Photo: Phillip Faraone/Getty, Maksim Chmerkovskiy/instagram
Both theDancing with the Starspros took to Instagram on Wednesday to celebrate sonShai Aleksanderon his 6th birthday.
Sharing a photo of thebirthday boy smiling sweetlyand wearing a birthday badge, Murgatroyd wrote, “My favorite sweet smart funny boy is 6 🎉🎉🎉.”
“Slightly teared up this morning thinking about how the early years are over,” she continued. “I made Shai promise though that he won’t get any bigger than 6…. I said ‘I will still throw you birthday parties each year but you have to stay this way forever.’ He said ‘Ok Mummy'🥹.”
“Life is short, I want to sit in these precious moments forever ❤️,” Murgatroyd concluded. “Happy 6th Birthday Shai 🎁.”
Chmerkovskiy shared an equally heartfelt tribute to his little boy, writing, “Happy birthday to my kind, smart, beautiful and incredibly funny 6-year-old!”
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Chmerkovskiy noted the bond between him and Shai is “unlike anything I’ve experienced.”
“This love is heartachingly beautiful. This day is one of my favorite days every single year,” he beamed. “I love you beyond words! P.S. Please pause on the whole growing up thing for a moment 😭😭😭.”
In November, Chmerkovskiy shared a photo on Instagram where he lovingly put his arm around his mini-me as they stood in the sand during a day at the beach.
“My guy and I.My heartbeat❤️,” he wrote alongside the photo.
Reflecting on fatherhood, Chmerkovskiy added, “This love is unlike anything else and only gets stronger, if you do it right. Fatherhood is easily hardest and most rewarding job I’ve ever had. Instant reward with best long term ROI though (in my@garyveevoice ;).”
“A father and a dad are so not the same things,” he said. “If you have kids, go be amazing at the most important job you’ve ever had🙏🏼.”
source: people.com
