{"id":8574,"date":"2025-11-14T15:09:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/teen-mom-star-maci-bookout-celebrates-son-bentleys-17th-birthday-with-new-family-photos\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T15:09:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:09:33","slug":"teen-mom-star-maci-bookout-celebrates-son-bentleys-17th-birthday-with-new-family-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/?p=8574","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Teen Mom\u2019 Star Maci Bookout Celebrates Son Bentley\u2019s 17th Birthday With New Family Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teen Mom<\/em><\/span>\u2019s\u00a0Maci Bookout<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0still can\u2019t believe her son is a full-on teenager.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow is my Benny 17 years old? Happy Birthday @bentleycedwards,\u201d Maci, 34, wrote via\u00a0<\/p>\n

To mark the celebratory occasion, the MTV reality star shared new photos from a recent family photo shoot.<\/p>\n

In pictures captured by Brianna Merritt Photography, Maci tried to carry Bentley along the beach.<\/p>\n

\u2018Teen Mom\u2019 Star Maci Bookout\u2019s Family Album With Her 3 Kids: Bentley, Jayde and Maverick<\/p>\n

But if fans needed any more proof that Bentley isn\u2019t a young kid anymore, the high school student decided to switch things up by putting his mom over his shoulders and walking through the sand.<\/p>\n

\u201c17!?!!?!!!??!???! Omg happy bday!\u201d\u00a0Teen Mom<\/em>\u2019s\u00a0Briana DeJesus<\/strong>\u00a0wrote in the comments section. Costar\u00a0Jade Cline<\/strong>\u00a0added, \u201cHappy bday!!\u201d<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s unclear how Bentley celebrated his special day, the wrestler, baseball player and golfer appeared to stay up late to watch the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays after 18 innings during game 3 of the 2025 World Series \u2014 a tie for the longest World Series game in history.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, October 28, Maci\u00a0shared a post<\/span> with a letter that could be used for school to explain why kids may be tardy for class. \u201cIt turned into quite a late night, and sleep eventually won out over the morning alarm,\u201d the note read in part. \u201cThank you for your understanding. Go Dodgers! Go Blue Jays!\u201d<\/p>\n

Last month, Maci shared additional photos from her family photo shoot. In addition to posing with her husband,\u00a0Taylor McKinney<\/strong>, the\u00a0Teen Mom: The Next Chapter<\/em>\u00a0star also made memories with ex\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing the kids smile makes it all worth it! \u2600\ufe0f #family #familyvacay #coparenting #goals #dreamscometrue,\u201d Maci wrote via\u00a0Instagram<\/span>\u00a0on September 4. \u201c @briannamerrittphotography you’re a talented queen .\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans first met Maci and Ryan, 37, in 2009 when they appeared on MTV\u2019s\u00a016 and Pregnant<\/p>\n

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<\/em>. Cameras rolled as the high school students welcomed their first child together.<\/p>\n

Although the couple went their separate ways \u2014 and briefly struggled to coparent peacefully amid Ryan\u2019s substance abuse issues \u2014 cameras continued to capture their journey in becoming a modern, blended family on MTV\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n

In fact, Maci was able to attend Ryan and Amanda\u2019s\u00a0baby shower\u00a0<\/span>before they welcomed a daughter named Presley in February.<\/p>\n

\u2018Teen Mom OG\u2019 Tots in Before and After Pics: How They\u2019ve Grown!<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s naturally on its own time, we\u2019ve been able to build a solid foundation,\u201d Maci exclusively\u00a0shared with\u00a0Us Weekly<\/em><\/span>\u00a0in January. \u201cEverything is going really well and I kind of feel like the audience deserves to see this.\u201d<\/p>\n

While MTV has yet to announce a new season of\u00a0Teen Mom<\/em>, Maci continues to be proud of the man Bentley is becoming. Regardless of whether cameras are rolling or not, the Chattanooga, Tennessee, resident is grateful to have raised a good son.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s the best,\u201d\u00a0she told\u00a0Us<\/em><\/span> in April 2024. \u201cIt\u2019s just his ability to show up for other people and be there for other people. He\u2019s the same ole Bentley, just maybe a little taller and maybe a little deeper voice.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0RHONJ<\/em>\u00a0star and reigning\u00a0Traitors<\/em>\u00a0champ announced her engagement to longtime boyfriend Paulie Connell after nearly five years of dating. The couple shared the exciting news with\u00a0PEOPLE<\/em>,\u00a0revealing that Paulie popped the question at a place that holds special meaning for them \u2014 the Apple Store in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey \u2014 where they first met.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could have proposed on a yacht in Greece. I could have rented a grand hall, invited 400 people and asked her to marry me with fireworks in the background. But that\u2019s not who we are,\u201d Connell told\u00a0<\/p>\n

While his comments sound heartfelt and romantic, Bravo fans were quick to notice that the Dublin native\u2019s \u201cnot in Greece, no fireworks\u201d line sure sounds like a subtle dig at Louie Ruelas \u2014 who famously proposed to Teresa Giudice with a grand fireworks display during their luxe trip to Greece back in 2021.<\/p>\n

Connell\u2019s emphasis on humility and simplicity contrasts sharply with Louie\u2019s headline-making extravagance \u2014 and fans didn\u2019t miss the irony. After all, both couples hail from the\u00a0Real Housewives of New Jersey<\/p>\n

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<\/em>\u00a0universe, where grand gestures (and drama) are practically a love language.<\/p>\n

Still, Dolores and Paulie\u2019s engagement sounds like a genuine, down-to-earth moment between two people who\u2019ve taken their time to build something real. Dolores, 54, told\u00a0<\/p>\n

The proposal itself caught Dolores completely off guard \u2014 she thought she was headed to an interview, not a proposal. \u201cHe started saying these sweet, beautiful things to me out of nowhere and I was like, \u2018Paul, are you okay?\u2019 And then I realized he was proposing,\u201d she joked.<\/p>\n

From the Apple Store to BravoCon \u2014 this\u00a0RHONJ<\/em> couple is proving that romance doesn\u2019t need fireworks or Greek yachts to shine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Teen Mom\u2019s\u00a0Maci Bookout\u00a0still can\u2019t believe her son is a full-on teenager. \u201cHow is my Benny 17 years old? Happy Birthday @bentleycedwards,\u201d Maci, 34, wrote via\u00a0 To mark the celebratory occasion, the MTV…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hot-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t