(instrumental Christmas music)
- I think you look really cute with your hair in a ponytail.
It's adorable! - It only looks nice
if you like, show that you're wearing a ponytail!
- Oh hey! Yeah, to be fair, if you can't see
that it's in a ponytail! Then it just looks like
your hair could be in a bun, 'cause you can't tell.
Unless you wear it in
a really high ponytail. - Or if I've got
really short hair.
- If it was in a really high ponytail,
you could be like, (gasping) ponytail!
Whoa!
See? Ponytail! It's right there, whoa!
- Or I could be like, (singing)
- Maybe you wanna put it down.
(Jessica laughs) (heavy rock music)
- We're all a little bit manic.
- Hi, it's Christmas Eve. - That's what happens when
really tired. (Jessica laughs)
- It's time to wrap (laughs) the baby's stocking.
Welcome, welcome to Christmas at the Kellgren-Fozard's.
Oh, you look gorgeous. - Like our matching jumpers?
- Oh my God also, we've become those lesbians.
Yeah, we have jumpers.
Oh. - (snapping) Bed.
- In the kitchen. - Why?
- That would be really sad
- That would be really weird. - if our deciding factor
(Jessica laughs) on what finish floor we went for
in our kitchen of our home was,
"Well, we don't wanna create bad audio
with the dogs walking around for when we occasionally film."
When we first moved into this home actually,
I just want to say like, Jessica promised me
that she would just have a filming studio
and that all of our home would be private.
And yet I think every single room in this house
has been filmed in.
- Yeah well this intro's got a bit long.
(both laugh)
- I, this year, obviously had to get Rupert
his own personalized stocking.
This is very important to me
because growing up my Nana made all of my cousins
personalized stockings; this is mine.
It says Jessie, as you can see, it's lovely,
it has some beautiful fabric.
- Did it ever annoy you that it's kind of upside down?
(record scratching) - What?
- The fabric.
- It is! (Claudia laughs)
- It depends which way you're looking at it, but like,
so the rocking horse--
- [Jessica] No! But the Teddy's the right way up!
- [Claudia] Yeah, but all the rocking horses
are upside down.
- Claudia! (Claudia laughs)
That was a really unnecessary thing to bring into my life!
- Still really nice.
- Anyway, this is my stocking and I love it.
So I had to get Rupert a personalized stocking,
but unfortunately I ordered...
It's a bit small.
- Yeah, and also it's not really personalized, is it?
- No. - The only bit
that's personalized is this, that comes off.
You can put this on any stocking.
- I thought that bit was attached.
- Aw.
- It wasn't attached.
It does have a very sweet little--
- [Claudia] I think you could attach it,
we could like, sew it on there, couldn't you?
- Yeah, I though I was ordering the big one,
not the small one, but this apparently is the big one.
- What?
- But it definitely wouldn't fit in the things
we'd like to fit in it, so I guess that says
a lot more about us than about the stocking itself,
to be fair.
But instead I decided...
- He can have the sack. - To just get a bigger size!
- Yeah, and then we can just hang this on it.
Personalized, see?
- [Jessica] Done.
- Very nice, actually looks nice like that.
- So, in this video we're gonna go through
all of the things we're gonna put in Rupert's stocking
(whispering) and show you.
But firstly, hello lovely people, how are your spoons today?
(gasping) Let's talk about spoons!
- Nice little segue.
- Thank you, I thought so.
- One of his presents, which she probably talked about,
we bought him this cutlery set.
It's important for like, babies and children
to have like real cutlery, like stainless steel.
They get the feel of it, you trust them with it
and it's meant to be like really nicely designed
for their little hands; these little handles, they're short.
Haven't actually looked inside.
(Jessica laughs) I should really
- Yeah. She did. She do.
That is a little farther along from where he is right now,
however.
This is to sit... These are to be used as well,
which we should point out, - Yes.
on his weaning table
which is basically a baby slash toddler size chair and table
that he will sit and eat at and also do other activities at,
but mainly eating at.
And that is the present from my, from my granddad,
from his granddad. From my dad.
- [Both] So cute.
He currently sits on his trip truck chair, which he likes.
So I don't know what he'll be like.
But he's got quite used to that.
So I don't know what he'll be like on the weaning table.
- I think he might find it quite powering.
- He likes to be empowered.
- Independent.
- Oh my goodness. - Which brings us on to.
- Does this kid like to do things by himself?
These spoons?
- Yes.
Oh, Yes. - If you want to empower your baby,
give them one of these Tommy TP spoons.
- Oh yeah. They're Tommy TP baby led weaning spoons.
And we're going to be wrapping some of these,
and putting them in Rupert's stocking
because our idea with Rupert's stocking this year
is to write things that he already
knows and love because that's going to bring him true joy.
- That was my idea because I was like,
- It's a very good idea.
- to be fair, up until quite a late age, I would say,
they just kind of,
I seen it all my, some of my nephews open and they're like,
- I don't know what this is. - What is it?
Yeah. - I've never seen this before.
- Yeah, yeah. But if it's like, they open it and it's like,
it's my teddy. - Favorite teddy!
- Or whatever, you know, like.
- Yeah, teddy!
- Or it's like a train that I already have or whatever.
It's like, you know,
then it's a sort of recognition I think is part of
the fun.
- Yeah.
So, we're wrapping a lot of stuff that he already has,
along with two or three things that he,
that will be new to him. - Kind of recognizes.
- But are kind of close to things, that's right there,
including these spoons.
And the reason that these things are amazing is because they
are designed for little babies, even ones that grew at bit,
who are six months old to use by themselves and
currently you put them down on his tray,
and they sit in front of him
and then he picks it up himself and like,
goes for it. - Yeah. I don't know who designed them
but he does seem to get it.
- It works.
Although he does sometimes put this end in his mouth because
I guess it's flat as well. One of the things, I mean,
I don't want to be going on by these spoons so much,
but like,
they're like quite shallow. And like you think, oh,
that's not very good, but actually babies can't like,
it was easier for them to like lick the thing off it.
Whereas these spoons, which like deep,
- Yeah. - which you think which are classically baby
feeding experience, are actually like
nightmare because you put it in the mouth and there's like,
there's no way of like pulling it off their palette,
is there.
- No way for them, only for you to do it.
Cause these are designed more for the mother.
- No, but even when I put this in.
- Sorry, that was really sexist.
- It like covers, scrapes off his palette a bit, you know.
Whereas with these ones,
it scrapes off and you're still left with, it's like.
- Random bit of food at the bottom.
And then it's like shoving to the end and trying to give it
to him. Or I'm just like.
(Jessica laughs)
Just eat it.
- This is a spoon for Claudia. I have my own special spoon.
- This video should be called,
- [Both] Spoons!
- So I have my own special spoon.
- We should have a whole channel on spoons. - Because I have
I have issues with my hands,
because I have muscle wastage
in them and also nerve issues.
So, for me,
spoons aren't the correct type of cutlery. It's very,
very important. I really struggled to hold normal cutlery.
And when I was first getting my arms back from the being
paralyzed for few years, that's a story for another time,
watch that video. I really struggled to use cutlery.
That's one of my absolute hardest things to grasp.
- I just thought, you know, whilst we're talking about,
- While we're talking about spoons.
- Also about spoons. This is the spoon that represents me,
I would say. It's like practical, but also quite pretty.
Isn't it?
- It's very pretty actually.
Your spoons much prettier- - That was a bit like,
I didn't mean that. (both laugh)
That was very modest of me.
It's practical, but also quite pretty.
I meant like it's got attention to detail.
- Oh, thanks.
- Attention to detail. And it's like, you know,
there's some interest intricate, intricate,
intricacies about it.
And also, it reminds me of my Malaysian heritage.
And did you know that these little bits that are like,
semi-transparent they are made from putting rice, dried rice
within the porcelain,
the clay,
before firing and then it leaves like it burned the
clay. Obviously, the rice burns away
and it leaves that, like little rice mark.
- I know. - I love it!
- [Jessica] So we're going to be wrapping
some of these spoons for him
because my goodness, if this kid sees one of these spoons,
he dances. It's a, it's a whole song.
- And then in a six month style dance.
- Which is an entire.
(both laugh)
Yeah, he dances.
- So that's that.
(instrumental Christmas music)
- Right. Next up.
An old thing and a new thing.
So Rupert's absolute favorite book is Where's Spot.
Understandable. It's a classic, it's a masterpiece even.
When he reads this tomorrow morning,
he's going to open it up. He could be like, oh,
it's my Spot book, great. Then, I'm going to read it to him.
And then when we get to, we found Spot,
what's going to happen, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun.
Oh.
- We have a Spot toy.
- There's a Spot toy.
- It like vibrates. And I guess what maybe a comforting way.
It's like a purr.
Anyway, I'm just glad it doesn't sing, or, you know,
like it's actually quite nice that it just vibrates.
- Yeah.
Maybe it's like a dog reacting to petting it. Oh,
- It's like a nice gentle, happy purr.
- Maybe it's so that you get a reaction from you petting it.
I'm so excited to see his reaction.
- Aw.
- Reading with him is one of my biggest joys.
- Jessica reads to him every morning in our bed,
he wakes up, we change his nappy.
I feed him and then he sits on Jessica's knees,
now he's starting to sit on his own,
and she reads him a little book and then,
- And he points at the book as well.
- Yeah. - He's like.
- Yeah, he's like, - The books ladies.
- Read me a story. If we're a bit slow to get up,
like (Claudia mumbles)
Then he's like, "Excuse me, my book."
And then also you read to him like just before,
after dinner, before bath time.
- Yes, I do.
(instrumental Christmas music)
- Next things we have are his chew toy.
- Oh, yes.
- His current chew toy is this like,
very sweet little anchor.
Doesn't squeak,
- Doesn't squeak? Do they really squeak?
- No, but it feels a bit like a dog toy. So I'm like,
maybe it should squeak.
But also a lot of baby toys do. You know that,
like giraffe? What's it called?
- Sophie?
- Yeah, I think that squeaks, doesn't it?
- Squeak?
- I don't know. I'm sure some of them do.
- My god.
- This is quite nice, got lots of textures,
got this knobbly bit at the top.
It's got this ridgy bit in the middle.
It's got these pointy bits at the side.
It's got these round bits here.
It's a little bit like a person really doing like,
a happy, like jump.
So he will be very happy to open this and have it.
And then we can be like, don't eat the wrapping paper,
eat this instead.
(instrumental Christmas music)
- Next up.
(rattles)
An excellent rattle.
- One of his many rattles.
He's so sweet.
He's learned to rattle basically.
And he does it with this really extended arm. Just like,
(rattles)
- We like this because of the wood,
the feel of it.
- [Claudia] We worked out
that he likes things that are kind of rainbow colored.
- Yes.
- He likes like bold primary colors, doesn't he?
- Yeah, yeah.
- Because much to Jessica's disdain,
she loves the aesthetic, - Well
- like everything be neutral and, and you know,
pastels at most. - No, no, no.
I'm okay with this rainbow. - And then I was like,
I think he's naturally drawn to these bright colors.
- No. Hang on.
- No.
- This is a muted rainbow. It's a muted rainbow.
And I'm okay with it.
- Jessica's actually anti-rainbow, you know.
(Jessica laughs)
(instrumental Christmas music)
- Okay.
Next thing is one of his lovely little items that came from
a CubiCo box.
This came from this from-
- He actually really loves that.
- He really, really loves this, yeah.
I got it to travel with me because it's Poppy on the Go.
But it's also a sensory item.
I really enjoy this.
I'm obviously, I have my hearing aids in so I can hear that
there's a little, that there's a crinkle,
but also you can feel the crinkle through your fingers.
- Yeah, yeah.
He very much, like knows that there's something else within
it.
Cause he's like, - He searches through it.
- No, he like, he puts it in his mouth.
Like he's trying to get the other thing out.
Do you know what I mean?
- So, we're going to pop this in his stocking
and he will be very, very excited to see it.
(instrumental Christmas music)
- Next one.
- Fanfan Le Faon
That's the correct way.
- [Claudia] Fanfan.
- [Jessica] Fanfan Le Faon
- [Claudia] Not Fifi.
- [Jessica] Fanfan.
- [Claudia] Fanfan Le Faon.
- Fanfan Le Faon.
- It's a little faun chew toy.
- It's made by the same people who make Sophie the Giraffe.
- Yeah, Sophie the Giraffe, which is like really popular.
- So done. Everyone's got a Sophie.
- So done. We had to be different.
- No, no, no. My thinking was right, you go to a baby group,
everyone's got a Sophie.
- That's true.
- If that Sophie falls on the floor, how'd you know,
it's your Sophie, not someone else's Sophie?
You don't.
- Unless you do like a toy story thing where you like
skip like, you know, carve your initials on its foot.
What? What's wrong with that?
- Yeah, no, you could. - But that could let germs.
- Or, you get Fanfan Le Faon.
- What if everyone this year is for, let's get Fanfan!
- Well then - And we go to a mommy's group
and then like everyone's got this and we're like, whoa.
- No!
- And then there's someone with Sophie the Giraffe
just like, I knew this would happen.
So that we don't give it to him just like this.
And he's like, what the hell is it?
He'll just be like, yeah, and start cheering the box.
Have we mentioned how much I could like seating things.
Fanfan!
- Fanfan!
- Oh my god there's a massive...
(toy squeaks)
(Jessica gasps)
- Darling he's sleeping.
- So sorry, so sorry.
- Told you, it squeaks.
- I don't like it.
- You know who we can give it to
if you really don't like it?
- Yeah?
- Tilly.
She loves getting the squeakers out of squeaky toys.
She'll like destroy this Fanfan Le Faon in like,
you know, a day's work, probably. She's got a tiny mouth.
I've bought Tilly a really good Christmas presents.
It's an Equafleece.
And if you haven't heard of these, they're in hot demand.
Every single color was out of stock.
It's basically like a full body fleece for your dog.
And it's like, semi-custom made,
I felt like were a bad mommy.
Cause every time I go to the park,
- Everyone else is wearing them.
- All the other doggies have them
and Tilly's like really wet, cold,
like her little legs are skinny and shaking. She looks like
Fanfan Le Faon. (Jessica laughs)
Like with this gangly legs.
- Can we just re-box Fanfan?
- Okay, sorry. Now he's going to go away.
- Absolutely not.
- You don't like that?
- I don't like it.
- Why, 'cause it squeaks?
- No.
- He might love it, but that's a problem, isn't it?
Better not give it to him. What if he loves it?
And you're like,
(Claudia cries) (Jessica Laughs)
No, not Fanfan La Faon!
- Onto our last gift.
(Jessica laughs)
- Yeah, are last gift for his stocking.
We do have, what else? We bought him some nice things
to actually put under the tree.
- Yeah, we have gifts for under the tree.
- We've got these like, really lovely, like, goose.
They're called goose? I think the brand is called goose?
Anyway, they're Canadian carved blocks of wood blocks.
- Oh I see, yes.
- With like letters and they're just really sweet.
And we got him the weaning table. That's from granddad.
- That is from granddad, yes.
You got him the stacking tower.
- Oh, the stacking, a personalized stacking tower.
- It's personalized.
- With his name on it.
- We have a lot of personalized stuff for this kid.
- I was like, but what about when we have number two.
- I'm so sorry.
- And they just have to play with - For our future children.
- Rupert's toys
- We definitely should get
a lot of personalized stuff for our
second and third child because otherwise
it really sucks to be them.
- Maybe we should just stop buying personalized things.
- No, we shouldn't.
If we stop buying personalized things,
it's neutral or Rupert.
- Jessica.
And also what happens when we go to those mother-baby groups
that I like this is mine. And I think it's mine.
- It says Rupert on it. - And if it's not been personalized?
Currently, he is the only Rupert baby we know.
- Yeah. Don't know another Rupert.
- So yes,
bringing us onto the last one
is this,
which we should take out of it's thing.
- Definitely.
This is similar to something we already have,
but slightly more challenging.
- So, this is made in Germany.
I had to order it.
I ordered it from the same company as I would. I mean,
that's irrelevant information,
but it was a bit of a faff getting it over here,
- A little bit.
- with the whole Brexit issue.
And I had to, like decipher an email in German,
which I just assumed meant like, yes.
So I just pressed something
and it came luckily.
But look, it's got a bell.
It's wooden on elastic
and the idea is that you can just, like,
put it into funny shapes,
and like leave it and then it's like,
- [Jessica] And then they roll.
- [Claudia] And it stands a bit. It stands a bit up,
so that he can grab it.
- Notice, he can twist it.
- He's got knobbly bits that he can,
he loves to mouth.
Maybe they're a bit like nipples.
This one is in a very unoffensive pink and gray.
We thought that was a nice kind of neutral color.
I'll go get the other one that he really likes.
Which is made by the same company.
- Yeah, which I, again, I don't mind, it's a rainbow,
but it's a muted rainbow.
- So this is his, this is his other one.
It's just, it's a, it's a, a set structure, like a,
kinda like a ball, I guess.
It's not really a ball, is it?
As you can see,
- Spherical in shape.
- this has been his favorite
since he's been three months old,
he's now six months old and it's still his favorite.
Like this is a winner.
- A plus plus.
- Yeah.
I think that might be,
I think that and Spot are going to be the winners.
- Yeah.
- And actually those are the two new things.
I mean the two new,
can you stop ringing, - Sorry.
- Like the bells are irritating.
We're going to be, so we're going to be like,
these are amazing. And we're going to be like,
"That bloody vibration."
And you're going to be like, "That bloody bell."
(instrumental Christmas music)
- If you like any of these little things,
I'm going to attempt to find some links and leave them in
the description down below. Some of them we've had a while,
so have no idea where to find them, but I'll try.
I'll see what I can do.
- We've had a while,
like six months,
(both laugh)
feels like a lifetime. It is a lifetime.
It's his lifetime.
- Is a lifetime.
- Oh my God.
- Let's get on with the, let's just wrap this up, shall we?
The stocking.
- No pun intended.
Even the video.
- Yes. Okay, everyone.
Have a wonderful, wonderful Christmas
and we will see you again in the new year.
We promise we won't spring a surprise video on you
with a surprise pregnancy.
- No.
- As our first video back of the new year.
- Oh my God. That's so crazy.
- I know! That was how we started.
- 2021.
What a thing. And here we are.
- And here we are.
Yeah. It feels like such a long time ago.
- Doesn't it just?
- Now. We're like matchy-matchy lesbians.
Lesbian mommies.
- We've got a little baby, who feeds himself with a spoon.
- Yeah.
- Bizarre.
- Have a good one.
- Merry Christmas and happy new year.
- And lots of love
to those of you who don't celebrate Christmas,
but are just here for some joy.
(instrumental Christmas music)