It was an extra special, celebratory weekend for Katherine Schwarzenegger and her family.
On Saturday, November 8, the BDA Baby podcast host and her husband Chris Pratt‘s youngest son Ford rang in his second trip around the sun.
In addition to the birthday tot, the couple, who have been married since 2019, are also parents to daughters Lyla, six, and Eloise, four, plus the Guardians of the Galaxy actor also shares son Jack, 14, with ex-wife Anna Faris.
© InstagramIn honor of little Ford’s special day, Katherine took to Instagram and shared a series of fun photos of the toddler around their California family home.
She first shared a snap of him hoisted on her hip, followed by glimpses of his birthday party celebrations, which appeared to be race car themed.
Katherine also included a photo of her blonde, long-haired boy sitting in a vintage Volkswagen beetle with his dad, and more pics of him frolicking through their stunning home.
© Instagram“2! Happy birthday to our boy! My sweet, caring and car obsessed little guy! We love you Ford!” the doting mom wrote, and fans were quick to take to the comments section under the post and gush over it.
“You look like a Kennedy and your husband looks like a movie star! What are the chances,” one noted, as others followed suit with: “Happy birthday Ford!! As a boy mom to an 18 year old, they don’t outgrow the love of cars,” and: “Happiest of birthdays to your beautiful boy! Hope his third year on this planet is nothing but fun!” as well as: “Happy birthday Ford!!! My hair inspo!”
Katherine and Chris, who started dating in 2018 after they were reportedly set up by her mom Maria Shriver, are based between Montecito and Pacific Palisades, while they are building a new Brentwood home. Last year, Katherine opened up about how she and Chris prepared for their marriage, and her becoming a stepmother to Jack, which included seeking help from a step-parenting coach. “It’s been incredibly helpful for me and also just understanding my role as a step-parent,” she said during an appearance with her husband on the Parenting & You With Dr. Shefali podcast.
© Instagram“Step-parenting, like parenting, has no handbook. Because I have the benefit of being in both roles. Step-parenting is extra confusing because you aren’t a parent, you’re not a nanny, you’re not an assistant. You have responsibilities in all of those areas but you’re not either of them,” she added.
© InstagramChris also recently opened up about going to couple’s counseling before tying the knot, more specifically the Catholic practice of Pre-Cana. Speaking with his good friend Rob Lowe on his podcast on SiriusXM, Literally! With Rob Lowe, Chris explained: “Part of getting married at St. Monica’s church is doing premarital counseling,” adding: “We did like, six sessions with this guy who was, by the way, the best thing in the world.”
Chris shared how the priest directed them to essentially hash out potentially conflict-inducing conversations, even like when to start and stop celebrating Christmas. “It’s like 300 potential landmines and [you can] diffuse them beforehand. And that way, if you have an issue, you talk about it and you hash it out,” he said. “If you agree on it, you move on. But if there’s things you disagree on, you hash it out and you do the work to figure out why are you coming from this [belief]?”
