Shannon Beador has been singing the praises of her boyfriend John Janssen since the two went public with their relationship last July. And on Tuesday, he repaid the favor — writing a sweet tribute to the Real Housewives of Orange County star on her 56th birthday.
Janssen’s loving note was posted to his private Instagram account, alongside a photo of him and Beador taken while the two were in New York City at the inaugural BravoCon back in November.
“Our connection and chemistry are what people dream about,” Janssen, 56, wrote. “You are my person; the one I was meant to be with, the one that makes me feel whole. I started falling in love with you almost immediately and my love has grown ever stronger as our time together has flown by. I find myself thinking and wondering at times if this is real, how did I get so blessed? Then I look into your beautiful eyes and know it IS real and it is how our world should be.”
“You are such an amazing woman and you surprise me every day,” he continued. “I have never believed that a woman could be so loving, generous, intelligent, creative, determined, funny, fun loving, hardworking, successful, down to earth, nurturing, protective, loyal, encouraging, and have my back no matter what. Then I met you; you are all of that and more.”
Beador previously gushed to PEOPLE in August that Janssen was a “great guy” with a “kind heart.”
“[John’s] just a great person,” she told PEOPLE at BravoCon. “If I were to make a list of the perfect person for me, he has all those attributes. You see it in movies and you think it’s not real. I’ve never been happier.”
The two met through a mutual friend and have a lot in common. Like Beador, Janssen is a divorced parent of three and a graduate of the University of Southern California. They both studied at the college at the same time, though didn’t know each other. He now works as a partner at an insurance firm.
Since they’ve been dating, Beador and Janssen have blended their families. Beador’s three daughters, 17-year-old Sophie and 14-year-old twins Stella and Adeline, have spent time with Janssen’s two daughters and a son (who are around the same age).
“It’s really unbelievable,” Beador told PEOPLE at BravoCon. “All of them are close, close friends. It’s really made dating John that much easier. Because all our kids get along so well, we’re together as a group all the time. It’s great, it’s great. Really rewarding family time. We’re laughing non-stop.”
As for Shannon’s ex David, from whom she split in September 2017 after over 17 years of marriage, he’s moved on — getting engaged to girlfriend Lesley Cook in January.
Shannon sees wedding bells in her future one day, too.
“I would like to get married again someday,” she admitted to PEOPLE in August. “I want to have that partnership and be part of a team.”
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