Jenna Bush Hager Celebrates Daughter Poppy's 9th Birthday with Sweet Instagram Tribute: 'My Sunshine Girl'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jenna Bush Hager.Photo:Jenna Bush Hager/InstagramJenna Bush Hager’s little girl is growing up!On Tuesday, Aug. 13, theToday with Hoda & Jennaco-host, 42, shared her love for her daughter Poppy as she celebrated her 9th birthday. In a cuteInstagram carousel, the mother-daughter duo can be seen smiling together as they paddle board down a lake in matching pink shirts.“Happiest birthday to my sunshine girl: Poppy Louise!” the proud mom wrote in her caption.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“She’s hilarious and loving and completely original! Nine years with this beauty: and my world is more fun, more dazzling and definitely filled with more laughter! We love you!” she continued.In more photos, Poppy can be seen reading books with her dadHenry Chase Hager, giving a piggyback ride to her older sisterMila, 11, and building sandcastles with her younger brotherHal, 4.Earlier this summer, Bush Hager sentPoppy and Mila off to summer campin Texas, and admitted to co-hostHoda Kotb, 59, that she shed a few tears at the bus stop.“I dropped both of the girls at the bus,” the news anchor explained, adding that she had “little tears under my big sunglasses.“The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!Jenna Bush Hager.Jenna Bush Hager/InstagramAs a first-time camper, Poppy shared many concerns about his summer ahead. “Poppy was like, ‘But what about the spiders in the bathroom?’ and I was like, ‘You’re going to become friends with the spiders in the bathroom,’ ” Bush Hager recalled. “She’s like, ‘But what about the heat?’ I’m like, ‘It’s going to become normal to you … it’s hot there.”An experienced camper herself, Mila was happy to step up as the helpful big sister, telling Poppy, “Okay, so here’s what you do, Poppy,” before explaining that drinking Sprite in the Texas heat will make her feel sick.Although theTodayco-host was happy to send her kids to the same camp she attended as a child, the mom of three told Kotb, “I feel like two of my three hearts are far away from me.”

Jenna Bush Hager.Photo:Jenna Bush Hager/Instagram

Jenna Bush Hager/Instagram

Jenna Bush Hager’s little girl is growing up!On Tuesday, Aug. 13, theToday with Hoda & Jennaco-host, 42, shared her love for her daughter Poppy as she celebrated her 9th birthday. In a cuteInstagram carousel, the mother-daughter duo can be seen smiling together as they paddle board down a lake in matching pink shirts.“Happiest birthday to my sunshine girl: Poppy Louise!” the proud mom wrote in her caption.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“She’s hilarious and loving and completely original! Nine years with this beauty: and my world is more fun, more dazzling and definitely filled with more laughter! We love you!” she continued.In more photos, Poppy can be seen reading books with her dadHenry Chase Hager, giving a piggyback ride to her older sisterMila, 11, and building sandcastles with her younger brotherHal, 4.Earlier this summer, Bush Hager sentPoppy and Mila off to summer campin Texas, and admitted to co-hostHoda Kotb, 59, that she shed a few tears at the bus stop.“I dropped both of the girls at the bus,” the news anchor explained, adding that she had “little tears under my big sunglasses.“The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!Jenna Bush Hager.Jenna Bush Hager/InstagramAs a first-time camper, Poppy shared many concerns about his summer ahead. “Poppy was like, ‘But what about the spiders in the bathroom?’ and I was like, ‘You’re going to become friends with the spiders in the bathroom,’ ” Bush Hager recalled. “She’s like, ‘But what about the heat?’ I’m like, ‘It’s going to become normal to you … it’s hot there.”An experienced camper herself, Mila was happy to step up as the helpful big sister, telling Poppy, “Okay, so here’s what you do, Poppy,” before explaining that drinking Sprite in the Texas heat will make her feel sick.Although theTodayco-host was happy to send her kids to the same camp she attended as a child, the mom of three told Kotb, “I feel like two of my three hearts are far away from me.”

Jenna Bush Hager’s little girl is growing up!

On Tuesday, Aug. 13, theToday with Hoda & Jennaco-host, 42, shared her love for her daughter Poppy as she celebrated her 9th birthday. In a cuteInstagram carousel, the mother-daughter duo can be seen smiling together as they paddle board down a lake in matching pink shirts.

“Happiest birthday to my sunshine girl: Poppy Louise!” the proud mom wrote in her caption.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

“She’s hilarious and loving and completely original! Nine years with this beauty: and my world is more fun, more dazzling and definitely filled with more laughter! We love you!” she continued.

In more photos, Poppy can be seen reading books with her dadHenry Chase Hager, giving a piggyback ride to her older sisterMila, 11, and building sandcastles with her younger brotherHal, 4.

Earlier this summer, Bush Hager sentPoppy and Mila off to summer campin Texas, and admitted to co-hostHoda Kotb, 59, that she shed a few tears at the bus stop.

“I dropped both of the girls at the bus,” the news anchor explained, adding that she had “little tears under my big sunglasses.”

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

Jenna Bush Hager.Jenna Bush Hager/Instagram

As a first-time camper, Poppy shared many concerns about his summer ahead. “Poppy was like, ‘But what about the spiders in the bathroom?’ and I was like, ‘You’re going to become friends with the spiders in the bathroom,’ ” Bush Hager recalled. “She’s like, ‘But what about the heat?’ I’m like, ‘It’s going to become normal to you … it’s hot there.”

An experienced camper herself, Mila was happy to step up as the helpful big sister, telling Poppy, “Okay, so here’s what you do, Poppy,” before explaining that drinking Sprite in the Texas heat will make her feel sick.

Although theTodayco-host was happy to send her kids to the same camp she attended as a child, the mom of three told Kotb, “I feel like two of my three hearts are far away from me.”

source: people.com