Mike Wolfe‘s loved ones are celebrating a very special birthday.

On Wednesday, November 6, the American pickers the star’s girlfriend, Leticia Clineshared a touching message Instagram post in honor of his 60th birthday.

“You will forever be my greatest adventure and the home my heart will always seek,” she wrote in the caption alongside photos from the couple’s vintage car photo shoot. “If we measured the sunsets, the trips we took, the concerts we saw, the lives of the people we touched, the animals we helped, the things we loved, then you would be more old than reality could understand.”

The travel journalist noted that “a life well lived is not measured in years, but rather by the number of people measuring their lives by yours and you have such a beautiful life overflowing with it.”

“I’m just happy to have a front seat for all of this. I love you baby. The happiest of birthdays,” she continued.

Wolfe and Cline have been romantically involved since 2021. Before their relationship, Wolfe was married to his ex-wife Jodi Catherine Wolfe. After nearly nine years of marriage, Jodi filed for divorce citing “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their separation in July 2021.

According to documents obtained by PEOPLE, the exes had been separated for more than a year before their decision to file for divorce.

Wolfe’s birthday falls a month after his announcement death of his long-time friend and American pickers costar, Frank Fritz.

In a post shared on Instagram on October 1, Wolfe announced the tragic news of his death on September 30. He was 60 years old.

“It is with a broken heart that I share with you all the passing of Frank last night,” Wolfe, 60, began his tribute. “I’ve known Frank for more than half my life and what you saw on TV was always what I saw, a dreamer as sensitive as he was funny. The same off camera as on camera, Frank. had a way to reach the hearts of so many people by simply being himself.

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“Who would have dreamed that we would share the cockpit of a white van in front of millions of people interested in our adventures,” he added.

“We have made countless journeys and shared so many miles and I feel blessed to be by his side on his final journey home,” he concluded. “I love you buddy and I’m going to miss you so much, I know you’re (sic) in a better place.”