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Speaker 1: Calm Down with Aaron and Carissa is a production of iHeartRadio.

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Speaker 1: Happy Holidays everyone. Wow, what a year twenty twenty three

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Speaker 1: has been. We've had so many great moments. It was

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Speaker 1: hard to choose what some of our best moments were,

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Speaker 1: but we think you're gonna love what we came up with.

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Speaker 1: We have to start with the best part of the year,

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Speaker 1: Aaron becoming a mother. Here's a portion of that episode.

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Speaker 1: A few days of baby mc roney was born. It

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Speaker 1: seems like it was seventeen years ago. I want to

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Speaker 1: start with the moment that you saw him, because I

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Speaker 1: don't think you and I haven't talked about this.

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Speaker 2: We've talked about a lot of it.

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Speaker 1: So the moment we saw him, I think I was like, Hi, Hi.

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Speaker 1: It was funny because as soon as the nurses took

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Speaker 1: him out, they were like, he's got hair and he's

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Speaker 1: really cute, and we had had you know, it was

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Speaker 1: kind of crazy in the delivery room up until they

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Speaker 1: got him out. We can get into that. So I

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Speaker 1: wasn't even thinking, oh my gosh, does he have hair?

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Speaker 1: Is he cute? I was just like, is this guy okay,

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Speaker 1: what's happening? Hey? Another headline jets on hard knocks. I

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Speaker 1: know a quarterback that's gonna love that. By the way,

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Speaker 1: welcome to Aaron Andrews in Motherhood. We're talking about the

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Speaker 1: baby in the birth canalis like breaking news. Back to you,

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Speaker 1: Kevin and Greg Jesus, I love you, Okay, go back

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Speaker 1: to your baby. Okay. So yeah, just I was I

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Speaker 1: was like, hi, Like, it was just kind of like

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Speaker 1: they just like throw him in your arms and it's

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Speaker 1: all happening at once, and it's wild and it's crazy,

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Speaker 1: and like I remember even when we were getting ready

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Speaker 1: to take him outside back into our room, we put

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Speaker 1: him in this rollie thing and we're like, are we

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Speaker 1: allowed to take him like out like and they're like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: put him in this little rollie thing, which those are great.

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Speaker 1: By the way, we haven't even talked about that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: a newborn in a stroller. I got a lot to

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Speaker 1: teach you. Before it's your turn, Love, we're going to

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Speaker 1: talk about. Oh, I love that you just said to me.

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Speaker 1: I got a lot to teach you, okay. So you

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Speaker 1: I mean the actual like things that you see in

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Speaker 1: like our nursery is still a thing like oursen go

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Speaker 1: and one he didn't go into the nursery, he stayed

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Speaker 1: in our room overnight. All right, let's start in order

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Speaker 1: where are we'll start? I just wanted that moment that

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Speaker 1: you like see him because this has been a nine

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Speaker 1: rightfully so and can like make like funny little like

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Speaker 1: got the baby boy that you've always wanted in granted,

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Speaker 1: boy girl, whatever it was that I just can't imagine

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Speaker 1: how grateful and everything that you feel. But on the

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Speaker 1: other side of that, you know how difficult this has been.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, to start wherever you want to start, Let's go,

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Speaker 1: and let's go through because I know that there's a

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Speaker 1: lot of people that listen to this podcast that are

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Speaker 1: going through similar things or have one through similar things.

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Speaker 1: And a lot of our listeners have been so awesome

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Speaker 1: in terms of reaching out DM wise books for me

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Speaker 1: to read, you know, when I hadn't divulged that we

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Speaker 1: have been pretty candid on this podcast, which I have

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Speaker 1: appreciated just about my journey and the struggle. I did

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Speaker 1: nine years of IVF, Like you know, was trying really

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Speaker 1: really hard. You and I have talked about it about

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Speaker 1: trying to get eggs. I just couldn't produce eggs. Yes,

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Speaker 1: because sitting here we're gonna drive each other nuts. I'm gonna,

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00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:56,560
Speaker 1: you know, cause some sort of pain or whatever, like

429
00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:58,680
Speaker 1: to my heart. So I was like, all right, fine,

430
00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,560
Speaker 1: So we got a newberg. We went to Hollywood, and

431
00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:02,520
Speaker 1: we had a night.

432
00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:04,560
Speaker 2: Oh my god, we had a time.

433
00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:08,040
Speaker 1: In this particular case, Steve, my boyfriend, had been carrying

434
00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:11,760
Speaker 1: around this little dish with an egg, like.

435
00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:16,200
Speaker 2: A raw egg for how long at that point, like.

436
00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:20,040
Speaker 1: A month's a transfer. Yeah, So since the transfer, he

437
00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,840
Speaker 1: had been carrying around this egg and continued to carry

438
00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,600
Speaker 1: it around until we found out that it worked, and

439
00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:29,520
Speaker 1: then kept it in our refrigerator until we met Mac

440
00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:32,120
Speaker 1: because he's like just because we wanted to make sure

441
00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:34,840
Speaker 1: through the entire pregnancy, like it was like his.

442
00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,240
Speaker 2: I have so many pictures of Steve.

443
00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,240
Speaker 1: And random faces of the flat family things of like

444
00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,320
Speaker 1: you take the picture of like the random cut out,

445
00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:45,280
Speaker 1: like and we're in Asia, We're in this hiffel tower.

446
00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,879
Speaker 1: There was seven hundred photos in my phone with Steve

447
00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,919
Speaker 1: with the egg, just randomly around. But yeah, so he

448
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,920
Speaker 1: brought the egg that night and it was excellent. We

449
00:21:55,920 --> 00:22:00,440
Speaker 1: were wild, wild, and at one point I got way

450
00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,520
Speaker 1: to whatever with my hands and broke the egg and

451
00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,760
Speaker 1: you guys realized they broke out. It was just a

452
00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:09,160
Speaker 1: minor crack. There was a minor crack. But I was like, okay,

453
00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:13,200
Speaker 1: that's okay, that's okay. This doesn't mean anything. We're still good. Uh.

454
00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:15,000
Speaker 1: But yeah, we tried to get you through that night,

455
00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:17,560
Speaker 1: and then I had to leave on an early flight

456
00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:21,520
Speaker 1: the next day to go wherever I was going. So

457
00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,880
Speaker 1: then I was like, oh shit, like when we find

458
00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:25,320
Speaker 1: out this news, if I want to, like, I better

459
00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:27,119
Speaker 1: have Wi Fi on this plane, like okay.

460
00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,000
Speaker 2: So then the next day happened.

461
00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:33,639
Speaker 1: And I am I have to connect through somewhere, and

462
00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:35,919
Speaker 1: I remember being like, oh my god, I don't want

463
00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:37,520
Speaker 1: it because I don't also want to annoy you, like

464
00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:41,639
Speaker 1: I need what's happening, what's happening. But then I finally,

465
00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,760
Speaker 1: like my phone starts ringing and it's face time with

466
00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,480
Speaker 1: you and Kelly, and my plane's about to take off,

467
00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,159
Speaker 1: and you tell me on the plane that if it

468
00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:57,320
Speaker 1: weren't I crying, likerying and this. I have this coat

469
00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,879
Speaker 1: over my head and it's like because I'm trying to

470
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:02,640
Speaker 1: we're about to take off because they close the door

471
00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,440
Speaker 1: on the plane. Yeah, close the door. And so then

472
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,840
Speaker 1: you tell me it worked, and I spilled my coffee

473
00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:09,760
Speaker 1: all over it goes down. I'm like down the woman

474
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:11,520
Speaker 1: next to me, and they at this point the thing,

475
00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,000
Speaker 1: I'm just hammered. I'm about to get escorted off the

476
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,880
Speaker 1: plane because they think I've had way too many, which

477
00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,119
Speaker 1: has happened at the bar, but in this case, I

478
00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,840
Speaker 1: was like hysterically crying, like tears of joy, and it

479
00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,800
Speaker 1: was just we have like stupid pictures of the FaceTime

480
00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:26,480
Speaker 1: screen shots from that day, but.

481
00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,040
Speaker 2: Like, oh my god, like that feeling for.

482
00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,879
Speaker 1: You and remember hold on. Remember the flight attendant going, ma'am,

483
00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:35,040
Speaker 1: you need to turn off your phone and you put

484
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,000
Speaker 1: a blanket over you. You're like Kristen Wiggan Bridesmaids. You're like,

485
00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,800
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, my friend is pregnant. I'm so sorry, I'm

486
00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:44,159
Speaker 1: so sorry, and you're crying like you are so lucky

487
00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:48,040
Speaker 1: they didn't kick you off that plane. But once sound crazy.

488
00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:49,760
Speaker 2: Yeah no I didn't.

489
00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,600
Speaker 1: I look like a stone, but I didn't. I was

490
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,000
Speaker 1: like actually kick me off this plane. I dare you too,

491
00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:58,840
Speaker 1: because I'd love to finish this conversation. Oh my gosh,

492
00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:01,840
Speaker 1: it was so exciting. So then for you, so this

493
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,320
Speaker 1: journey and it clinate's in like the news that you've

494
00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:07,680
Speaker 1: been waiting, you know, the nine years your whole life

495
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,000
Speaker 1: here and like you and Jared having that moment, And

496
00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:13,520
Speaker 1: then for you, like, how did the pregnancy for your

497
00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:15,439
Speaker 1: startin it? Did it feel like it went by fast?

498
00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,239
Speaker 1: Or like, because how is that process for you? And

499
00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 1: how did it feel sort of being like, you know,

500
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,919
Speaker 1: just letting this and of course she's a member of

501
00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:28,640
Speaker 1: your family now, but like you know, somebody carry your

502
00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:32,520
Speaker 1: baby and that's sort of all the psychological stuff that

503
00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,120
Speaker 1: goes with that and thinking about it daily, I feel

504
00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,639
Speaker 1: like now looking back at it, it does seem like

505
00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:39,680
Speaker 1: it went by fast. I mean we were in the

506
00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:41,880
Speaker 1: middle of a football season. The first time we went

507
00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:45,600
Speaker 1: to go hear his heartbeat. I had conference calls and

508
00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,280
Speaker 1: zooms with the Packers and the Cowboys because they were

509
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:50,680
Speaker 1: playing that Sunday in America's Game of the Week. So

510
00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,600
Speaker 1: I remember we went to go listen to his heartbeat

511
00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,280
Speaker 1: and see it, and then I had to race out

512
00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,320
Speaker 1: of there, and Jared's like, let's go celebrate, and I'm like,

513
00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:00,439
Speaker 1: I have to get in the car. Zach Martinez calling me,

514
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,920
Speaker 1: I've got to do an interview with Zach Martin as

515
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,960
Speaker 1: my husband's at the bar, you know, having two Savean blancs,

516
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,080
Speaker 1: celebrating hearing our kids heartbeat, and then I'm like, hey,

517
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,080
Speaker 1: we got to make this quick because we have Aaron

518
00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,919
Speaker 1: Rodgers at three o'clock. He's like, can we toast our kid?

519
00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,560
Speaker 1: Like really? So, you know, it's like I was like

520
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,240
Speaker 1: trying to cram in a football season and then deal

521
00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,720
Speaker 1: with you know this, you know, pregnancy. But it did

522
00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,480
Speaker 1: seem fast, I think looking back at it now, she

523
00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:31,640
Speaker 1: was everything is everything that we and anyone could ever want.

524
00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:36,679
Speaker 1: A sarrogate, super calm, super chill, the opposite of real mama,

525
00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,919
Speaker 1: so positive, maybe the opposite of real mom. No, I'm kidding.

526
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,000
Speaker 1: She's a mom already. She has two kids of her own,

527
00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:47,400
Speaker 1: she has four kids total, but she also has her husband.

528
00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,080
Speaker 1: She is a great wife, she's a great friend. So

529
00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:54,040
Speaker 1: she's like everything we wanted in a sarrogate. And then

530
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:57,400
Speaker 1: that even like culminated in the delivery, like we'll get

531
00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,320
Speaker 1: to that. But she was such a freakin' baller that

532
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,520
Speaker 1: so she's amazing. She's everything I'm not in terms of

533
00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:08,920
Speaker 1: being calm, so chill. She knew she had done Sarahenacy before.

534
00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:11,879
Speaker 1: She's a mom. She just kind of really led us

535
00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:14,679
Speaker 1: through it, held our hand, which was incredible. Also a

536
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,399
Speaker 1: sports fan, here's a fun one. When I had my

537
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,879
Speaker 1: playoff games, she would turn the TV up so he

538
00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,240
Speaker 1: could hear my voice. No, they did the same thing

539
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,800
Speaker 1: for Jarrett when Jarrett was on TV so he could

540
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,640
Speaker 1: hear Jarrett. So yeah, they just got it and they

541
00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,680
Speaker 1: really just guided us through this whole thing. It was awesome.

542
00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,920
Speaker 1: That is so special because we talked about this. There

543
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:39,840
Speaker 1: are not enough words to describe the self angels. Yes,

544
00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,760
Speaker 1: I don't even and I would love I mean I

545
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,520
Speaker 1: know that of course, the anonymity and rightfully so whatever,

546
00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,159
Speaker 1: but like I just want to do like a whole

547
00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:54,000
Speaker 1: like conversation with like how and why and all the things,

548
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,399
Speaker 1: and obviously, you know, let's talk Darius on the podcast

549
00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,159
Speaker 1: one time. Let's bring her in. Yeah we should, we

550
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:03,000
Speaker 1: definitely should, but like, wow, what an incredible person to

551
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,760
Speaker 1: do that. I mean, that is like the ultimate act

552
00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,960
Speaker 1: so that's so and so thoughtful, like, oh, you know

553
00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,040
Speaker 1: because again we hear all the time like babies, and

554
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,600
Speaker 1: the woman can like hear music, and so for her.

555
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,119
Speaker 2: To turn up your voice, that's so sweet.

556
00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:18,600
Speaker 1: I know, sweet, she's the best. She was the best.

557
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:20,919
Speaker 1: And like you know, just to fast forward to delivery

558
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,160
Speaker 1: and all that stuff, that's where, you know, we had

559
00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:26,800
Speaker 1: a great relationship with them. We'd go meet them, we'd

560
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:28,960
Speaker 1: text them, we were on a family text chain with them,

561
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:33,320
Speaker 1: everything like that. But it wasn't until the delivery that

562
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,560
Speaker 1: it was like wow, I mean, she just I mean

563
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:40,719
Speaker 1: it just the relationship just moved to a whole different place.

564
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,800
Speaker 1: And we had a little bit of like kind of

565
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,320
Speaker 1: an emergency in the delivery room. Nothing major. She just

566
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,000
Speaker 1: dilated really really fast.

567
00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:49,639
Speaker 3: He dropped.

568
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:53,400
Speaker 1: They wanted to you know, kind of get his heartbeat

569
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,040
Speaker 1: like back chill, like they didn't lose his heartbeat, but

570
00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:57,960
Speaker 1: they wanted to get him ready for delivery. And that's

571
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,239
Speaker 1: stressful for the baby when they're going through the birth. Now,

572
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,320
Speaker 1: all the things we talked about it countless number of times,

573
00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:04,879
Speaker 1: am I going to be in there? Am I going

574
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:05,439
Speaker 1: to watch?

575
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:05,680
Speaker 3: What?

576
00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:07,879
Speaker 1: Am I going to do? I don't know, we have

577
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,760
Speaker 1: a good friend that just went through saragacy. He and

578
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,280
Speaker 1: his wife were so lovely to me to tell me

579
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,879
Speaker 1: what they did, and that really helped a lot. But

580
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:19,919
Speaker 1: once again, my sarrogate. She guided us through this with

581
00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 1: her husband as well, and we kind of walked in

582
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,720
Speaker 1: and they were working on getting the baby calmed down

583
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 1: before delivery. They also wanted to get her doctor in

584
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,640
Speaker 1: there in time because the doctor had left. Nobody thought

585
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:34,080
Speaker 1: she was going to give birth that quickly, and she

586
00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:36,840
Speaker 1: you know, everybody's kind of yelling, and I'm up against

587
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,560
Speaker 1: the wall and I'm like, oh God, what's happening? And

588
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 1: I said to Jarreed, should we be here? Should we

589
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:42,240
Speaker 1: be here? Should we be here? And He's like, we're fine,

590
00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,120
Speaker 1: We're fine. But I had my head facing the wall

591
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:46,640
Speaker 1: because I didn't want to be in the way of

592
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:48,760
Speaker 1: the doctors and the nurses and a lot was happening.

593
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,240
Speaker 1: They were trying to stabilize a lot of things, and

594
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,000
Speaker 1: Jarrett was seeing a lot of stuff. So then all

595
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,400
Speaker 1: of a sudden, a nurse grabbed me and said, she

596
00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 1: wants to hold your hand. She wants to hold your hand,

597
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:01,200
Speaker 1: Like I don't want to get in the way and

598
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,720
Speaker 1: she's like, go be with her, so they grab me.

599
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:08,160
Speaker 1: I walk around and I just clap her hair. It's

600
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,480
Speaker 1: the most unbelievable thing. And then I'm like, Jared Jarreed,

601
00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:14,040
Speaker 1: come be with me. She grabs my hand Chrissa and

602
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 1: this woman like like she's giving birth. I look at her,

603
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:21,400
Speaker 1: she's her main tier just coming down her eye one tier.

604
00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:26,920
Speaker 1: She's like just an angel a machine, just crushing. And

605
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 1: at that moment, Jarrett and I turned into like the

606
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,840
Speaker 1: biggest sports fan and we're like, come on, you can

607
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 1: do it, like you got this girl. And I think

608
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,840
Speaker 1: I've showed you this picture. I think Jarrett hasn't. And

609
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:39,960
Speaker 1: this is where I'm so proud of my husband and

610
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,840
Speaker 1: I'm just like really following his lead in this is

611
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 1: that he we have this picture and he can't wait

612
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 1: to show everybody. It's the perfect picture of what Sarah

613
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:51,280
Speaker 1: Gacy should be. I'm kissing my girl on the head

614
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,120
Speaker 1: and Jarrett is just holding the nurse as she's like

615
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,040
Speaker 1: cleaning up Mac and he's like, you know, he looks

616
00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,120
Speaker 1: like he wont another cup, and it's like that is

617
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:03,000
Speaker 1: the perfect picture of sarrogacy, and he just like, you know,

618
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,440
Speaker 1: they gave us Mac, and we was like, oh my gosh, okay,

619
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 1: and it was just so crazy. But then Jarrett could

620
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,960
Speaker 1: not wait to give him to our girl, to just

621
00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:14,360
Speaker 1: be like, look what you did. It was amazing.

622
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:15,960
Speaker 2: That says everything about me.

623
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:18,960
Speaker 1: If you have a fantastic experience, that's what you feel like,

624
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,280
Speaker 1: that's what you feel like because you're just like you

625
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,480
Speaker 1: knew that, yeah, this person's giving a birth, but this

626
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 1: person is giving birth to your kid and they are

627
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:29,840
Speaker 1: like rock stars doing it. Jarrett couldn't wait, and he

628
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:32,280
Speaker 1: has this picture, like he shows it to everyone. I

629
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,200
Speaker 1: know he probably showed it to you and Steve, but

630
00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:35,960
Speaker 1: like he's like, look at this picture. This is the

631
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,440
Speaker 1: first time she saw him. Like it's so sweet. And

632
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:42,800
Speaker 1: then we we had a moment when we said goodbye

633
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:45,400
Speaker 1: to her in the hospital the next day and she

634
00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:47,320
Speaker 1: came in to say goodbye and all her family was

635
00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:49,440
Speaker 1: with her and that was really emotional and like she

636
00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,320
Speaker 1: said bye to Mac and Jarret closed the door and

637
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:53,960
Speaker 1: he walked back into the hospital room and he was

638
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,160
Speaker 1: just crying and I was like, what's happening and he goes,

639
00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:58,920
Speaker 1: that's it, Like it's just she did so much and

640
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,000
Speaker 1: that's it, Like that's not She's a part of our

641
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:04,960
Speaker 1: family forever, Like, that's not it. But yeah, it's really cool.

642
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,240
Speaker 1: That whole thing is like another level. I remember you

643
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:12,080
Speaker 1: just said that, you know, you know who you're talking

644
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:16,240
Speaker 1: about who helped you sort of from that outside perspective

645
00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:19,080
Speaker 1: of what to expect. So if you could give anybody advice,

646
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 1: I know it's so brush because baby bears like brand new,

647
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:27,400
Speaker 1: what advice do you have or mothers that are on

648
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:29,800
Speaker 1: the other side of you know, waiting for their surrogate,

649
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:32,040
Speaker 1: or just sort of like what kind of wisdom can

650
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,480
Speaker 1: you now bestow upon someone that might be listening that's

651
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 1: like hasn't had their baby yet or is thinking about

652
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:40,800
Speaker 1: this sort of your big takeaways on the chapters of

653
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 1: surrogacy and sort of what you've learned throughout this like

654
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:46,720
Speaker 1: incredible process. It's a lot, It's so much to take

655
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 1: in mentally, and I would recommend being with a great

656
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 1: group that like our Family match Consulting are our woman

657
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 1: Stephanie who matched this with the sarrogates. No text was

658
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,320
Speaker 1: too late or too early in the morning, No text

659
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:06,960
Speaker 1: was stupid, no question was ever you know dumb or

660
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:10,080
Speaker 1: you know, I know that's redundant, but she just she

661
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 1: literally held our hand through it. She also got to

662
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 1: know us, so she knew who to place us with,

663
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,640
Speaker 1: who to match us with, and that was really helpful,

664
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,320
Speaker 1: especially when you know you even get like what you're

665
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 1: packing when you're going to the hospital, like I don't

666
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,600
Speaker 1: know what I'm bringing, you know, like all those things.

667
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:29,040
Speaker 1: So I would say that was the number one thing

668
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 1: for us family match consulting. This is not an ad.

669
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 1: I can't hype her up enough. You need someone that

670
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:38,920
Speaker 1: you really trust because it is a whole new territory

671
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:40,960
Speaker 1: we had never been a part of before. You have

672
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:42,800
Speaker 1: a ton of questions. You have people in your life

673
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,440
Speaker 1: asking you questions, so you want to get those answered.

674
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 1: And that was big. And another thing you know, Stephanie

675
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:54,560
Speaker 1: really guided us on is the fin The financial burden

676
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:57,400
Speaker 1: of this whole thing is incredible. It costs a lot

677
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 1: of money to do this, and it really got me

678
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 1: of thinking, and I know I talked to you a

679
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:05,680
Speaker 1: lot about it is that it is for me. I

680
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:08,520
Speaker 1: did this because I was not able to carry a baby.

681
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 1: That was just not our option. It wasn't a luxury thing.

682
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 1: It's not because I didn't want to be pregnant on

683
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:14,959
Speaker 1: the sidelines. I would have loved to have been pregnant

684
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 1: on the sidelines. I think the guys would have gotten

685
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 1: a kick out of it.

686
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:19,080
Speaker 2: I'll tell you one of those guys, and I'm gonna

687
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,240
Speaker 2: remind you because he I'll tell you. I'll tell you

688
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 2: after it.

689
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:26,760
Speaker 1: But okay, who So I told Travis Kelsey when I

690
00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,640
Speaker 1: saw him at the charity event that you know these

691
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,400
Speaker 1: and I hope you don't care, but he's sending me

692
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 1: a little care, I know.

693
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:36,760
Speaker 2: But like I told him because he said.

694
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 1: About be a badass like baby Louis Vauton like thing.

695
00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:45,680
Speaker 1: But he was so excited. It was the same reaction

696
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 1: that Terry Bradshaw gave when you showed Terry the ultrasound

697
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,760
Speaker 1: the picture when we were in Las Vegas and the

698
00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:55,680
Speaker 1: guy's face, and I like, that's why, Like I just

699
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 1: I'm so excited, like for so many reasons. But yeah,

700
00:33:58,560 --> 00:33:59,600
Speaker 1: so Travis.

701
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,120
Speaker 2: Like, oh my god, that's fun.

702
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:04,680
Speaker 1: Like just so excited for you because you have you

703
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:07,640
Speaker 1: are the sister to so many of these guys, you know,

704
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:09,560
Speaker 1: and like they're the big brothers and now like Mac

705
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:12,960
Speaker 1: has so many big brothers, so it's really really special.

706
00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 1: I think that's the part that's tearing me up because

707
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 1: I like, I've talked about all this stuff, but like

708
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:19,640
Speaker 1: I haven't talked to the boys. Yeah, you know. And

709
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:21,840
Speaker 1: like Brian Davill texted me the other day and he

710
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 1: read it and he's like, I'm so happy, and it

711
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 1: was just like those boys know you like right that, Yeah, yeah, yeah,

712
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:30,719
Speaker 1: you're the I mean the journey and the hours, and

713
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:34,359
Speaker 1: you have spent so much of your life not being

714
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:37,040
Speaker 1: able to start your own family or or starting it

715
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:40,120
Speaker 1: later in your life because your life has been your

716
00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:43,080
Speaker 1: professional career. Yeah, but that has been your family, right,

717
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 1: And I feel the same way. I sit here and

718
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:47,359
Speaker 1: yeah I don't have kids, and like so many those

719
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,480
Speaker 1: are that's our family. That's our family exactly. So it's

720
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:54,000
Speaker 1: just like becomes this extended group that just is so

721
00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:57,400
Speaker 1: excited for you. And I know that what you want

722
00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:59,439
Speaker 1: is other people to be able to have the same

723
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,560
Speaker 1: opportunity that you know you have had. And you just

724
00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 1: mentioned that there is a huge financial burden, So I

725
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:08,640
Speaker 1: think it's really special you spoke about it on the

726
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 1: Today's Show and the platform there, and I know that

727
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 1: it's really important for you to be vocal about this process.

728
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,120
Speaker 1: So what do you want people to know that maybe

729
00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:20,600
Speaker 1: didn't get a chance to hear what you said earlier. No,

730
00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 1: we're going to wrap up this never ending podcast after this.

731
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:26,360
Speaker 1: I do want to talk about this one point quickly,

732
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,879
Speaker 1: and I have two funny athlete stories about this whole thing.

733
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:30,719
Speaker 1: I do want to talk about the financial burden. That's

734
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:32,560
Speaker 1: one thing I learned a lot through this whole thing

735
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:35,799
Speaker 1: is that you know a lot of people do this,

736
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:37,920
Speaker 1: yes for a luxury purpose, but a lot of them

737
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 1: do it because it's their only way that they're going

738
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:41,960
Speaker 1: to have a baby. And I just every time we

739
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 1: would talk to Stephanie or write a check, I just thought,

740
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:48,840
Speaker 1: oh my god, think of people in the LBGTQ community

741
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,120
Speaker 1: think that this is their way to have a baby

742
00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:53,880
Speaker 1: for you know men, a lot of obviously. And then

743
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,359
Speaker 1: think about people who went through cancer like I did,

744
00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,480
Speaker 1: spend all their money on these medical bills, and now

745
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:01,840
Speaker 1: if they want to have a kid and this is

746
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:03,279
Speaker 1: the only way to do it, they've got to pay

747
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 1: for IVF and surrogacy. It's just a lot of it.

748
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:10,080
Speaker 1: I think we need to rethink the way we talk

749
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:13,280
Speaker 1: about it. We need to make it comfortable in conversations,

750
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,040
Speaker 1: and then I feel like it's going to be easier

751
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 1: for people to realize people need financial help for this.

752
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 1: So Stephanie, who I've talked about a lot, I noticed

753
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:24,160
Speaker 1: that she would align herself with this group called Baby

754
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:28,319
Speaker 1: Quest Foundation, and she actually helped a woman go through

755
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:32,880
Speaker 1: sarrogacy and she helped get it financed. And Baby Quest Foundation,

756
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 1: I want to say it right, they actually are on

757
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,760
Speaker 1: a mission to make parenthood happen for those who cannot

758
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 1: afford the high cost of IVF, sarrogacy, egg and sperm donation,

759
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:45,840
Speaker 1: egg freezing, embryo donation. They're focused on helping couples or

760
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,920
Speaker 1: singles in this journey, especially those who are cancer survivors,

761
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:53,160
Speaker 1: military personnel, regardless of genitor and sexuality. They've given out

762
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,600
Speaker 1: twenty grants to help people get their babies. And this

763
00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:00,040
Speaker 1: is just something that I'm really, really really excited I

764
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:03,160
Speaker 1: did about aligning myself with I just I feel like

765
00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:05,000
Speaker 1: we have a purpose. I feel like we have a

766
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:07,800
Speaker 1: voice for all this, and I'm really really looking forward

767
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 1: to it so more to come on all of that.

768
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,799
Speaker 1: I think that's so special because it is it's not

769
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,680
Speaker 1: something that you should be you know you should feel like, oh,

770
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 1: I can't do it because of financial reasons. So knowing

771
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:21,719
Speaker 1: that there's options, I think that's really special to pay

772
00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:23,880
Speaker 1: it forward because that is the ultimate thing, is that

773
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:26,400
Speaker 1: you have the ultimate gift now and you've had a

774
00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:27,879
Speaker 1: lot of people that have helped you along the way,

775
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:29,880
Speaker 1: but that all want to help others. I know you're

776
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 1: quick to deflect, yeah, attention, but it also starts with

777
00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 1: you and Jared, and that you know that that athlete

778
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,279
Speaker 1: mindset that you guys both have, like you don't give up,

779
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:40,680
Speaker 1: and you didn't give up, and now you have a

780
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 1: baby boy. So I have to ask the question of like,

781
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,560
Speaker 1: what has been the best part about being a mother,

782
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:48,680
Speaker 1: albeit your short tenure, what has been like the greatest thing,

783
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:49,280
Speaker 1: Like what has.

784
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:51,840
Speaker 2: Surprised you the most good and bad?

785
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 1: Like changing diapers or like like give me the good,

786
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,879
Speaker 1: the best, the biggest surprise, good and bad. Just kind

787
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:02,840
Speaker 1: of studying his face, watching my husband with him, Jared

788
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,680
Speaker 1: is always like I'm your dad to Jared, really hot,

789
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:10,040
Speaker 1: I'm your dad. I'm your dad. And then because we're

790
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,560
Speaker 1: both super competitive, not so much with each other, but

791
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,000
Speaker 1: just in life, it's like all change the diaper, I

792
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,600
Speaker 1: want to try this because we both want to nail it, Yeah,

793
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:22,040
Speaker 1: to be better than each other. I'm setting a tested this.

794
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:23,680
Speaker 1: I'm sitting on your couch because I was like, I

795
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:26,279
Speaker 1: need to see him immediately, like the second like I

796
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:29,000
Speaker 1: got over there, he needed deciper change, and you guys

797
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,759
Speaker 1: were like, So it's really sweet to watch you guys

798
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 1: as a team where it's like, oh no, you can

799
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 1: hope if you do it. Like, it's just really special

800
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 1: to see your relationship now with Jared in a completely

801
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:42,520
Speaker 1: different way and seeing you hold a baby like is

802
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 1: my like magic, I'm so happy for you. Let's switch

803
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:57,759
Speaker 1: gears here a little bit and feature one of our

804
00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:00,480
Speaker 1: favorite guests. This may or may not have been one

805
00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:03,400
Speaker 1: of my favorite podcasts we've done so far with Greg Olsen.

806
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 1: This interview was so much fun. My face hurts so

807
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 1: much from laughing the whole time. He tells us he

808
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 1: refuses to accept anything from flight to tendis no matter

809
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:15,440
Speaker 1: how long the flight is, which is crazy. See no water,

810
00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:20,759
Speaker 1: no snacks, no nothing, what's that about? He also knows

811
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:23,840
Speaker 1: this guy. He also explained to us what a whisper

812
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:28,279
Speaker 1: fight is and has a great impersonation of Ea. He's

813
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:31,000
Speaker 1: an absolute time. Here's part of our interview with three

814
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:37,759
Speaker 1: time pro bowler NFL on Fox analysts Greg Olsen. So

815
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:39,920
Speaker 1: there was an article out last week, Greg, we go

816
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:42,480
Speaker 1: for the hard hitting news about wearing socks to bed.

817
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:44,640
Speaker 1: I think I talked to you a little bit about this.

818
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:47,399
Speaker 1: Just are you a person that wears you socks to bed?

819
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:50,480
Speaker 1: Because apparently it's as bad as sleeping in a toilet.

820
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:53,560
Speaker 1: There's like cockroach feces on it, There's like all the

821
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:56,200
Speaker 1: disgusting dirt, and then people are actually putting that in

822
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 1: your bed. Thoughts on wearing socks to bed? Yes or no?

823
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:00,800
Speaker 3: One hundreds percent?

824
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:03,680
Speaker 1: No? Did you do it? Well, you're a very sweaty person,

825
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 1: so you probably can't.

826
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 3: Like I'm showering, I'm yeah, my daily activity. Whatever I

827
00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:12,640
Speaker 3: wear throughout the course of any part of my day,

828
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:15,759
Speaker 3: there is going to be a buffer, which is a

829
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:20,000
Speaker 3: shower prior to me getting underneath the covers. There is

830
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:23,280
Speaker 3: no like go in raw dog with what I'm wearing

831
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:26,040
Speaker 3: all day and getting into bed like that's not happening.

832
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:28,640
Speaker 3: There's a shower, there's a fresh pair of pants, a

833
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:31,520
Speaker 3: fresh pair of shorts, whatever it is before I get

834
00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 3: pull those sheets down and get under the covers. There's

835
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:37,280
Speaker 3: nothing on my body that was worn for one minute

836
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:39,680
Speaker 3: during the day when I get in bed.

837
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 1: Except for when you came on the road with that

838
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:43,520
Speaker 1: outfit that you wore for twos drinking.

839
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:47,239
Speaker 3: No, I'll wear it during the day. I just won't

840
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:49,480
Speaker 3: get in bed with it. So full disclosure on that

841
00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:51,359
Speaker 3: on that story, because I know that made the Calm

842
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:55,719
Speaker 3: Downd podcast weeks ago. I have a So here's what

843
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:58,239
Speaker 3: I pack, and my and my wonderful wife, she's the

844
00:40:58,239 --> 00:41:00,719
Speaker 3: one who actually passes for me. So I'm like that

845
00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:03,000
Speaker 3: guy who doesn't pack his own ship. Like when I

846
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:05,319
Speaker 3: when I open my suit the morning of the game,

847
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:06,920
Speaker 3: I have no idea what it's look I have no

848
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:09,200
Speaker 3: idea what it looks like. I don't have a clue

849
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:11,480
Speaker 3: with anything in my dad mats. I wear.

850
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,919
Speaker 1: Matt Lauren look. And don't blame Lauren, sho's busy dealing

851
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,920
Speaker 1: with the twelve kids. Come on, Matt, be better. Okay,

852
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:25,239
Speaker 1: next anyway, we'll save that.

853
00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:30,600
Speaker 3: We'll save that for episode sixty six. So I show

854
00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:32,360
Speaker 3: up in like a casual. I show up in like

855
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:35,279
Speaker 3: a casual. Offit when I fly in and then I

856
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 3: bring an outfit for dinner, and then I typically fly home.

857
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:41,000
Speaker 3: If I have a chance to change after the game,

858
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:43,400
Speaker 3: I'll just put on what I flew home. And so

859
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 3: I only bring the outfit I wear, and then I

860
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:48,440
Speaker 3: have to pack an outfit for dinner and a suit

861
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:50,839
Speaker 3: and then like all my toiletrue shit, It's like that's

862
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:53,680
Speaker 3: all I bring. I'm a minimalist. I don't bring any

863
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:55,920
Speaker 3: extra shoes. I wear one pair of shoes. I wear

864
00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:59,279
Speaker 3: them the whole weekend. I'm a minimalist. That night we

865
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:03,279
Speaker 3: went to dinner and it was in the hotel and

866
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 3: everyone was kind of casual, so I was like, I

867
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:07,440
Speaker 3: don't need to put on like jeans or like long

868
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:09,319
Speaker 3: pants and a collar shirt. And I was like, I'm

869
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:12,480
Speaker 3: just gonna wear what I have on the problem is

870
00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 3: that was only intended to fly in. Then I was

871
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:19,080
Speaker 3: supposed to see everybody for dinner in a different outfit

872
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:21,480
Speaker 3: and then fly home in that outfit from the day

873
00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:25,600
Speaker 3: before and not see anyone. So my issue was it

874
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:28,279
Speaker 3: was a night it was a night game, so we

875
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:30,839
Speaker 3: had like a morning production meeting. So I showed up,

876
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:35,239
Speaker 3: said hide, everyone came to dinner, same outfit. That's my

877
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:38,120
Speaker 3: next day casual outfit. I'm just not supposed to wear

878
00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:41,160
Speaker 3: it to dinner. So I literally saw them at four

879
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:45,920
Speaker 3: pm and until like noon the next day, every time

880
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:50,319
Speaker 3: anyone saw me, I was exact outfit. Amazing. I had

881
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:53,080
Speaker 3: toothprast and I had toothpaste on my pants. That's that.

882
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:54,240
Speaker 3: It was great.

883
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,120
Speaker 1: Sure you did so, it was.

884
00:42:56,560 --> 00:43:01,160
Speaker 3: It was. It wasn't It wasn't great. So that's so

885
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 3: that's that story. That's why I had on the same clothes.

886
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:06,399
Speaker 3: But long story short, No, I'm not getting in bed

887
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:08,879
Speaker 3: with anything that I wear throughout the course of the day,

888
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:13,640
Speaker 3: starting fresh, shower, clean clothes, bed start the next morning.

889
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:15,560
Speaker 1: Okay, So to give you a little context again on

890
00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:17,440
Speaker 1: all these these are just questions that like Aaron and

891
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:19,560
Speaker 1: I go through. But we love a guy's perspective, so

892
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 1: I won't even ask you the under we're inside out

893
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,000
Speaker 1: because that's we don't even need that for this one. Okay,

894
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:27,640
Speaker 1: judging strangers and knowing their backstory without talking to them.

895
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:29,879
Speaker 1: So Aaron and I have this thing. You know Erin

896
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,040
Speaker 1: very well now is having spent the last year and

897
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:34,040
Speaker 1: a half with her on the road. I will sit

898
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:36,120
Speaker 1: down at a restaurant, I will see a couple or

899
00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:39,279
Speaker 1: friends or a group of people I have diagnosed. Like,

900
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:41,800
Speaker 1: the diagnostics is crazy. I'm like, I've given them jobs,

901
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:44,719
Speaker 1: I've given them. I know what the drama. Yeah, like

902
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:46,759
Speaker 1: I know what they're fighting about. I know that there's

903
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:50,120
Speaker 1: like drama in their marriage. Are you good? I feel

904
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:51,560
Speaker 1: like you would they I already know the answer to this.

905
00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:54,960
Speaker 1: Are you good about assessing the city? Yeah?

906
00:43:55,239 --> 00:44:00,000
Speaker 3: Okay, absolutely, right, absolutely? I know if it's their first day,

907
00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:03,440
Speaker 3: their last date, if they've been going together for a

908
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:06,719
Speaker 3: long time. Shit's good at home? Shit's not good at home?

909
00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:10,239
Speaker 3: Is this a makeup date because the husband forgot her birthday? Yeah?

910
00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:12,600
Speaker 3: I gotta, I gotta. And again, if you asked me,

911
00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:15,160
Speaker 3: I've got nailed. Obviously, I can never confirm any of

912
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:16,840
Speaker 3: my preconceived notions.

913
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:19,680
Speaker 1: We should actually do that. We should all go out.

914
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:22,160
Speaker 1: We should diagnose someone in the restaurant and then go

915
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:24,759
Speaker 1: up to them and see if what we think is

916
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:28,240
Speaker 1: actually happening. It's only fun if we're all together though.

917
00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:29,800
Speaker 3: We think they're on their first date, they've been married

918
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:31,000
Speaker 3: for thirty five years.

919
00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:33,920
Speaker 1: Let's find out. Let's see how good we are at

920
00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:35,279
Speaker 1: this game. I'm into do it?

921
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:38,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, fair enough. That's a good exercise for sure.

922
00:44:38,239 --> 00:44:40,680
Speaker 1: Okay, our next one, Chris I had a mishap where

923
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:44,440
Speaker 1: she lets Steve, her boyfriend, handle the details of a

924
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:48,000
Speaker 1: friend's wedding that they went to this past summer. She

925
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:50,600
Speaker 1: didn't get all the details. She ended up thinking that

926
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:53,080
Speaker 1: she looked like one of the band members that was

927
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:56,719
Speaker 1: performing at the wedding. Is it your responsibility to properly

928
00:44:56,800 --> 00:44:59,920
Speaker 1: inform your wife of the dress code or her responsib

929
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,000
Speaker 1: ability to find.

930
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:06,920
Speaker 3: Out that's her responsibility. Yeah, there's there's not a lot

931
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:09,280
Speaker 3: of And listen, I'm just speaking from my own perspective

932
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:13,400
Speaker 3: in my own marriage, there's zero logistics being done by me. Yeah,

933
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:16,640
Speaker 3: I know that I'm not and Aaron knows this. I

934
00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:18,520
Speaker 3: don't know what hotel we're at. I don't know what

935
00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:21,400
Speaker 3: time we're leaving for the game. I don't know. I

936
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:25,520
Speaker 3: don't know who's playing Adam, Yeah, exactly. I find out

937
00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:27,840
Speaker 3: who the teams are the next the morn, the night before.

938
00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:33,759
Speaker 3: I'm not a real heavy detail guy. So in my again,

939
00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:37,280
Speaker 3: in my family, in my relationship, my marriage, my wife

940
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:40,719
Speaker 3: is what time we're leaving, what's the expectation of the

941
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:42,799
Speaker 3: dress code, Who's going to be there, What is the

942
00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:45,719
Speaker 3: event for? Who are we going to see? What time

943
00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:48,520
Speaker 3: we're leaving, how are we getting there? Who has the tickets?

944
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:52,759
Speaker 1: I'm doing nothing, Okay, I'm exactly the same way. Erin

945
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:54,400
Speaker 1: will text me and be like what hotel you out

946
00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:56,879
Speaker 1: this week or what? I don't know. I'm on my way.

947
00:45:57,080 --> 00:46:00,000
Speaker 1: I'm literally in the car from the airport. I don't know.

948
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:06,240
Speaker 3: I whatever takes me where the drivers front that hotel

949
00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:07,680
Speaker 3: sounds great.

950
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:08,840
Speaker 1: And the best is gonna make me give you the address.

951
00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:10,479
Speaker 1: You're like, all right, we're going to one two three

952
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:13,360
Speaker 1: Orange Avenue. My great, Yeah, and that's where you're taking me.

953
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:14,760
Speaker 1: That sounds great.

954
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:17,320
Speaker 3: The driver could be taking me to an abandoned warehouse

955
00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:21,320
Speaker 3: Detroit to murder me. And I'm like, that sounds great.

956
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:23,440
Speaker 3: I'm looking forward to it. How far are we?

957
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:26,240
Speaker 1: I always say that how far away? And I brought

958
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:29,239
Speaker 1: one pair of shoes and one sweatshirt.

959
00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:32,520
Speaker 3: And I have one outfit, so you better not change

960
00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:33,239
Speaker 3: the venue on me.

961
00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:37,839
Speaker 1: Well, the backstory, though, is it was Steve's friend like

962
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:40,560
Speaker 1: that was getting married, Like these were new friends to me.

963
00:46:40,719 --> 00:46:43,680
Speaker 1: It's his side of the aisle that was getting married.

964
00:46:43,719 --> 00:46:45,560
Speaker 1: And so I'm like, hey, what are we wearing? He's like, oh,

965
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:49,320
Speaker 1: something casuals. It's a western theme wedding. I walked downstairs

966
00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:52,120
Speaker 1: looking like fucking Montgomery Gentry's backup singer.

967
00:46:52,239 --> 00:46:55,440
Speaker 3: You didn't and you look you look like from Yellowstone

968
00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:56,000
Speaker 3: I did.

969
00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:59,360
Speaker 1: I thought, is this Halloween trick or treat? And everyone

970
00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:02,440
Speaker 1: else is in full length like like gowns, like it

971
00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 1: was a formal wedding. I was like, I literally had Greg.

972
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:07,600
Speaker 1: I had a hat on like you have on right now.

973
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:10,239
Speaker 1: And I looked at Kelly Steffy and I goes, do

974
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:11,839
Speaker 1: you think it will help if I take the hat off?

975
00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:13,440
Speaker 1: She goes, yeah, take the hat off, and I'm like, well,

976
00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:16,319
Speaker 1: I can't because the extensions haven't been washed in four days.

977
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:18,040
Speaker 1: I said, fuck it, I'm just leaving this outfit on.

978
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:20,040
Speaker 1: At one point I thought they were going to look

979
00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:22,080
Speaker 1: at me for the entertainment. Halfway through the wedding to

980
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:29,160
Speaker 1: Saint whose bed had these fuck that looks like indible asshole. Okay, wait, Greg,

981
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:31,520
Speaker 1: did you have a story? I thought you had something.

982
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:34,200
Speaker 3: It doesn't involve me, but every time I think about

983
00:47:34,239 --> 00:47:38,319
Speaker 3: showing up to a wedding, ill prepared. I have a

984
00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:41,440
Speaker 3: buddy through my brother through my older brother that had

985
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:46,640
Speaker 3: a buddy that went to a wedding in India. He's

986
00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:49,239
Speaker 3: like a white guy. Like, he's a white guy, you know,

987
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:51,480
Speaker 3: and he showed up to a wedding in India. So

988
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:53,799
Speaker 3: he's like, I want to be respectful of their traditions. Yeah,

989
00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:59,960
Speaker 3: so he goes out and he buys traditional Indian formal apparel.

990
00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:04,760
Speaker 3: Oh no, he shows up to a wedding in India

991
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:09,680
Speaker 3: the only fucking person dressed in traditional Indian garb. Every

992
00:48:09,719 --> 00:48:13,200
Speaker 3: other male there is in like a suit. He goes.

993
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:16,719
Speaker 3: I walk in and I'm this, I'm the only white

994
00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:19,560
Speaker 3: guy in the whole fucking place. I'm dressed like I'm

995
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:22,560
Speaker 3: in a fucking movie, and all these people are looking

996
00:48:22,560 --> 00:48:26,280
Speaker 3: at me like this stupid American is like mocking our culture.

997
00:48:26,640 --> 00:48:28,520
Speaker 3: And he's like, little did I know, I'm trying to

998
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:31,480
Speaker 3: be respectful. So every time I think about people ill

999
00:48:31,520 --> 00:48:34,279
Speaker 3: prepared for weddings, I think of that story and it

1000
00:48:34,320 --> 00:48:36,000
Speaker 3: makes me die. Yeah.

1001
00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:38,160
Speaker 1: So there was not, Uh, there wasn't an issue of

1002
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:42,240
Speaker 1: disrespecting culture. It was disrespecting theme. In this particular case,

1003
00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:44,600
Speaker 1: we went formal and I went western.

1004
00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:45,920
Speaker 3: It was the theme of the wedding.

1005
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:49,720
Speaker 1: It was in. It was in and so it was like, hey, Western,

1006
00:48:49,840 --> 00:48:52,320
Speaker 1: but that apparently was the night before and the actual

1007
00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:55,720
Speaker 1: wedding was black tie. So standing next to Troy Aikman

1008
00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:58,480
Speaker 1: in a fucking talk So I'm like, hey, want my autograph?

1009
00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:00,880
Speaker 1: I'm a Shanaia toy an impersonator.

1010
00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:03,040
Speaker 3: Not so.

1011
00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:05,640
Speaker 1: And this is what makes it worse Steve doubles down

1012
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:08,360
Speaker 1: is he's in a tux and he goes which should

1013
00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:10,440
Speaker 1: have been my first clue when as he's putting the

1014
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:12,600
Speaker 1: tucks on, I'm like, hey, where's your bolo tie? Like

1015
00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:14,880
Speaker 1: I thought this was a thin well that.

1016
00:49:14,640 --> 00:49:16,479
Speaker 3: That was gonna be my question, like, at what point

1017
00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:18,279
Speaker 3: did you it? Was? It just the women were going

1018
00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:20,360
Speaker 3: to go western and like the men were going to

1019
00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:21,520
Speaker 3: traditional faster.

1020
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:25,480
Speaker 1: She's you, she's not good with those details. You know what, Greg,

1021
00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:27,080
Speaker 1: we show up and we're the entertainment.

1022
00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:31,040
Speaker 3: Apparently, listen what my role in the entire event is

1023
00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:31,799
Speaker 3: once I get there?

1024
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:34,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly? Okay. On a flight, do you chat with

1025
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:37,800
Speaker 1: your seat neighbor or sit in silence and keep to yourself?

1026
00:49:37,880 --> 00:49:39,399
Speaker 1: What is your etiquette on flight?

1027
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:43,680
Speaker 3: I'm overly nice when I sit down, Like because I'm

1028
00:49:43,719 --> 00:49:44,520
Speaker 3: a window guy.

1029
00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:46,239
Speaker 1: I feel like you have a lot happening when you

1030
00:49:46,239 --> 00:49:49,279
Speaker 1: sit down to like there's a lot happening. I know

1031
00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:53,840
Speaker 1: there's a lot happening. Fuck, you're sweating, you got ship everywhere.

1032
00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:56,799
Speaker 1: You're calling Karen. The kids say, I feel like there's

1033
00:49:56,880 --> 00:49:59,400
Speaker 1: a lot the window.

1034
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:01,040
Speaker 3: I love sitting the window because I don't want to

1035
00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:02,920
Speaker 3: have to sit in the aisle because A my leg

1036
00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:05,200
Speaker 3: gets bumped, and B I don't want to get up

1037
00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:06,799
Speaker 3: at the person in the other seat has to go

1038
00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:10,640
Speaker 3: to the bathroom. So I but I'm always late getting

1039
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:13,200
Speaker 3: on the plane. So I'm always the second person in

1040
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:15,840
Speaker 3: my little two seat, you know, a little pairing to

1041
00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:18,120
Speaker 3: get in their seat, so the person has to get

1042
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:21,080
Speaker 3: up and let me in and whatnot. I always say hello,

1043
00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:23,400
Speaker 3: I always you know, I hope you having a good day.

1044
00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:25,120
Speaker 3: Blah blah blah blah blah blah. I get that all

1045
00:50:25,160 --> 00:50:28,000
Speaker 3: out of the way, and then it's like headphones on

1046
00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:32,359
Speaker 3: and against the window. I'm done, and I'm if I'm

1047
00:50:32,360 --> 00:50:36,800
Speaker 3: not falling asleep, I'm pretending I'm asleep. I don't drink,

1048
00:50:36,920 --> 00:50:40,040
Speaker 3: I don't eat, I don't accept anything from the flight attendants.

1049
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:43,480
Speaker 3: I'm I'm in the corner. I hold my pee for

1050
00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:46,719
Speaker 3: twelve hours. I'm not getting up to go to the bathroom.

1051
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:49,680
Speaker 3: I'm not getting a drink, I'm not getting food. I'm

1052
00:50:49,680 --> 00:50:52,040
Speaker 3: sitting in my corner and when the wheels hit the ground,

1053
00:50:52,840 --> 00:50:54,760
Speaker 3: I reappear to the rest of the world.

1054
00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:56,120
Speaker 1: Why don't you have water?

1055
00:50:56,840 --> 00:50:58,680
Speaker 3: I get my own, like bottled water. Like I'll get

1056
00:50:58,680 --> 00:51:00,560
Speaker 3: a snack at like the noose place, you know, and

1057
00:51:00,600 --> 00:51:02,600
Speaker 3: I'll get like, you know, I'll get a snack and

1058
00:51:02,400 --> 00:51:05,080
Speaker 3: an M and M and a bottled water. But I

1059
00:51:05,120 --> 00:51:07,560
Speaker 3: like never accept anything from the flight attendant. I don't

1060
00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:09,640
Speaker 3: know why. It could be a twelve hour flight or

1061
00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:12,640
Speaker 3: a forty five minute flight. Once I sit down, I'm

1062
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:14,480
Speaker 3: on my own. I'm on my own deal.

1063
00:51:14,520 --> 00:51:17,120
Speaker 1: I don't are you Are you afraid of poisoning? What's

1064
00:51:17,160 --> 00:51:19,160
Speaker 1: going on? What do you mean? You don't accept? But like,

1065
00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:20,400
Speaker 1: what what's happening?

1066
00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:24,560
Speaker 3: It's a good I don't know. I don't really even

1067
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Speaker 3: have a real reason behind it. It's just the way

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Speaker 3: I am. It's I just shake off. No, no, I'm good, No, no,

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Speaker 3: I'm good. I just it's like he gives me a

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Speaker 3: curve ball and I want to throw a fastball.

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Speaker 1: Wor's Greg maddox, I like to go slower. All right,

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Speaker 1: dogs at restaurants, okay or not?

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Speaker 3: This is a tough one. Why I'm married to a

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Speaker 3: dog lover. I have two dogs. I have two German

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Speaker 3: Shepherds that are awesome. They're very well trained. They listen

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Speaker 3: for the most part. My older dog really is good.

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Speaker 3: So I have a skewed reality of like what an

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Speaker 3: obedient dog is. So if you're gonna bring your obedient

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Speaker 3: dog and it's gonna lay under the table and not

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00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:12,640
Speaker 3: interfere with anyone, great, and we're sitting I'm all for it.

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Speaker 3: The problem is nobody trains their dogs. Nobody. Everyone thinks

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00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:20,200
Speaker 3: their dogs are like their kids, and like they're obligated

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Speaker 3: and entitled to just like free roam of the restaurant,

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Speaker 3: and that everyone wants to see their dog, Like I

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Speaker 3: don't want to step over your dog to go to

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Speaker 3: the bathroom. So if you're gonna bring your dog, fine,

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Speaker 3: but that thing should be lay underneath your feet. It

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Speaker 3: should not be in any of the territory of the aisles.

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Speaker 3: The waiters should not be stepping over it. The waitresses

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Speaker 3: should not be like kicking your dog as they serve

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Speaker 3: me my food and If you can do that, then

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Speaker 3: bring your dog. More power to you. But if your

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Speaker 3: dog's gonna be like a social butterfly and just have

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Speaker 3: its way around the restaurant, then I'm not interested.

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Speaker 1: Can you please tell your dog in the Luke Keickley story,

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Speaker 1: Please tell curse of that story? Or do you don't

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Speaker 1: want to?

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Speaker 3: No? I would love to.

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Speaker 1: Oh my God, tell it.

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Speaker 3: So it's COVID. So it's twenty twelve, it's COVID spring.

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Speaker 3: I'm training to get ready to go to Seattle, and

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Speaker 3: Luke has since retired and he's training with me because

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Speaker 3: the world has come to a stop. So I had

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Speaker 3: like a small gym above my garage and we would

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Speaker 3: work out in the morning. So it's early in the morning.

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Speaker 3: I don't know, it's eight am, nine am, whatever it is.

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Speaker 3: And only my youngest son is awake. So at the time,

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Speaker 3: he's seven eight, he's young, and he's sitting at the

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Speaker 3: kitchen table and he's like having cereal, and I'm upstairs

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Speaker 3: in the gym, and Luke lets himself in the side

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Speaker 3: door and he sees TJ through the windows sitting by

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Speaker 3: himself at the little kitchen island having breakfast. But he

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Speaker 3: doesn't see my ginormous eighty pound German shepherd sitting next

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Speaker 3: to him on the ground. So Luke lets himself in quietly.

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Speaker 3: I'm upstairs, and he's like, I'm gonna scare TJ. So

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Speaker 3: he comes around the corner real quiet, and he's like

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Speaker 3: and he like makes a big, like startling noise to

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Speaker 3: try to scare TJ. Well, my dog whose name is Tucker,

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Speaker 3: my older male. He jumps into action and he stands up.

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Speaker 3: You know, he's big. Now he's like and he so

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Speaker 3: I hear Tucker go crazy. So I I come running

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Speaker 3: down the stairs from upstairs in the gym, and he

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Speaker 3: has Luke pinned up against the wall.

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Speaker 1: He goes you and I don't know who Luke keg

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Speaker 1: is not small, no.

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Speaker 3: Not small, all pro Hall of Fame linebacker, and he

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Speaker 3: has Luke pinned up against my kitchen wall and he

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Speaker 3: is just woo woo woo woo woo woo woo. And

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Speaker 3: what he's doing is dying. He's up against the wall

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Speaker 3: like pinned, like frozen. And I come down and I

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Speaker 3: give him like the friend command that tells him to

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Speaker 3: just like let his guard down and go back to

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Speaker 3: his little bed and to this day, when Luke comes

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Speaker 3: over our house, he's like, where's Tuckerer, And like Tucker

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Speaker 3: has to come over, and like he'll give him a

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Speaker 3: little pet, but like he has been startled. It's like

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Speaker 3: a running joke. Every time I see Luke, I'm like, hey,

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Speaker 3: don't worry, Tucker's not here. He's not going to pin

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Speaker 3: you against the wall.

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Speaker 1: Oh my god. That takes a lot to share that guy.

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Speaker 2: That's great.

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Speaker 3: It's a great it's a great story.

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Speaker 1: We had so much good stuff this year that we

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Speaker 1: decided to break this up into two parts for you guys.

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Speaker 1: All right, here we go. Part two. We will pick

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Speaker 1: back up with Greg Olsen and round out the new

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Speaker 1: year with wisdom from one of our favorites, Dan Patrick.

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