Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade celebrate daughter Kaavia’s 6th birthday

Gabrielle Union and Dwayne Wade’s daughter Kaavia, often called the “suspicious baby” online, is not any longer a baby. On November 7, Union and Wade celebrated their daughter’s sixth birthday. Posting a carousel of photos and videos, the parents wrote Kaavia a sweet birthday message Instagram.

“Miss Kaavia James Union Wade turns 6 today!” They wrote in a joint post. “You are a miracle who has blessed everyone with your kindness, compassion, elitist humor, intelligence and loving soul.”

“You are a gift to your family, blood and chosen ones, as well as to many people around the world,” they added. “We love you beyond measure and celebrate your adorable little self every day!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY QUEEN KAAVIA!!!”

In 2018, the actress and NBA star welcomed Kaavia via surrogate, which Union said was a difficult decision. In his book “Got Something Stronger?” Union reflected on her fertility journey. After being diagnosed with adenomyosis – a disease affecting the uterine mucosa – and several miscarriages, the star recalls how her doctor really helpful surrogacy, which she admits she was not ready for.

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“I wasn’t ready for this. I desired to experience being pregnant. Watching my body expand and change to accommodate this miracle inside me. I also desired to experience being pregnant in a public place,” she said in a reflective essay published in the magazine ” Time magazine.. “…Why did I need to risk it a lot for the prospect (to have a baby)? If there was one other method to have a baby and be healthy, why was it so hard for me to simply accept it?

Despite fertility issues, Union, now 52, ​​says she doesn’t regret becoming a mother at 46.

“I became a mother at the right time because I was healed,” she shared earlier Instagram. “And I committed to healing forever, so I didn’t pass on all this generational trauma to Kaav… if I had been a day younger, or even certainly 10, 15, 20 years earlier, I would have passed on too much traumatic stuff to my child.”

Kaavia is the youngest member of Union and Wade’s blended family. The couple can be parents to Wade’s son Zaire and daughter Zaya, whom he shares along with his ex-wife Siohvaughn Funches, and son Xavier, whom he shares with Aja Metoyer. Wade can be the legal guardian of his nephew, Dahveon Morris.

As a toddler, Kaavia’s personality shone through in her parents’ social media posts, which captured their daughter’s hilariously serious faces. From her signature side eye to her lovely smile, Kaavia quickly became known on social media as Union’s beloved “suspicious baby.”

“I love that there’s a Shady Baby, and a Shady Baby is just someone who won’t dance for you when you say now. She already has her own opinion at the age of four and a half months,” said the actress People Magazine in 2019. “I hope he keeps the same energy, that when he feels like smiling, he smiles, and when he doesn’t, he doesn’t (smile). You either catch the mood or you don’t, but she will stay true to herself.”