Desperate Housewives star, Eva Longoria became a mum at age 43 when she welcomed her first child, a son named Santiago Enrique Bastón on June 19 last year.
And it looks like motherhood is the role she was born to play!
The star’s candid social media posts show a glowing mum with love painted all over her face, and one sweet, happy baby boy to boot.
“It’s magical. I feel like I’ve known him my whole life,” the actress gushed in her first feature as a new mum in Hola! USA magazine shortly after Santiago was born.
The Dora the Explorer actress and her husband, media mogul Jose ‘Pepe’ Bastón also raise her stepchildren, Natalia, Mariana and José all of whom have played an active part in little ‘baby Bastón’s’ life, even helping to choose his unique name.
In the past, Eva has opened up about not wanting to start a family on her own. Rather, she was waiting for her happily ever after to come along.
“I’ve always wanted a family. I believe in family,” she told Parade back in 2014. “But children are a product of love. So I don’t think I’ll go off and have a baby by myself. I do not have that need to procreate.”
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And it looks like waiting for love paid off, the star is rocking motherhood and we can’t get enough.
Here’s some of our favourite mum moments on their journey together so far …
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Eva looked incredible in paris on Wednesday as she and her 14-month-old mini-me, Santiago leave their hotel to take in the sites.
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Jetting around the world might look glamorous, but this mumma/bubba duo still have jet lag to contend with. At least they get to deal with it snuggled in Paris like this.
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Eva took to her socials to share that Santiago’s favourite jammies are this cute little British flag onesie. Naw!
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Eva is determined that Santiago will “… grow up loving books as much as I do!”
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Little Santiago seems confused by his mum, Eva’s prep for a Dora the Explorer premiere.
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44-year-old Eva and Santiago rocking vacation vibes in Spain.
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Eva’s social feed is full of images of the hands-on mum and little Santiago having a great time together.
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Proud working mum, Eva is matchy-matchy in all black with the super-cute Santiago on set of Dora the Explorer movie, where she’ll play Dora’s mum.
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Eva takes time out on set to read to little Santiago who looks pretty involved with story time! Look at that concentration!
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The petite star jokes that baby Santiago’s feet are ‘almost the same size’ as hers already!
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Everybody loves a cute baby. ‘Tiá Victoria’ Beckham is getting in on the action with baby Santiago here too.
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Australia bound! The Dora the Explorer star brought ‘Baby Baston’ downunder for some filming where they were wowed with the locals at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary on the Gold Coast.
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This mumma and baby duo know how to do a Sunday right. Pool hangs for the win!
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Returning was not so hard for Eva when she could bring baby Santiago along with her. The star captioned this shot: ‘First day back to work and look who is my assistant director! Has a desk and everything!’.
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How’s this for new-mum glow. The actress looks relaxed and happy at home before her return to work.
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Calling on her celebrity mum-friends for help, Eva captioned this incredibly beautiful picture with: ‘Hey @chrissyteigen is this the official hairstyle of breast feeding? I feel like I’m always in a messy top bun! Too hard to do anything else!’.
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The world’s first glimpse of ‘Baby Baston’ was this natural moment of Eva loving on life as a new mum. Nawwww.
