This morning, I sent Jeannie out to surprise soon-to-be parents
Shanice and Damien, and bring them to me
for our Mother's Day show.
Take a look.
Hi, Ellen, it's me Jeannie.
I am so excited because today is the Mother's Day show.
I am here in Anaheim, California,
ready to surprise an amazing couple named
Shanice and Damien.
They're expecting their first baby this August,
and this Mother's Day is really, really special
to them for so many reasons.
Here's the thing, you guys.
Ellen sent me here because she's giving you guys two tickets
to her Mother's Day show.
Oh my God.
Oh wait, one more thing.
It's actually right now.
What?
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
Wait, what about the door?
This way.
We got a car waiting for you guys, OK?
We're going to you to the studio.
You guys are going to be in the audience today.
So you're how many months pregnant?
Six.
Oh, yeah, maybe we'll just do a power walk.
Oh my God.
All right, get in there.
I'm going to meet you guys there, OK?
OK.
All right.
See you in the studio.
Where's my car?
I'm sure Jeannie's fine.
She found a way home.
She's resourceful.
All right, they're pulling up now from what I understand.
Come on, come on, come on.
Come on!
Hi, guys!
Come on.
Come on, follow me.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
This is crazy.
Oh my God.
It's you.
It's crazy!
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
This is crazy.
Good thing you brought your tickets.
We wouldn't let you in.
I know.
Shanice and Damien, how are you?
Oh, I'm trying to be OK.
It's like so surreal right now.
So I'm just trying to [INAUDIBLE] everything in.
Did you get to lock your door?
I saw you realize--
Yes, I got to lock it.
We're good.
Well, you wrote in to be in our virtual audience,
and you were so close, we just thought,
well let's bring you here.
Oh my gosh.
Thank you so much.
This is crazy.
Well I know it's a special Mother's Day for you,
so tell everybody why.
Well, yes, this is definitely a special Mother's Day for me.
When I was four years old, I lost my mother
at a very young age.
So I didn't really get that experience
to celebrate this special day each year.
So now that I have my own daughter coming this year,
I finally get that experience to enjoy this day
and just have my daughter celebrate, you know,
everything that I didn't get to.
Yeah, that is a special Mother's Day for sure.
I'm so sorry to lose your mom when you were four years old,
that is a hard, hard thing.
I'm so sorry.
Damien, I know you were furloughed
in the middle of all of this.
I mean, it's so hard.
You're pregnant, and then all of a sudden you
are now living on--
that's got to be so hard living on one salary.
Yeah, currently my wife is holding it
down for the both of us.
I was furloughed about a few months ago
and just doing the best that she can.
On top of that, juggling school while being pregnant.
I'm just extremely blessed.
Yeah, well that's one of the reasons we like you both so
much, because you're very positive people,
and even though you've had some horrible things happen,
you have a very positive outlook-- which
is really important to have.
You probably haven't had time to shop for the baby yet,
so before you got here, we gave away
a year's supply of diapers, so you're getting that.
And we're giving away a whole bunch
more, because I want you to be-- you'll
be in the skybox for the entire show,
and you're getting everything that we're giving away.
Oh my God.
Thank you so much, Ellen.
Oh my God that is a blessing, and we're just truly excited.
But before all of that, because you've been through so much,
and I know how hard this must be--
Shutterfly loves helping growing families,
and they want to give you $25,000 to get started.
Oh my God, are you serious?
Are you serious?
Oh my God.
You're welcome.