“Incredible that this baby is now a towering 17 year old wonder,” wrote Roberts in her tribute
Julia Roberts is beaming with pride as her “beautiful” son Henry turns 17!
On Tuesday, June 18, the beloved actress, now 56, took to Instagram to celebrate Henry’s birthday. She shared a heartwarming throwback photo of him as a baby.
“Incredible that this baby is now a towering 17 year old wonder! Happy Birthday beautiful Henry 💙,” Roberts captioned the photo, which shows her joyfully smiling while holding baby Henry.
Henry is one of three children Roberts shares with her husband, Danny Moder. They are also parents to twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, who are now 19.
In December, Roberts appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and talked about how Henry is adjusting to being the only child at home now that his siblings have gone off to college.
“I think it’s a good 50/50 split. He’s loving it. And I think he misses his people,” she said, adding that all three of her children are doing “great.”
Reflecting on her career, Roberts credits her early success with giving her the time to fully enjoy these precious moments with her children.
“By the time I had the success of my family life and had a husband and children who wanted to stay at home, I had been working for 18 years. And so I felt that I had the luxury. I didn’t have to pick one or the other,” she shared with British Vogue in January.
She described the ability to focus on her family as a “luxury.”
“It was easy to pause work life to nurture my home life. And so, because I have girlfriends who were having to juggle being at work and having to go into the bathroom, and you know, get out that breast pump, I sort of went through that with them by proxy,” she mentioned. “To be allowed the luxury of staying home and being with my family, I had a deep gratitude for that time.”
Last December, Roberts shared a heartwarming memory. She revealed that she discovered the series “The Wonder Years” with her kids.
“I discovered a series with my kids, ‘The Wonder Years,’ which I had never seen before. And boy, did we always look forward to cuddling up with that,” she said.
