Gwyneth Paltrow Celebrates Daughter Apple’s Birthday with Rare Photo

Happy birthday, my darling girl. You make everyday feel like Christmas morning. You are the most vibrant, hilarious, twirling all over the place, beautiful (inside and out) young woman. You are an amazing thinker and an incredible songwriter. Thanks for still hanging out with me, even though you are 14.

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To commemorate her firstborn’s 14th birthday, Gwyneth Paltrow posted this beautiful picture of Apple on Instagram with a heartfelt message.

“Happy birthday, my darling girl. You make every day feel like Christmas morning,” the actress  and businesswoman wrote. “You are the most vibrant, hilarious, twirling all over the place, beautiful (inside and out) young woman. You are an amazing thinker and an incredible songwriter. Thanks for still hanging out with me, even though you are 14.”

The close-up reveals a resemblance between mom and daughter, to say the least.

One day prior, Paltrow shared a naked throwback photo of her pregnancy with Apple in honor of Mother’s Day.

“Fourteen years ago on the verge of a life changing morning…” her caption read.

Fourteen years ago on the verge of a life changing morning… To all of us, biological, adoptive, foster, spiritual, communal, all the den mothers and grand mothers and great grandmothers and great great grandmothers, all the way back, happy Mother’s Day.

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Paltrow and her ex-husband Chris Martin are, of course, the parents of Apple and their 12-year-old son Moses. Last year, the Iron Man star celebrated Apple’s 13th birthday by posting a clip of the family visiting the Museum of Ice Cream.

Best Apple’s birthday/Mother’s Day EVER at the @museumoficecream 🍦🎂🍏@autumncomm SO FUN #goopgo #dtla

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Despite Apple being in those often-dreaded early teenage years, Paltrow hasn’t had to deal with too much attitude just yet.

“She is pretty great,” she told Today in a 2017 interview. “I mean, sometimes she asks me to, like, close her door. I’m like, ‘Wait, with me on the other side of the door?’ But other than that, it’s pretty smooth so far.”