Alec Baldwin Wishes ‘First Son’ Raf a Happy 8th Birthday: ‘I Love You’

The actor, 65, celebrated his eldest son's special day with a sweet message and video on Instagram

Alec Baldwin is celebrating his son Raf’s birthday!

The actor, 65, paid tribute to his “first son” Rafael Thomas — whom he shares with wife Hilaria Baldwin — by posting a sweet video montage of him on Instagram as he turned 8 on Saturday.

In the clip, Raf appeared in a series of photos from over the years, including snaps of him as a newborn baby in a hospital incubator, to more recent images of him enjoying a Naruto Uzumaki-themed birthday party with his siblings.

“My first son. Oh, Raf, I love you. Happy 8th,” Baldwin captioned the video.

The Dr. Death actor and his wife, 39, have six other children together: Ilaria Catalina Irena, 7 months, María Lucía Victoria, 2, Eduardo 'Edu' Pao, 2, Romeo, 5, Leonardo Ángel Charles, 6, and Carmen Gabriela, 9.

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Elsewhere in the clip, Raf could be seen in a black T-shirt and shorts cuddling his mom in his bedroom and in the kitchen, and in another snap, he was dressed in a Portugal soccer shirt alongside his brother Leonardo, who wore an Argentina soccer shirt.

Hilaria also marked Raf’s birthday on Instagram with a special post on Saturday. The yoga enthusiast shared how “grateful” she was for her eldest son while reflecting on his difficult first moments after his premature birth.

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“Happy 8th birthday, Rafael Thomas!,” Hilaria wrote. “On these days, my mind always goes back to their birth stories, and Raf was a tough one. 23 hours of labor, born a month early, came out blue and had a tough time breathing.

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“I was telling him today about the NICU nurses and how wonderful these humans were — warm, kind, supportive. They cared for him in that little incubator carefully turning him, and comforting my broken self, at the time.”

The proud mom continued: “How they guided us through taking out his tubes when he was ready, being able to hold his hand through that hole, then take him out and hold him … and eventually bring him home. I am forever grateful to you angels, who helped my baby live. My biggest boy: thank you for the kisses and letting me try to hold you, while you pretended to suck your thumb 😂 … we love you so very much and celebrating you is a joy.”

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