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More Than Reality with Adam and Danielle
Rewatching the first episode of OutDaughtered for the first time in 10 years
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Foreign. This is More Than Reality Podcast where we dive into all things faith, family and marriage and share that there is so much more than the reality that you see on the surface. Welcome to More Than Reality with Adam and Danielle Busby.
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B
Welcome to More the reality podcast, episode 57.
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A
Yes, 57. We are Danielle and Adam Busby and.
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B
Today we're gonna do something a little different.
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A
Yeah, we. We kind of been talking about this a little bit behind the microphone camera things. And it's something I've kind of been wanting to do is because it's been a long time and. And I was kind of just like watching a little bit of what we're going to do and I kind of like had to stop it.
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B
You. I clipped it this morning and. Well, anyways, I got a little in the fields.
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A
In the fields, yeah, you did. I was starting to get opposite. Anyways, why don't you tell them what we're gonna be doing?
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B
So this episode we're gonna do, obviously, like I just said, we're gonna do something different and we're gonna go back to the first episode of Outdaughtered and.
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A
Comment. I mean, honestly, I was watching some of it that we're gonna be doing and it's just mind blowing to me.
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B
That, like, we live that.
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A
No, like, I just. I, like, don't remember. Like, I really don't. It was a blur and it makes me feel sad. But then, like, I, like, I remember, but I don't remember. There's like things like I'm looking at this photo right. This memory right here when we did that photo shoot, and I'm like, I remember those stupid head wrap things because we got the ear, the girl's ears pierced and they were like, oh, no, they didn't have their ear ears pierced yet. So we had to. I had them in bows.
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B
Yeah, that's a. That's a big thing in reality tv. Like continuity.
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A
Yeah.
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B
And so, you know, sometimes, you know, schedules don't quite work out and you.
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A
Do things, especially when you're working with babies.
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B
Especially with working with babies. And so we'll do things. But then in the storyline of the season, like, certain things are planned out in certain episodes and we're like, oh, crap, like, we have to do this thing. But we already pierced the girl's ears a few weeks ago. And in this episode, like, for instance, their ears were not pierced yet.
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A
Like, for instance, like, going to do this family photo shoot. Like, say we had it planned to go film and capture our family photo shoot and say, you know, Two of the babies ended up coming with fever. We couldn't get out and, like, so we canceled it and we rescheduled the photo shoot for, like, another two weeks down the line. But we also had scheduled within those two weeks to get their ears pierced.
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B
Nothing works out to schedule whenever you have five babies.
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A
And so when we were filming the episode prior to that was aligned with getting their ears pierced. And that got rescheduled for the actual photo shoot for two weeks later in. In reality, in real world, we got their ears pierced. That didn't get captured when we were actually filming to go get their ear. Their photo shoot. So when we went to go get the photos done, their ears pierced, were pierced. And when we were filming to go get the photos, like, it wasn't like that. And so because we had to reschedule it because they were sick or whatever. So those stinking beanie head things were so ginormous. And poor Hazel, it was huge on her. And I was like, we are not putting those on there.
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B
They're like, wear them for that shoot.
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A
We. They did not have ears and, you know. Right.
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B
For most of the photo shoot, they didn't wear them. And like, for the actual, like, real photos that we were going to keep, they didn't have those on. But, like, for this shot, because it.
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A
Was a continuity thing.
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B
It was a continuity thing, but it would. It was also going to be the shot of, like, the opening of the show. And so they had to put these beanies on their head. It was just so.
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A
Something like that. I remember, like, I remember this day and, like, going and doing the photos and stuff. But, like, watching some of that, like, what happens in this episode, I'm just thinking. And like, I started to have, like, palpitations. It's almost like PTSD in a way, which I know it happens especially with parents who, like, go through, like, the NICU and stuff. Like, I've had, like, therapy and stuff. Like, through this, it's like you'll always have, like, triggers when you hear those noises and you walk through, like, those things again. But it just.
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B
And it's weird. It's. It's hard to say. Like, you don't want to say.
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A
Like, it's in a negative way.
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B
I have trauma through this period of time.
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A
It's. This is a very overwhelming.
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B
Because it was like, a very beautiful and emotional time and, like, miraculous and, you know, we're so grateful for it. But also, like, through it. I mean, it was hard and it was like the hardest times of our lives. And yeah, there's like deep trauma through that of just like the stress that you're mentally and emotionally and physically went through through those times. And so, like, whenever you relive it on tv, all that comes back.
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A
Yeah. And. And a lot of before even all this happened, you know, the nicu, all that NICU life had happened. And so we're. When we really were filming and it was when all the babies were home. And so the trauma and all this hard of, like, divide and conquer and Adam working full time and, you know, being the split mom and bringing Blake back and forth to daycare and school or preschool and, you know, trying to manage some baby's home, going back and forth to the NICU and like, I mean, it was just so overwhelming to then get all of them home and then start filming, you know, it all happened at the same time, you know.
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B
Yeah.
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A
So we didn't really. And. And so, like, it all was new at the same time. So we never really experienced, like we were this family of eight without filming, you know. So to us, those things were together. And so when Covid happened, that really, like, kind of shut down the filming thing, and that's when we really started to experience, like, just us as a family of eight.
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B
Yeah.
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A
You know, and we do have family around all the time. And we had people, you know, coming in and out all the time that weren't film crew, but we always just had people around, you know, and so when Covid really, you know, was a hard, hard season for everybody, but it really shut down all that in and out, even with just family and people around, you know, and so just life change just opened our eyes to a big different world of just us eight, you know. So anyways, we're gonna, you know, break it down for watching this. And I can't tell you the last time I've actually watched this. It's been years, years probably since it came out on TV the first time.
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B
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A
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B
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A
Yeah.
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B
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A
We're also doing this podcast in the evening, so I'm already hungry.
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B
Yeah, let's not talk about food too much. Thank you, Good Ranchers, for sponsoring this episode.
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A
It's a special one.
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B
Good Ranchers dot com. Let's get back to the table. All right, so we're gonna start. What I did was, obviously, we can't sit here and play the entire episode. So this morning I went through and I pulled specific clips of just, like, stuff that happened in this episode. And so I have, like, separated into clips, and we're just gonna react to those clips. Plus, I don't know. We've never done this before. I don't know if we're gonna hit get copyright strikes or anything like that. So we'll see, and we'll kind of try to work through that. So I may not be able to show any of it. We'll cross that bridge when we get there. This is uncharted territory for us. And so.
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A
So you already got the first little insight on those stinking head wraps. Beanie babies. And all I would like to say is, man.
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B
Yeah.
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A
You look so young right there.
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B
Opening montage.
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A
Look at sweet.
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B
From the baby's first photo shoot.
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A
All right, let's play. Okay, so we haven't watched it. I have not watched this since it literally probably aired, which the quints are 10. So this has been at least 10 years. Nine and a half years ago.
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B
Yeah.
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A
Out daughtered. Okay.
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B
We're about to have five baby girls. I still can't believe the amount of people that were in that. Or.
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A
I remember, like, just, like, waking up that morning and being, like, the whole, like, appointment in the morning with Dr. Ryder and, like. Okay. And I remember, like, taking a shower that morning. Like. Yeah. Just feeling different. And then you were, like, off to work. Like, you had brought Blake.
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B
Yeah.
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A
To, like, school.
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B
Yeah. I was like. It was in the middle of, like, a super stressful day for me because we were reprogramming a ton.
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A
I thought it was super stressful.
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B
A ton of radios for this Big capital project going on. And so, like, we were in the middle. We had all hands on deck, our entire team. I obviously get the phone call from Danielle and, you know, she calls me and says, okay, I think we're gonna do it today, because Dr. Ryder was there, as well as pretty much every single person on this list, this protocol list that the hospital made. And everybody at the. That was on that list was pretty much at the hospital that day. And then it was a Friday, so they didn't want to go into the weekend and potentially couldn't get these people back up to the hospital in time if it was an emergency situation. That's when they decided, okay, we're going to do this today. Like, you technically could have potentially gone another day or at least.
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A
Or. I mean, maybe.
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B
I mean, I don't know. We don't fully know, but it just. It got to a point where the. The baby's vital. Started to, like, dip a little bit and, like. Cause question.
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A
Yeah.
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B
And they didn't. Obviously, they don't want to risk it.
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A
Yeah.
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B
And. And make it an emergency situation.
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A
Yeah. Yeah. But, yeah, I just remember, like, being like, can I just walk in the or? And they're like, no. Protocol is like, we have to will you in. I'm like, come on, let me walk in there. And they're like, you were so crazy.
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B
They made me, like, they brought you in and they wanted to get you, like, on the table, prepped, I think, even already cut open before me even coming in there. And so, like, I was waiting in this. This, like, by yourself, where other dads are. I think there was one other dad in there, but I wasn't in the mood to talk. I was just, like, staring at my feet, just waiting for somebody to open that door just so I could come back there. But, I mean, it just. It's. It felt like an hour just, like sitting there and waiting.
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A
And I'm just laying there going, I think I'm going to throw up. I think I'm going to throw up because I'm, like, on my back.
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B
Yeah. With all the weight of the baby is just, like, flat on.
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A
You can't breathe.
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B
Impossible.
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A
And then when he got to Riley, he's like, all right, here she comes. You'll be able to breathe. But then you came, and, like, I look at you and I feel like you were way more nervous than I was. Oh, for sure.
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B
You're. You had drugs.
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A
That's very much true. But when I. When I had Blake, like, I threw up the whole time. I was Pushing her out. But this time I was hot and I had, like, cool. They gave me, like, cool rags and stuff. That was such a nervous laugh. We just found. When we were moving the scrubs, we actually took the tub out. That has all of our, like, NICU and, like, keepsake stuff.
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B
Yeah, that was.
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A
We wanted.
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B
That was a mistake to open. Open up that tub. While we were, like, trying to get things done that day. I was like, I should have never took in the lid off of this.
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A
Yeah, we just sat there, because you.
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B
Open it up and it's just, like, all of the memories in this one tub of. I mean, everything from the scrubs that I was wearing that day with the baby's footprints on them and, like, everything written on them and. Yeah, all the stuff from the hospital.
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A
And we brought it home because we wanted to. We wanted to, like, let the girls, like, kind of go through it, because the older they get, they're. They're realizing more and more, like, as people are having, like, friends or whatever, like. Or younger, like Darby, whatever, like, had baby Sterling. And we're like, you know, seven or eight pounds. They're like, go. That's a huge baby. Yeah, that's pretty average, you know, because they think £2 is normal. Like, that's not normal, girls. But we wanted to show them all the things that were in there.
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B
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B
Yep. Thank you. Good Ranchers.
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A
Yeah, though. All right, let's see what's next.
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B
Exploded in our house.
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A
I love those PJs.
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B
I think we're a good team. There you go.
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A
I hated that outfit, too. Why did I have that one?
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B
Whenever we go up to the hospital to visit Danielle. So Danielle was on. She was not on strict bed rest, which was crazy.
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A
Those were your shorts.
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B
It was probably my shirt, too, because, like, the day. The day that you said it was go time, you were wearing, like, this, like, royal blue monster energy shirt. There was, like, one of my shirts, too. You packed all my clothes.
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A
Look, we still have that purple pillowcase.
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B
But, you know, some. Some evenings during the week, we would just go up and, like, I would bring Blake up there because, Danielle, I think it was, like, three weeks leading up to the babies being born. You had to stay at the hospital. You weren't on bed rest.
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A
I had to get monitored daily.
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B
Yeah.
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A
It was easier for me to go up there because it was easier for me to go up there and for, like, a couple hours, just have them monitor their heartbeats kind of like, for a couple hours in a row, because the ultrasounds were just, like, too intense to constantly keep doing. And I would still do them once a week, the ultrasounds, but it was just easier for them to monitor them. And they would, you know, strap on five, five heart rate monitors on my stomach. And so I just ended up staying there after my 25 week appointment. So Adam and the Blake would come up, you know, I mean, he still was working and Blake was still. We tried to keep her in her normal routine as much as possible, but so I didn't get to see them every day. And sometimes he'd come see me at lunch, out and about.
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B
Yeah. But like whenever Blake would come up there, it was like me, I would just go pick Blake up straight from daycare right after work and then we'd just go straight up to the hospital. So seems like every time that we were in there in this room, it was really dark because it was like dark outside.
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A
Yeah. This day was the end of. This was. This was the day of her fourth birthday party. Do you think it is? I mean, it's this Hazel. Why.
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B
Love Hazel.
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A
You love Hazel. That was. See, I remember that. And actually that was Brad filming. That was Blake's fourth birthday because, you know, my 28 week mark was the doctor's goal. And I remember going, that is Blake's birthday. I will not have these babies on her birthday. Like, no, no, no. And so we did a birthday party for her at the hospital, like in one of like these like community rooms up there, like face painter and balloons or whatever. And so that was the night of. Before y' all left to take her home. That's why she has face paint.
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B
Yeah, we were there like all day because then like all the whole family came over and that was actually the day. See, we didn't even have the TV show then. That was. We were still kind of filming. We were still kind of just filming this for us.
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A
Yeah.
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B
And Brad, our producer, was coming up because he was also working on another show in Houston. And so he would come up with his camera and just capture some stuff. And then the day of Blake's birthday party, I don't think he was there. I think he. No, he wasn't because he had to zoom in because that's whenever we did. That's whenever we did all of the family interviews for the day.
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A
But he came in at night. I think he came in that night maybe.
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B
So he may. May have come in like that girl.
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A
Did for the day.
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B
Yeah, Michelle, like that.
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A
Oh, there I am trying to think.
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B
There's something I was about to say. Oh, yeah, there. So I was actually talking to our producer, Brad which we call him Uncle Brad. All the kids call him Uncle Brad. There is another video that I'm trying. I text him about it, and it's the actual sizzle reel of our show that no one has ever seen. And I can't show the whole thing. There's, like, some stuff that just flat out not appropriate to even show, which I noticed this this morning whenever I was watching it, really. There's. There's a part in the video in the sizzle reel that shows Nick's whole rear end.
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A
What?
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B
Yes. We were all in the hospital room, huddled over the bed, and you were FaceTiming Ashley.
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A
Oh, I do remember that. And I do. I remember that.
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B
And it was like kind of like an intro of, like, just the family. The family talking about how, oh, we're just normal. And then all of a sudden, like. But then it shows. It's like a juxtaposition of, like, what it's really like. And we're FaceTiming Ashley. And it looks back, Nick's in the background with his shirt off, just kind of leaning over, and we're like, are you naked? And he turns around and walks off, and she. She kind of pans the phone over, and you see his whole butt. And it, like, made the sizzle reel, because obviously that's not going to go on tv. That's just a shop to networks. But it just kind of shows the network, like, o, yeah, these people are kind of crazy.
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A
That's funny.
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B
But I'm trying to kind of clear that. The only problem is because it was. I don't think it was never show his. No, I'm definitely not going to show that. But it was never intended to go on tv. And so for this sizzle reel, they use a lot of music and stuff that is, like, copyrighted music.
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A
Yeah. Like, there's a lot of Disney songs and stuff.
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B
And so I couldn't. Like, there's no way I could. I would have to try to somehow stripped all the music off of it because I would. I would get an instant copyright strike.
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A
Yeah. Yeah.
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B
So.
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A
What were you thinking?
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B
It was. It was like such a blur.
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A
I had no idea that you were just sitting in a room by yourself.
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B
Too many. Yeah, I. I was just, like, waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting. And finally they came and got me, and I walked. Walk down this hallway, because you have to remember. And there's probably 40 to 50 people, like, lined up down this hallway from the operating room all the way to the level three nicu. And everybody's just waiting for Babies to come running out of the door. And so every. You know, all these people are. Are in individual groups of teams assigned to a neonatologist. And so as one baby comes out, that neo natologist follows the nurse that has the baby, and they meet up with their team, and they all go together straight into the nicu.
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A
Yeah.
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B
And so it's just like, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. And it's just like groups of people just running. And so they're all just waiting. And so I walk into this hallway, and then you just see the gravity of, like, what is about to happen. You see all these people, and, I mean, because I. I've been to other friends and family members and stuff, and. And seen baby sister born, my own daughter, Blake, and it wasn't nearly that many people. You know, it's just very, for the most part, a fairly relaxed situation. And then this was the opposite of that.
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A
Yeah. And then, you know, at the time, I mean, still. It's kind of still like this today. Like, at that time when it was, like, going into delivery, the only people that were here or that came up to the hospital was Ashley, because she was the closest one. Nobody else was here.
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B
Crystal were still in Lake Charles. Everybody else, my parents were still in Lake Charles. Like, so. Because this is just a few hours after you called me.
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A
Yeah.
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B
And so, like, for. Especially people that were three hours away.
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A
I had the girls at, like, 4, 4, 24, 22. 22, and 23 24.
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B
Yeah.
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A
So it's crazy. So was any of them there by the time that, like, you got.
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B
Actually, your mom, maybe, Nick. That's really about it, I think before everybody else kind of started to trickle in from coming in from out of town.
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A
Yeah. So after they all came, like, after.
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B
Here we go. Like, just baby after baby.
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A
With me, I'm like, let me see.
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B
So many emotions. I mean, just seeing all of them so small for. For the first time, actually in. It was just the most amazing thing that I've ever seen.
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A
I love you. Yeah. I remember, like, just being like, can I just see what is going on? So what happened when it. Like, after they. Because obviously, I was still in the OR for a while. What. What did you do?
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B
I immediately went to the nicu.
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A
And then what? Like, I'm sure we talked about this.
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B
But I don't remember any of this at the opening. So. Yeah, there's doors, this hallway that leads straight into the level three nicu. And then right whenever you walk into the level three nicu, there's like, this. It's not even really a pod. It's, like, kind of like a staging area.
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A
Yeah. Yeah.
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B
And so it's like this long row, this really wide operating room, in a sense, with all these isolettes. And then, you know, it was all these isolettes that were just waiting for the baby to receive the babies. And they could immediately start hooking up all the wires and everything to the babies, getting. Getting them breathing, getting their vitals, everything okay and, like, cleaning them up. And there were all of them right there, and all five of them were, like, lined up in a row before. Like, they got them stabilized to be able to, like, bring them into their pod. So they had to stabilize them right there.
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A
Yeah.
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B
Get them hooked up to everything, and then, like, once they were, like, stable, then they could move them and bring them to where they were going to live for the next few months.
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A
Then what'd you do? Come find me?
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B
Yeah. I stayed with them until they were able to start moving them, and then. And then I walked back to where your recovery room was.
- [30:03]
A
Yeah. And I was pissed.
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B
And. Because you couldn't see him, I was pissed.
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A
I was in. They were like, oh, blah, blah, blah. And I was like, one. I was so.
- [30:14]
B
You're stuck.
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A
I was so mad because everybody got to see them but me. I was so mad, and I was in incredible amount of pain, and they were giving me medicine, and they gave me another dose of medicine whenever they could. And then I was feeling so miserable. And at one point, I do remember feeling, like, loopy, and I was, like, not trying to go to sleep because all I wanted to do was see them, and I just was mad. Look at you. You're yawning right here.
- [30:47]
B
It was exhausting.
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A
And I'm like, I. I was. I was. I was yelling at the nurses, like, this was before you were even in there. I'm like, just.
- [30:55]
B
How could you look in that bed?
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A
I'm, like, just in there by myself. Nurses coming in and, like. And I'm just like, get me out of here. Like, I just want to go see my baby.
- [31:05]
B
So they finally let you see one.
- [31:07]
A
Yeah.
- [31:07]
B
This is where Riley comes in.
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A
And I can't move. I'm like, I can't move. Definitely your wild one.
- [31:17]
B
This is your wild one. Here you go, Mom.
- [31:20]
A
Little toes. I took them. Barely move. You all exactly what their size are.
- [31:26]
B
Supposed to be for 28 weeks.
- [31:28]
A
That's remarkable. They rolled Riley out to see me. She just was like this little red thing, just bones. And, I mean, you could tell, like, they just weren't finished, like, growing. I just, you know, I put my finger and touched her and just, like, I hated how that was on her lip because her skin is just really, really, really thin.
- [31:51]
B
And they finally rolled you back.
- [31:53]
A
Yeah.
- [31:54]
B
This wasn't like Will Daniel's huge bed through the pods, then NICU trying to get her bed as close to this.
- [32:02]
A
Very different experience as possible than having these quints. Because it was. I mean, it was hard not to just, like, be able to, like, hold your baby and touch your baby. It's just gotta look at him through a box.
- [32:18]
B
The size of those diapers.
- [32:27]
A
I was hoping that I'll be able to. They really stepped three down, three together.
- [32:44]
B
The amount of people that were just caring for the babies and just to see them for the first time with all the tubes and everything, it was just too much. I mean, this long, hard road that we were about to head down now it's real. I mean, I'm looking at them and they're so small. To hear a baby that small cry was just. I mean, that was the sweetest sound ever. Have a half dozen girls now. It's so weird. Half dozen, that sigh.
- [33:36]
A
It's crazy still to this day to like, look at my fingernail and just be like, that's how small. Like, when you look at your hand and you see, like, that first notch, like, where that crease is, like, that's how tiny their whole hand was.
- [33:49]
B
Yeah.
- [33:50]
A
Wild. Wild. Look, that's the stroller we just got rid of. Was in the attic when we moved. Yeah, that and that going and go. So I had them at, like, 4pm and when I finally got wheeled back there to see them, it was like, after midnight. Yeah, it was a long, long day.
- [34:17]
B
Yeah. Before you could even move back there. But it was. It was just funny because they, like, bring Riley to you and then. And then bring her back, and then a little bit later, they will. Danielle.
- [34:33]
A
It was a little bit later. That was hours later.
- [34:35]
B
I mean, if you think about it, like, how. How, like, confined and cramped like the NICU is to be able to, like, will your huge bed all the way through there. Like, I still, like, look at that footage and, like, how in the heck did they do that? Because at one point, like, they willed you all the way in and backed you in in between two of the girls. So, like, you had a girl on each side of you. Like, I don't. I don't recall.
- [35:00]
A
They just backed me in and it was.
- [35:02]
B
Yeah, I don't recall the NICU being that big, but they able to. They managed to fit it. It was crazy. And so this was the media circus. I mean, we were there. How long did we actually live at the hospital?
- [35:19]
A
Like two weeks.
- [35:20]
B
Two weeks. And then we ended up bringing all the girls home. I mean, we lived at the hospital for like two weeks. And then we came home. And then we were visiting the NICU for every day for the next like three months. And then finally, once the girls were starting to kind of like be able to come home, that's whenever like all the media stuff started to hit and like press conferences every day and you know, it was like a big deal. I mean, there's news trucks and satellite trucks, like line when they started to come home.
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A
Yeah.
- [35:57]
B
Every single time any of the girls were coming home.
- [36:00]
A
No, we did lots of media at the hospital because they were the first all girl quints in America. So we had a lot of media in the hospital.
- [36:10]
B
Overwhelming response from news media and. And people just wanting to get a photo. It's crazy.
- [36:20]
A
Oh, yeah. Dr. Kate came home, you know. You know, I'm thinking, don't talk to me. Then couple days later, Hazel comes home and I'm like, this is what it's like to have twins. It's nothing. I mean.
- [36:34]
B
Then we got Olivia and Riley at the same time. And so we went from two to four. That was a big deal. But it was manageable. It was an even. I could handle two, she could handle two. Then Ava can number five for some reason.
- [36:52]
A
Met fifth baby is just chaos.
- [37:02]
B
It was crazy. Like we get the girls home two at a time, and it was like not that big of a deal. And it was like the even numbers. It was like not that bad until we got five. And then once you got five, then it was just like pure chaos.
- [37:22]
A
Yeah. Because it was almost like you could.
- [37:24]
B
Feed at a time or if, like.
- [37:26]
A
If I was breastfeeding, I could be two at a time.
- [37:28]
B
And yeah, it was like two, two. Not that bad. Manageable because each of us have two and all of a sudden you bring in that one extra.
- [37:36]
A
Yeah.
- [37:36]
B
And everything just like was thrown off.
- [37:40]
A
Yeah.
- [37:41]
B
And it's just crazy having a mom. The piles and piles of diapers. Pretty close.
- [37:48]
A
R. No, it's not. I agree.
- [37:53]
B
Olivia's eyes. It was like a nursery exploded in our house.
- [37:57]
A
We had to get everything times five.
- [38:00]
B
Car seats, bottles, Mama Roo. I mean, it's ridiculous.
- [38:05]
A
Hey, big eyes.
- [38:07]
B
Olivia. Olivia is always wide eyed because if.
- [38:11]
A
They were in their room, they can't all fit in there with their rocking plays and they're in rocking plays because they have to stay elevated cuz they have reflux. They discontinued this rock and plays and those were amazing.
- [38:24]
B
They never went into a bedroom the entire time we were in our first house. They all lived in the living room.
- [38:29]
A
Yeah. Girls, who's ready to turn four months old?
- [38:36]
B
This is their first doctor's visit. Getting like all their shots and stuff. And Ashley came with us.
- [38:45]
A
Checkup with the pediatrician. Ash is here to go with us because we are taking all five babies for the first time to a doctor's appointment. Yes, ma'. Am. So we'll be ready to scream and holler. They're prepared. Going to the doctor is a whole day of preparation. What are you gonna pack? Riley's crack.
- [39:06]
B
The amount of stuff that we had to take with us to the gosh, like anytime we left the house, it was like bags and bags and bags. Every girl had like their own bag.
- [39:23]
A
But we got to get used to life with six kids and it's gonna be hard. Do you want to know why I was really crying in that?
- [39:36]
B
No way.
- [39:37]
A
Because I was pissed.
- [39:40]
B
Because of your mom?
- [39:41]
A
Yep.
- [39:44]
B
Yeah.
- [39:44]
A
Because she had a breakdown.
- [39:47]
B
Yeah. And she had. I mean, early in that episode, like, she just talks about how she's been there for like two or three days and she's exhausted. And she was so exhausted.
- [39:56]
A
This. And you're not going to be able to do this. Which has like, been the story of my life. And so I was just so mad. And I'm like this. Like this has been how the response was most of my pregnancy. You're not gonna be able to do this. How dare Adam, you do this to me? And.
- [40:12]
B
Yeah, I mean, it was always like she would turn it around and make everything about her.
- [40:18]
A
Yeah. The. The villain, the victim. I mean, you know.
- [40:21]
B
Yeah.
- [40:22]
A
So I went out for a walk and I just was so mad because.
- [40:29]
B
I'm like, Brad was trying to grab you for an interview while you're hot.
- [40:33]
A
Yeah, because I'm like this. Like, you don't even live here. Like, you're here visiting and you're exhausted. Like. Yeah. And I'm. I'm not an emotional person, but obviously I'm tired and all those things. And I don't cry unless I'm. Mostly I cry because I'm mad. Because I'm. Because I'm mad about something. And that's where the emotions start to come from. Because my emotions, like the mad emotions start and. And then there's probably going to be hurt and then I'll be sad. But I was so mad that she was sitting here telling me how she was exhausted and then blaming me. That. And telling me I'm not going to be able to do this. And I'm like, I know, but this whole pregnancy, this whole. I've never said this out loud, by the way, but I'm like, if you only knew where my heart sits and where my faith sits. I've had peace this whole time.
- [41:47]
B
Yeah.
- [41:47]
A
From it. You can watch me on that. That surgery table. And I mean, I'm almost have smiles on my face. Like I just felt peace.
- [41:59]
B
Yeah.
- [41:59]
A
I have peace about all this. And I know I can't do this on my own. That is why I have my faith. Because God carried me. And people ask you, how did you do it? I'm like, I don't. I don't know. Because God carried me through it, you know, and so when she's sitting there and putting me down and telling me, I'm like, I'm like, this isn't about me. Like, God put me in this situation and he's going to carry me through. He's never left here yet, and it's only just begun, you know, and so that's what I was mad about. And so, yes, it's crazy. Yes, it's going to be overwhelming. Yes, it's going to be hard. But I know he's got me. He's got my back, you know?
- [42:39]
B
Yeah.
- [42:40]
A
And so obviously that is not expressed in that way, but there you go.
- [42:48]
B
But behind the scenes.
- [42:50]
A
Behind the scenes. But it's just like. And. And I know, like, that's. This is not her. This was not her responsibility. This wasn't the responsibility of anybody else coming into her home. It's not the responsibility of your parents or my sisters, but definitely, you know, you know, or my friends or whatever. Like, everybody responded very differently to when we had quintuplets and then whenever we brought them home. And it really taught us a lot about what our friendships mean meant to us. Where people stood, who hung around, who helped. And.
- [43:31]
B
And like, you find out. You found out who your friends are.
- [43:35]
A
Yeah.
- [43:35]
B
And whenever you get face and helping does like this.
- [43:39]
A
And helping doesn't always mean like, oh, I need you to be present with me and always feeding babies or changing diapers. Like, like it. Sometimes it was like just being there to just like, sit with us and like go on a walk with us or just like, like, just guess what, if you were a friend, like, like.
- [43:57]
B
Give us a little sense of normaly.
- [43:59]
A
Normalcy, you know? But God bless us tremendously. With putting people in our. In our life that, you know, we're very thankful for today and, you know, that we still consider family and. But I will say that just watching that, you know, I'm not an emotional person on, obviously watching this, and Adam's tearing up.
- [44:21]
B
I can't. I can't not watch the birth and. Or I can't watch the birth and not tear up. It was. It's such an emotional experience. And. Yeah. I mean, like, what you're saying earlier is, like, a trigger of, like, just one of the most, like, weighty things in my life that I've ever been through.
- [44:40]
A
Yeah. And our responses. Not that I don't feel the same way. Our responses are like, it's an overwhelming thing. And what I feel is like, wow, like, I wasn't. I wasn't able to, like. Like, you were on the outside, and you were. You're experiencing it and viewing it and seeing it and soaking it in, and I am not. I wasn't. I wasn't there and seeing all of it. I was just that person who it was getting done through. Right. And so I don't have, like, that visual of, like, seeing how all these things and behind the scenes and, like, going and seeing the babies and seeing what they're doing. And I'm just over here, like, I birthed them, and I'm waiting in this chair, and I want to see them, and I'm in pain, and, like, it's a big deal, but, like, I'm overwhelmed, and I see this, and I'm thankful more than anything. And we've talked about this a lot. Like, yes, we've had a lot of, like, ups and downs, and it's been a hard life of, you know, being public and filming outdaughtered. But more than anything, I don't think we would change it for the world because I don't remember a lot of what happened, especially in those beginning days. And it's just so much life of our own life that was captured, and I'm just so thankful that we have captured it. And even though a lot of it is put in story form, farm story.
- [46:15]
B
Form, story, whatever, still real things that happened.
- [46:21]
A
It's still real things that happen with our family and our kids, and it's memories, and they've been captured for us to watch as many times as we want, and I'm thankful for that. And so I can watch this first episode that was done 10 years ago and just be reminded that I am so thankful that those babies are here today. And that's why I get emotional because, you know, it's, it is a big deal. Like, that just doesn't happen all the time. And, you know, I'm, I get emotional on the gratification and the blessings and like, wow, God, like, you are so good. Like, you are so loving. And more than anything, like, I can ever think of, like, what love is. And as much as I can watch this and love my kids and love you love us more than that.
- [47:18]
B
Yeah.
- [47:18]
A
And how, how can you, like, put that to like a description, you know, and so it's just, it's, it's good. I'm glad. And I would love to, like, do this more because one, it's helpful and I think just kind of given a piece of like, description. You know, I don't know if the viewers watching this or the people listening actually want to like us to do this. So obviously you'll need to let us know.
- [47:45]
B
Yeah. And we'll see how this goes because if it gets taken down, it's not.
- [47:51]
A
Often you really get to see me get a little emotional.
- [47:53]
B
But yeah. So this is our first go at just kind of like a live commentary on, you know, this story that we've lived for the last 10 years. And, you know, this is episode one of Just. It was crazy how, you know, the first episode covered like pregnancy, birth, all the way up to like bringing the babies home. I mean, that. That first episode covers so much ground. Well, yeah, but it covered like months because they weren't actually, actually actively filming. They couldn't film in the nicu, like all these things. Like, they were able to film that first day and then they maybe came back for like one, maybe one or two other times up until like, the girls were ready to come home.
- [48:44]
A
So when we go to that four.
- [48:45]
B
Month appointment, there was no, there was no TV show pretty much the entire time we were in the nicu. But we filmed, we have a lot of home footage.
- [48:55]
A
We filmed the four month appointment. Because that's when all five of them were home. Yeah, because they came like Parker was the first one to come home and they were three months old. Ava came home the next month with the others trickling in. And they were four months by the time she came home. And so it was time for all of them to have their four month checkup.
- [49:15]
B
Yeah.
- [49:16]
A
And so that's what all. And then we had cardiologists, like all the specialty appointments. We were going to have doctor moments, but anyway. So are you going to show those clips?
- [49:28]
B
Yeah.
- [49:29]
A
Okay.
- [49:29]
B
Yeah.
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A
So they'll know what we are watching.
- [49:31]
B
See what we're. Yeah. So, yeah. Thank you guys for tuning in to episode 57. This is like the first installment of us reliving our past.
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A
Yeah.
- [49:42]
B
On tv. So thank you guys for tuning in. Yep.
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A
It's dinner time.
- [49:47]
B
And the next one.
- [49:48]
A
Time to go eat our good ranchers meat.
- [49:50]
B
Yep. All right. We love you guys.
- [50:15]
A
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