Milla Jovovich Looks Back on Daughter Ever's Life in Sentimental 17th Birthday Tribute: 'My Fireheart'
The actress shares her three kids, Ever, 17, Dashiel, 9, and Osian, 4, with husband Paul W.S. Anderson
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Milla Jovovich celebrates her daughter's birthday.Milla Jovovich is sharing her love for her firstborn on her birthday.
On Sunday, Nov. 3, the actress, 48, celebrated her daughter Ever's 17th birthday on Instagram, sharing a variety of sweet throwbacks and recent snaps, as well as a sentimental message about her "awesome" teen.
"Happy 17th Birthday to our queen @everanderson!!??," the mom of three began. "I remember looking at my newborn, my first baby and wondering what kind of a teenager she would be. Not even being able to imagine how this tiny, adorable, screaming being could develop into a rational, articulate human.??."
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"I knew you would be awesome, because I’m your mom, so I mean obviously????," she joked, "but I could never imagine, not in a million years, what an intelligent, hilarious, talented and powerful young woman you would turn out to be!"
In the first few photos from her mom's carousel, Ever wears a birthday crown and smiles by her birthday cake with her sisters Dashiel, 9, and Osian, 4, and her dad Paul W.S. Anderson.
Jovovich then looked back on Ever's "journey" to becoming the woman she is today, calling the experience "mind-blowing." The proud mom accompanied her caption with snaps of Ever as a newborn in the hospital room as well as shots of her past 16 birthday celebrations.
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Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson arrive at the premiere of Sony Pictures Releasing's 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter' on January 23, 2017 in Los Angeles, California."The journey I’ve watched you take has been the most mind blowing experience of my life," she wrote. "Seeing you grow and understand who you are and what you want, seeing you deal with difficult situations that seemed like they could swallow you up, but instead made you stronger and you managed to overcome. Seeing you make the choices that weren’t the easiest, but the ones that would help you develop into a more resilient, understanding and disciplined person have inspired and taught me so much more than I ever thought possible!"
She continued, "I mean I’m the mom, you should be learning from me! Yet, I’m the one who learned so much from you."
"Everyday I wake up so grateful to be on this life adventure with you and everyday brings new knowledge and understanding that I never would have had without you showing me and teaching me. What an honor it’s been raising you. What a privilege to share this life together."
She added, "I love you more than I can ever describe because my words are just a pale shadow of the feelings in my heart! Happy Birthday Ever! My fireheart!?????"