Mark Consuelos with his daughter Lola.
Credit: Lola Consuelos/Instagram
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Kelly Ripa and her daughter Lola both celebrated Mark Consuelos’s birthday with individual photo dumps on Instagram.
Ripa shared throwback photos of her husband as a child blowing out birthday candles.
The longtime couple’s daughter Lola called her dad her “superhero” and shared a bunch of images of Consuelos with her and her two brothers, Michael and Joaquin.
Kelly Ripa and her lookalike daughter Lola are celebrating beloved husband and father Mark Consuelos with not one but several never-before-seen family photos. Taking to Instagram, both the talk show host and the budding musician offered a rare glimpse at the family of five’s private life.
“Happy birthday @instasuelos,” Ripa wrote, “a man who loves cake and party hats more than most people, and I love you ♥️🎂♥️🎂.”
Mark Consuelos with his kids Joaquin and Lola.
Credit: Kelly Ripa/ Instagram
Lola, for her part, also gushed about Consuelos in her caption, calling her dad her “superhero.”
“You will forever and always be the most important man in my life,” Lola went on. “I wish more than anything that I were with you today, more than ever this year❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I LOVE YOU DAD 🎀🎀🎀🎀🎀 the coolest Mexican, Italian man to walk this earth!!!!!!!”
Mark and Lola Consuelos.
Credit: Lola Consuelos/Instagram
The photos each woman chose to include were equally adorable. Ripa, for her part, shared a bunch of snapshots from her husband’s childhood, giving fans a glimpse of a baby Mark blowing out candles while wearing a birthday hat.
Mark Consuelos blowing out birthday candles as a child.
Credit: Kelly Ripa/Instagram
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos as a young couple in the late 1990s.
Credit: Lola Consuelos/Instagram
Lola, meanwhile, included photos from her childhood, plus two throwback shots of Consuelos and Ripa as a young couple in the late 1990s. In one image, the 24-year-old can be seen playing backgammon with her dad; in another, the duo stand with a soccer ball in front of a goal. Lola also included photos from an early 2000s boat trip with her and her two brothers, 28-year-old Michael and 23-year-old Joaquin, and their dad.
Mark Consuelos with his kids Michael, Lola, and Joaquin on a boat in the early 2000s.
Credit: Lola Consuelos/Instagram
Ripa and Consuelos have been together since 1996. They met in 1995 and eloped the following year before welcoming Michael, Lola, and Joaquin in 1997, 2001, and 2003, respectively. Four weeks ago, Ripa celebrated their youngest son’s birthday with a similarly heartwarming Instagram post: “Happy birthday to the Broadway bound newborn who is 23 years old today!” She wrote. “We love you Joaquin, you are a bright light in this world! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎂🎂🎂🎂⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.”
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