My Daughter Cut Into Her Gender Reveal Cake and Burst Into Tears—Then the Baker Pulled Me Aside and Showed Me Why

Chloe chose carefully.

PART 49 — THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF MIA

Months after Elliot’s birth, Chloe asked Vanessa to send one photograph.

Not the reveal photograph.

A current one.

Mia standing beside a playground slide.

Purple jacket.

Missing one front tooth?

No—too young.

Instead, curls blown across her face.