Alan and Robin Thicke.Photo: Charley Gallay/WireImageRobin Thicke’s birthday was made extra special thanks to his fiancéeApril Love Geary.TheLost Without Usinger – who turned 44 on Wednesday – received a gift from Geary, 26, in remembrance of his late father,Alan Thicke.“April always has something, yeah, we always surprise each other,” Robin said before revealing her present in aninterviewwithEntertainment Tonight.The singer held up a framed photo of Alan smiling while holdingThe Masked Singerjudge’s new albumOn Earth, and in Heaven.Charley Gallay/WireImage"She [got] a picture of my father holding my album saying, ‘I’m proud of you, love Dad,’ " Robin said. “You can’t beat that.“TheGrowing Painsstar died unexpectedly at age 69 in December 2016.In February, Robin told PEOPLE that in the years following Alan’s death, he’s been trying toemulate his dadwhen it comes to parenting his children. Robin shares Mia, 3, Lola, 2, and Luca, 3 months, with Geary, as well as son Julian, 10, with ex-wifePaula Patton.RELATED VIDEO: Robin Thicke Says He Wants to Be ‘as Much Like’ Late Father Alan as Possible: ‘Every Day I Try to Make Him Proud of Me’“After my father’s death, I remember a friend of his said, ‘A big tree has fallen.’ That’s what my dad was: the big tree. Now here I am, this medium-size tree, and I’ve got to grow my branches and protect everybody,” Robin told PEOPLE. “Every day I try to make him proud of me.”

Alan and Robin Thicke.Photo: Charley Gallay/WireImage

Robin and Alan Thicke

Robin Thicke’s birthday was made extra special thanks to his fiancéeApril Love Geary.TheLost Without Usinger – who turned 44 on Wednesday – received a gift from Geary, 26, in remembrance of his late father,Alan Thicke.“April always has something, yeah, we always surprise each other,” Robin said before revealing her present in aninterviewwithEntertainment Tonight.The singer held up a framed photo of Alan smiling while holdingThe Masked Singerjudge’s new albumOn Earth, and in Heaven.Charley Gallay/WireImage"She [got] a picture of my father holding my album saying, ‘I’m proud of you, love Dad,’ " Robin said. “You can’t beat that.“TheGrowing Painsstar died unexpectedly at age 69 in December 2016.In February, Robin told PEOPLE that in the years following Alan’s death, he’s been trying toemulate his dadwhen it comes to parenting his children. Robin shares Mia, 3, Lola, 2, and Luca, 3 months, with Geary, as well as son Julian, 10, with ex-wifePaula Patton.RELATED VIDEO: Robin Thicke Says He Wants to Be ‘as Much Like’ Late Father Alan as Possible: ‘Every Day I Try to Make Him Proud of Me’“After my father’s death, I remember a friend of his said, ‘A big tree has fallen.’ That’s what my dad was: the big tree. Now here I am, this medium-size tree, and I’ve got to grow my branches and protect everybody,” Robin told PEOPLE. “Every day I try to make him proud of me.”

Robin Thicke’s birthday was made extra special thanks to his fiancéeApril Love Geary.

TheLost Without Usinger – who turned 44 on Wednesday – received a gift from Geary, 26, in remembrance of his late father,Alan Thicke.

“April always has something, yeah, we always surprise each other,” Robin said before revealing her present in aninterviewwithEntertainment Tonight.

The singer held up a framed photo of Alan smiling while holdingThe Masked Singerjudge’s new albumOn Earth, and in Heaven.

Charley Gallay/WireImage

Robin Thicke, Alan Thicke

“She [got] a picture of my father holding my album saying, ‘I’m proud of you, love Dad,’ " Robin said. “You can’t beat that.”

TheGrowing Painsstar died unexpectedly at age 69 in December 2016.

In February, Robin told PEOPLE that in the years following Alan’s death, he’s been trying toemulate his dadwhen it comes to parenting his children. Robin shares Mia, 3, Lola, 2, and Luca, 3 months, with Geary, as well as son Julian, 10, with ex-wifePaula Patton.

RELATED VIDEO: Robin Thicke Says He Wants to Be ‘as Much Like’ Late Father Alan as Possible: ‘Every Day I Try to Make Him Proud of Me’

“After my father’s death, I remember a friend of his said, ‘A big tree has fallen.’ That’s what my dad was: the big tree. Now here I am, this medium-size tree, and I’ve got to grow my branches and protect everybody,” Robin told PEOPLE. “Every day I try to make him proud of me.”

source: people.com