Larry Birkhead Honors Dannielynn With Photo Tribute On 16th Birthday: ‘Mom Is Looking Down’

Happy day to Dannielynn Birkhead! The teen’s dad Larry, 49, celebrated his daughter’s 16th day with  a photograph collage and a moving tribute to her successful the caption, which he with a touching notation to Dannielynn’s precocious ma Anna Nicole Smith: “Mom is looking down!”Larry shared a bid of photos of Dannielynn done the years, on with 1 photograph of her with her mom. Larry emphasized however “proud” helium was of his daughter, arsenic she deed the milestone birthday.

The photos sweetly showed Dannielynn astatine antithetic ages, smiling wide, posing, and playing. There were besides 3 shots of her and Larry having adorable dada and girl moments. He pointed to each that Dannielynn has flooded successful her 16 years arsenic helium wished her good for the future. “Sixteen years agone my beauteous babe was born. That’s if you privation to consciousness truly old. Many radical thought the likelihood were stacked against you, but possibly that was geared much towards maine than you. Through tragedy, turmoil and a mates of babe tantrums-today you radiance agleam and are truthful accomplished,” helium wrote. “So arrogant to beryllium your Dad!”

Larry and Dannielynn locomotion the reddish carpet astatine the Kentucky Derby. (Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock)

He did concisely notation the paternity play surrounding Dannielynn’s aboriginal childhood, but helium rapidly highlighted conscionable however overmuch helium loves his small girl, earlier joking astir her being eligible for her driver’s license. “It’s been a chaotic thrust and Dannielynn has brought joyousness and laughter to my life. Stay disconnected your section roads due to the fact that Dannielynn is 16,” helium wrote. “Happy Birthday. Rock on.”

Dannielynn was calved successful 2006, but her commencement was taxable to overmuch controversy, arsenic lawyer Howard K. Stern was listed arsenic her begetter connected her commencement certificate. Anna died of an accidental cause overdose astatine property 39 successful February 2007, and a paternity trial proved that Larry was Dannielynn’s begetter successful April of that year.

Anna and Larry astatine a 2004 enactment together. (Splashnews)

Since Anna’s death, Dannielynn and her begetter person intelligibly been inseparable. Earlier this year, the dada and girl duo person were spotted attending the Kentucky Derby together, successful May. During the event, they had tons of personage run-ins, similar erstwhile they saw Janet Jackson, whose classic 2003 look from the derby Dannielynn imitated. They besides saw former Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, who offered her guitar lessons.