Jenna Bush Hager Celebrates Son Hal’s 7th Birthday with Sweet Photos

Jenna Bush Hager is celebrating her youngest on his big day!

On Sunday, Sept. 28, the Today with Jenna & Friends host, 43, shared a few photos on her Instagram Stories with her son Hal on his seventh birthday. In one photo, the mom of three could be seen bending down to kiss her son while on a boat as the little one wore a life jacket and leaned up to his mom.

“Happiest to my son! My sun 🌞,” wrote Bush Hager.

She also included another photo of the two of them sitting together and smiling while on the boat. Hal sat in his mom’s lap, spreading his arms and smiling while Bush Hager held her son close.

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Earlier this month, Bush Hager shared that her three kids went off for their first day of the new school year. She shared a photo of daughters Mila, 12, and Poppy, 10, and son Hal on Today with Jenna & Friends, which showed them holding up signs that read which year they were going into.

“I made them hold those signs,” Bush Hager said. “Kinder, seventh grade and fourth grade, which I can’t believe. But they had such a good day!” 

“You know, I think sometimes, and I know you’ve felt this, as a parent, we can’t be at everything. So to miss the first day was hard, but the other thing is, kids are so resilient,” she continued. “Humans are so resilient.”

Bush Hager said she was able to call her kids and get an update on how their first day went.

“I called and I’m like, ‘Hey, how was the first day?’ And Hal was like, ‘It was so different than pre-K. Kindergarten is so much harder,’ ” she explained. “And then I talked to Mila, and she was like, ‘I already have homework! Seventh grade is so hard!’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, these kids are alright.’” 

Bush Hager shared an Instagram video post at the end of August which featured family photos from her Italy vacation. The proud mom posed alongside her husband Henry Hager and their three kids.

The family of five visited several historical sites, from Roman basilicas to the Colosseum and Trevi Fountain, even sampling authentic Italian gelato.

“We ❤️ Roma! We will miss our home outside of Rome! @romecavalieri,” Bush Hager wrote in the caption, thanking the Rome Cavalieri Waldorf Astoria hotel for their stay.

Bush Hager also shared photos of their luxury resort, which featured a pool flanked by palm trees and striking views of the ancient city.