Inside Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s emotional visit to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce made an emotional visit to a children’s hospital in Kansas City on Thursday, days after she wrapped up her The Eras Tour.

The superstar, who turns 35 on Friday, looked delighted as she posed with children being treated at Children’s Mercy Hospital before joining staff for a group photo.

The star is ‘exhausted but so grateful’ after the end of her record-breaking Eras Tour – which concluded last weekend on December 8 in Vancouver.

The Grammy winner – who gave her tour crew very generous bonuses – is also “looking forward” to spending the holidays with her boyfriend Travis Kelce.

Later this week, the Bad Blood singer will also ring in her 35th birthday on Friday — and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end has “extra special” plans for the big day.

A source said People in an article published on Tuesday that Swift is “exhausted, but obviously so grateful” for the Eras Tour.

“She had so many emotions about the last few shows in Vancouver,” the insider said, adding that both Taylor and Kelce are “looking forward to the holidays.”

Last month, the couple — who made their budding romance public last year — got the chance to spend Thanksgiving together during a brief break in each of their busy schedules.

But later this week, Taylor will get the chance to properly celebrate her birthday on Friday.

Notably, Travis has an away game on Sunday, December 15 against the Cleveland Browns, but still has plans to make the day important for the singer-songwriter.

A source said this recently Page six“Although he is playing over Christmas and has an away game on the weekend of Taylor’s birthday, Travis will make sure he takes time to celebrate both occasions with her.”

The NFL player has “been shopping for Christmas and birthday gifts for Taylor for a while now.”

The insider said that Kelce is “not the type to leave these things until the last minute” and that he has already been “getting items here and there whenever he gets the chance” in recent months.

“Some of the gifts are things Taylor has casually mentioned that she would like. Travis makes sure he’s always listening, even when Taylor doesn’t realize he is.”

The lovebirds are no strangers when it comes to gifts for each other. Earlier this year, in February, for Valentine’s Day, the Chiefs tight end reportedly spent about $14,000 on gifts for the singer.

And for Kelce’s own 35th birthday, which he celebrated in October, Taylor reportedly spent $360,000 to help make the special milestone happen.

One gift included renting out the Formula 1 circuit at Monza, Italy, to the artist so he could race all day long.

Just days earlier, Swift concluded her Eras Tour in Vancouver on Sunday, December 8, with the tour bringing in a record-breaking $2.2 billion in ticket sales.

When the 21-month tour officially ended, Taylor also gave $197 million in bonuses to the crew – including truck drivers, caterers, instrument technicians, merchandise crew, dancers, production assistants, makeup artists and choreographers. People.

And after wrapping up the North American leg of the tour last year, she also handed out about $55 million in bonuses.

She also donated to food banks in every city she visited during the long tour.

A day before the final concert in Vancouver, Swift took time to talk to the crowd while on stage at the sold-out BC Place stadium.

She opened up about making the decision to extend the dates for the Eras Tour, saying: ‘This is the most fun, joyful, intense, powerful and beautiful tour I’ve ever done, and it’s all because of the way you’ve dealt with It.’

Taylor continued to tell her fans, “There’s a reason why this is my longest tour I’ve ever done.”

“I’ve never played so many shows on a tour before, and that’s just because I really never wanted it to end, because you guys made it such a great experience for all of us on stage.”

She said fans created special “traditions” during the tour, such as wearing friendship bracelets.

The Bad Blood singer also added during the concert, “This tour has taken three years of my life, if you think about planning it and then the rehearsals and then being on this tour for a year and eight months. ‘

“When I look at this crowd, I keep thinking about how incredibly happy, grateful and fortunate we are to spend our last weekend here in Vancouver.”

A source recently said this We weekly that Swift intends to take a long break now that the tour is over.

“She has told her team to give her a year,” the insider said, while a separate source said, “Taylor plans to stay here for a while and hibernate.”

Both Swift and Kelce “want to do ‘normal things’ as a couple…” adding, “Taylor is exhausted. She’s looking forward to some relaxation and rest.’

On the final night of her Eras Tour, the singer gave a special shout out to Travis, who had played at Arrowhead Stadium to beat the Los Angeles Chargers 19-17.

While singing the lyrics to the song Karma, she exclaimed, “Karma is the Chiefs man coming straight to me…”

She first changed the original lyrics of ‘Karma is the man on the screen who comes straight home’ during a performance in Buenos Aires last November.

With the Eras Tour over, a source had told DailyMail.com that Taylor “leaned on Kelce amid emotional struggles.”

“This tour has been her life and the people on the tour have been her family, and now that the tour is coming to an end, she is super emotional. She’s leaning on Travis and her family more than ever.”

The insider added, “She is such a busy person. She knows she should take some time to enjoy her successes, but she really doesn’t know how to fill her time writing songs.”

“Taylor can’t be bored and doesn’t really know what she’s going to do with her time.”

The Grammy winner has spoken about becoming a mother in the past, but the source noted that she “hasn’t discussed” the topic lately.

“Her friends think she should use this time to take things to the next level with Travis and that this is the perfect time to start a family of her own.”

‘She has had everything she ever wanted and everyone who knows her believes she would be the best mother ever. Taylor has not discussed this with them, but has talked about wanting a family in the past.”