Jade Roper Says ‘Extra Boy’ Appeared in Faux Family Pic: ‘Of Course Beau Would Want to Make’ Photo

Bachelor Nation’s Jade Roper is sharing how her and husband Tanner Tolbert’s late son, Beau, was included in a faux holiday photo.

“Did the Norman Rockwell holiday trend and an extra boy was in our image, and it touched my heart, because of course Beau would want to make the family photo,” Roper, 39, wrote via her Instagram Story on Saturday, December 27, referring to the trend of users asking ChatGPT to create a family portrait.

In the image, Roper posed for the camera with Tolbert, 38, and four children beside a festive Christmas tree. Three of the children resembled the couple’s kids: daughter Emmy, 8, and sons Brooks, 6, and Reed, 5.

In a separate Instagram Story, Roper shared her correspondence, where she noted that “there should be two boys total and one girl.” As a response, a message read, “Got it — thank you for your patience, and you were totally right to flag that.”

While sharing the revised image without the third son, Roper noted, “But now it just sort of feels empty.”

Roper — who met Tolbert on Bachelor in Paradise season 2, tying the knot in 2016 — announced in 2023 that the couple were expecting their fourth child when she experienced a pregnancy loss.

“I’ve been struggling what to write here as I’ve been navigating a miscarriage,” she wrote via Instagram at the time. “It felt like all my dreams were coming true to welcome another baby into our lives, to love and to complete our family. While our hearts are completely broken and we have been dealing with the deep and complex grief of the loss, we have been blessed to be touched by his soul or his short amount of time. I am forever changed.”

She continued, I’m currently experiencing what is called a missed miscarriage, so while his heart has stopped and he has stopped growing (for some time now), my body hasn’t released the pregnancy yet. I am hoping to do this naturally and am trusting in timing and in my body under the care of my provider.”

Roper noted that she had been carrying the pregnancy “with so much pride and cherish every moment still left with part of him,” adding that “it has also been equally as challenging and devastating.”

“So while I hold my belly here, our sweet baby’s body is resting in my womb as his soul soars,” she concluded. “We love you with every piece of our hearts, baby Beau.”

Months later, Roper shared that Beau was diagnosed with Down syndrome. While responding to an Instagram Story Q&A, Roper noted that it’s possible “his tiny heart wasn’t strong enough.”

“A lot of DS diagnoses are accompanied with congenital heart conditions,” Roper added.

In September, Roper marked the anniversary of her pregnancy loss with a tribute to Beau.

“Two years since my D&C. Two years without you sweet Beau,” she wrote via Instagram at the time, referring to a dilation and curettage. (In the procedure, the cervix is dilated in order to remove tissue from inside the uterus and is used to treat miscarriages and end unwanted or unsafe pregnancies.)

“Grief is quieter now, but it’s still here, woven into who I am,” Roper continued. “Remembering the baby I never got to hold, yet still hold in my heart.”