--- title: Beyoncé's Mom Tina Knowles Shares Baby Photo For Birthday description: Beyonce's mother shares photo of the pop star at just four months old in honor of her birthday. canonical: https://time.com/5386755/beyonce-bey-day/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-04T22:02:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:40.265Z og:title: Beyoncé's Mom Shared a Sweet Baby Photo For Her Birthday og:description: It's Bey day og:url: https://time.com/5386755/beyonce-bey-day/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb53f74915cf898c/6989396d0a4a22c7c79d3999/beyonce-mother-tina-knowles-birthday-message.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 67th NBA All-Star Game: Team LeBron Vs. 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(Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 18: (L-R) Beyonce, Blue Ivy Carter, and Tina Knowles attend the 67th NBA All-Star Game: Team LeBron Vs. Team Stephen at Staples Center on February 18, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) Kevin Mazur—WireImage  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 4, 2018 10:02 PM UTC On Tuesday, [Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-beyonce-runner-up/) celebrated her 37th year of life, a momentous occasion for all of the [Bey Hive](http://time.com/5343001/beyonce-drops-mic-at-concert-reactions/), her avid fans, but especially for [her number one fan — her mother, Ms. Tina Knowles Lawson. ](http://time.com/5339645/michelle-obama-at-beyonce-concert/) Ms. Tina, a [noted Instagram enthusiast](http://time.com/4560575/beyonce-mom-formation-costume/) and fan of corny jokes, took to her personal account to wish Queen Bey many happy returns of the day, complete with an adorable baby picture of a 4-month-old Bey. In the caption, Ms. Tina offered glowing praise, loving encouragement, and a plethora of heart emojis to her firstborn daughter, noting that when the picture was taken, she “couldn’t even control the excitement and pride and the all-encompassing love I felt for you, my first born. Sometimes I can’t believe out of all the incredible people in the world, I was chosen by God to be your mom.” Try not to choke on too many tears when you read her full heartwarming caption below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5386755/beyonce-bey-day/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5386755/beyonce-bey-day/"},"headline":"Tina Knowles Lawson Shared the Cutest Baby Photo of Beyoncé In Honor of Her Birthday","datePublished":"2018-09-04T22:02:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:40.265Z","description":"It's Bey day","url":"https://time.com/5386755/beyonce-bey-day/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb53f74915cf898c/6989396d0a4a22c7c79d3999/beyonce-mother-tina-knowles-birthday-message.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb53f74915cf898c/6989396d0a4a22c7c79d3999/beyonce-mother-tina-knowles-birthday-message.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"67th NBA All-Star Game: Team LeBron Vs. 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