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Jenny McCarthy is celebrating another year with Donnie Wahlberg.
The New Kids on the Block musician, 56, celebrated his wife’s 53rd birthday on Saturday, November 1, with a sweet tribute on Instagram.
“Please join me in praying for my wife: my life partner, my soulmate, my best friend, my sister in faith, my home screen queen, my ride or die, my favorite girl, my cover girl, my valentine girl, my best mom, my coolest stepmom, my most loving dog mom, my most supportive supporter. “Happy Birthday to the most amazing daughter, the sweetest sister, the kindest caretaker, the hardest working, most (desperately) dedicated, brave and courageous, comically outrageous, and the absolute love of my life, Jenny McCarthy!” Wahlberg wrote in the caption.
“Happy birthday, my love,” he continued. “I love you, I respect you, I admire you, I cherish you, I am surprised by you, I am surprised by you, I am in awe of you, and I look forward to every moment with you more and more every moment.”
Wahlberg added, “I love you! May your birthday be more than you ever dreamed of – because you were more than I could have ever dreamed of! I love you! ❤️.”
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Sparks first crossed paths with McCarthy and Wahlberg when they appeared together on Watch What Happens Live in 2012. The following year, Wahlberg appeared on McCarthy’s VH1 talk show, The Jenny McCarthy Show.
The two officially started dating a few months later, and Wahlberg proposed to McCarthy in April 2014.
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Wahlberg and McCarthy married in August 2014 in a ceremony performed on the A&E reality show Donny Loves Jenny. Since then, they have renewed their vows many times.
McCarthy is the mother of son Evan with ex-husband John Usher, while Wahlberg is father of sons Xavier and Elijah with ex Kimberly Faye.
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Back in March, McCarthy spoke to PEOPLE about how she and her husband of more than a decade have been able to “remain curious” in their relationship.
“We continue to date because I think we’ve gotten really complacent and we’re going to end up in a brother-sister relationship pretty quickly unless you make the effort,” McCarthy said.
“And I just played a game with him called ‘Questions,'” she continued. “This is something we’ve brought into our marriage and sometimes we play this game where we have to ask questions that we don’t know the answers to, because after 10 years you already know what you think are all the answers.”
McCarthy said the game “allows us to do some real work, do some self-reflection, and be interested in each other.”
“And when you’re interested in each other, it feels like you’re dating again,” the model added. “So we always try to ask ‘questions’ and stay curious about our relationship.”
