3 is enough

I think the Canadian couple wanted a vacation home, not necessarily to move to Laurel full time. I’m not sure if they were able to work remotely but without work visas they can’t just get jobs. Then there is the whole healthcare issue.

It’s interesting that Carlin posted a couple of photos of Layla with Willow and Hazel to her stories last night. It does look like they were in a public place/church hall, but really makes you wonder if she reads here.

This is the couple who got a one bedroom apartment specifically so no one could sleep over. And when they bought their house the third bedroom went from being a storage room for her shop to a playroom for the girls. They obviously have no desire for a guest room because they do not want overnight guests. Not even the sisters Josie was so close to when she was growing up.

This is true but I also think he is fine with her doing her influencer thing if it means bringing in extra $$$ or expensive products they otherwise couldn’t afford. She shills less than Carlin or Whitney and these days she is mostly promoting her own shop goods.

Kelton is off-putting to me as well. He is a hard worker and seems to be a good dad, but still there is something about him that just feels not quite right. I do think that all the siblings know better than to encourage Carlin and Evan to hang out too much because once that door is open there are no limits. Katie has distance on her side. But I also think that while Carlin is far from being very close to Josie they do see each other occasionally. I have seen photos of Layla with Willow and Hazel. It’s possible that everyone appears to keep their distance so as not to dilute their social media presence. They all do depend on that to have the nice things they enjoy.

I’m sorry, but the whole bungling Jim schtick along with the fake Jim vs Josh competition did nothing for me. The house looked great in the end but I am afraid that the show is really venturing into Chip Gaines levels of goofiness. I hope this was just a product of Ben’s surgery.

Poor kid. How the heck did that happen?

Alyssa and John finally got their house painted. Surprise, surprise it’s light grey with white trim and blue grey garage doors. To be fair, the HOA may have a very limited colour palette, and it does look much nicer. I hope they get their fence done too because it looks just awful next to the freshly painted house. It’s a wood fence painted white and I assume the Florida climate is not kind to painted wood. New car, new couch, and paying to get someone to paint the house? I guess they are doing well. There were a few lingering shots of the contractor’s sign in the yard so they may have negotiated a discount.

What a sad Christmas for those kids. Who opens gifts on the 22nd? The 24th, sure, but the 22nd? Makes no sense to me. Alyssa has done the matching shoes for Christmas before but they were Adidas or Nike and she and John got some as well. That I can understand to a certain extent, but you will notice there were no matching cheap shoes for Mom 🙄. And sizing up “so the shoes last longer”? That’s a big no. Sure, if the child is between sizes going up a half size is fine, but kids shouldn’t be walking in shoes a size too big. I understand not wanting to spoil the kids too much, but at least put some thought into the stockings and give each girl something different that SHE would enjoy. And not a candy cane or small treat to be seen. Sad.

I was wondering about that too. She was making a sugary punch for a party she is having tonight and never said she could not have any of it though.

That’s really bizarre. Fourteen times? I am at a loss for words.

That is sad. Not a fan of Lawson and I think Tiffany could have done so much better, but it is still a heartbreaking loss.

As long as she is not pregnant she can leave him. It would be a lot harder if they had a child. While I also think it would be better if she was not pregnant, if she did lose a baby I have sympathy for her. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.

Was just coming here to talk about this. There is a part 2 coming. I am wondering if she had a loss. She posted a lot about sadness in October. I just think if she was pregnant and everything was ok they would have posted everywhere. Hopefully I am wrong. It says “Part1 of our pregnancy story. Part 2 will be coming soon.”

Was just coming here to talk about this. There is a part 2 coming. I am wondering if she had a loss. She posted a lot about sadness in October. I just think if she was pregnant and everything was ok they would have posted everywhere. Hopefully I am wrong.

My husband has had kidney stones in the past. He naturally produces a lot of uric acid and is also prone to gout. He has a prescription to reduce his production of uric acid/purines and he has not had a recurrence of either the stones or the gout. It runs in his family- his brother also has the same problem. That said, maybe Katie’s diet is the problem. No one else in the family seems to have had any issues.

Carlin’s stories this morning showed they were driving home.

Good on Whitney for postponing the trip. I know little kids are susceptible to getting sick. My grandchildren have been trading colds for weeks, but they do go to school. You would think that homeschooling the kids would lessen their exposure to viruses and infections but the Bates grandchildren still seem to pick up everything out there. Also wonder if Whitney has already weaned Lily Jo? I know she was pumping and then bottle feeding but the baby should have been getting some protection from the antibodies in the breast milk. Honestly I have never heard of such a young baby getting strep- especially since it doesn’t seem that any of the older kids are sick. Katie also was pumping and bottle feeding. It almost seems like they have some sort of hang up about actually nursing their babies. I know that it doesn’t come easy for everyone and they may have had issues, but it just seems odd that mothers who are home would pump instead of nursing.

That place they are staying looks pretty pricey. But I guess since Katie and Travis just took an anniversary trip they just HAD to do something too. 🙄

This makes perfect sense. However , in the video you can see there is no handrail ( is that a code violation?). Plus Zade was going down the middle of the stairs.

In Carlin’s stories there was footage of Zade going down the stairs by himself.He isn’t even 2! Who lets a little guy like that go down the stairs alone? They have a gate at the top of the stairs but then let him climb down alone. 🙄

It’s bad enough that they are grandma curtains from the 70’s/80’s but yes, they are not nearly full enough.

OMG the curtains! 😂

Maybe because the “big house” is always filthy?

🙋🏼‍♀️ Add me to the list. Three kids, 3 home cooked meals a day, (and I do not enjoy cooking), my house was clean and the laundry never got out of control. My husband’s job required a lot of travel so most weeks I was alone. How did I find the time? Gee, maybe because I wasn’t constantly glued to a phone “documenting” my life. These folks have babies because that’s what is expected of them, not because they are ready to be parents. It’s so sad.