Kelly Ripa is celebrating any other flip across the solar.

The Live with Kelly and Ryan co-host became 52 on Sunday. In honor of the unique day, her husband Mark Consuelos shared a series of sweet photos featuring Ripa and himself via Instagram. One photograph indicates the satisfied couple sharing a kiss with a stunning beachside heritage.

“Happy Birthday Sexy!!!” the Riverdale actor wrote inside the caption. “What a year of accomplishments. So pleased with you.❤️❤️❤️.”

The two who percentage daughter Lola, 20, and sons Michael, 24, and Joaquin, 18 celebrated 26 years of marriage in May.

Paying tribute to his co-host, Ryan Seacrest additionally posted a carousel of images of himself and Ripa to commemorate the occasion.

“Happy birthday to a dear friend, co-host, outstanding author, and devoted spouse & mother,” he captioned the submit.

“It’s a privilege and a pleasure to get to work with you each day. Cheers @kellyripa !”

It is a milestone birthday for the television personality, considering her new e-book, Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories, turned into released just remaining Tuesday.

In the memoir, the previous All My Children famous person gets private about marrying Consuelos five days after they broke up, then going on to have a thriving sex life and 3 youngsters.

Ripa opens up on this week’s PEOPLE cowl story about the adjustments she and Consuelos are making after turning into empty nesters.

The couple’s youngest child Joaquin moved out remaining yr and is now a sophomore at the University of Michigan.

Lola, a singer now analyzing abroad in London, and Michael, an actor and manufacturer, are both residing on their very own.

“It’s scary, thrilling, freeing, surprising… And quiet,” she says. “I did not recognize how to make dinner proportionally. Now, it’s 10 p.M. And we will consume.”

Ripa admits to having a few nerves approximately the large trade.

“There had been moments when I changed into like, ‘We’re going to be that couple: Our third infant is going to university and we get divorced because this is it,” she says, guffawing.

“But there was this other moment, wherein we went to the seashore on my own for the first time due to the fact our honeymoon with cheese and a baguette. T

hese different parents have been going for walks around us with small children.

I realized I had in no way noticed the sunset due to the fact I turned into ensuring our kids didn’t run into the water after I wasn’t searching.”

However, in other instances, the Live with Kelly and Ryan co-host noticed that she and Consuelos should get lower back to taking part in on my own time.

She provides, “So I suppose for us, it turned into ‘Oh, this next segment of our lives, this is sort of awesome.'”