Kelly Ripais wishing her daughterLola Consuelosa Happy National Daughter Day!
On Wednesday, Ripa, 48,shared a sweet throwbackphoto of the now 18-year-old when she was younger.
“Happy #NationalDaughterDay Lola I’m the luckiest to call you mine,” Ripa raved in the caption of the post.
In the photo, Ripa and Lola can be seen flashing wide smiles as they share a warm embrace.
Proud dadMark Consuelosjoined in on the love fest, commenting, “My gals ♥️♥️♥️♥️.”
Earlier this month, Consuelos, 48, and Ripa embarked on a major parent milestone —dropping off Lola at New York Universityfor her first semester of college.
Ripa shared the exciting news during an episode ofLive with Kelly and Ryan, opening up about helping Lola move into her dorm and leaving her at college for the very first time.
But while Ripa expected the drop-off to be emotional for her and Consuelos, she was particularly taken aback at how much it affected her younger two children, who are only 20 months apart.
“We moved Lola into her dorm and it’s one of those things that you don’t realize how close [the kids are],” Ripaadmitted. “The younger two are really close in age. Like, I didn’t even know I was pregnant with the third one because I was still nursing the second one!”
The talk show co-host went on to share a number of photos from the drop-off, including one of Lola in her new dorm — complete with ombre pink bedding and her “old school” refrigerator, which Ripa said “looks like it’s from the ’50s.”
Kelly Ripa and Lola Consuelos.Lev Radin/Getty Images
“She has four roommates so it’s quite crowded in there,” Ripa shared of the room. “[They] all just met, it’s all brand new. Scary and exciting … The room is so tiny, you just forget how tiny it is!”
Aside from the sentimental moments, Ripa said there were plenty of jokes to go around.
The mom of three revealed that her husband’s words of wisdom to his only daughter prior to leaving were: “Don’t forget to get the syllabus, the syllabus is your best friend! Let the syllabus be your guiding light [and] time management is your friend.”
“There weren’t real tears but there were lots of ‘Don’t think I’m gonna be home before Thanksgiving because I’m not. I’m not gonna be home before Thanksgiving. You won’t see me before Thanksgiving,’” Ripa said, mimicking Lola.
source: people.com
