Meet 6 Unique Families Who Defy The ‘Norm’ | MY EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY

Think your family's complicated

Oh! Oh, no. Well, think again. We have kids together, and they're about to have kids together

I'm 24, and I'm the mom of two teenagers. From exes to new loves

This is boyfriend. This is ex-husband. And that's baby mama. My children, they have four parents

Ain't never a dull moment in this career. Blended families to shared homes

I'm having a child with my husband and my ex. It's pretty crazy, the situation

but it's fun. We're a polyquad with three children. I just love her

Go, go, go, go. These families are redefining what commitment, family and connection look like

So why did you decide as a family to start posting on social media? Because we're fabulous

A lot of people think that we are horrible parents. Oh, that's cute

It's not a real man. Aren't you embarrassed of yourself? Be a effing man

This is a cult. This is really disgusting to expose to children

The worst comments that we've gotten have been people assuming that like Drew is doing things with our kids

Get ready to meet our five non-traditional families. Whose idea was it to live this way

It's not ordinary. Triple the drama, triple the excitement in this family

Who are showing the world that love doesn't have to follow the rules to be beautiful

We're kicking off with a family in Florida, breaking every rule and loving every moment

When Linda fell in love with her girlfriend Maddie, she never imagined her ex-husband

would help them start a family. But together, they've built a family story no one saw coming

I'm Linda Fruits. Christopher is my soon-to-be ex-husband. This is Maddie, my girlfriend

I am dating Linda now. She's the love of my life. Oh, it sounds so forced

Christopher and I are great friends and roommates. And we have kids together, and they're about to have kids together

This is Owen and this is Elliot. Our family dynamic is unique to say the least, but we are a modern family

family and honestly it's the best. Holy dinosaur. Holy dinosaur. It's my dinosaur

Chris and I started dating about nine years ago and we were married for about seven

Our relationship became platonic even before the kids arrived. As women, I feel like we're kind of put a little bit on an assembly line

As we grow up, you're supposed to meet the guy, get married, have kids, do all the things

And I thought that all these things would make me feel something. I was still searching for that feeling

Linda knew that things weren't quite right in hers and Christopher's relationship

And with some time off to think, she found herself on TikTok. So TikTok figured out that I was gay much quicker than I did

I realized that I was having an attraction to these women online and I would send them to my

friends and be like, she's hot, right? Like it's not just me. My best friend was like

are you going to come out of the closet or what? I'm like, what? And I realized at that point I probably needed to talk to my husband

the signs leading up to Linda coming out were definitely always there however neither of us

recognized what those signs were until she vocalized it I supported the reason but of course

I was hurt knowing that a relationship that I we both had invested so much time into was ending

However, I did know that she was still my best friend. And that's how our relationship started

And it was really just staying up. Linda and Christopher didn't get a divorce

but instead decided they wanted to figure out a way to live and raise their kids together

Yeah, let's do another one, yeah? You want to do his arm? Linda and I met on an app and we both swiped right

I think Linda and I have been official since day one, but it was verbalized probably two weeks into our dating that we're going to be exclusive

linda told me about maddie the day she was going on a date with her she had to because i had to

watch the kids she actually showed me her profile i think you actually handed me the phone i actually

got to look through your profile and i said do it go on that date

I could see that there was a glow on her the next morning

She liked it. It's making me get teary eyes. My initial thoughts about Christopher and Linda's living situation were a bit all over the place

At first I was a little bit confused and then after meeting Christopher I totally understood what was going on

especially with regards to the children. We decided to introduce the kids to Maddie

kind of earlier than I think most people suggest. It's healthy because I wanted to see her

and I wanted to see my kids and it didn't make sense for me just to be leaving the house all the time to see Maddie

Meeting the kids for the first time was very easy. We hit her off well, right

The first time we met? Yeah. Linda and Maddie made the relationship official

and Maddie moved in. Who's the strictest parent? Elliot. You know what strict means

Do you know what strict means? Who makes you follow the rules the most out of the three of us

Like a... Elliot, are you excited about the new baby? Yeah! Oh, shoot

I'm 31 weeks pregnant and we do not know what we're having

It's going to be a surprise. Maddie had always wanted a child and as what first started out as a joke from Linda

Christopher was asked to be their sperm donor. Hey, look what I just found

Oh, so cute. Oh, so soft. What? That's so cool. Check it

Everyone is really excited. The kids are very excited. My oldest says that he wants a sister

because he already has a little brother. And if you know his little brother

he's a lot of brother to have. I love being a blended family because it truly shows our children what a mature separation looks like

that love can come in many different sizes. Small baby. Small baby, yeah

This works for us, and it makes us really happy. The future looks bright for our family

And yes, we're expecting one more. I think we're done after that

Linda's family found harmony after heartbreak. But for three dads in Hollywood, keeping the peace under one roof might be a little more

complicated Koi and Bo it time to get up Let go have breakfast with your other two dads I Daddy Mark and I 59 years old I Daddy Moke and I Shippie Koo

And I'm Daddy Tom, and I am 71. So we have a son and a daughter

Our son's name is Koi, he's eight. Daddy Moke and Daddy Tom are making breakfast down the stairs

Hi, Bo. I am hungry. And our daughter's name is Bo. They're twins

Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Tom and I used to be married. And, uh..

It was a disaster. No, I'm kidding. So, Tom and I had the twins together through surrogacy

We have a surrogate named Ashley, and we're the biological parents. I am Beau's biological dad, and Tom is Coy's biological father

The kids were born in 2017. I think we separated in 2018, but, you know, have always lived together and co-paired together

Because I wanted to be involved with the kids growing up, and Mark realized that, and we

get along really well. And Mocha and I at first, you know, was a little interesting

When and how did you two meet? We met at the gym

He came out of the locker room, and we locked eyes, and it was pretty much love at first

sight, right? Yeah. I had to ask Mark, are you married? That's the first question

He said he was separated and I was like, oh boy, okay. Let me see how this goes

When I finally found the love of my life, Mark, then I have to deal with a three-way

or not a three-way, but a third person in our family. We got married last year

Yep. And Tom, how did you feel when you learned Mark? How did you partner

I was a little depressed for a little bit, But, you know, life goes on and we get along well

Mark and Moke have a great wedding. You guys are perfect for each other

And I love you both. Good morning, guys. Good morning. Good morning

Good morning. Good morning. I think you're going to make us friends

The decision to all live together did not come easily. Moke stayed in his own apartment until the tension had died down

and they knew the kids were comfortable with him. In the next place they bought

they wanted to make it a priority for Tom to have his own quarters and be comfortable

And I live in the back pool house. It is very fun having three dads

Pretty crazy, the situation we're in, but it's fun. When one says no to something

I have a shot with the next one. And what do your friends at school think

about the fact that you have three dads? They think it's kind of cool. Yeah

Who's the strictest parent? I think it's you. You're not strict, really, but you're very strict about that green couch out there

You won't let anybody sit on it. Nope, no one sits on it

When we first moved into this house, it was kind of like figuring out everyone's role in the house

Mine was to be obsessively clean, and no one could sit on anything here, including a walk on the rugs or anything like that

Obsessively drama queens. And you do see a therapist. I do see a therapist, and we've had a couple of group therapy sessions

One namely in particular about Tom Stoy wearing his wedding ring to Mark

and we're trying to change that. Moch and I are planning a third child

We're going to have one more baby. So, Tom, what do you think your role is going to be like with the new baby

Of course I'm going to be here when the baby comes and help it grow up

and helping be a brother and sister to Beau and Coy, and looking forward to it

That was Beau and Coy's fifth birthday. Beau, something I could just tell was troubling her

and she's like, you're the best dad in the world, and the last thing I ever want to do is hurt your feelings

But she said, I really miss not having a mom. And that's when I got on the phone with Ashley

And Ashley started crying. I started crying. So in the last three years, we've seen them way more

And now, you know, Ashley is in our show as well. So she flies out for filming and doing a much better job of like really seeing them more often

So why did you decide as a family to start posting on social media

Because we're fabulous. That's true. The family's videos have taken off and their unique setup has sparked curiosity and enthusiasm

but amongst the positive comments, the parents have received a lot of hate

I've got to share these lovely comments. Aren't you embarrassed of yourself

Be a effing man. You don't need to make some stupid, cringy as hell, super gay video

Just go back inside and... See, that's why I don't read them

Child protection services needs to be called immediately. Those are the ones that really bother me

To the people out there who don't think we are, like, happy, um, well, I'm very happy

For one. We are very happy because we have an amazing dad

I don't know where the other two are. I'm surprised Koi actually said, Dad, if you don't have haters, you're doing something wrong

When we had our first haters, he's like, all right, we're on to something. Oh, here's a great comment

Is this mean? No. Oh, all right. Mark is my favorite. He always makes me smile

What, Moak is or Marcus? Marcus! I love that there's a lot of positive comments about my hair, which is always really good

I love you guys' sense of humor. You guys are the rainbow after the storm

Aw! Well, fortunately, we get more positive than negative. The positive ones are fantastic

There's quite a fan club that Daddy Tom has. there are all kinds of uh men and women saying like is daddy tom available can i be the fourth

dad is he looking what do you think makes a good parent unconditional love i would say putting the

kids first i want them to have an exceptional childhood yeah that's what i want to see for

our kids as i have three dads we'll have three kids now so it's triple the fun triple the drama

Triple the excitement in this family. It's going to be a blast, kids

Tom, would you ever consider bringing another partner into the family? Sure, why not

Introducing another lover into the picture can be scary. And our next family is made up of not just three, but four lovers

We just moved. Let's get it together. Let's go. My name is Pandora Monroe

I have two wives and one girlfriend. We got Nellie here. This is the first wife

We've been together for 10 years, married for 6 years. This is the second wife, Jay

We've been together for 9 years, and we've been married for 5 years

We do have an addition to the family. See, my girlfriend, she is hoping to be wife number 3

Will be. Okay, you heard that. Will be. So, wife number 3

We have 3 children. We have Maya, our daughter, 15 years old

We have Makai he goes by Kai and he 11 11 Then we have the baby boy He five years old Mason How would you describe your relationship as sister wives It just like having a sibling or a best friend Basically having that tight close relationship

We're there for each other, can help each other out. Ain't never a dull moment in this career. Was it always the plan to introduce a third sister wife

Yes. We discussed that early in our relationship of our desires and what we wanted

Today we are going to be doing a nice little... I got it, got it

What's up, you two? It's C. Today we got a video for the girlfriend review

We're going to do a Q&A for y'all and introduce me. Sierra, what made you want to date Pandora

I was always infatuated with her. I reached out to Nellie and Jay first through Instagram and told them that I formed an interest

After they vetted her out, they told her she can come and talk to me and she slid in my DMs, I guess

But yeah, the rest is history. One thing that I would love to clear the air about and correct is I never, never introduced the idea of, hey, I want to bring another woman in the picture

Me and Nelly, this is something that we talked about from the beginning of our relationship because we originally started our relationship with my ex-girlfriend as a poly relationship

I am polygamous, but Nelly, Jay, and Sierra, they are all monogamous

There you go. Pour it on each one. It's okay, you're going to rub it in. Having more than one partner to parent with

means that each child gets even more care and support. Cut some up for Mason's Plate

This one will be for Kyle. Maya, how did you feel when your mom told you she had a girlfriend

I was like, is she nice? I feel excited to meet a new person

She's got a nice vibe to her. She's very friendly. I just enjoy being around her

She's very funny, too. She funnier than me? Maya, funnier than me

Y'all have different types of humor. You tell dad jokes. Sierra was introduced to the kids as a family friend

and when they saw how well she bonded with them, they knew they wanted to make it permanent

Do you have any friends that have parents in a similar situation? Um, I have one friend, and her mom is also gay

but, like, nobody else has multiple parents. Mama does not care what strangers think at all

It makes me feel very confident. Like, if she cannot care what other people think about her

then it's like, I can too, you know? Grateful. Grateful. Becoming a parent brought the kid out in me more

It definitely helps you grow, learn. Kids are a whole different body

Watching them hit milestones is the best for me. Do you feel like you all have enough time with Pandora

I got more than enough time with. I don't know. All right, we got to get this Q&A going

Okay, y'all, so you've been asking for the Q&A on me. Y'all sent in y'all questions

Listen, y'all sent in some crazy ones, but some of y'all sent in some good ones, so fingers crossed

Let's go. Okay. Do you want more children? No. We are good with the three we have

We are perfectly fine. Did you decide to become poly after Nelly cheated

Skip. If one of your wives cheats on you... Skip. how would you feel if j nelly or c asked you to be monogamous would y'all break up

this ain't our question y'all if either one of them decided to change the dynamics of our

relationship then they would essentially be asking could they change the dynamic of their

own relationship which means they would be wanting to remove their self so we get a lot

of negative comments all the time. Comments, comments, comments. I do not care

I would say just educate yourself before you stick your nose in our business

You know what I'm saying? We get a lot of confusion. People are so, you know

oh my God, this is crazy. Oh no, she's just greedy. Why would you do this

The most recent comment that we have gotten is, this is a cult

This is really, you know, disgusting to expose to children or you're going to influence them to be this way, that way

Do you think it's ever gotten potentially confusing for your children? My poly relationship is not confusing for them at all

You know, them having multiple parents doesn't confuse them. The only thing that has ever been a thing in question is

okay, so mom is with another woman instead of mom's with a man

And that was going to be the case regardless if I was with one person or three people

They know that there's different types of love. Some women love other women, some men love other men

They know that people love differently. Poly doesn't look like one thing

It's multiple different types of polygamous relationships or polyamorous relationships. Maya first created Family Game Night

because she just likes when we all get together and play games and have fun

Definitely Nellie is the most competitive. She is a sore loser. Easy, just not fun

If we can describe the family in one word, what would it be? An experience

Experience? Okay. Exciting for sure. Would you all be open to another sister-wife

I would not be open to another sister-wife. We are close. We are complete. Despite the challenges, Pandora's family found balance in polylove

But for mum Megan and her ex, family harmony means becoming roommates with her ex-partner

Mac and cheese. Alright, mac and cheese is hot, alright. This is boyfriend, this is ex-husband

And that's baby mama. My name is Megan. I am a mother of two

My boyfriend is Michael, and we've been together for about a year. Tyler's my ex-husband

We got married in January of 2020, and we got divorced in September of 2023

My daughter, Ryan, is two years old, and my son, Juniper, is six weeks old

How do you guys divide household chores? Megan keeps the children alive, and Tyler and I do the dishes

We do the cleaning. We do the cooking. That's inaccurate. Whose idea was to live this way

It was your idea. Yeah, that was my idea. Having moved to a similar area around the same time, and after going back and forth with Ryan and looking at their finances

Megan, Michael, and Tyler decided that moving in together was a good idea

What will each of the children call you? Well, I just call you Michael

Sometimes she also calls me Tyler, our dad. And I'm like, nope, that's not right

I'm not dad. Yeah, we correct her immediately. Since I stay home with the kids, I'm obviously around them the most

When Tyler wakes up, he'll kind of take over with Ryan. When Michael gets home, obviously he helps out with Juniper and with Ryan

What are some of the immediate benefits that you noticed? My daughter, for sure

She has been much more calm. She's obviously happier having both her parents around all the time

I just get to be closer to my daughter every single day. What level of swallowing pride did it take to do this

It took a lot. And I'd say it still takes a lot every day

It's hard, but it's really easy at the same time. Because it's just kind of like roommates

There had to be a lot of healing And a lot of personal growth to even consider something like this My boyfriend my ex and I all just signed a lease together

Sharing their story has sparked controversy and not everyone has agreed with the family set up

They assume that we're a thruffle for some reason. No, we're not a thruffle. Please take it out of your mind

Well, it's a little bit understandable. But we're not. A lot of people think that we are horrible parents, that we're ruining Ryan's life, we're confusing her, which is also not the case

She fully understands mom and dad are not together. One of my other buddies, he told me that I sold my soul for this

Some other people said, good for you, but you're an idiot. I got told I wasn't a part of Mexican heritage anymore

Oh, yeah. I was like, that doesn't make any sense. I don't think it has anything to do with my heritage

We've had people in our personal life tell us that we're sinners, that we're awful people

And how about, on the fourth side of that, what about the supportive comments? So good for the kids

Like, this is going to benefit them. They're going to have so much time, get so much love

Some of our followers call us brother husbands. Hey, brother. What does the term brother husband mean

good question i think i'm still figuring that one out kind of took it and ran with it because

it's funny there is no brother husbanding happening we're not brothers clearly clearly

we grow mustaches the same that is true it took a long time for tyler and michael to even be in

the same room but things have changed a lot since then after i got over the fact that you know i

have to live with my ex-wife's new boyfriend and kind of just sucked it up and just became

I guess, I don't know, I'd say friends somewhat. It's the first time he said that. Tyler

They might find the living situation more comfortable, but Tyler has found it has a

heavy impact on his romantic relationships. I am the ex-ish, if you want to call it that

Not girlfriend. It was a... We were just, you know, we're like homies

Oh, shut up. Homies. A little bit deeper than homie. Well, before this gets less awkward

Hannah, how did you feel when Tyler told you about this living situation

I thought it was a little weird, to be honest. Who would want to live with someone that they were married to

Like obviously it didn't work for a reason So like why are y'all putting yourself in a situation

To where like things could come up again I'm pretty sure you actually texted me Tyler

I was like yeah she's probably gonna leave after I tell her this So

Was that your intentions? Were you just trying to get me to leave faster? It wasn't you

It didn't really have that much of an impact on our relationship

because it didn't really progress further afterwards. When he first told her, things were definitely real rocky

Wasn't sure if she was going to be the type of girlfriend

that was going to be like, no, you can't, you know, you can't do that

But it turns out, yeah, we went to lunch to talk about everything

I was vetting her for myself because I was like, Like, if this goes anywhere, this person is going to be eventually in the co-parenting pool of me, Tyler, and Michael

I definitely started out with you, but it was a happy ending because now I got a cool friend out of it

I think he is a great guy and he's going to make some girl very happy one day, but it was just not me or Megan

I'm definitely not being his wing woman at all. Maybe further down the line

So next weekend? Yeah, maybe next weekend. How do you think this living situation impacts the children

I think it is positive. I think that they are all awesome parents

Their kids are very lucky to have all three of them. And I can't wait to see where life takes all of y'all

would you recommend this living situation to others yes and no yes if you do it get a bigger

house and no unless you absolutely have to yeah only if you need to i would honestly

what do you hope the future holds for your family nothing but the best family compound

Family farm. Well, they might not wholeheartedly recommend their setup, but the next family aren't living together out of convenience

but because they are in a happy polyamorous quad with two children

Hey, hey, hey. What's up, everybody? So check this out. A lot has changed in our lives since the last time we saw you

We are a polyamorous triad. We met Ali, and we've been together now for two years

Okay, okay. So as you guys know from the last episode, this is my wife, Ali

It's my wife Emily. Of course, she remembers Rain. And this is baby Chicago

She's two months old, so everybody say hello. Lily's biological mom was very supportive

She's always been there. She's a great mother. We raised our daughter to be an amazing child

16 years old. And also, we have a new addition to the family

Hey guys. This is Kylie. Show some love now. Here, baby. How does life feel different since Kylie joined your family

Life has been easier, I'd say. She's definitely another helping hand. She's Rain's favorite by far

She forgot all about us since Kylie's been here. The family weren't looking for another addition

but when they met her, they stuck like glue. Kind of through mutual friends, we were around each other

I just ended up. And then you stayed. We stole you. We stole you from the world

So Trel and I are married. We're not yet married to Ali and Kylie yet

It's just about the proper timing. Every woman deserves the proper proposal, I would say

We do not sleep separately. That's not our dynamic. We're literally just like piled onto the bed

Exciting. Were you worried about how the kids would react when Kylie joined the family

I think our oldest daughter had a little time adjusting to it. Because all she's known is Emily and Allie

Now they like this. Do you like having three moms playing? No

No? Well, she always says, yeah. She always says two moms. Kylie's newer to this situation

She definitely looks at Kylie like a parent figure. She loves and enjoys Kylie, but she's still, you know, new to that situation

So she still says two moms. You got the seat up? Yep

Society tends to think of poly relationships as inappropriate for children, but that's not the case

They are not in our love life. They are in our life as far as we take care

We provide for them and we love them, so that's all they know

All they know is they got more love in the house. It's all hands on deck, with all four adults helping out with parent duties

And there's plenty of these duties to keep their hands full. I don't know how single moms do it, because even when it was just like me and Ali, we're still tired

If I just get like a little bit of a power nap. for a few hours. Yeah, I mean, Ali really, I'll get back up

and she'll go back to sleep. So we kind of just, like, alternate and Kylie kind of just, like

comes in when we need her outside. Yeah. How many more children would we like to have

together? We don't have a number, but that's just more of a natural thing

If something progresses and it happens, it happens. I would say one of the challenges of being in

a polyquad, sometimes dating. Just like any other group of people, we have to align

our schedules with each other to be able to spend that quality time and then we have to get the kids

in order and stuff like that and then of course sometimes you know if we go if we all go out as a

group i'm out with three beautiful women right who in the hell is going to assume they're all mine

like it's not like that's a normal thing you come across we always get the oh yo who's shorty

Which one can I? And then they think I'm hating. They think I'm hating

They be like, no, you trying to claim them all. They're not like, bro, these really my ladies

They're in a real relationship. So sometimes they don't realize until they know us

They're like, oh, this is real. They're really together. Or we'll bring up the Instagram. Look! The quad have received a lot of negative feedback

and people think they have an expiration date on their relationship. No, none of them should procreate

Okay, we love each other. and we have a family and we're building a family what does that have to do with you like why do you

have you know other people's families you know what I mean so I think that's just people just

he's a pimp one of his girls needs to give him an offspring new age nonsense so let me make this

clear the person that come in there has no sense because this is the thing if I was a pimp why would

I'll be trying to have a joke. Right. Yeah, that makes no sense

No, it will screw the kids up. They said that six years ago

Just living proof. They probably will say it again. They need to focus on raising their own children

It's a blessing to have multiple people in the home that's caring for you. Have any of you lost any friends or family along the way

I personally have lost a couple friends due to the relationship just because of their own

personal opinion on it. For me, then, good riddance. If you can't accept how I choose to live my life

and love the people that I love, then you don't need to be in my life

If you love one person and that's what you want to do with your life, we completely support that. We love that for you

It just not for us It not what we want to do We don shame monogamous people We love love period So if you love one person if you love him that your business Because if you have multiple kids you not going to love one child

There we go. Yo, what up, sisters? My sister Essence took a little bit of an issue only because she's spoiled

So she likes her brother to be focused on her for the most part

I've been meaning to ask you, you know, how do you feel about me being in a poly relationship

I don't think I ever actually asked you that question. It'd be like my only little dynamic through it is the sharing part, but that's been since I was little

But I feel like it takes a village, so it doesn't really like affects me in no way

Or do I feel like it affects my nieces? So it's like, it's a good thing for me. It's just heavy on the sharing part

No, that's real. And then, you know, you a mother. How do you feel about being poly? Do you think it impacts children negatively

No, I think being poly is like it is what you make it. A parent is a parent. It don't matter how many parents it is

Rain gets to go to school, she can teach the other kids. Like, this don't affect me at all. I just know I'm getting loved by multiple people

That's it. I appreciate that, sis. The Quad realise that polyamorous relationships are still a taboo

But their goals are to keep creating content and keep growing. Everybody, you know, used to say, they'd say

They say, oh, you guys weren't the last. This is just temporary love

And look at us now, six years later. Now in a new relationship, a great relationship with Kylie

They say that it takes a while to raise a game. Well, this is mine. Yes

Her crazy stuff. She got that time break. We know the future for us will be everything we dream of and imagine

Finally, we have two young parents, Tasia and Drew. Their journey to parenthood shows

that age doesn't define the size of your heart. I'm Tasia Taylor and this is my husband Drew. I'm 24 years old and he is 26 years old

We met, so we were working together at Western Sizzlin. I was 17. And then the rest is history

We got engaged and got married like four months. We were 22 and 20

We are both teachers. She teaches kindergarten and I teach high school

What do you call your kids? I call them mom and dad most of the time

We do. Unless she's mad. Oh, that's not bad. Thank you. We have four children

The oldest is Tamaray. She's 16. We have Rory. She's 14. We have Isaiah

He's 12. And then we have Ashton Rose, and she's two months

Baby baby. Mmm. I like building things with my dad sometimes. So whenever he has furniture he has to build, I build it with him

Tasia and Drew always knew they wanted to adopt, but had envisioned it being much younger kids

They had no idea they'd be considered for adopting teenagers. Rory was one of my students

She was our first foster placement, and we didn think that we were going to adopt her but then we did And then we got the call about Isaiah who is Rory brother and we took him in as well So Tamaray is my cousin My grandmother is raising her and now she very ill She has cancer

We were just going to pursue a legal guardianship, but after we adopted the two kids

it was really important to Tamaray that she was adopted. We actually just adopted her a few weeks ago, so we made things official

And the baby was just a surprise, I guess. So went from zero to four and less than two years. Yeah less than two years. Yeah

We're a little bit overwhelmed, but it was just such an awesome period of joy

This week every day is Rory day and three softball games Whenever I came here out that was my first time ever being a big sister

so I had to get you to do it. Rory, what do you look forward to teaching

baby Ashley when she's older? How to do her hair and paint her nails

I don't know, it would be good and nice to people. I cried so much that first day

of just like holding this little bundle of innocence and like kicking myself for not being there sooner

for the other ones. How high does it need to be? It's probably, I don't know, put your phone on it

so we can see what it looks like. Did you have to ask your mom before getting TikTok

I said no for a really long time. Yeah. Tamaray was allowed to have it first because she was turned 16

And then we realized that Roy was a little bit more responsible than Tamaray

so we let Roy have to. Tasia had been posting on social media about her life

and started using her platform to share information about foster care. I guess it was never really like an intentional

until I started realizing the impact that these stories had on people

She's kind and loving and caring. She's always there for us. She's been all right

She knows what we go through a lot. She knows literally everything

Is your mom younger than all of your grandmothers? Yes. Yeah, I think

Lori's 14, Pamela's 16. In just a couple years, they're going to be an adult

and they're going to be starting their families and so I'm going to be like a really young grandma

I could be a grandma before I'm 30. It's nothing bad. You're the fun mom

Thankfully, me and Drew were kind of equipped as teachers. We had been through trauma-informed care

all these different trainings to work with kids who had been through hard things, and I think that was definitely an asset of ours

But it was still hard. Definitely scary at first. I mean, when you go from having no kids

to kids that have been through a lot of things, You're not starting with them as a baby and molding them

You're going to have to pick them up in the beginning. But the harder thing was figuring out how to navigate hard conversations

And then you're on my back. I'm pretty sure I had to do the talk week one of parenting, and that's not normal

People don't usually have to have the birds and the bees talk right when they... It's usually a build-up to that

In real life the couple didn get a lot of judgment but online was a different story I mean the most common criticism is we were too young to do this They need to be with someone with more life experience

or more knowledge. WTF bro had her first child at 7 years old

This is the comment I get more than anything else on my channel

and it makes me so crazy because my name literally says Adoptive mom

I did not have a baby at 7 years old. which says 22 is way too young to foster and adopt teens

It's not really about the age. I think that we are really mature for our age

The worst comments that we've gotten have been people assuming that, like

Drew is gross and that he's, like, doing things with our kids, and that makes me so deeply upset to even hear that

It also makes me wonder, like, where their heart is, that that's where their mind went

It just makes me sick to see that kind of thing. That's something I can't even really just, I can't really even entertain those comments

We are their parents. We have them because we want to protect them. Why would we put them in a situation like that

And our kids will go to bat on those comments too. That makes them so mad. It's kind of one of those things where we're doing the best we can and we're learning and we've done a lot of research

I mean, I think we did a pretty good job. I think so. What did your other family friends think when you told them you were adopting

I think at first, before they were able to meet him, they were like, whoa

Terrified. Terrified. There's her boyfriend. His mom is like one of the most caring women of all time, but I think her concerns were with how young Drew was, also with how old the kids were

And also, it can be a lot sometimes. Well, I think it's fair to worry about your children and want to make sure they're not getting in over their heads

Yeah. My family, they've been really, really supportive because I had talked about it before, so it wasn't any big surprise

Who's the most competitive? I don't know that it's me. In real life, I think maybe a lot of people don't even realize that we're their parents

Maybe it's just confusion. Like, wait, how is she their mom? Yeah, they're usually more entertained. Like, more interested

Or we've gotten friend group. Do you have a goal here? I'm confused on what I'm doing

Well, I hope in the future that, you know, we can also be this for many more kids

People keep asking if we're done, and I'm like, I'm only 24. Like, I don't think we're done

I definitely don't think we're done. No. Well, we for sure will foster again, and we would like to have a couple more biological

I guess if we had to describe our family in one word, it would be loyalty

It's important to them to know that we're here for the long run. We're not going anywhere

We're always going to be the family for them. Love doesn't look the same for everyone

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