Adrienne Bailon Celebrates 'Perfect' Thanksgiving with Her Son Ever James

The actress hosted a "royal feast"-themed gathering with husband Israel Houghton and their 15-month-old son

Adrienne Bailon's Thanksgiving was picture-perfect!

On Thursday, the actress, 40, and her husband, singer-songwriter Israel Houghton, shared a glimpse into their elaborate Turkey Day feast with 15-month-old son Ever James — starting with the meal prep.

According to Houghton, 52, little Ever lent a helping hand in the kitchen.

"Mashed potato duty covered 🥔🫡," Houghton captioned a snap of the 15-month-old smiling on the kitchen counter while somebody stirred mashed potatoes.

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On Friday, both Bailon and Houghton gave a glimpse into their holiday gathering with videos of the special occasion.

"Thankful for this home, this table but more importantly everyone around it," Houghton wrote alongside a compilation of clips from before, during and after the holiday meal.

"More to share from Thanksgiving soon!" he continued. "But I just want to thank my wife @adriennebailon for always making everything so beautiful and setting the atmosphere to make the best memories. God is so good. NY, we are home!"

"Ugh… it was perfect 🫶🏽🥀," Bailon commented.

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The Cheetah Girls star also documented the family's elaborate, "royal feast"-themed Thanksgiving meal with a "recap" video of her own.

"I have so much to be thankful for," Bailon captioned the "lil thanksgiving 2023 recap," adding, "Besos Xx."

In a compilation set to the instrumental Bridgerton version of Taylor Swift's "Wildest Dreams," Bailon included highlight clips from her holiday — from Ever waddling around in the morning to the final bite of food.

"What's on the menu for me today is I make the mac and cheese," the actress, clad in a gingham apron, told the camera after putting her son down for a nap.

Later in the video, Bailon included videos of herself, Houghton and Ever enjoying some food together and showcased the dinner's black-and-gold decorations, which included a "royal portrait" wall and lots of candles.

The family of three also snapped several photos together at the event, which Houghton then shared on Instagram.

"Houghton Family Thanksgiving 2023 🤎," he captioned the shots.

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Last August, Bailon announced she'd welcomed her first son via surrogate in an Instagram post. "Ever James ♾ / For this child we have prayed / Just to hear our baby cry / Skin to skin and face to face / Heart to heart and eye to eye…," Bailon began her emotional post.

"Our baby boy is here & we are so in love! If you have followed our love story… you know that our journey to baby has been very challenging - But God is true to His word and His promises. We have quietly prayed while sitting on this most magnificent secret for the last 9 months," she shared.

"He is worth every tear, every disappointment, every delayed prayer, every IVF cycle, every miscarriage. Everything. All we feel is joy and overwhelming love & gratitude," the new mom continued.

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While Ever is the Cheetah Girls star's first child, her husband, whom she married in Paris in December 2019, has four children from a previous relationship: daughters Mariah and Milan and sons Jordan and Israel.

Bailon has been open about her struggles with infertility. In 2018, she shared on The Real that getting pregnant wasn't as easy as she hoped it would be.

"I think so many people are very insensitive to that, in the sense [that] I know you guys are like, 'Is she pregnant?' 'Her face is fuller' — FYI I've always had a really chubby face so that's not what it is."

"I think that as an audience we should be sensitive to the fact that everybody doesn't get pregnant right away," Bailon continued. "I think for myself I thought it would happen so easily for me and it just hasn't happened that way."

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"I've had to come to peace with that it'll happen when it's God's timing and I believe in that and I have faith in all of that," she said. "But it can be really discouraging and it can be really frustrating."

"I think I looked at myself and in my mind I was like, 'I'm a Cheetah Girl, I'm 19 years old' and then I woke up and was like actually, I'm going to be 35 in a few weeks and that makes a big difference. I can feel as youthful as I want in the inside and in my heart, but my ovaries are what they are and that sucks to hear that," Bailon explained at the time.

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