- Oh, hi. - Hey.
(laughter)
(smacking kisses)
- Squish Parker. - Squish Parker.
(lighthearted upbeat music)
- Hi guys!
- Here, help Duncan get up here.
- Sorry. - Ouch.
- Ow, ow. - Hey, bug.
- [Jacob] Squish.
- Good morning, everyone.
Are we cuddle bugs in the bed?
- Yeah.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- And I can't believe I did mommy's hair.
- Jacob has huge news.
- I'm on, like, the second to last
chapter of Harry Potter, yeah!
(laughter)
Yeah! Yeah, yeah! Yeah!
- Jacob has been ...
- I am watching movie Harry Potter.
- You're not watching Harry Potter movies yet bub.
- Am I?
- Nope, you gotta read the book first, that's the rule.
But you're almost ready to read the book.
So Jacob is reading Harry Potter for his very first time
and he's almost done.
Super dude.
Are you liking it?
- Yeah.
I'm working on Through the Trapdoor
but then after that, it's The Man With Two Faces
so technically, I have two chapters-ish,
like I'm working on one.
But I have one more chapter that I have to,
one more thing that I have to read that says chapter
I think it's 17.
- Are you enjoying it?
- Yeah.
- And then Parker, do you want to explain
what you did with my hair here?
- I did mama's, no,
me and Duncan did mama's
hair this morning.
- Yeah, good giving credit.
You were a big helper, weren't you Duncan?
- Yeah.
- It's the side of her hair and the other side.
- Oh and I should also say,
all the kids got back to school haircuts a few days ago.
So we should do
- Me too.
- You too, yeah, so your hair looks a little shorter.
Parker you want to show what you did?
You did something special.
Oh yes (laughs).
Jacob wants to style his first
before he shows you his final look.
What about you?
So ...
- This is my side.
- That's your side, that's your good side.
- This is my side.
- No, this is my side.
- No, it's my side.
- Oh, look at this handsome dude, nice hair.
You want, can you show me the side?
Show what they, cause they kind of made it,
little short, not really.
Also,
- I want to show my hair too.
- Also, I feel like I look like I'm wearing full makeup
in bed in the morning but
I just didn't really remove my makeup from yesterday.
So, I have like,
it's kind of off but kind of crusty lipstick
and then some eyeliner.
It's just 'cause I didn't remove it.
So.
- Now you don't have to do your makeup today.
- I know, score, score, super score.
Lady strategies.
So,
- Can you move your ears?
- Yeah.
- All the way.
- [Parker] Oh yeah.
- It's kind of hard,
like you can't really see it lieing down.
- [Jacob] Yeah.
There we go.
- (laughter) Nailed it.
Kinda looks like they're moving,
let's see maybe, oh you know what,
I've gotta go from this angle
cause it totally looks like it on this angle.
Yes, Parker. (laughs)
- I can't believe I just did that.
- You wanna explain what you did with my hair today?
- So I tried to braid it with two braids
and then have a pony tail going this way and then this way
but it didn't work, so I tried doing like all braids
and then like all tiny little braids all of her hair
and I thought it would be too long
so I just did one three braid and I braid those together
and now, and then I put the other side just decorations.
But then there's still braids in there.
- I think Jacob just did Duncan's hair.
Did Jacob just do Duncan's hair?
- [Jacob] Yeah.
- Oh hi.
- Hey.
(laughter)
(smacking kisses)
- Squish Parker. - Squish Parker.
- I'm on through the chapter I have
that much left and I finished that much.
- Amazing, yeah.
Today's the day.
(laughter)
- Hey everyone.
I haven't been doing this in a long time.
We took a few days off from logging and making
video content and stuff.
It's been really good.
Been spending a lot of time with the family.
I know Jessica's made a few videos
about what's been going on by herself
and I haven't said much about it.
It has been, it's been a rough couple weeks
and I've been really keeping myself busy
cause that's kinda how I process things
so, I have been trying to let Jessica
have as much time as she needs
and so I've been taking care of the kids,
and cooking dinners, and helping out with homeschooling
and all that stuff, which has been really great.
And, I've been working on some other projects as well
and constantly checking in with Jessica
to make sure that she's got everything that she needs
and that everything's good there as well
but just for me, that's just how I process things.
I realize that it's not that I'm running away from anything.
It's just like, by doing a project,
I let my subconscious really work out
what's going on and it helps me to deal with
big things in my life.
That's how I've always been and it continues today
cause we're at home.
We're gonna have a nice afternoon.
I think my parents are gonna come visit.
We've been playing some fun board games.
So, maybe we'll show you one of those.
But, yeah, I just wanted to address everything
cause I haven't said anything about the baby.
He's so cute.
I'm so excited about him and meeting him and holding him
and seeing him in the ultrasounds and the MRI's and stuff
there's such a blessing to being able to see him
and I think that that's been super cool.
So, that's where I'm at, and it's the weekend.
We're just, we're gonna have a great Sunday.
I do wanna show you something that's kinda crazy though.
Look at this watermelon that I got at the store.
It looks kinda like a regular watermelon
until you turn it this way and you realize it's giant.
I don't really like watermelon, but my kids really like it
And it's really been soothing to Jessica
during the pregnancy.
She's like, can I have some cold watermelon?
So, I'm gonna cut this up and put it in the fridge.
(upbeat music)
- May I help you?
- Sure.
Here, here and then I'll turn it and then go
(chopping sound)
Okay?
Use your other hand too.
(upbeat music)
- Can you teach me how to do the different kind?
That's big.
- It is big.
In thirds.
So just imagine that you cut one, two, cuts
and it makes three pieces.
So, if you're finding it hard to do it that way
look, another thing you can do is turn it
so that the green part is towards you and then
most of your force is back here.
So, here you go.
See, that was easier to cut?
(upbeat music)
Ready to see a cool trick?
- Yeah!
- All right, let's do it.
(upbeat music)
- Get your food, get your food, go get your food.
(upbeat music)
- Oh boy.
Do you like your watermelon?
That's a big chunk.
Hi Bailey.
How's your day been so far Bailey?
- Good.
- Is it good?
- Mmm-hmm.
- It looks pretty juicy.
This guy (laughing) that's a lot of juice.
Are you gonna need a new shirt after this?
- Yeah, that's okay.
No big deal.
My parents are here visiting
and they're playing Duncan's favorite game right now
which is Zingo.
- Zingo.
- Duncan, can you say Zingo?
- Zingo!
- If you've never played Zingo before,
it's an awesome game for little kids.
- Yay!
- I have a ghost.
Ooooh ....
- Put your foot on there.
Not you grandma.
- I have a foot.
Hey.
- Shoe.
- Aww grandma. What did grandma just get?
- Three in a row.
- Did she get two?
What happens when somebody gets two?
What do we say?
- Double wammy.
Double wammy.
- Do you have a fish?
- Here.
- Thank you.
- I give it to grandma.
- Good job.
- I have a cake on.
- You want a cake on top of your cake?
Double dipper.
- I have a ball.
- Oh, grandpa won.
Zingo!
Yay, grandpa!
- So Christopher's parents just left.
Now, we're just hanging out.
Christopher and I actually have a lot of work to do
because we need to pack for New York.
We are going to New York together tomorrow morning
and I'm really grateful for the time that we'll have
as a couple, to kind of like talk.
We need to get caught up with each other,
but I'm gonna miss you so much my little angel.
So, I'm sure you guys are all curious
about baby update stuff and we won't have any updates
probably until after the first week of September.
That's when our next appointment should be but,
my OB is telling us that he thinks we just need to
live life normally.
Christopher and I have been approved for travel
for this week cause we'll be flying to New York
and waitress and one really cool thing is
I've been able to reach out to a neurologist that I met
through Bailey actually which is incredible.
About a month ago, maybe a little bit more
Bailey had this really, really neat opportunity
to film an episode of Lyda Hill's Fast Forward Girls
for the Goldie Blox channel
and it actually just went up like a day or two ago
So, you can go watch it now.
It's on the Goldie Blox channel.
There'll be a link at the end of this video
and in the info box and it's so, so cool.
Was that like the best experience ever?
- Yeah, that was so fun.
- So, Bailey basically got to meet two different
females who study the brain.
A neurologist who works at a hospital
and another woman who is studying how to help
people who are dealing with strokes
and they're incredible, incredible women.
And I've been actually talking privately with one of them
about what we're going through and she's been
really, really sweet.
Obviously, she can't help us medically
because she's not our doctor
but she's been really talking to me and just really helpful
and awesome and she was awesome for Bailey
when we met with her.
- It was awesome.
Go check it out.
It was super fun.
- (laughter) It was.
It was like one of those days, when you filmed
that I was just so deeply glad that we do YouTube
and then now being where we're at in life,
it's like made me so much more appreciative of it.
It was such a cool experience.
They're basically taking young ladies like Bailey
and matching them up with two potential mentors.
So, please look for that link and check out those videos.
The whole series is great.
I'm particularly very excited about Bailey's obviously
(laughing) but the whole series is really inspirational
and wonderful and educational and definitely like
Jessica Ballinger's mom stamp of approval
so check them out.
Christopher and the kids are getting dinner ready
and it's kind of late already.
It's like almost seven.
Usually, we do dinner a little earlier
and as I said before,
we are leaving for New York tomorrow morning
and we haven't packed a thing yet.
All things like that, we've let slip
and I'm really glad that Christopher and I
are taking this trip.
It feels very sudden, and like, oh my gosh
we're going to New York, what?
But, I'm really glad for us,
that we'll have the time between us
to really get to spend together and to talk
and kinda sort through things
because, even though we are together all the time
we also have a lot of little kids around us all the time
and they interrupt a lot.
Like, we really need to work on that.
And, it's hard to have a conversation.
They just all have different things that they need
like all the time.
I'm really grateful that Christopher and I
are going to have a chance to have some solid conversations
and to be able to really sort through what we're both
going through together.
We have, but I feel like we haven't really been able
to be like, to like get too deep about it either
because we have little kids around us
and it's hard to finish a sentence between us often.
And it's all doctor approved.
I have my little note saying I can go.
So, we're off.
As soon as I figure out how I'm gonna pack us all
in like the few hours that we have
and prep all the different people who are watching the kids
because it's taking a village this time around.
Jacob is super excited because he's going to a friends house
so he's like, been counting down the days.
And, I didn't mention this before, but Christopher and I
have two very different ways of coping with like
emotional strain and they're very complimentary ways
and we've had to figure them out over time,
but I was thinking about making a video kind of just
all about it cause people ask me about how I handle
grief or anxiety or things like that,
but that's another reason why we haven't been
as connected the last couple weeks because
he's been kind of doing his thing
and I've been doing my thing.
And again, they compliment each other because
his thing usually is related to taking care of me
in some ways or at least, he likes to keep busy
and I like to basically turn everything off and
just kinda disappear for a while.
Anyway, we'll talk about that in the future but
I'm really glad that we have this time together now.
Hey sir.
Hi.
- Hi.
- I love you.
Are you ready to pack for New York?
- I'm always ready to pack for New York.
- Always ready.