Eva Longoria/Instagram Eva Longoria's son Santiago "Santi" Enrique Bastón is officially 7 TheDesperate Housewivesalum shared a carousel of new photos featuring her son on Instagram Longoria shares Santi with her husband, José Antonio "Pepe" Bastón Eva Longoriais celebrating her sonSantiago "Santi" Enrique Bastón's 7th birthday! "Happy 7th birthday to my Santi💕 I love you so so much!" theAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Tripactress, 50, captioned a Thursday, June 19Instagram post. Longoria shared a rare carousel of photos featuring her son on his special day. In one snap, the proud mom can be seen sitting in a pair of pajamas with her hair halfway clipped up as Santi sits on her lap, smiling at the camera. Longoria gave her son a big hug while planting a sweet kiss on the cheek. For his part, Santi held a large silver balloon shaped like the number seven that was almost as tall as he is. Another image in the roundup features a selfie of the mother-son duo smiling for the camera as Santi stood next to his mom on what appeared to be a beach on a sunny day. She ended her carousel with a photo of him facing away from the camera that day as he sat on her lap, hugging her. Longoria shares Santi with her husbandJosé Antonio "Pepe" Bastón. The couple got married in 2016, and announced they wereexpecting a baby boyin December 2017. "From the moment he was placed in my arms, Iknew no love like thisbefore," Longoria wrote on Instagram four months after her son's birth, calling her "little bundle of love" a "miracle." Since his arrival, she has taken pride in being a hands-on mom. Dave Benett/Getty "He is with me all of the time!" the actress previously told PEOPLE when Santi was just 10 months old. "If you follow me on Instagram, you will see that he is on set with me, that he's in meetings with me." Now that he's a bit older, Santi is starting to understand what those big meetings are for — even though they can leave him a bit confused at times. 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 celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. During a March 2025 appearance onGood Morning America, Longoria discussed if her son had seen any of her work, specifically 2019'sDora and the Lost City of Gold. "He sawDora the Explorerandhe was very confusedthat I was Dora's mom," she said. "And, he was like, 'Wait you're her mom?' And I go, 'Well,' and he's like, 'Well where is she? Why doesn't she live with us?' " Eva Longoria/Instagram Longoria also spoke to PEOPLE earlier this year aboutSanti's perks of living abroadwith herbetween Spain and Mexico. "I think the easiest way to get to know a culture is through food, and I love food," she said in January. "So I think for me, my lifestyle of living is being a citizen of the world, and also showing my son the world. I think he's so smart and bright." "I'm going to Paris. He goes, 'Bring me back some macarons,' " Longoria said. "He knows that comes from Paris. Or I'll say, 'We're going to go to Spain,' and he's like, 'Oh my God, are we going to have paella?' So it's really sweet to see him also growing up with this appreciation of worldly cultures." Read the original article onPeople