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00:00Previously on Seven Little Johnstons.
00:02Which way do you want us to go?
00:04We're going to do it right here.
00:05Bryce talked to me a week before our family
00:07traveled to Pensacola, Florida.
00:09He had asked me if I would allow him to marry Elizabeth.
00:12I was a little nervous because, you know,
00:14it's like a once-in-a-lifetime moment.
00:16And so I'm holding light, and he asked me, and I was like,
00:18yes, that's perfect.
00:20Just to know that she's going to be my wife,
00:23it's just a good feeling.
00:28So how soon do you want to get married?
00:30We have talked about wanting to do our wedding this year.
00:33We've been dating for six years.
00:35Why wait any longer?
00:37I don't have Poppy.
00:38We don't have Mamaw.
00:40Nana's not doing too great either.
00:43Nana was diagnosed with metastatic cancer.
00:45She is in a nursing home under hospice care.
00:49Layton, when do you want mom and daddy to get married?
00:51Right now.
00:55Hello.
00:56How's it going?
00:57I am going dress shopping for the first time today.
01:00Like this, but not the past waist.
01:03Next, dress number two.
01:05That's not really your style.
01:06Yeah.
01:08Feeling a little discouraged because we
01:10are very little on time to find a dress.
01:14I'm just not sure it's the one.
01:16Within this week, I need to find one.
01:25I'm too young to grow up.
01:28So the fact is I don't want to show up.
01:32That's what you call the same.
01:33All right, I'm on a scale of 1 to 10.
01:35Excited?
01:35Nervous?
01:36Um, I don't think I'm, like, that nervous.
01:39I feel like the sound is going to mess with you
01:41more than the actual need.
01:42It's going to be that .
01:43Oh, dang.
01:44I should have gotten my earbuds.
01:48It is Emma's 20th birthday, and she is getting her first tattoo, and actually, not one, but two.
01:55Ashley is here visiting because we are all leaving for our Little People's Conference in San Diego in a few
02:01days.
02:01It's all about you today, your 20th birthday, and you're getting tattoos.
02:07Yep.
02:08Later for Emma's birthday, I have a special surprise for her, and she has no idea that it's coming.
02:14And now when he draws the stencil on you and stuff, and he shows you, be honest, if you like
02:20the placement or the signs, like, Emma, this is permanent.
02:24Yes.
02:25I hear that.
02:25So I've been wanting a tattoo for a while, and I've sent the artist some ideas, and I can't wait
02:31to see them.
02:31I can't wait to see what he comes up with.
02:33Will you ever get a tattoo?
02:34Will I ever get a tattoo?
02:35No.
02:36Yeah.
02:36No.
02:37If you were to get a tattoo, what would it be?
02:40I don't really have, like, a set tattoo idea right now, so I wouldn't get one.
02:45I'm not against it.
02:46I just don't know what tattoo I would get.
02:49I thought it'd be cool to, like, get, you know, Layton's face engraved, like, from her ultrasound or something.
02:55I love how you go to the arms, too, because I'm not ever putting anything on my arms.
03:00How about your butt cheek or something?
03:02No.
03:03Liz, would you and Bryce ever consider matching tattoos?
03:07Hell no.
03:08Why?
03:09Aunt Heidi.
03:09She lived and learned her lesson.
03:11She got a matching tattoo with her first husband.
03:15Oh, yeah?
03:16Yeah.
03:16Oh, my God.
03:18I mean, like, Dad and I did, we did them at the same time, but we didn't get, it's nowhere
03:21near matching.
03:23No.
03:23Years ago, Trent and I went and got tattoos.
03:28Actually, at the same place that Emma's going with the same tattoo artist.
03:32I got a branch with five leaves, which represent each one of my kids, two little birds, which represent Trent
03:40and I, and then I have our wedding date.
03:43I just have a tattoo that I drew up and I like.
03:51I guess you could say it hurt, but it was not unbearable.
03:54And I definitely took it better.
03:56I did fine.
04:03Emma, don't be mad at me if I'll laugh if you pass out.
04:06No.
04:06No, it's actually kind of scary, because she did it to me once with an earring.
04:10I know, with an earring.
04:11A few years ago, Emma went to get her ears pierced, everything went fine, but then one day, I'm trying
04:17to change the earring out, and she passes out on me.
04:20I don't remember.
04:22You don't remember?
04:23No.
04:24And Jonah, luckily, was coming around the corner, and he just got the back of her and just sat down
04:29with her.
04:31I am a little worried getting these tattoos, because I know Mom talked about, like, the pain on her foot,
04:37and she said it was pretty bad, so I was like, oh, gosh.
04:41So, I was a little nervous.
04:43Well, I mean, if you do pass out, you can just sleep through it.
04:46That's true.
04:55Hey, guys, let's start decorating for Emma's birthday.
05:00Bryce, we can do one over here.
05:02Today, we are celebrating Emma's 20th birthday, and while Emma is out getting her tattoos, all the guys are here
05:10setting up for a birthday celebration.
05:13Here, can you?
05:15This.
05:16Okay.
05:17Yeah, she's no longer a teenager.
05:19That's crazy.
05:20We should get a bottle of liquor and put a little tag on it that says, one more year.
05:24That'd be funny.
05:25It is official that my youngest daughter is no longer a teenager.
05:30That's a milestone for Emma, but it's also a milestone for Amber and I, and it's a celebration.
05:40There.
05:40Oh, we don't have streamers here, either.
05:42You didn't buy streamers?
05:44I'm afraid not.
05:45With or without streamers, I think we did a pretty good job.
05:48And it'll still get the point across.
05:57Oh, my gosh.
05:59Hey.
06:01Welcome in.
06:03Today's the day.
06:04Yes, it is.
06:05Are you ready?
06:05Yeah.
06:06Well, let's do it.
06:07Emma's coming in today to get tattooed, and I tattooed her dad and having daughters myself,
06:13you know, I know how that father-daughter bond is, so I want to do something special.
06:19That's what you're getting, right?
06:23Oh, my God.
06:26No freaking way.
06:30I'm not getting my dad's face on me and the daddy's girl. That's not me.
06:38Interesting.
06:39That's quite the photo.
06:41It's horrific.
06:43His brows are flake, too.
06:45Yeah.
06:45Perfect.
06:46The glasses, the big nose, the no neck. It's a lot of cringy.
06:50You would have had to get it, like, on your back because of how big it was.
06:54It's, like, up here with my butt cheeks.
06:56Or, like, on your thigh.
06:57What are you getting worked on today?
06:59I was thinking the year that I came home, so 2010.
07:03Cute.
07:04And then...
07:05That was my idea.
07:06That was her idea, actually.
07:07Having the year that I was adopted on me is very important because it's the year I came home.
07:14And I think it's definitely a big deal being a part of this family.
07:19And then my idea was the ladybug.
07:22What's the significance of the ladybug?
07:24The ladybug because of my niece.
07:26My daughter's name is Layton.
07:27But we call Layton a lot of times Ladybug.
07:31But we spell it out with the first five of her letters.
07:35L-E-I-G-H-T-Y bug.
07:38That's really sweet.
07:40I wanted to get a ladybug tattoo for Layton because I love Layton a lot.
07:46She will always be in my life.
07:48You could go a little bit smaller with this one if you wanted to.
07:52You thinking, yeah?
07:53Or does it look about right?
07:55I mean, when it comes to tattooing little people, it's, you know, things can only be done so small.
08:01And so what, you know, would be a wrist tattoo for a regular sized person, you know, you put it
08:08on a smaller arm and it's no longer a wrist tattoo.
08:11You know, it's half the forearm.
08:13So scaling its size and it's really important.
08:15So all I really need from you is you to be still.
08:19Okay.
08:20No sudden movements, no jumping, no snatching your arm.
08:22If you need me to stop for any reason, just let me know.
08:25Okay.
08:26You can just grit your teeth and bear it.
08:28We'll be done.
08:29Just to breathe.
08:30You got this.
08:30Just breathe.
08:31Yeah, breathe.
08:32Just breathe.
08:35Emma has had no surgeries, especially being little.
08:38No ortho surgeries, brain surgeries, back surgeries, none of that.
08:42So we really are kind of in the mystery zone of like Emma when it comes to her pain tolerance.
08:48You ready?
08:51We'll see.
08:53Ugh.
08:55Don't pass out.
09:04You ready?
09:06Happy birthday.
09:07Happy birthday.
09:07You're good.
09:09Today's my 20th birthday.
09:10I'm getting tattoos.
09:12I'm super nervous and I hope I survive.
09:24You good?
09:27I know Emma well enough that I knew she would sit there.
09:31If she starts something, she's going to finish it.
09:33But we got a little nervous just because she wasn't saying any words.
09:46Does it hurt?
09:48Yeah.
09:50I just wanted to make sure that we're feeling the pain.
09:54No, I do feel it.
09:55OK.
09:56I thought it's going to hurt really bad.
09:58But then I was like, oh, it's not like too terrible.
10:02I could definitely feel the needle getting into my skin.
10:05Yeah.
10:05Oh, yeah.
10:06Your face, you were just like.
10:16All right.
10:18Dang, that was fast.
10:20That was fast.
10:21Oh, yeah.
10:22That looks good.
10:24That looks great.
10:26The first tattoo, it wasn't too bad.
10:29But then when he did the ladybug, it was a little kind of painful.
10:34I feel like you're trying to poop.
10:40Don't move.
10:42Don't worry.
10:42I'll show this video to Layton when she's older.
10:45Oh, my gosh.
10:49Are you already thinking about your next one?
10:51Nope.
10:52Not right now.
10:53I still think she should get the smiley face on her wonky toe.
10:56She can handle it.
10:57Elizabeth wants you to do a smiley face on her wonky toe.
11:00A wonky toe.
11:01Yeah, we've convinced him.
11:03See how wrong that toe is?
11:06He's laughing.
11:08Hi, my name is Emma, and I have a wonky toe.
11:12Emma's number fourth toe on her right foot is shorter than her fifth toe.
11:17Significantly shorter.
11:18We call it a wonky toe.
11:20It's nothing to throw shame at, but it's just always funny because if she wants to start an argument or
11:27throw a jab at somebody, we always resort back to the wonky toe.
11:35You're doing good.
11:36Yeah.
11:37Yeah.
11:38All right.
11:41Oh, let's see.
11:43Let's see.
11:44Oh.
11:46Look, hold on.
11:49So pretty.
11:51Oh, look at this.
11:54Yeah.
11:54So detailed.
11:56That is so cool.
11:57I am pretty proud of myself because I thought I would maybe pass out, but, yeah.
12:03You should be proud.
12:04That's a lot.
12:05That's permanent for the rest of your life.
12:07Yep.
12:08Love it.
12:13I love both of the tattoos.
12:15The year I came home, 2010, and this ladybug for Layton, because we call her Ladybug, and, yeah.
12:24You guys have a good one.
12:25Thanks for coming in.
12:26Bye, y'all.
12:26Chris is going to do a smiley face on your wonky toe.
12:29I'm good after this.
12:40I think they're almost here.
12:43Emma's turning 20, and I think the anticipation for us to finally see the tattoos that she got, it outweighed
12:53the actual surprise that we held for her.
12:55Well, here's the door open.
12:57Yeah.
12:58One, two, three.
13:00Happy birthday to you.
13:04Oh, my gosh.
13:05Happy birthday to you.
13:09Happy birthday, dear Emma.
13:14Suck.
13:14One more year.
13:15Happy birthday to you.
13:18Now you just put it back in the liquor cabinet.
13:22I thought the bottle was funny.
13:24That was funny.
13:27One more year.
13:28Cute.
13:29This is cute.
13:30Good job, guys.
13:31Well, Em, what do you have to show them?
13:33Oh.
13:34Oh, I know.
13:35Let's see.
13:35Oh, wow.
13:37That's a ladybug.
13:38They did that one upside down?
13:40No, they did not, Dad.
13:42Which one hurt the worst?
13:44This one.
13:46I like Emma's tattoos ideas.
13:47I think they're both very, like, sentimental and they make sense for Emma.
13:51So, yeah, I think they're both really good ideas.
13:54All right, everybody.
13:56When we adopted Emma, she was very friendly, very open.
14:01She was very outgoing, very spunky, never walked, always ran.
14:05Ran.
14:06Always.
14:07When she first arrived, like, her first week was no English.
14:10So, she had to relearn a language and navigate how school was at the age of five.
14:18Looking back at it now, she's accomplished a lot.
14:20The life that she's already paved, those are some massive milestones.
14:27Yes.
14:29To show how much Emma means to me, I got her a special gift.
14:32Oh, gosh.
14:34Uh-oh.
14:34Gift time.
14:36Okay.
14:36Before we get started, though, I've been thinking a lot about this moment,
14:39how to put into words of what you mean to me.
14:41It's not always easy to explain that kind of bond that grows not just from blood,
14:45but from love, loyalty, and shared life.
14:48Watching you become the absolute amazing aunt to our little girl, Layton.
14:52She will always know how amazing you are and we will always know that you'd do anything for her.
14:57As I prepare to take this next step in life, marrying Bryce, it wouldn't feel right without you by my
15:04side.
15:04You've held my hand through so many chapters.
15:06I need you with me on this walk as well.
15:09So, open up your box.
15:13I'm gonna have to hold it.
15:14Oh, it's a picture.
15:16Yeah.
15:16Aw.
15:18That is so cute.
15:21Yeah.
15:21Will you be my bridesmaid?
15:24Yes.
15:25I would love to.
15:27Love you.
15:28Love you.
15:29She was just so adamant.
15:30I just don't want to be her maid of honor, Liz.
15:32I just can't do this speech.
15:33I know you love me, but I just can't do it, Liz.
15:36I'm like, okay, Emma, I got it.
15:37I was waiting for Liz to ask me, but I didn't know that she was asking me today and I'm
15:44so glad.
15:46I'm trying to find days to do it to ask everybody to be my bridesmaid since I asked Madison.
15:52Now that I've officially asked Emma to become my bridesmaid, I have two more ladies to ask, Carol and Dacey,
15:58and I get to see them next week in San Diego to do that.
16:02Look, Mommy's right there.
16:04Aww.
16:04Aww.
16:06You gotta love it.
16:07Perfect.
16:15We got it.
16:16We got it.
16:17We got it.
16:18Hello.
16:18Welcome in.
16:20How are you?
16:21I am hopeful today.
16:23Okay.
16:23So when's the wedding?
16:25November 8th.
16:26Okay.
16:26Of this year.
16:27Real quick.
16:28Real soon.
16:28Real quick.
16:29Yeah.
16:30The first shop, we had no luck.
16:32And today, I am wedding dress shopping again at another store with my mom and Emma.
16:37And we've got to be able to find a dress today because our wedding is four months away.
16:42And pretty much, it takes about three to four months to get a dress ordered.
16:47And then it takes an additional month to get a dress altered.
16:51So ultimately, it's now or never.
16:53So this is not your first time shopping for a dress.
16:56No.
16:56We went to one dress store.
16:58We failed.
17:00We didn't fail.
17:01We didn't find anything.
17:02We just didn't find anything.
17:03It was not our...
17:04It was too stressful, very overwhelming.
17:06I tried on seven different kinds of dresses at the last shop.
17:09Dress number one.
17:11I feel a little too princessy in this.
17:12Dress number two.
17:13No.
17:15Too much sparkle.
17:16I just feel like it's such a prom dress.
17:18I didn't realize how springy looking it would be.
17:22Unfortunately, none of them were the one.
17:24Are you into like, blinky, glitzy, glammy, sequiny?
17:28A little.
17:28Some.
17:29I mean, we learned at the other wedding dress place.
17:32Just the plain...
17:34Made me look too plain.
17:36Like, was too plain.
17:37Okay.
17:37Way too plain.
17:38So why don't we browse around and we can start with pulling three and we'll see what you
17:43think from there.
17:44Copy.
17:44Sounds good.
17:46I am definitely hoping that Elizabeth finds a dress.
17:50I know there was a lot of disappointment the first go around.
17:54So I would kind of like to turn that around.
17:57You're going to tell me now.
17:59I know you're going to say that.
18:00What about this?
18:01No.
18:02You should try that.
18:03I'm good.
18:04No, I'm not wasting my time.
18:05Yes.
18:05This is elegant.
18:07No, it's kind of plain.
18:08What about this?
18:11I'll try it on for you.
18:12So after going dress shopping the first time, I kind of have an idea of what I definitely
18:17don't want.
18:18Not a lot of sparkles.
18:19No big poofs.
18:20Not a lot of boob.
18:22I wish it could be easier, but it's not.
18:25Now, as far as sizing, how do y'all go about for...
18:28We do order.
18:29We custom order.
18:29And I have to look past all the extra fabric.
18:32Yes.
18:32All right.
18:33Now, I can hold this, too, when we go up there.
18:36Yes.
18:36The only challenge I feel like we will face or are facing with Liz as a little person
18:42is just the extra material and holding all of the fabric out of the way so she can walk.
18:52Oh, my gosh.
18:55Oh, my gosh.
18:56Oh, my gosh.
18:57I'm trying not to trip so y'all don't laugh at me.
19:04I definitely think it works across the top.
19:06And I think I like the sleeves.
19:08The sleeves look cool.
19:09Okay.
19:10So, dress one.
19:11I know.
19:11I didn't realize how tight it was going to be on the...
19:13It's very tight.
19:15But I do like the neckline.
19:16Yeah.
19:17No, I do like that with you.
19:19Mom and Emma just looked at their faces like, yeah, no, we don't like it.
19:23We're not going to spend any more time on it.
19:24Move on.
19:25Bring in another dress.
19:26Oh.
19:29That is sparkly.
19:31Holy.
19:34I've never seen you so sparkly.
19:39I do like the dress, the silhouette.
19:41I like the style of it.
19:43But I do know the sparkles are not your thing.
19:47Here we go again.
19:49I just don't like anything that I'm trying on.
19:51And let's go back to the drawing board.
19:59You would never let any of your children walk down in a dress like this.
20:04This dress was just a complete no.
20:06I did not feel like a bride.
20:08I felt like a marshmallow.
20:11Okay, I got to take a picture of this one.
20:12No, you don't.
20:13Yes, I do.
20:13Oh, yeah.
20:15She's not even in the top two.
20:18She's not even in my top ten.
20:20I was feeling pretty discouraged.
20:22There was still just not that feeling of, yep, this is the dress.
20:26This is the one.
20:27We're on crunch time because your wedding is coming up so soon.
20:31Yeah.
20:32Well, we got one more after this one.
20:34After trying on lots of dresses, I'm feeling lots of pressure.
20:38And I'm like, just try this last one on and we'll see.
20:44I hope this is the one.
20:50I didn't realize how tight it was going to be on there.
20:53It's very tight.
20:55After trying on lots of dresses, I'm like, just try this last one on and we'll see.
21:01I hope this is the one.
21:03Me too.
21:04I don't think she'll survive a second place and not find another dress.
21:10All right.
21:17Oh.
21:19Oh.
21:19Oh my gosh.
21:20I am beautiful.
21:25And if sometimes gonna hold me down.
21:30I am beautiful.
21:31I am beautiful.
21:34I am beautiful.
21:36I am beautiful.
21:37I am beautiful.
21:37Yes.
21:38Yeah.
21:43I love how this dress has the neckline that I was looking for.
21:46It has a little modesty to it.
21:48My boobs don't feel like they're on display.
21:50I definitely like how the skirt is not poofy.
21:53It's very me.
21:54Comparing it to all the other dresses,
21:56this is the only dress that I smiled in.
21:58And if you get a smile out of me in a dress, that's it.
22:02Love it.
22:03I love it a lot.
22:04I am beautiful.
22:07I feel like it complements your body.
22:10I think it has a little bit of sparkle, but it's not like too much.
22:15It's like perfect for your body.
22:17Yeah.
22:17It's got the lace, but it's not too much.
22:20Ain't nobody going to beat this dress.
22:23So then I would say that you're saying this is your dress.
22:36I was definitely shocked and I was like, this is the one.
22:42Yeah, it was, that was 100% the dress.
22:46Yes.
22:46So, how long are we thinking to order that dress?
22:5712 to 16 weeks.
22:59Well, that leaves us-
23:01A month of alterations.
23:02Not, yeah.
23:03Barely a month.
23:05Better late than never.
23:05This timeline is extremely stressful.
23:08The dress will take 12 to 16 weeks to arrive, which would mean that we would get the dress
23:13somewhere around, you know, end of September, 1st of October.
23:18That would only leave us about a month to get all the alterations done since the wedding
23:22is November 8th.
23:24Yeah.
23:25I am definitely worried for Liz.
23:27We'll definitely keep this one.
23:29Yeah.
23:29Yes.
23:30I'm overall trying to stay calm as far as the dress ordering and waiting for it to get
23:35here, but also a little on edge.
23:38It's like, have your fingers crossed and hope for the best.
23:41So, yeah, the pressure's on.
23:43Thank y'all, ladies.
23:44Bye.
23:47Hallelujah.
23:47No kidding.
23:48Yeah.
23:56So, babe.
23:57What?
23:58I have a little thing to show you.
23:59So, for us.
24:01After seeing the sketch of Trent's face that the tattoo artist came up with for Emma,
24:07I have come up with an idea to surprise Trent with tonight.
24:11If you're backing that ass up, then that ain't look...
24:14Oh, my God.
24:18What in the world?
24:20It's you.
24:21I see that.
24:22Isn't it cute?
24:23It's so creepy.
24:27This Big Daddy tattoo on Amber is a bit awkward.
24:32I mean, who wants to be in a moment of excitement or intimacy, and you're sitting there just
24:38driving at home one night, and you're looking at a picture of you?
24:43That's awful.
24:44Isn't that a tramp stamp or something like that, what they call it?
24:47No, it's not really.
24:48God, yes.
24:51So, how did wedding dress shopping go?
24:53I lucked out on the place that we found, because the dress was beautiful.
25:01But, it takes about four months to get a dress.
25:05We are sweating it, really, because I know for a fact our seamstress will need one month to make the
25:16alteration.
25:17So, we're hoping by some miracle that the dress will arrive a little bit less than four months.
25:25But, anyway, when we get back from San Diego, we really got to start with the wedding planning.
25:32Meet with caterers and, you know, the designer.
25:37Event planner.
25:38Event planner and stuff, and get cracking on planning this wedding.
25:43So, speaking about San Diego, you know, obviously, Ashley's going with us.
25:48Allie will be coming here.
25:50Her mom will be bringing her, and she's going to fly out with us.
25:53But, while we're out in San Diego, plan to do some, you know, off-site stuff.
26:00A lot of us want to go to the zoo, falconry.
26:04Alice is, like, all excited about it.
26:06Now that the family has grown up, we tackle conference a little bit different now.
26:11We still enjoy seeing all of our little people, friends, and catching up with them.
26:16But, at the same time, we enjoy our family vacationing and exploring new cities every year.
26:23So, wedding planning. That's at the top of the list when we get back from San Diego.
26:27We got to go to San Diego and get back before we worry about everything else.
26:31Well, we pretty much worry about it all simultaneously.
26:35San Diego will be a lot of fun, but there's still a lot to do for the wedding in just
26:40four months.
26:41It will take some time, and time is what we don't have a lot of.
26:45I'm ready for bed.
26:47Oh, God.
26:48You got the hiccups?
26:49Mm-hmm.
26:52My face is scruffy.
26:54Yes, it is.
27:05I will put hangers on.
27:08You put on the rack, because I can't reach, because I'm short.
27:12It's okay. You got short problems.
27:14You know what? You're short, too, so it's okay.
27:17So, Ashley's coming with us to San Diego this weekend.
27:20And right now, we're just getting our clothes together.
27:24So, it's going to do that, but that's too much denim.
27:26The Little People's Conference is like a gathering where everyone, like, socialize, talk.
27:34There's a dance every night.
27:36There's sports going on, and we just meet a lot of new people.
27:41Are we going to find a boy this year?
27:44Or what do you think?
27:46I don't really know.
27:48Like, is there anybody that you're eyeing or anybody that you've talked to?
27:53No.
27:53Well, you know that's how me and Jonah met.
27:55What?
27:55We met at conference.
27:56Well, yeah. I know that.
27:58Ashley and Jonah, Alex and Allie, and Mom and Dad all met at the Little People's Conference.
28:06Word of advice is it'll happen when it happens, and it'll happen when you least expect it.
28:13I think Ashley and the rest of the family wants to try to find someone.
28:19For me, more than, like, I want to, like, look and go find someone.
28:24I mean, if there's someone at conference and they come up to me, it happens.
28:30But I'm definitely happy just to hang out with the family, make new friends, see everyone.
28:38Me and Jonah can find you somebody?
28:40No, not Jonah.
28:41Not Jonah?
28:41We don't need Jonah.
28:42Okay, just me?
28:43Yeah.
28:43Because what if he's like, no, off the table?
28:46I would definitely not pick any of the boys as my wingman.
28:51I don't really need their help.
28:53If anybody needs help, I think I would be a good wingman.
28:57I would probably pick Jonah, really, because, I mean, he's the closest, like, me, in the sense of he's going
29:02to weed right through, like, yeah.
29:05The worst wingman would be, I would have to go with my dad just because that would mean him picking
29:10somebody that resembles my own mom.
29:14How are you and Jonah?
29:16We're good, actually.
29:18Um, you know, things are good between us.
29:22Are you going to ever move to Georgia?
29:24Um, I don't know, yet.
29:27I finished my undergrad in December.
29:30What's your plan after that?
29:32To find a teaching job.
29:34Find it here.
29:36Like, we've obviously talked about it.
29:38Yeah.
29:38I mean, we're six years in.
29:39Yeah.
29:40And so, obviously, in my opinion, if we've been dating this long, you know, we're pretty serious.
29:50Ashley and I are finishing up school, and then we will, uh, rehash and discuss, you know, what happens after
29:57that.
29:57So, I would say, safely, we're probably a year out from her coming down here.
30:02I got me a good one.
30:04You need you a good one.
30:05I have, I have high hope.
30:07You do?
30:08I have a good feeling about this conference.
30:09I really do.
30:11We'll just see.
30:20What's all this, Mom?
30:21Making, like, a care package for Nana.
30:24Care package slash, uh, photo board.
30:27Okay.
30:27She doesn't already have one like this.
30:28Yeah, so Dad's going to paint it.
30:30The whole thing?
30:31Uh-huh.
30:33Today, we are making a care package for Nana before we leave town to our Little People's Conference.
30:39Books are now polished, too.
30:41Yes, because she, for some reason, is liking her nails painted since she's been at this place.
30:47When Mom was diagnosed with cancer several months back, she had a very large mass right between the shoulder blades.
30:53Um, after other further scans, it showed that, uh, it was metastatic cancer, and it had spread to her thyroid,
31:02her breasts, both lungs.
31:05So, um, it had progressed significantly.
31:08And at the hospital, Nana, you know, it said to all the doctors that she does not want to treat
31:15it.
31:16She's just gonna ride this thing out.
31:19You know, I think, deep down, Mom doesn't want to go through the illnesses that come along with the treatments.
31:27She says, I'm gonna go out with dignity.
31:29All of the kids, they're old enough to understand what's going on, and they understand Nana's wishes to not treat
31:35the cancer.
31:37And, you know, I believe the entire family supports Nana's wishes, and we just, we hope and pray and wish
31:44for comfort for Nana.
31:46Um, and that's, that's all we can do.
31:48You know, obviously, she's not walking, she's not ambulatory at all.
31:53So now that she's at the nursing home, her most prevalent symptom is very, very, very high pain levels.
32:01So they are able to manage her pain and keep her comfortable.
32:06In general, there are times when we visit, and she's very tired, and she's sleepy, and she doesn't want to
32:13socialize very much.
32:15And then there's times when...
32:17She's very snarky.
32:18You know, truthfully, we like to see that, because we know that, you know, Nana's still there, and, um, and
32:26she's comfortable.
32:27Yeah, something like, something like that would look good.
32:30Yeah, we'll make it pretty.
32:33Put, put the...
32:34Oh, good, Laura, y'all really gonna give her her scotch?
32:36In the middle?
32:36Yeah.
32:37Or this?
32:38And then there's some in the fridge.
32:40Look in the fridge.
32:42We'll take her some chicken livers.
32:43She loves chicken livers and beer.
32:45It wouldn't be a basket for Nana if it didn't have her favorite things.
32:50One being chicken livers, and then the other one being cold beer and scotch.
32:53And this will be good for Nana's little friend at the nursing home.
32:57Oh, they can share.
32:59Yeah.
32:59Just pass the bottle around.
33:02Not the bottle.
33:04I think Nana will like all the gifts that we got, right?
33:07Y'all can go take this, and then you guys can FaceTime us.
33:11We got her a little bit of everything in her care package.
33:14I think she'll like everything.
33:15We need a syringe, one of those big syringes, so I can just, like, draw some...
33:19Like a turkey baster?
33:20Yeah, so I can just draw some...
33:22Say, open up, Nana.
33:23Whoosh.
33:31Ditsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.
33:35Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
33:39Down came the sun and dried up all the rain.
33:43This afternoon, we are packing for Bryson Leighton's first conference.
33:49Hey, baby.
33:50You can sit in a chair with her.
33:51She's gotta wake up.
33:54What's good, ladybug?
33:58Look.
33:59She gets to wear anything sweet.
34:02Are you sure everything's gonna fit in one suitcase?
34:05I can always make anything fit in a suitcase.
34:08For seven days?
34:09Yep.
34:10When it comes to packing for any vacation, just having all of our clothes in one suitcase is easy,
34:16especially since we know that we have to bring a stroller and a car seat with us and her bed.
34:20So, one suitcase instead of three suitcases, with those three extra items, that'd be way too much.
34:27Are you ready to get your California on?
34:30You'll be a California girl.
34:32But this is also your first convention, so you get to kind of see a world like ours.
34:37Yeah.
34:38Normally, these kind of conventions, they bring a lot of little people out, between like 1,500 to 2,000
34:43little people that come.
34:44Gosh.
34:45So, like, all around the world, pretty much.
34:48By going to a little people's conference, you see all types of little people, you see all types of families.
34:54The parents may be little people, and then their children are average size, or vice versa.
34:59So, I feel like it's just a good opportunity to have the exposure, just seeing how families can be made
35:06up so differently.
35:08I'm excited for Leighton to meet, like, LP Tots.
35:12I love seeing the babies and the toddlers and all the little kids.
35:18As an average height person, going to my first LPA convention, I definitely will be a little nervous,
35:27because I've never been to anything like this before, and I just don't want to feel left out.
35:32You know, with me being average and seeing all these little people, I know I got Elizabeth by my side.
35:37Just me being a tall person, I just don't want to feel left out.
35:42We've got Leighton.
35:45Where's Leighton?
35:46There she is.
35:48Where's Leighton?
35:49There she is.
35:51So, I'm going to be asking Carol and Daisy to be my bridesmaids, but I really think they're going to
35:55be surprised that I'm doing it at the convention.
35:57Yeah.
35:57Carol and Daisy are two of my best friends.
36:01Carol I've known since I was a toddler, and Daisy I met at the Orlando conference in 2018.
36:08We have all been so close.
36:10I am absolutely thrilled to ask them to be my bridesmaids when I see them in San Diego.
36:15You know, this is my first time going to California, so being around there on the coast over there, I'm
36:21like, yeah, I got to bring my fishing rods.
36:23You're not going to bring your fishing rods. We can't bring them because we already have a lot of stuff
36:26we're carrying.
36:27I drew the line at fishing poles because he would be way too focused on them damn fishing poles than
36:32anything else that we'd have.
36:33And I didn't need extra stuff. No.
36:36I'm packing my fishing poles next time.
36:39Great.
36:40How do you think Leighton's going to do on this trip?
36:43She's a fabulous traveler. We know that. She does great when we're traveling.
36:47But her sleeping on me now, since she's so long, I'm not going to be able to get down in
36:52the airplane seat and hold her like this.
36:55Because, oh my God, my back would be .
36:57The last time we have flown together was in Puerto Rico and she was less than half the size.
37:03So now I'm not going to be able to hold her as easy.
37:07When she was younger, she wasn't really too bad on planes. She would really just sleep the whole time.
37:12I mean, she has one nap a day now and it's only a couple of hours.
37:15So she's probably going to be awake most of the time on the plane.
37:19So I'm sure me and Elizabeth are going to try our best to try to entertain her the whole flight
37:24to keep her happy.
37:26All right. So we are ready for the morning.
37:31I know it.
37:43Oh, here we go.
37:47I can't see him.
37:48Okay, I can't see you.
37:50Em?
37:50Wait, there you go. Now we can see you.
37:52I can barely see you.
37:53Tonight, Dad and I are visiting Nana at her nursing home.
37:57And we're going to drop her care package off before we leave for San Diego.
38:05Yeah, Emma's connection's unstable.
38:07So where Nana's nursing home is, there's not really any good cellular data.
38:12So there's just a lot of the technical difficulties involved.
38:15Is it better?
38:16Yeah.
38:17Oh.
38:17No.
38:18I don't know.
38:19She's already seen her blanket.
38:21Okay.
38:21I love it.
38:22It's beautiful.
38:23It is so soft.
38:25She said, I see something in that basket with a black top on that bottle.
38:29Her personality is still pretty much there.
38:31So Nana's Nana.
38:32So I think she's doing pretty good right now.
38:35Did Nana see her board yet?
38:37That's it.
38:38We'll show her.
38:39You can get a board.
38:40What?
38:40We made you another board.
38:42Oh, okay.
38:45Do you know everybody on this board?
39:08Yeah, they're getting married later.
39:11Given Nana's diagnosis and her state of health, it is unlikely that she will be here for the
39:17wedding.
39:18So we are all trying to emotionally prepare for that.
39:21They had brought her some 4th of July glasses.
39:25Oh, nice.
39:25Oh, okay.
39:26Put those on.
39:27I told her, throw off the peace sign.
39:29Oh, just two colors.
39:30Yeah, it's just two things.
39:31Oh, man.
39:31Oh, yeah.
39:31One, three.
39:33I feel like our visit and the package cheered Nana up, but I do feel like the ball of scotch
39:39and the chicken livers made her day.
39:42Dammit, I want you to eat one.
39:45Emma, try one.
39:46Oof.
39:48I'm good, Nana.
39:48You can have the whole thing.
39:50I love them.
39:50I didn't want the chicken liver, and I'm not eating a liver.
39:53They never sound appetizing to me, and I don't think I'll ever try one.
39:57Yeah, the liver and the gizzards.
39:58Oh.
40:00I don't eat filters.
40:03I don't let a dog lick me in the face and lick me and give me kisses.
40:07Ugh.
40:08I don't eat chicken livers.
40:09We're going straight up here.
40:11Okay.
40:12All right.
40:13Love you, Nana.
40:14Love you, Nana.
40:15Bye.
40:23Everyone is excited to go to San Diego.
40:25We do have a lot going on.
40:27The wedding.
40:28Nana's in the nursing home and under hospice care.
40:31But I think we're all just ready to relax and have a good time this week at our conference.
40:36In our group, Bryce, Allie, and Layton are the three that have never been to California.
40:43Hopefully, this conference will be fun.
40:45But the travel part, yeah, we will see how this goes.
40:55All of us got up at 4.30 in the morning, and Layton was tired too.
41:06It is not common for Layton to be crying.
41:13As long as Layton's crying, I hope the bloody Marys are good.
41:16Woo-hoo!
41:21Next time on Seven Little Johnstons.
41:24So we have officially arrived in San Diego, and we're all pretty pumped and excited.
41:29We're in the water.
41:31Oh!
41:33Put your gloves straight at the bird.
41:35Ashley!
41:36She was like...
41:40How are you?
41:41Good, how are you?
41:42It's been way too long.
41:44We're at a winery to see Daisy Carol and her fiancé, Zach.
41:48I can't even believe that we haven't seen you since you've been, like, engaged.
41:51Have y'all set a date, or...?
41:53We have.
41:54And now that it's actually happening, I would love for you guys to be my bridesmaids.
42:02We're doing a walkthrough with our wedding planner, Julie.
42:05There's still some confusion where everything's gonna be placed.
42:08Where is your arches gonna be?
42:10On top of the hill.
42:10Really?
42:11I thought you're building a platform.
42:12I have not planned on building a platform.
42:15That big slump right there needs to get filled in.
42:17We have a hole here and a hole here that has to get filled in.
42:20This is gonna be a lot in order to transform the field into a wedding venue.
42:24I say we walk back out to the house because the longer we stay down here, the longer Dad's
42:28list gets.
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