00:00I'm a mom of quadruplets.
00:01Yuhu-yuh!
00:05We were trying for one boy and four babies arrived.
00:08Hey mom!
00:09Hey!
00:10The doctors told me that by continuing this pregnancy I was potentially risking my life.
00:16The bigger you got, the scarier it got.
00:19We've been accused of caring more about our son and not about our daughters.
00:25We can clearly see who's the favorite child.
00:28Feel sorry for the baby girls.
00:31No happy cheers for them.
00:33Ouch!
00:34People are like, how do you do this?
00:36I'm like, well, you have to.
00:37Okay, here's the big question.
00:39Do you want more kids?
00:41Who remembers how to make them?
00:43Big!
00:44Okay, keep piling them in.
00:45Let's get them towards the bottom.
00:46I have five kids.
00:47Savannah, seven.
00:48And then the quadruplets are four.
00:50So there's Hazel, Paisley, Scarlet, and Chase.
00:53Here we go.
00:54I would describe my children as being carefree, but with the flow.
00:59They kind of have to.
01:00There's five of them.
01:01Movie!
01:02Movie!
01:03Movie!
01:04Movie!
01:05How is it, Chase?
01:06We always set them in the order of where they sit.
01:09So Scarlet sits here, my husband sits here, and then Chase.
01:12We do label their water cups for school.
01:15How would you describe your family life?
01:17Okay.
01:18It's loud.
01:20Like, it's chaotic.
01:23You want them to have fun, but then, like, you try to have a conversation with my husband.
01:28Like, good luck.
01:29Chase, here's the real question.
01:32Who's the strongest?
01:33I.
01:34My husband's name is Justin.
01:36We've been married for 11 years.
01:38We both worked full time, and he still does to this day.
01:43Justin was fine with one kid, and I said, no, let's try for a second kid in hopes of a boy.
01:50Well, we got our boy, but three extra girls with it.
01:54We made the decision pretty quickly that I would stay home with them.
01:58That's yours, right?
01:59What is it like having quadruplets?
02:01People ask this all the time.
02:03How do you adjust?
02:04Everyone has their own little preference.
02:06Someone likes the scrambled, someone just likes the white, and someone likes the white with the oak.
02:11I didn't really have a lot of time for excitement digging.
02:15Do you need a fork?
02:16See?
02:17I'm already up.
02:20It was more of like my brain went into preparation mode.
02:23I need four of everything.
02:25What am I going to do about room situations and, you know, finding four cribs?
02:33You know, how will we afford this?
02:34We got to make our bets.
02:36Okay.
02:37I don't want to remake my bet.
02:39Okay.
02:40So Savannah has her own room.
02:42Chase has his own room.
02:43And then the three girls get to share this big room.
02:46Phoebe's little man.
02:47Phoebe.
02:48Cheese ball.
02:49His name is cheese ball.
02:51As you can see, it's not always, you know.
02:55I love you.
02:57Okay, wants to show them their closets.
02:59Is this all of your stuff?
03:01Slippers, princess dresses, tank tops.
03:06We've even got mismatched socks, so socks who are missing their hair go in here.
03:12My husband, he's carefree.
03:14I'm more of the structured type.
03:17Kids love routine.
03:18They love our schedule.
03:19They've learned patience through the process.
03:22This is our very own red light, green light system.
03:25The red light indicates that it's bedtime and they are to stay in their beds.
03:30When I see the kids are awake, but I'm not ready to get them up yet.
03:33I will turn it to what color, Scarlett?
03:35Yellow.
03:36This indicates to them that they can get out of their bed, read a book, but they have to stay in their room still.
03:42When I'm ready to get them up, I will switch the color to green.
03:45This system has really given me a lot of peace of mind.
03:51I get asked all the time, like, how do you do it?
03:54If you woke up and you were handed four kids at once, you would just do what you have to do.
04:03Today, my mom is coming over to help with the kids.
04:06Are you waiting for me?
04:07She was there when I first found out about the quadruplets.
04:11Grammy, give her big hugs.
04:14Give her big hugs.
04:16The process we went through is actually called IUI, which stands for artificial insemination.
04:23Hi, Chasey.
04:25I went into that room then for the sonogram, praying for a healthy baby.
04:29She said, yep, you know, there's a sack.
04:32And then, you know, they move the sonogram around.
04:34Well, I see two.
04:35And I said, oh, so there's twins.
04:37And then she's like, oh, no, there's three.
04:41Well, and there's also a fourth one.
04:43And her tone kind of got real, like, I don't know what she was thinking.
04:48Remember that day I showed up to your house with the sonogram?
04:51And it's got four little, what are they at that point, eggs?
04:56I thought you were joking.
04:58Oh.
04:59And I honestly don't think it hit me at all that that was even a possibility.
05:06And we were afraid of what could happen.
05:09And then when we went to the hospital, the doctor looked at both of us and said,
05:14you know, we really suggest that you remove a couple of them.
05:19Reduce?
05:20Reduce.
05:21And we looked at each other, and that's when I really got nervous.
05:25The doctors told me that by continuing this pregnancy, I was potentially risking my life.
05:32But for me and my husband, it was not a question.
05:36You kind of feel special that it's happening to you, but then inside you're, like, scared to death.
05:42The bigger you got, the scarier it got for all of us, I think.
05:48There was always potential that all four, we could lose all four.
05:52And I think it was like 45 minutes and the nurse came in and said,
05:55she's done, everything's good.
05:57And I just was like, oh, thank goodness that everything was fine and they're all alive and you're alive.
06:04I would never change a thing.
06:06I mean, every single one of these kids means so much to me and I love them all so, so much, so very dearly.
06:13And you're doing a fantastic job too.
06:16Yeah.
06:17I love you.
06:18Thanks mom.
06:19I love you.
06:20Oh!
06:21Oh!
06:22Oh!
06:23Oh!
06:24Oh!
06:25Oh!
06:26Oh!
06:27I started posting videos just to share with friends and family.
06:32I was just sharing, like, cute videos that I had accidentally captured.
06:37And I had one video go viral.
06:40Two sisters.
06:41Do you think this one's going to be a boy or a girl?
06:43Boy.
06:44Boy?
06:45Yeah!
06:46Oh my God!
06:47Oh!
06:48I got that.
06:49Three pounds!
06:50Three pounds!
06:51Daddy baby Jesus!
06:52Three!
06:53The controversy of my gender reveal viral video was our reactions.
06:59Our excitement was a lot bigger than it was for the first three, so people just assumed
07:05we only wanted a boy.
07:07We can clearly see who's the favorite child.
07:10That boy is going to be as spoiled as no tomorrow.
07:14feel sorry for the baby girls.
07:16No happy cheers for them.
07:19People were quick to judge.
07:20They don't see the bigger picture
07:22or see your profile of how well you treat all of your children.
07:27Even though there's that one negative comment,
07:29there's usually then like 50 positive comments.
07:32And that kind of, you know, gets you through those tough times.
07:35Yeah!
07:37Yeah!
07:38Oh, daddy's home.
07:41Hi, dudes.
07:42Go say hi, baby.
07:44Go give him a hug.
07:44Paisley.
07:45Scarlett doesn't care.
07:47So what was your real thoughts with like going for another kid?
07:49Let me go let him find out.
07:51I was just hoping that however many kids we were going to have,
07:53they came out healthy and they all did.
07:56So that's all I'm excited about.
07:58How is it now that you have four?
08:01Having four, it's a lot of work.
08:02But once you're in it, you don't really think about it.
08:05You just kind of do it, you know?
08:08The love that they bring into the mix, those moments
08:12where everybody's together and happy and like we're all, you know,
08:16so engaged and loving, it like you forget about the bad moments.
08:20People are like, how do you do this?
08:22And I'm like, well, you have to.
08:23Oh, nice kick.
08:24There's no, I can't do this or I won't do this.
08:28It's like you're doing this.
08:30Okay, here's the big question.
08:33Do you want more kids?
08:35No.
08:37Our family is perfect.
08:39It's a perfect size and feels complete.
08:42And I don't think we need any more additions.
08:45No, we're happy, right?
08:46Very happy.
08:47Yeah.
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