_page_title]The Proposal and the Wedding [/post_page_title] Seal proposed to his supermodel girlfriend on a glacier at a ski-resort in British Columbia. Speaking to People magazine, the singer recalled that he "proposed on December 23rd at 14,000 feet in Whistler, B.C., in uncharted terrain on a glacier, in a natural snow cave, in an igloo built just for the moment." In 2005, the couple tied the knot on a dreamy beach in Mexico. The ceremony was low-key, with only 40 guests in attendance. Klum wore a Vera Wang lace gown.

[post_page_title]Welcoming Heidi and Seal's Children[/post_page_title] As well as first daughter Leni, Seal and Heidi have three biological children together. Their son Henry Günther Ademola Dashtu was born in 2005, son Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo arrived one year later in 2006, and daughter Lou Sulola came along in 2009. Speaking about Seal's parenting skills in 2011, Klum said that "when I first met Seal, he had a kindness and compassion that was so sincere I knew he'd be a good father [...] He has infinite amounts of love and patience for our kids."

[post_page_title]Blending the Family[/post_page_title] The Klum-Samuel household took several steps to make everyone feel like part of the family. In 2009, Klum became legally known as Heidi Samuel, and Seal officially adopted Klum's first daughter Leni. Seal is Leni's main father figure as her biological father isn't involved in her life. Speaking about the adoption, the singer said that "all it means is that both Heidi and I wanted her to have the same last name as the rest of us... It was about Leni."