Bittersweet birthday: Teresa Giudice posts message to husband Joe on Instagram as he turns 44 in jail
He's serving time in the slammer for fraud.
But Teresa Giudice made sure husband Joe wasn't forgotten on his 44th birthday, taking to Instagram to post two snaps of them together.
Both were captioned: 'Happy birthday to my love Joe' and the Real Housewives Of New Jersey star also added heart, cake and kiss emojis.
![Cuddling up: Teresa Giudice's husband Joe may be serving time in jail for fraud but she made sure he wasn't forgotten on his 44th birthday on Sunday, taking to Instagram to post two snaps of them together](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/05/23/00/3482348500000578-3603921-image-a-76_1463959462007.jpg)
Cuddling up: Teresa Giudice's husband Joe may be serving time in jail for fraud but she made sure he wasn't forgotten on his 44th birthday on Sunday, taking to Instagram to post two snaps of them together
The first was a recent photo of couple, with Teresa sitting on her husband's lap.
The second was a throwback snap of them on a beach, both wearing white T-shirts when they were much younger.
Joe is celebrating his birthday at the Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution in New Jersey.
The businessman and restaurateur reported to the facility in March to serve a 41-month sentence for fraud.
And his special day is unlikely to be different to any other day in the slammer.
'Family members are allowed to visit, but they can't bring the inmate gifts or a birthday cake,' an insider told Us magazine, in an article posted on Sunday.
![Rite of passage: Teresa, who turned 44 on Wednesday, had a happier time on Saturday when she got together with brother Joe Gorga and his wife, Melissa, to celebrate their son Gino's first communion](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/05/23/00/34779AE400000578-3603921-image-m-81_1463959621840.jpg)
Rite of passage: Teresa, who turned 44 on Wednesday, had a happier time on Saturday when she got together with brother Joe Gorga and his wife, Melissa, to celebrate their son Gino's first communion
Teresa was released from a Connecticut prison in late December after serving her own 11-month sentence for fraud.
The judge in the Giudices' case decided to stagger their jail terms so that their four daughters - Gia, 15, Gabriella, 12, Milania, 10, and six-year-old Audriana - didn't lose both their parents at the same time.
Meanwhile the Giudices had a happier celebration on Saturday, when Teresa and all her girls except Gabriella got together with Teresa's brother Joe Gorga and his wife, Melissa, to celebrate their son Gino's first communion.
![Girls day out: Teresa was joined by three of her daughters - Gia, 15, Milania, 10, and six-year-old Audriana. Gabriella, 12, was elsewhere](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/05/23/00/347999FA00000578-3603921-image-m-80_1463959600469.jpg)
Girls day out: Teresa was joined by three of her daughters - Gia, 15, Milania, 10, and six-year-old Audriana. Gabriella, 12, was elsewhere
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