Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade have been through hell and back in their pursuit of having a child together.
Now the pair’s dream has come true, and they’ve announced their bundle of joy’s baby name…
And it is perfect!
Welcome to the world Kaavia James Union Wade.
Union has explained the unique choice in baby name, two days after her husband shared their choice.
“Just greazzzy and happy. That is all,” she wrote on Instagram, alongside a sweet shot that showed her smiling while cradling her bundle of joy.
“@kaaviajames pronounced Kah-Vee-Uh James,” she explained, before revealing just a few of her daughter’s whopping number of nicknames: “She has 102 nicknames including but not limited to Kaav, Kaavi, Kaavi Baby, Kaavi J, Jamie, KJ, Nugget, Nug, Pooters.”
Explaining the thought process behind her daughter’s moniker, Union shared that “James” is a family name.
“We wanted to include my family in her name so that ‘James’ is from my uncle James Francis Glass who is also my grandfather,” she wrote, adding that “Union is her middle name.”
Touching on the struggles she went through, Union added, “I’ve waited this long so fo sho I was gonna get in there.”
Wade, 36, and Union announced Kaavia’s birth via surrogate on Nov. 8. The baby girl was born Nov. 7.
The couple shared their surprise baby news on Instagram alongside a set of family photos from the hospital.
Wade is also a father to sons Xavier Zechariah, 5, Zion Malachi Airamis, 11, and Zaire Blessing Dwyane, 16.
He also raises nephew Dahveon Morris, 17.
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