Mama June Helps Anna’s Daughter Kaitlyn Put together for ‘First Grownup Dance’

Mama June Shannon is ensuring her granddaughter is aware of she is beloved!

Almost 5 months after Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell’s demise at age 29, Shannon, 44, revealed that Anna’s daughter Kaitlyn was preparing for her “first grownup dance.”

The Mama June: Household Disaster star shared an Instagram publish on Friday, April 26, containing varied images of the 11-year-old smiling as she posed in a shiny blue costume. For a number of the photos, Shannon and her husband, Justin Stroud, additionally joined in, standing proudly subsequent to Kaitlyn.

“These are the instances and moments I want @annamarie35 was nonetheless right here to assist her get her costume and get her prepared and all however @officialsmallz1 and her finds out find out how to do her hair like she needed and she or he was excited to go to her first grownup dance,” Shannon wrote.

The fact TV persona stated that Kaitlyn had a “piece of her mama along with her round her neck on the dance” and wrote that “she is her mama remodeled for actual.”

Over on her Instagram Story, she shared a clip Stroud posted on his Instagram web page curling Kaitlyn’s hair.

Stroud echoed comparable sentiments in his caption, writing, “These are the moments that I want @annamarie35 was right here for however I do know she is wanting down smiling proper now. I feel we made her first center college dance successful.”

Together with Kaitlyn, Cardwell was additionally mom to 8-year-old Kylee, whom she shares along with her ex-husband Michael Cardwell. Kaitlyn’s father has not but been revealed.

In March, Shannon informed PEOPLE in an unique dialog that “Kaitlyn at present lives with me and Justin [Stroud].”

“Then, Kylee, she lives along with her organic father, however all of us knew that. Individuals will see that additionally most likely they’re speaking concerning the scenario because the season goes alongside,” Shannon added.

Cardwell’s husband, Eldridge Toney, opened as much as PEOPLE about Cardwell’s daughters in a dialog with PEOPLE in December 2023.

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“The day earlier than she handed, we had our speak and stated our goodbyes. Her dying want was for her ladies to develop up understanding who their mom was. And I promised I’d do proper by the women at all times. I’ll spend my life doing proper by Anna and the women,” Toney informed PEOPLE in a December 2023 dialog.