**The Joy of Parenthood: A Day in the Life**

As I sat down to record this episode, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and nervousness about sharing our day with you all. It's days like these that remind me why I love being a parent - the unpredictability, the chaos, and the pure joy of watching my little one grow and learn.

My wife and I were chatting back and forth before we even started recording, trying to decide when was the right moment to introduce Jedi to her own world. We wanted to make sure she felt comfortable and secure before jumping into this new chapter in our lives. As she looked up at us with those big, round eyes, it was clear that she was ready to take on whatever came next.

At first, things were a bit rocky. She didn't like the sock we had put on her foot, and we ended up having to kick that off before we could even start singing our favorite lullaby. But as we sat down to sing together, something magical happened - she started to giggle, and then laugh, and before long, we were both smiling from ear to ear.

As the day went on, things only got more chaotic. We had a visit from Uncle Hector, who brought a few gifts for our little girl - including that adorable green onesie with the cute little Darth Vader design. She was thrilled to try it on, and it quickly became her new favorite thing. I have to admit, I was a bit worried about how she would react to all the attention, but she took it like a pro.

One of the highlights of our day came when we received a special delivery from Dan - a set of easy-grip flatware that will make mealtime so much easier for us. We were both excited to try them out, and I have to say, they're already making a big difference. It's little moments like these that remind me why parenting is such a rewarding experience.

As we wrapped up our day with some quality time together, my wife reminded me that this was actually supposed to be our date night - a chance for us to relax and enjoy each other's company before the baby arrives. I have to admit, it was hard to focus on anything but our little girl as we played with her and watched her explore her surroundings.

Despite the chaos that can come with parenting, moments like these are what make it all worth it. From the giggles and coos to the tantrums and tears, every moment with our child is an opportunity to learn and grow - both of us.

As I sit here reflecting on this day, I'm reminded of the power of community and connection. The gifts we received from friends and family are always a blessing, but it's the love and support that comes from people who understand what we're going through that truly means the most.

So, to all our amazing friends and family out there, thank you for being part of this journey with us. Your presence, your words of encouragement, and your gifts (like those adorable onesies!) mean the world to us as we prepare to welcome our little Jedi into the world.

As I look over at my wife and our baby girl, I know that we're in for an adventure like no other - one filled with laughter, tears, and all sorts of moments in between. But I wouldn't have it any other way. Bring on the diaper changes, the feedings, and the sleepless nights - we're ready to take on whatever comes next, as a family.

**A Special Delivery from Dan**

We were thrilled to receive a special delivery from Dan today - a set of easy-grip flatware that will make mealtime so much easier for us. As soon as we unwrapped them, our little girl was fascinated by the way they worked together seamlessly to make feeding time a breeze.

I have to admit, I was a bit skeptical at first - would she even like these? But from the moment we started using them, it was clear that this was going to be a game-changer. No more struggling with tiny utensils or worrying about spills and messes - with Dan's special flatware, mealtime is now a breeze.

And the best part? It's not just practical - it's also adorable! The design is so cute, and our little girl loves watching us use them to feed her. It's moments like these that remind me why I love being a parent - the way my child sees the world through fresh eyes and finds joy in even the simplest things.

**A Gift from Liz**

We were overjoyed when we received a special delivery from Liz today - 10 adorable onesies for our little girl. Each one is so unique and personalized, with its own special design or theme that makes it extra special.

As soon as she put on her first onesie, I knew that this was going to be a favorite. The way the fabric felt against her skin, the cute design, and the overall just adorable-ness of it all - it's clear that Liz put thought and care into every single one.

I have to say, I'm so grateful for friends like Liz who are always there to support us on this journey. Your gifts may be small, but they mean the world to us as we prepare to welcome our little Jedi into the world.

**The Power of Community**

As I reflect on this day, I'm reminded of the power of community and connection that comes with parenting. It's not just about receiving gifts or advice from friends and family - it's about knowing that you're part of a larger tribe who understands what you're going through.

In moments like these, when life feels overwhelming and chaotic, it's easy to feel like we're navigating this parenting thing alone. But the truth is, we're not. We have an entire village of loved ones who are cheering us on every step of the way.

So thank you, dear friends and family - for being part of our journey, for offering your love and support, and for reminding me that I'm not alone in this wild ride called parenting.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthank you for watching liking commenting sharing and subscribing right now throw your hands in the air and keep them there like you don't care mommy's getting some well-deserved rest I'm rocking back and forth it was not exactly a restless night but I think our nights are blending into days Jedi was crying this morning took her into her room and thought she just needed rocking and initially that kind of worked but it didn't really work seconds later she was crying again so Diana brought a bottle and even though she had just been fed she wanted more and now Daddy needs his coffee I'd make you a cup if you'd want it but unfortunately I think it would stunt your growth and you've got a long ways to go are you here to guard Jedi I figured that people would get annoyed with me posting pictures of Jedi all the time but as it turns out these are the most popular things I've ever shared ever you okay there baby for well you got your daddy's facial expressions I'd like to believe that's a smile but it's probably gas are you going to burp for daddy that's a question I'm going to ask you for the rest of your life you know pixie there was a time that you were this small Rocka by baby on the treetop when the wind blows Jedi I'm just kidding pixie she's upstairs with Mama I've got good news potentially better news and bad news what do you want first better news it might eventually be yours bad news I can't get an iPhone 6 in space gray at 64 gab better news no I already gave you the better news I mean the best no the good news oh the good news the good news is is that Tyler bedka was able to secure me an iPhone 6 but it's the gold 64 gig version no way yeah it is awesome and I'm very very grateful I'm very very thankful it's just that I want the space gra so the goal is to get that phone tomorrow I'll do the unboxing and then eventually pass it to you when I'm able to get the phone that I wanted and I'm sure to some it sounds like first world first world problems first world problems the other day I showed you these autographed prints of Wookie The Chew a gift to Jedi from a couple of friends and this morning original artist AKA Jim jaru said she's beautiful can I send you a Wookie the chw care package if you want to find out more about his art head over to james.com time to swap the spider traps I'm not sure how to say this but we did it we purchased an electric butt wipe warmer and here everybody was thinking that I gave up on gadgets hardly I shared this moment earlier in Social but here's the clip again just for the Vlog do you have a long night I feel you I'm flying solo right now Han Solo we got quite a few boxes today including this month's nature box which we'll be unboxing and tasting soon while I'd love to tear into all those boxes I got to set the stage for the live stream here which I am currently almost late for but not quite you've come up to help me yeah Wicket I kind of wish you could cuz if I had help during these live broadcasts they'd certainly go smoother than they normally do oh hi sweetie and she might have a dirty diaper hey baby it's so much fun to be in this family isn't it I haven't switched her socks yet she has a little green socks to match oh you're not even matching and you're on YouTube YouTube what is up with that you're going to hate me for this in 14 years I guarantee it I think she was in the middle of of poopy yeah yeah I think so too hey Wicket I guess Wick's joining us how you doing Wicket hey hey you're you're you're taking away from Jedi time like really this is this is too far Wicket oh bless you bless you oh I thought you had another one in you but you didn't I was also going to tell her that we we we uh we don't mind fart jokes or burp jokes those are fun oh she's making stinky I can tell is that face making stinky she's just W she's waving at everybody did you see that she's wait she doesn't know what she's doing yet you don't have any control yet you haven't figured out how to use anything but that's okay it'll come she's doing well I think I mean you you're you're you're doing well don't don't don't uh don't feel like you know I'm rushing you or anything but you know anytime you want to talk back it's okay can't believe I actually said that and mind you I'm saying that right now in 14 no I'm sorry in in 2 years what is it the terrible twos when do you start talking again 3 years four years okay you can't talk back to me I'm just telling you I me you can you can you can respond to me there we go I'm not saying talk back to you don't want to talk back every day her eyes get wider and wider it looks like she's smiling but she's too young to smile oh you you need mommy oh I think mommy oh here comes mommy oh she doesn't like the sock baby I know she doesn't want to match hun if she doesn't want to match you shouldn't make her match that's right eclectic you're eclectic because you're tacky this outfit's from Uncle Hector that's not a smile it's a cry waiting to happen but you're not going to cry we're going to sing okay we're not going to sing let's go change your dier okay not yet oh all right I I didn't know you got to be a little more specific when do you think Jedi is going to be ready to be my Apprentice never I think we should leave it up to her yeah look she kicked off her sock and her glove well I told her to kick off her shoes and stay a while and you two are matching Raven rayu sent you your shirt mommy since 2014 thanks again Veronica and it's green indeed it is you know what we need what and I don't just mean want need a T-shirt cannon it's another 26 Darth Vader that I can open thank you Steven palmer but I don't like it I love it he also agrees that girls can be Geeks too what are you eating uh I don't know preschool ABC fun ooh and a feeding spoon set this must be from our baby registry because it's green and an on the-go feeding spoon because I didn't know they had on the- go feeding spoons yes they do and another set of easy grip flatware has any of this even been in frame and in case I screwed up that recording here's what everything looks like thanks again Dan mlin although it looks like we're going to have to wait a few years before Jedi dives into this workbook V is for Vader or volcano Q is for what the why is Queen amadala in this nice kind of wish I could have learned my ABCs This Way poop bag holders and poop bags for Jedi poop I assume I guess our vlog's getting Shier by the day Jody also sent a jersey crib sheet is it a line from Snookie thank you Andrew for sending this to Jedi plus some belly butter so we can eat Diana's stomach from Nancy a salvagio and this happens to be a rear view mirror that we can use in the other car this is a package from kin 0906 I wonder if someone made this a I feel like it smells like a baby the little matching hat feel it that's so sweet a little giraffe great for tthing and grasping oo I'll be back after nap time have to be careful sorry yeah yeah be careful it used to be just you and me now we are three a family a look at that that's so sweet oh thank you so much K okay Chewy punch it I don't know what you're talking about we came to the store so Diana could get some tea and he walked away with aisle 7 mhm which by the way was not the tea aisle some people have asked if I'm going to give Jedi a voice like I do for Wicket and pixie and I don't know if I'm inclined to do that if only because Jedi is going to be developing her own voice so we'll let her speak for herself she's getting a little manicure she likes it please be a swing please be a swing please be a swing please be a swing no it's not a swing but it's a revolutionary hybrid glass baby bottle thanks again Dan we'll definitely make use of it please be a swing please be a swing please be a swing welcome Jedi from Liz and pussycat 10 onesies specifically for newborns that's good because we only had stuff for old borns man's mom is looking after Jedi downstairs I just realized this is our date night I like the Ambiance for dessert I'm finally getting a chance to try something they call moon cheese I like the ingredients it says just cheese awesome cheese as long as you can get it in your mouth we hope you like today's effort and we'll see you tomorrowthank you for watching liking commenting sharing and subscribing right now throw your hands in the air and keep them there like you don't care mommy's getting some well-deserved rest I'm rocking back and forth it was not exactly a restless night but I think our nights are blending into days Jedi was crying this morning took her into her room and thought she just needed rocking and initially that kind of worked but it didn't really work seconds later she was crying again so Diana brought a bottle and even though she had just been fed she wanted more and now Daddy needs his coffee I'd make you a cup if you'd want it but unfortunately I think it would stunt your growth and you've got a long ways to go are you here to guard Jedi I figured that people would get annoyed with me posting pictures of Jedi all the time but as it turns out these are the most popular things I've ever shared ever you okay there baby for well you got your daddy's facial expressions I'd like to believe that's a smile but it's probably gas are you going to burp for daddy that's a question I'm going to ask you for the rest of your life you know pixie there was a time that you were this small Rocka by baby on the treetop when the wind blows Jedi I'm just kidding pixie she's upstairs with Mama I've got good news potentially better news and bad news what do you want first better news it might eventually be yours bad news I can't get an iPhone 6 in space gray at 64 gab better news no I already gave you the better news I mean the best no the good news oh the good news the good news is is that Tyler bedka was able to secure me an iPhone 6 but it's the gold 64 gig version no way yeah it is awesome and I'm very very grateful I'm very very thankful it's just that I want the space gra so the goal is to get that phone tomorrow I'll do the unboxing and then eventually pass it to you when I'm able to get the phone that I wanted and I'm sure to some it sounds like first world first world problems first world problems the other day I showed you these autographed prints of Wookie The Chew a gift to Jedi from a couple of friends and this morning original artist AKA Jim jaru said she's beautiful can I send you a Wookie the chw care package if you want to find out more about his art head over to james.com time to swap the spider traps I'm not sure how to say this but we did it we purchased an electric butt wipe warmer and here everybody was thinking that I gave up on gadgets hardly I shared this moment earlier in Social but here's the clip again just for the Vlog do you have a long night I feel you I'm flying solo right now Han Solo we got quite a few boxes today including this month's nature box which we'll be unboxing and tasting soon while I'd love to tear into all those boxes I got to set the stage for the live stream here which I am currently almost late for but not quite you've come up to help me yeah Wicket I kind of wish you could cuz if I had help during these live broadcasts they'd certainly go smoother than they normally do oh hi sweetie and she might have a dirty diaper hey baby it's so much fun to be in this family isn't it I haven't switched her socks yet she has a little green socks to match oh you're not even matching and you're on YouTube YouTube what is up with that you're going to hate me for this in 14 years I guarantee it I think she was in the middle of of poopy yeah yeah I think so too hey Wicket I guess Wick's joining us how you doing Wicket hey hey you're you're you're taking away from Jedi time like really this is this is too far Wicket oh bless you bless you oh I thought you had another one in you but you didn't I was also going to tell her that we we we uh we don't mind fart jokes or burp jokes those are fun oh she's making stinky I can tell is that face making stinky she's just W she's waving at everybody did you see that she's wait she doesn't know what she's doing yet you don't have any control yet you haven't figured out how to use anything but that's okay it'll come she's doing well I think I mean you you're you're you're doing well don't don't don't uh don't feel like you know I'm rushing you or anything but you know anytime you want to talk back it's okay can't believe I actually said that and mind you I'm saying that right now in 14 no I'm sorry in in 2 years what is it the terrible twos when do you start talking again 3 years four years okay you can't talk back to me I'm just telling you I me you can you can you can respond to me there we go I'm not saying talk back to you don't want to talk back every day her eyes get wider and wider it looks like she's smiling but she's too young to smile oh you you need mommy oh I think mommy oh here comes mommy oh she doesn't like the sock baby I know she doesn't want to match hun if she doesn't want to match you shouldn't make her match that's right eclectic you're eclectic because you're tacky this outfit's from Uncle Hector that's not a smile it's a cry waiting to happen but you're not going to cry we're going to sing okay we're not going to sing let's go change your dier okay not yet oh all right I I didn't know you got to be a little more specific when do you think Jedi is going to be ready to be my Apprentice never I think we should leave it up to her yeah look she kicked off her sock and her glove well I told her to kick off her shoes and stay a while and you two are matching Raven rayu sent you your shirt mommy since 2014 thanks again Veronica and it's green indeed it is you know what we need what and I don't just mean want need a T-shirt cannon it's another 26 Darth Vader that I can open thank you Steven palmer but I don't like it I love it he also agrees that girls can be Geeks too what are you eating uh I don't know preschool ABC fun ooh and a feeding spoon set this must be from our baby registry because it's green and an on the-go feeding spoon because I didn't know they had on the- go feeding spoons yes they do and another set of easy grip flatware has any of this even been in frame and in case I screwed up that recording here's what everything looks like thanks again Dan mlin although it looks like we're going to have to wait a few years before Jedi dives into this workbook V is for Vader or volcano Q is for what the why is Queen amadala in this nice kind of wish I could have learned my ABCs This Way poop bag holders and poop bags for Jedi poop I assume I guess our vlog's getting Shier by the day Jody also sent a jersey crib sheet is it a line from Snookie thank you Andrew for sending this to Jedi plus some belly butter so we can eat Diana's stomach from Nancy a salvagio and this happens to be a rear view mirror that we can use in the other car this is a package from kin 0906 I wonder if someone made this a I feel like it smells like a baby the little matching hat feel it that's so sweet a little giraffe great for tthing and grasping oo I'll be back after nap time have to be careful sorry yeah yeah be careful it used to be just you and me now we are three a family a look at that that's so sweet oh thank you so much K okay Chewy punch it I don't know what you're talking about we came to the store so Diana could get some tea and he walked away with aisle 7 mhm which by the way was not the tea aisle some people have asked if I'm going to give Jedi a voice like I do for Wicket and pixie and I don't know if I'm inclined to do that if only because Jedi is going to be developing her own voice so we'll let her speak for herself she's getting a little manicure she likes it please be a swing please be a swing please be a swing please be a swing no it's not a swing but it's a revolutionary hybrid glass baby bottle thanks again Dan we'll definitely make use of it please be a swing please be a swing please be a swing welcome Jedi from Liz and pussycat 10 onesies specifically for newborns that's good because we only had stuff for old borns man's mom is looking after Jedi downstairs I just realized this is our date night I like the Ambiance for dessert I'm finally getting a chance to try something they call moon cheese I like the ingredients it says just cheese awesome cheese as long as you can get it in your mouth we hope you like today's effort and we'll see you tomorrow\n"