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Watch Gabrielle Union's Daughter Struggle to Crawl as 'Rocky' Theme Song Plays

Manuela Cardiga
Jun 14, 2019
04:47 A.M.

Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade "Shady Baby" Kaavia James learns to crawl and social media went wild.

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Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade are living their best lives as parents of the adorable Kaavia James Wade, who has just reached an important milestone.

The proud parents shared a sweet video of their beloved "Shady Baby" crawling for the first time, and the clip went viral with over 2 million views.

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DWYANE WADE COAXES KAAVIA INTO CRAWLING

The clip shows Kaavia on a rug, while her father stands a few feet away holding out her sippy bottle.

As the baby struggles to crawl, Wade can be heard coaching her sweetly, telling her she'd a big girl and tha she can do it.

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Union and Wade welcomed Kaavia through surrogacy, following the actress' struggles with fertility issues

KAAVIA CRAWLS FOR THE FIRST TIME

At Wade's urging, Kaavia then moves forward and her dad places her sippy cup in front of her to provide further inducement, as the baby complains.

“Come on. I know. There you go. You trying. Yeah, that’s OK. You got it, big girl,” he said.

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KAAVIA JAMES, CRAWLING CHAMPION OF THE WORLD

Then, Wade extended his hand to his daughter, who makes one huge effort and crawls toward him to give him her tiny hand. At that moment, the theme song from "Rocky" starts playing, declaring little Kaavia the uncontested crawling champion of the world.

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GABRIELLE UNION IS FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN AND AGAIN

Union posted the clip and added a moving caption that reveals the joy she is experiencing through motherhood.

“Growth isnt always easy. There might be tears. There might be tumbles. Keep going. Hold on. We are rooting for you. We gotchu. In other news, I’ve fallen in love with @dwyanewade again and again and moments like this ??????❤❤❤ @kaaviajames,” she said.

Union and Wade welcomed Kaavia through surrogacy, following the actress' struggles with fertility issues. It is unknown if the couple intends to give little Kaavia a sibling.

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"SHADY BABY" TAKES ON THE INTERNET

Baby Kaavia James, better known as "Shady Baby" may soon rival her famous mom and dad, Gabrielle Union, and Dwyane Wade.

Gabrielle and Dwyane created the account Instagram account “#ShadyBaby” to share photos of their adorable daughter, and she has become quite a star.

"Shady Baby" already has a cool 750,000 followers, and her fans grow every day. Kaavia has conquered her followers not with her sweet smile, but with her hilarious thunderous scowl.

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