- All right, let's do this.
- So our first flight is about four and a half hours.
That is twice the length that this one has done yet, so.
- Let's see how it goes. - Let's see how it goes.
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Now let's start the vlog.
- I cannot believe we're actually sitting down
and making this video.
- Oh, this is so exciting guys.
Ever since March, when kind of COVID took over
Western Australia has been completely locked off
from the rest of Australia.
If we left we could not come back to our home.
- Which means I haven't seen my family since January.
And that's when we revealed to them
the gender of baby Hunter.
And it means that they haven't met her yet.
So that means none of my family were there
for the birth of baby Hunter
and the only way they've ever really seen her
is through Zoom and FaceTime calls.
And I did not expect that this year
they were going to be able to meet her.
- So Jess's parents live in Queensland,
we live in Western Australia
and thankfully pretty much for the last few months
even (indistinct) for the last seven months
we've had zero community transmission.
And just on Monday, our president announced.
- We're now at the next step of our journey
to safely transition from our hard border
to a new controlled into a state border.
- And the borders opened on Monday.
(indistinct)
- [Both] Oh Jess.
- It's okay, I always get emotional when I talk about it.
- [Presenter] Yes.
- Oh Jess.
- So on Monday the border is opened.
(upbeat music)
And so then straight away we booked our flights.
And on Sunday, so in two days
we're gonna be flying to Queensland
and they're all gonna meet Hunter.
- I'm sure is gonna be.
- And he was so excited that he's opening the border
and we're going to be able to leave to go to Queensland.
- We are flying to Queensland.
I seriously did not anticipate
Hunter meeting her grandparents before Christmas.
I still can't believe it.
(upbeat music)
(laughing)
I still can't believe we're packing right now.
Hunter, are you ready for a lot of pool time?
- [Stephen] You're gonna need that.
(laughing)
- It is currently like the most beautiful weather
in Queensland.
If you haven't been there before,
it is like tropical paradise.
And I think that's why my family moved there.
But I feel like this is very much sprung on Stephen
because this week was the week
that Stephen really first started on the van.
And then I was like,
Steve, you got to wrap things up, we need to go.
- Abandoning of the van for a couple of weeks
for a very good reason.
It's gonna be an emotional one.
Honestly, one of the biggest motivations
for us buying the van is because
Hunter hasn't met her grandparents
and we were just gonna drive straight there.
So right now I'm putting it on pause
so we can fly for them to meet her.
All right, Mima grandada we're coming for you.
♪ The plug now ♪
♪ Had filled more ♪
♪ In just once ♪
♪ To none ♪
♪ The moving parts ♪
- All right we're ready to go.
(baby screaming)
- [Stephen] You know what?
I think,
I think we are in oversize luggage I think.
Okay we can keep this one.
- It is so weird because the last time we flew
with this munchkin,
she was only two months old
and basically slept the whole flight.
But now she is what?
In two weeks she'll be six months old.
And so now she's super playful
and fun and loves to play with toys.
So this time on the plane,
I'm gonna be packing all the toys,
and we have to keep her entertained this time Steve.
- [Stephen] I know, can't just like put her down to sleep
and watching Netflix show.
- How is this gonna go?
And this time,
(baby cooing)
yeah Hunter, we have a layover.
- Guys, today is so exciting.
Christmas has arrived early.
When filming your life and your adventures on YouTube
you kind of become attached to the tools that you use.
Like a chef getting excited for a really sharp knife.
I kind of get excited when there's a brand new camera.
So ever since our first year of "Flying The Nest"
I've always wanted to push the quality of our videos.
And back in 2015 my family was amazing
and they all chipped in to get me
a DJI Phantom 3 drone.
It was revolutionary.
I was finally able to get aerial shots for our vlogs
but if I'm being completely honest with you guys
it was a little bit of a pain to lug around
especially when we're traveling full time.
That thing needed its own backpack.
But it's now been five years later and a lot has changed.
This is DJI, latest drone, the DJI Mini 2.
(drone shrieking)
(upbeat music)
(drone shrieking)
By the way, DJI sent us two of this.
Did you guys want one of them?
(laughing)
Jess let me show you something.
- Okay.
- [Stephen] You hold this.
- Okay.
- [Stephen] You know this is my drone.
- Yes.
- [Stephen] Nice and small.
- Hang on one more time.
(jess cooing)
I'm trying to teach her how to say mum.
(laughing)
Yes, the drone.
- [Stephen] Yes, well.
- It's the size of Hunter.
- [Stephen] DJI just brought us the new drone.
(laughing)
- Oh my gosh.
It's mini Hunter.
- [Stephen] It's a mini drone.
- And it's tiny.
- [Stephen] Look at it if you put it on the top of it.
- Wow, look at it compared to a baby.
(laughing)
It's a new drone.
(jess cooing)
- So the DJI Mini 2 is the most portable
and lightweight DJI drone.
And one of the best beginner drones on the market.
So if you've never bought one before
this is the perfect starting point.
Especially if your family
wanting to capture some epic moments
or if you're traveling in your own backyard
or want something that's portable and lightweight
to help you get some cool travel shots.
So you guys wanna hear some specs.
It shoots in 4K, has auto takeoff and return to home.
Plus the big one on OcuSync 2.0,
in layman terms that means this has a 10 kilometer,
YUP, 10 kilometer range plus 31 minutes of flight time
and level five wind resistance.
So even though weighs at 249 grams
this mini will put up a fight.
If you watch our last video, when I was building the van
you would've seen some of the epic shots I was able to get
because of the size of the drone,
I was able to squeeze it in to some pretty tight spots.
You guys would've seen that,
DJI who, thank you so much
for partnering up with us on this video,
sent us a spare one of these
and I'm gonna give away our spare
DJI Mini 2 to one of you guys,
check out the link below,
plus head to DJI's website to learn more about the Mini 2.
(tension music)
(music playing)
♪ Well I guessed it's that ♪
♪ I guessed we got done. ♪
- Last cuddles.
- [Stephen] See you.
- Last cuddles for auntie Kia.
- You ready to go on a big adventure?
(laughing)
No we didn't over pack.
What are you talking about?
(laughing)
- [Stephen] One day we will get this packing right bubs.
Wow, every time this year when we come back here
and it just feels so strange.
(upbeat music)
- So it's quite interesting cause we weren't sure
what the deal was gonna be
flying domestically now around Australia
and you do need to wear masks.
And it was quite nice because a girl called Grace,
she has a travel blog called Grace on Tour.
And she actually sent us a little packet
and she's starting, I think she might be selling them.
They're like little travel packets now for COVID
and it's full of reusable face masks
and hand sanitizer and stuff.
So this would be the first time that we're
really gonna be wearing a mask for a long time.
- [Stephen] This is like the first time.
- Yeah.
- [Stephen] So thankful where we live of course.
- So thank you so much Grace for sending us this,
because this is gonna become so handy.
Let's see.
Yeah see, and like the reusable one.
Sorry Hunter is just eating everything.
It will be interesting having to wear this.
- [Stephen] And the color is quite nice.
- I think I'm all ready to go.
- Seriously, Grace, that was so thoughtful of you
and also perfect timing.
So it is currently way past this girl's nap time.
But if we can just get you for 20 more minutes,
just 20 more minutes, is that okay?
And you can just pause out on the plane
and that will help us help us.
I'm sorry a lot.
(all conversing)
- All right, let's do this.
(upbeat music)
- [Stephen] Are you trying to make yourself at home.
I think we need to share these bubby.
So our first flight is about four and a half hours.
That is twice the length that this one has done yet, so.
- Let's see how it goes.
When she was three months old, it was straight to sleep.
- A breeze.
- Yeah, and how are you gonna go this time?
- We're also realizing, can you tell I'm smiling?
- Yeah.
- I don't think my eyes smile.
- Let's do crazy.
- My eyes.
♪ When you do and let it go ♪
♪ But you're needed in black in white ♪
♪ If you're famous it's just a figure ♪
♪ And you know it should be burning right ♪
♪ Oh you gotta let go ♪
♪ Let go go ♪
♪ That how you let go ♪
♪ In The world ♪
♪ You gotta let go ♪
♪ Let go ♪
♪ Surely you gonna let go ♪
- So before we jumped on the flight
they said because there has pretty much been no flights
running our of Western Australia,
all the food, I suppose the kitchens
they just stopped working
they all kinda shut down.
So it is just little like snack food
where normally on a flight like this
they would be like a full meal.
But that's all right we ate before we jumped on.
(baby cooing)
(upbeat music)
(music playing)
(all conversing)
♪ Like crazy the keys of the sun ♪
- Yes.
(indistinct) (laughing)
- I don't know how you're gonna deal with this humidity.
I think I do, you're gonna sweat a lot.
- Yeah, we have finally made it to Cannes.
So we had a later for in Brisbane
and then you had to show you a pass.
It's called a G pass
and it's what gets you into the state.
So it's weird.
It kind of feels like going to another country
cause you kinda have to line up,
like it felt like you had a visa, but you had to show.
And then once that got approved,
we got on our flight to Cannes
and it was a two hour flight
and little miss slept the whole time.
She is exhausted because she played a lot
on the first flight.
Also something pretty cool is that
I think the last one we flew with her
she was two months old
and that was a little bit more nerve wracking.
'Cause I'm like, oh, how are we gonna keep her entertained
but this time she can play now.
So she played the whole time, it was so cute.
And then we grab our bags
and then work out what's going on with that rental.
- So I just found out because
really been not much tourism here because of COVID
they've been closed since fall.
So I think we are just gonna have to work out a taxi
to get us to our Airbnb
to then come back here to pick up our rental car.
I suppose these are things,
gotta get used to while the world adjusts.
(baby laughing)
Yeah girl.
We're just as delusional as you are.
(baby laughing)
Have you guys ever arrived
at a place in the middle of the night?
So you kind of walking around
and you don't really know what you've gotten yourself into.
And then you wake up in the morning, this place has a pool.
(water splashing)
- So this morning
we are on a very important breakfast mission
because yesterday we found out that due to COVID
a lot of the places that cook the food
for the airlines have closed,
which means that yesterday
Steven and I basically lived off
a piece of toast and scrambled eggs
that we had in the morning.
So we are absolutely starving.
It actually brings me back to when we used to travel
and you know we'll get to a hotel
and everything would be closed.
- [Stephen] Yeah.
- So we got here like 11:00 at night I mean Cannes,
11:00 at night nothing is open
and we saw a cafe right across the road hopefully it's open.
- Not even Domino's would deliver to us last night.
Welcome to Cannes bub.
This is exactly what we're looking for.
So I always know Jess is on holiday
when she replaces hot coffee
for iced coffee.
- I still think people are crazy
if they can drink a hot coffee in a hot place.
- [Stephen] I don't feel like I'm having a coffee
unless I'm having a hot coffee.
Cheers.
- Come on kiddo.
(giggling)
You want some coffee?
After only having scrambled eggs for 24 hours
you know what we really felt like having?
More eggs, more toasted.
- [Stephen] So literally the cafe is right there.
We are across the road,
which means we're probably gonna be there
every morning for coffee.
- Yeah, definitely the coffee there is so good.
But we're kind of staying in this little beach house.
- [Stephen] It's kind of cool.
'Cause in Kansas, a lot of old houses,
but it's what you do inside the place,
which makes it look cool.
So from the front it kind of looks like
a little bit of a rundown house.
And even last night when we rocked up at close to midnight
like does this look like the picture?
- Yeah, the place ends up being
an awesome little beach shack.
They've completely renovated the place.
So it has an inside outside kitchen
with a huge area to eat.
We've got a big pool.
Then you come through here the bathroom is so nice.
- [Stephen] Definitely just recently renovated.
You've got your shower just there,
just got a bit of a plunge bath.
- And then you have a full living room up here.
(laughing)
And then in here is our bedroom.
And then there are two more bedrooms down the back.
So you could have six people staying here.
(laughing)
I'm just very jet lagged,
early two hour time difference.
But I feel like with a baby,
you just become jet lagged, huh?
- [Stephen] But you get to go down for your nap, don't you?
- Yeah, you get to go nap.
And then you have some very important people
that you get to go meet, huh?
Oh my gosh, I'm so excited.
So we've just popped Hunter down for a nap
so she can be extra fresh when she meets everyone.
I've just called my sister,
she only lives four minute walk away.
So she's walking over now and I cannot wait to see everyone.
And for them all to meet Hunter,
but I feel like we need to end the video here.
So the next video can be a video just full of memories
that Hunter can look back on,
the first time meeting her Mima and grandada.
Yes, that is what my parents want her to call them.
We always call dad dada when we're younger.
So grandada kind of works,
and I don't really know where mum got Mima from
but it kind of has become a thing now.
But I hope you guys enjoyed a little flying video
and definitely if you are wanting to fly with a baby,
six month year old is a pretty good age
because she's not crawling yet,
so she kind of stays in one place,
she likes to play though,
so you can keep her entertained
and they still love sleep.
So she slept for most of the flight.
But end the video here,
I'm just excited.
Now I'm just yep yapping.
All right, see you guys.
I cannot wait for you guys to watch the next episode.
All right, bye.