Jennifer Lopez shared a touching tribute to her two children, twins Emme and Max Muniz, on their 18th birthdays.
Lopez, 56, who shares Emme and Max with ex-husband Marc Anthony, took to Instagram on Sunday, February 22, to celebrate the milestone through words and a video filled with photos and footage. “You were born in the middle of the night, in the midst of the biggest, most beautiful snowstorm NY had seen in years!!” Lopez began. “I remember riding in the car and looking out the window, where everything was twinkling and covered in white that night, as I held you both in my belly for the last few moments before I gave birth to you.”
The “Waiting For Tonight” singer continued, “It was as if God was making sure you would enter a world full of pure magic!! In my heart, I knew that’s how your life would always be!!”
Lopez then reflected on how her world was forever altered when Emme and Max arrived. “When I would hold you as infants, I honestly felt as if I were holding two angels sent straight from heaven above,” she wrote. “My life was changed forever. I cannot believe you are now adults … 18 years old! You are both so kind-hearted, generous, and loving.”
The musician’s tribute video included photos from a professional shoot taken when the children were newborn babies, plus snaps from later photo shoots where she appeared in full glam. At-home clips included in the edit also showed her children laughing and playing with mom, cuddling up to mom and accompanying her both backstage and on-stage during performances across the globe.
“How lucky the world was on this day 18 years ago when God decided to send you here with all of your talents and spirit and heart to make this world a better place, because that is what you do for me and anyone who is lucky enough to know you both every day,” Lopez continued. “‘I love you’ could never encapsulate the depth of feeling, affection, and care that I have for you, my coconuts. It has always been the three of us!”
The tribute concluded, “We have been on this journey together. We have always had each other to hold on to and be that steady presence in the middle of any snowstorm. And I promise you, my beautiful coconuts, no matter how big you get, that’s how it will always be. Always remember, Lulu, you are my sunshine … and Max, you’re amazing just the way you are!! I love you, I love you. Happy 18th Birthday, my wonder twins!!!”
Ahead of Max and Emme attending college in 2026, Lopez told Entertainment Tonight in January that she felt “really good” about watching her children embark on new chapters. “I’m like, [I] can’t believe we’ve gotten here, you know, just the three of us. It’s been a journey for all three of us through this life [because] I was a single mom since they were 3 years old,” she told the outlet at the time. (Lopez and Anthony, 57, announced their split in July 2011 and the twins were born in 2008.)
Lopez added, “People have come in and out of my life, but it really has just been the three of us. To see how they’re kind of, like, thriving right now and the adults, like, young adults that they’re growing into … they’re so ready for their life. They’re so ready to get out there and I remember what that felt like [at] 18.”
