Hiya. Remember to look right here. Yeah.
Haaa! Gotta look right there.
Gotta look right there.
Like you're talking to a person like a stranger!
I just told her, like, "Yeah, you were born different.
"That's just who you are." And she owns it Mm-hm.
Ow. OK, there you go.
SHE MUMBLES
In her case, like, we don't put any fear into her
or, like explain what progeria is or even say the word progeria.
We just treat her like a normal ten-year-old,
just try to give her the best life.
SHE CHUCKLES Yeah.
You're welcome. She sees herself as being different.
There are days where she goes, "I wish I had hair,
"I wish I looked like everybody else,"
but then she goes and says, "Who needs hair anyways?
"I have a bunch of wigs."
You can't? You can't tell him? No.
You tell him. What do you want me to tell him?
Whisper it, whisper it.
She said...
..she thinks you're cute.
Yeah? I think you're cute, so.
SHE GIGGLES
That was awkward.
That was awkward! Yes.
It can be hard some days, especially at night.
SHE SIGHS
When everybody goes to sleep and, you know,
I'm just thinking about the day.
Just thankful for another day, I guess.
Get out of here. No.
Adalia has a rare ageing disorder called progeria.
Everybody makes progerin, it's what makes you age,
and she just makes a lot of it, so that's what makes her age faster.
I like other Barbies like this one.
I like her.
I think this is called Pop-Up Camper...
Because it's Barbie, I don't know.
Give me the backpack!
We don't talk about life expectancy
or any possibility of this could happen or that could happen to her.
We just live day by day.
I mean, anything can happen to anyone, right? Exactly, yeah.
Excuse me!
# OK, I'm rapping with my friends
# Getting all this money, stacking dollars, stacking cents... #
Well, in the beginning when we first started her Facebook,
it was just for giggles.
It was surprising how fast it grew.
She has, like, 14 million people on her Facebook
and all her subscribers on YouTube.
We like to pump it.
And we like to dab.
We like to dab.
I definitely think it's fair to describe Adalia as a diva.
An ocean wave.
People have been asking about Adalia's eye.
The story about that is that...
Oh, God!
Stop.
I know, but... SHE WHIMPERS
She's very self-conscious about it, but...
So, surfer's eye, it's basically like scar tissue forming
CRUNCHING NOISILY
I basically...
Um...
Yeah, I'm her puppet.
Roll your eyes back.
Ha-ha hah!
HE SCREECHES
Having a social media superstar 11-year-old is crazy,
especially when we're out in public, you know.
A lot of people recognise her.
Yeah. What did you think?
I've been down the slide!
They say good things to her all the time. They love all your videos.
There's constant comments of how she's inspirational
and how she doesn't let anything stop her.
And every time she hears those things, it makes her really happy.
Let me show you one more video.
Smile!
Look at Daddy.
Can I get a tissue?
There you go. Are you really going to film me blowing my nose?
Oh!
All right, diva. How do you look?
Adalia, do you think it's fair to say
that you are a little bit like a diva?
They're cool. Are they new?
No.
Bye!
My favourite thing about being her mom is watching her grow
and, like, seeing just how different she is from everyone.
Just seeing how she takes on every day
and just learning from her, as well. Mmm.
ALL: # Happy birthday to you. #
I would describe Adalia as a wild one.
Yeah. Stubborn.
Determined.
Driven. Courageous.
Crazy.