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While I'm not a fan of K&J - something about his seems asshole-ish and she seems snotty, when it comes to business he definitely learned and executed on the idea of scaling up - i.e. invest as much $ as possible to hire as many guys as possible + buy as many trucks/equipment as you can + keep all those guys busy. Bc yeah then you're on the hook for salary for 20 other people, but you only pay them a % of amount the company charges for jobs, so the rest of it is $ in your pocket/reinvested in growing the co. more. At one point was talking about scaling Josie's business too, which is what she's done. She works very few weddings herself now - I don't think it's even one weekend a month anymore. But she has other make up/hair people working for her, making her $ and she pays them a salary. More difficult for her to scale up than him though bc it is costly for someone to just say ok well I'll go out and buy my own trucks and equipment and set up my own plumbing co. so I can keep all the profit, whereas a makeup/hair person can do that with a $1000 worth of supplies. But hey her business brings in some $ even if she is prob constantly losing employees and hiring new grads from Crown. Evan is too dumb/lazy to understand the same thing can be done in electrical too. But first you have to learn the trade and learn it well bc no one is hiring anyone who shows up at a job and says gee I saw this in school but IDK I've never worked on this kind of problem before. Kelton did that learning through high school and college as he apparently spent all his down time working in his uncle's plumbing co, getting the trade license etc. Evan isn't willing to put in that 5+ yrs to get real experience and then another 2-3 yrs of starting a company and busting ass until it's big enough that other guys go out on jobs and $ comes to you. He's the moron who'd think he could start a company today with no hands on experience and people would still hire him even if he didn't understand what to do.

Josie has said before that when they moved in, they focused their renovations on the family room/open concept and the kitchen, but had to let other things go like the master bathroom bc at the time they were pouring money into their businesses. Imagine that - delayed gratification and living with things even if they aren't perfect. I'm sure there is a bigger house in their plans, though I doubt they are buying right now; only because if they wanted to move in a few months, unless their master bath is a disaster, I doubt they'd sink money into it just before moving. They have said before they want 5 kids. I'm pretty sure their current house is a 3 bed, so yeah I can see them upgrading. Not to mention they are actually both working hard and making money, so they seem like the rational types who'd gather some equity in this house, save up additional money to put down, and buy a bigger home. Imagine the jealousy from C&E - especially if they build a custom home. When he was still a student C&E were PANICKED about not having a house RIGHT THAT INSTANT in the hottest market ever, Evan was crowing about how he wanted to build a custom home and they were going to see McMansions under construction - AS A STUDENT. C&E would def take it the hardest if Josie/Kelton got a new McMansion. After all K&T are already well to do; A&J already have a fairly sizeable home with a pool; Z&W got their house with the huge amount of land they wanted; and it appears that Erin/Tori/Michael have just accepted where they're at financially. C&E are the climbers always eye-ing others' homes, Teslas etc.

Steak + 3 eggs, looks like Leisure Boy is back on keto for a few days/weeks. He was talking about it in NJ. Hope no one has any cholesterol issues and everyone intends to work out HARD after consuming entire meals of fatty high cholesterol foods.

Haha - back to the EFF YOU internet - we COOK and we have money LOOK STEAK. Northcrest Medical Center huh - Evan thinking of getting his medical office receptionist job back? Northcrest is in the Nash area and presumably where Evan worked pre Carlin, interesting to be rocking that gear 5+ yrs later. I don't think either of them WANTS a baby, but I think Evan is counting the bucks and will soon realize that a baby is the only thing that'll keep income flowing so he doesn't have to get a job bc no one cares about their doctors appointments or how "busy" they are at the boutique. Reality is they're both always going to be disinterested parents whether they have 2 kids or 5. We can tell how little they engage with their kids - even compared to their siblings who aren't rocket scientists but still appear to TALK to their kids and teach them little things. We can tell the kids are being raised to sit in front of a TV and stuff themselves full of junk so they'll just stay quiet so mommy and daddy can scroll IG or make useless YTs. But they know they "want" [have to have to fit in with their families] more kids, so they'll have them. Yeah Z is supposedly cute now but if they make a baby in say July, that baby doesn't arrive until next spring - by which time Z will be 2 and a whole lot less cute [I don't mean physically, I just mean people are much more enthralled by little babies than toddlers].

You know the 10-12+ hr ride home last night was spent in serious discussions of "what's next for us" -- i.e. how do we generate content to keep the $ rolling. I mean they've been home for like 3 wks since Christmas and had like zero content besides drs. appts. I assume that's why they cooked up the - Z needs a fancy party with a planner bc it'll be a few weeks of content showing the party itself + the tribute to Z YouTube like they did for L + the planned chaos/mishaps leading up to the party. Wouldn't be surprised if they've gotten Mama B to hold off I Love You Day until late March bc then Katie/Trav will be at their kid's party too - to make it seem bigger. I suspect we'll be seeing a lot of Z's bday, another trip to Nash in a week or two for E's sisters bday - and you know they don't go to Nash for less than 5-10 days, trip to see Joy after she delivers, and drs. appts. Snooze. Hope they're realizing people are losing interest - I mean Evan's NYC dream trip garnered 110k views (=$550) - yep that's the kind of engagement you quit your job over. Found it interesting that Mama B dropped in the Carlin appreciation post that Carlin was experiencing headaches [yet still stayed by Katie's side]. Uh they do realize Carlin is neither a dr or nurse and wasn't NEEDED in L&D right?! But I expect that lines up with more dr. appt stuff. And totally agree with @BitterApple- having lived Trav/Katie's life for 3 wks where money is not object and being jealous of that, they're convincing themselves money is rolling for them too -- cue party planner for a 1 yr old and a Tesla by yr end, I guarantee it. Honestly I think these 2 will announce a pregnancy by summer/fall bc they are bored out of their minds + think of the DRAMA of high risk and many many drs appts given Carlin's meds etc. leading to easy weekly content for 9 mos [or 6-8 mos if they hold off telling for a bit].

HAHAH. I was just going to post that in that IG where Carlin is holding the baby and Trav is playing guitar, there are a LOT of bags on the bed and looks like Evan is running around maybe packing. Yep they wanted out of there ASAP - Katie got home this morning and these 2 hit the road at 6 pm. Not saying it's bad for Katie/Trav to finally get some time to be alone with their baby. But nothing screams WE ARE HERE TO HELP than leaving 4-6 hrs after the mother and newborn get home. Just as well - you know they were not going to cook a single meal, left behind not one freezer meal etc. so better for Katie/Trav to just do it on their own and with help from MIL/SIL if they need help. I know some people prefer to drive at night with kids so they'll sleep but Google says it's a 10 hr drive and the drive over to NJ took 17. Starting a 10-17 hr drive at 6 pm on a long weekend when others are also trying to get home?? [Though I realize it isn't a long weekend for all + these ppl's lives are a long weekend so they prob don't realize others had off.] Sounds super safe. IDK maybe it's just me but I hate sharing the road with the large trucks that travel overnight esp on weeknights. Mama Clark has to be breathing a sigh of relief that all the Bates are gone. She'll likely stop by the house with dinner etc. and not have to worry about feeding the boorish inlaws. I mean these are the same people who showed up to the baby shower early - G&K, Evan/Carlin, John - pizza in hand FOR THEMSELVES, and proceeded to eat and talk about how good it was while the Clarks run around setting up the food, utensils, tables, chairs before the party. Their only help was offering up 15 yr old Addie who made some balloon decoration!? Mama Clark's inner Jersey girl was about to come out. These people couldn't be bothered to help even though they came early, and they couldn't wait like 30 more min to eat when the party started?! We've already seen the Smiths' disdain for the Bates too. They could barely contain their disdain as they were given a tour of the Bates' sty which no one bothered to clean before company arrive + saw Jeb/Jud's feral behavior; something like ice cream was being served and Jeb/Jud - who were 5-7 yrs old at the time - were sticking their fingers into the entire tubs of ice cream until Bobby told them they couldn't do that as the food was for everyone?! So yeah I think all the inlaws question the Bates' manners, child rearing, and house running, as well as their general lack of interest in their grown kids. Even though we've never seen them, I'm sure Mrs. Paine and Webster could join that convo - ahem - Mrs. Paine came and stayed for weeks after Erin's surgery to take care of her and the kids while her local mother didn't bother and no doubt the Websters noticed that the Bates left before Alyssa was even discharged from her heart surgery!?

Obviously IDK but somehow the 5 oldest Duggar girls don't seem as petty and mean as the Bates girls. My sense is that the Duggar girls - not matter what they say - rightly place their hate on their PARENTS more than each other. More than one daughter [Jill; Jinger] has said just bc you can keep having kids doesn't mean you should, you need to take care of the ones you have. So I think they do acknowledge that their parents had far too many and then let bad things go on while protecting their first born SON. I also think the Duggar daughters just have their own lives and aren't trying to be each others' besties anymore - probably due to a realization that they are really different and the only reason they were besties is bc their parents said so and never allowed them to have real friends. Seems like they don't see each other much, don't comment on each others' social media much, but then when they do randomly visit - like Joy visiting Jinger in LA recently even though their lives are worlds apart - they're happy just to be together for a few days and catch up. Maybe they is some realization that their lives are just too different to compare anymore - single Jana vs. Jing in LA being vocal about her upbringing vs. Jill in Okla with her lawyer husband also vocal about her upbringing vs. Joy in rural Ark in a quiet country life with her old school husband vs. Jessa in Ark with her husband I think still relying on her father for work/money. And pragmatically unlike the Bates sisters bc they have much larger social media followings, they aren't competing with each other for social media $ either. Jill shills cereal, some swim school her kids go to, and some meal prep company whereas the last Joy ad I saw was for one of those car battery chargers to jump start a car. Meanwhile in the Bates' clan I feel like it REALLY chaps the sisters' asses when they get in with Dime Beauty or Navy hair or Cuts or whomever and oh look within weeks each of their sisters is plugging the same thing - cutting into their potential earnings. The Bates girls haven't realized they are so messed up bc of G&K giving them NO attention except on their wedding day and pushing out baby number 1 day. Instead of blaming G&K, they find reasons to pick on each other for "stealing" attention away. And apparently they aren't content enough in their own husbands/home lives to just focus on those rather than their sisters. And BTW Carlin looks like an idiot in the hospital room wearing that poofy braid that Josie made SUCH a big deal of as she stood in front of the mirror on the ski trip proclaiming her bestie to be Lydia as they both did their hair that way for skiing. It was very much Carlin's way of being like - well you may have skied with YOUR bestie Lydia but I can wear my hair the same way while watching MY BESTIE Katie, your FORMER bestie push out a baby which beats skiing any day. Maybe that hair style has some benefits for windy conditions on a mountain but it just looks asinine indoors in L&D.

Not even a little surprised. If she delivered Friday, she likely came home Sunday night or maybe first thing Monday. G&K do not want to be home for that type of thing bc heaven forbid Katie/Trav look to the 87 other adults in their house right now to maybe handle dinner for the first few nights. I mean these are the same people who left for the airport after Alyssa's heart surgery and to be exact Gil left while she was STILL IN RECOVERY having not even seen her + Kelly left a few hrs later once she was in a room but having complications. Both were splitsville bc they got their IG pics evidencing they care and they pray over their daughter but actually staying for the 2-3 days in the hospital + then helping her at home when she could not move, had to have food brought to her and John had to lift her up to sit etc. - no thanks. Evan/Carlin arrived Feb 1 so it'll be 3 weeks Wed. I would not be surprised if they are out of there within 1-2 days of Katie getting home, again bc they don't actually want to help and now the party party is over bc Katie/Trav aren't taking them anywhere for a while.

I wonder if E&C have realized yet that they're about to lose their NJ party party pals. Don't get me wrong, I think Katie will be slow to adjust to motherhood just like she was slow to adjust to marriage; I foresee Addie/Ellie spending A LOT of time in NJ in the next 3-6 mos as Katie complains about OMG it's SOOO hard, she doesn't sleep etc. Not that Addie/Ellie can help with that, but I do see some dumping of the baby on them during the day so Katie can sleep, primp herself, shill shit on IG etc. BUT ultimately I do think Katie will take to parenting like she did marriage and she and Trav will be better parents - or strive to it - more than E&C. While I think Trav is kind to Katie [more than we feared given what we know of Daddy Clark], I do think he has some expectations re how his home will run. I mean pre wedding ditzy Katie proudly went on and on about not knowing what to do when Nathan's wife was like turn this oven off in the next 30 min and then bring that dish with you in the car to the dinner we're hosting. Like went on and on to the point that Nathan's wife was about to slap her. 14 months later Katie cooks at least a few days a week - bc she shouts out her SIL/MIL for simple recipes; she's shown herself FaceTiming Michael as Michael walks her thru a recipe; she has said before that certain dishes freeze well. So yeah while they probably do eat CFA, Olive Garden, pizza half the week, I think at some point Trav clarified that he was not going to eat CFA daily for the rest of his life. I think the same will be true of parenting for both of them. They'll act ditzy at first like Hailey is a Gucci bag to carry around and pass off to some family member when they need a break, I also don't see them being the types who are like woohooo Evan/Carlin are here -- let's drop the kid off at the Clarks' [or all 3 kids - lol the Clarks would likely just say no to Evan/Carlin's feral kids] or hire a babysitter and woohoo Top Golf and cheesesteaks until midnight. Or worse yet, lets just bring the kids so we can party party and they can sleep on the floor anywhere. Somehow I can see Hailey at least having bed times, meal times, food that isn't chips. Katie has already mentioned consistency for things like potty training. These are things Evan/Carlin haven't managed in 3+ yrs and they pat themselves on the back when they give their kid pre sliced cheese + a slice of avocado + beans straight from the can + a stack of tortilla chips bc OMG we made TACO SALAD. I feel like having a family life is part of why Z&W are distancing themselves from E&C lately [and likely some work tension with these morons too] and I can see the same happening with Katie/Trav. There was a time when Whit was all too happy ditching her kids/Zach and going out to dinners with Evan/Carlin or 10 pm ice cream runs and now we don't see that at all; one of the times that Carlin was trying to "convince" them to do a date night after an entire day together at work, Whit looked horrified and was like uh we have to get home . . . . Hope they realize that especially once Hailey is mobile/needs a schedule, Katie/Trav won't be up for hitting up the beach or NYC bc Evan/Carlin are bored.

But when you're 22 in fundie land, what other accomplishments can you have besides pushing out a baby [or making a baby if you're a man]? Graduating Harvard? Getting accepted to med/law school? Graduating the military academies and commissioning and learning to fly jets? Nope -- all that is for heathens, our men can get it up and our ladies can push. So she gave birthday Friday, Trav has basically been editing the videos since then to get one posted yesterday and one on Friday and Katie is laying in the hospital bed doing her makeup. I know it's 2023 and IG/influencers/blah blah but WTF.

Nice to see they had no problem dumping their own kids on a stranger to go sit at the hospital. I get why Carlin was there but really Evan - couldn’t miss out huh and stay home with your own kids?? No doubt it was some sweet friend from the Clarks’ church watching the kids and I realize that mom and dad do leave kid 1 with someone to go birth kid 2 but to me it’s different here - unknown babysitter, strange house, and oh yeah this is only your SIL’s kid not yours so you don’t need to be there. Fear not they prob threw a bag of chips at Layla as they ran out cameras in hand. Could they look any less interested in that kid?? They are looking at the baby like you look at a distant coworkers baby out of politeness. Yet contrast Trav’s brother and SIL and sister and BIL - those are some very real smiles. Really hope the Bates won’t be godparents though I’m betting it’ll be Carlin + Trav’s brother. And why is Carlin so goddam stupid. In the waiting room “this is the support team, like are you kidding me” - as the camera pans to Trav’s parents, sister, brother and SIL, G&K, and her husband of course talking about food. No Carlin we aren’t kidding - that’s a pretty normal crew to come wait for a baby. What - you and your family can have 87,000 siblings at every birth but a family welcoming grandkid #1 can’t have 5 ppl in the waiting room? And someone mentioned certain sisters not getting along - what on earth went down btwn Katie and Erin that when just married in 2013 Erin listed Katie as her favorite/wanted to adopt and take Katie/Katie always hung out at the cottage to now where she didn’t congratulate Katie on her wedding or post a single pic w her and now is ignoring the birth of her first kid?? Katie posted re the baby 6 hrs ago and Erin has been on IG bc she posted Bible stuff 3-4 hrs ago. Though interestingly Erin only follows 2 accts related to Paine construction and none of her siblings?!

Pretty sure you can’t do that when you’re the one who played the OMG you need to get here ASAP card without risking that (i) they don’t come back bc they aren’t paying for flights or gas again - esp if you aren’t offering to pay; or (ii) in this family - they never speak to you again bc they feel slighted. Not sure that Trav would care if Carlin wasn’t there for the birth but I think Katie is terrified and would care. And Trav has shown that he does try to make Katie comfortable whether it’s with homesickness or whatever else. And I think both Katie/Trav would care if telling C/E to go home chilled their relationship. I think Trav does like the bro time with Evan. I mean at this point all you can hope is that these two moochers realize this is taking forever and go home and then return. But if they didn’t do that when Kelly left, they won’t now as it’s closer to the birth. So maybe hope that they entertain themselves out of the home daily for a few hrs. I actually don’t get why they aren’t doing that - like they can’t take L/Z to the playground daily for an hr or two and then a neighborhood walk for 30 min daily esp given that the weather has been in the 50-60s?? Maybe that’s too kid centric?!

Yeah something is off. Evan is on C’s IG hawking their budget app (prob bc her IG has more followers) and says when budgeting he noticed Carlin had been shopping lately. Carlin jumped in saying it was a stress relief shopping trip for her and Katie as Evan says “for the girl that’s not pregnant, it’s a stress reliever . . . .” Damn. Just a touch mean as they don’t know when Carlin will next have the family’s attention on her by popping out spawn 3. Evan did make his way to a golf course this morning bc he’s cooped up on baby watch. I have a sense they came expecting Katie would have the baby ASAP and they’d be sitting at the house for 2 weeks OR until Katie didn’t have the baby PARTY PARTY. And thus far in 2 weeks Katie/Trav have taken them to NYC for a few hrs + Dave and Busters. I think that’s MORE than you can expect from people expecting their first kid. But for this PARTY PARTY crowd I have a feeling they expected to be running to Philly every night for cheesesteaks, ice cream and pizza runs at 10 pm, sightseeing in Philly, multiple beach trips, outlet shopping daily etc so my sense is they’re a bit pissy due to lack of YT material. I wonder if Trav was very clear with Katie upfront that this is how it’d be - and they wouldn’t be running place to place until the baby was crowning. On an earlier trip - maybe Katie’s baby shower or maybe when they finished the house - they ran ragged from the moment C/E landed until the morning then left — cheesesteaks in Phila the minute they landed, multiple beach days but driving home the 1 hr each night, constant outlet malls, restaurants, aimless driving in the Tesla etc. Trav even said after they left that having family in town is fun but SO TIRING. My sense is Trav’s family is fine staying home, watching a basketball/football game on tv, reading etc so maybe he was like nope I’m not up for being the tour guide here with my 9 mo pregnant wife. Though C/E have their car, if they’re sooo bored, take your damn kids and go out for 4-6 hrs and give K/T some breathing room. But reality is it’s more PARTY PARTY with other people + they don’t want to deal with their kids so they’d rather have K/T along to help. There’s a great public library right in that town like 10 min away - yet these people don’t read, nor can their feral kids stay quiet for that sort of thing having never been exposed to it. All the historic sites in Phila are like 30 min away, there’s a great botanical garden 1 hr away but eh too much work unless Trav is driving, parking, paying.

Hahahaha Kelly flew home at some point in the last 2 wks and just got back to NJ last night. I’m sorry but that makes Carlin/Evan look like even bigger losers with no lives of their own. They got to NJ Feb 1 bc Katie was told contractions/any day now. Feb 7 Katie has another drs appt and she’s told contractions were caused by an infection, they’ve stopped. Foursome heads to NYC that night. I’m thinking Kelly headed home prob by Feb 8 as she prob saw the writing on the wall that these 4 would run all over town leaving her to babysit for the next few weeks so she was out. If Carlin/E were normal or had any desire to be home or alone as a family, they could’ve left Feb 8 also with promises to return when contractions start for real?? Hell it would make for great “drama” to have to drive back 17 hrs 10 days later or heaven forbid, Evan watches his own kids (or runs to mommy) and Carlin flies back alone for 2-3 days?? Money seems tight for these people. Spirit/some low cost carrier runs a flight from Phila to Knox. But if they were to drive home and then fly back, 3 last min tickets on Spirit would be $100-150 or $300-450 total, plus they’d have to rent a car for a few days as Trav would need his Tesla to go back and forth to the hospital so there’s another $200-300. Does Evan not want to cough up another $750 for a second trip so it’s a better bargain to mooch off Trav’s food, electricity, water etc?

Is there trouble in paradise for C&E or merely a desperation to hold onto content for YT? I mean they have seemed pissy at each other since Christmas, not that it matters since 90% of their time since then has involved family so it’s not like they have to be alone in that house they had to have. But now Valentine’s Day comes and goes and Carlin doesn’t post anything re the haul she got from Evan? Even though Ms. Competitive is living in Katie’s house - who gushed about Trav making sure that she woke up to Sbux, CFA, roses, and chocolates covered berries this morning. Now maybe Trav just had all this delivered surprising Evan bc otherwise did Evan not jump in the Tesla w Trav this morning to go get stuff for his wife? Meanwhile Carlin just half heartedly asked Layla what daddy got her as she pointed out 2-3 toys + backpack + chocolates + a smoothie as Carlin was like daddy must love you a lot. And Carlin’s IG posts were all about the kids, barely acknowledging Evan and Evan posts an “I’m blessed” IG pic at like 2 am on Feb 15?? Uh we all know this isn’t a case of - I worked such a long day I didn’t even realize today was valentines. These 2 seem a bit sick of each other - shocking given that they’ve been together 24-7 for like 9 mos. As for Katie - while she’s a dumbass, pretty sure she’s in a marriage that’ll go how Trav wants it to go. Trav has already said he wants 3 so I think that’ll be it for them; I’m sure she’ll whine and cry and get baby fever so maybe there will be a 4th but after that it’s done. Trav’s daddy is prob paying him like 150-200k - just a guess based on lifestyle in their area - but I think Trav gets that 200k for a family of 5-6 is different than 200k for a family of 8+ or 12+ or whatever.

Ma Bates didn't potty train her own kids, why would she potty train a grand baby? And this child has zero relation to Ma Clark. Katie - maybe but asking someone 8 mos pregnant to potty train YOUR kid?? Though Carlin/Evan are rude enough to ask for that help. Pretty sure Trav foots the bill for these weeks long visits - so it comes out of what obscene 150k or 200k or whatever salary Pa Clark gives him from the school even though Trav/Katie swear he has a "remote marketing" job separate from the school - sure Jan, that's why you have time on a Wed night to run to NYC and eat pizza bc you don't have work on Thursday morning like most people? But yeah I mean Trav is the one driving to NYC - those tolls are easily near $30-50 from where they are in NJ, he is parking the car which a few hours in a garage near Times Square is going to be nearly $100. Even two slices of pizza per person with a soda in that part of NYC - where they can price gouge the tourists - is like $10-15/person or $60 total. You'd hope Evan would stick his hand in his wallet and at least spring for the pizza and donuts for all but he's quickly become Gil Bates, so I don't see him offering. Reality is I think in their heart of hearts Evan/Carlin are ridiculously jealous of Katie's situation - they live the life Evan/Carlin want with no one working + Tesla + shopping/eating out/fully renovated house/high end everything BUT unlike Evan/Carlin they don't have money worries while living that way. Like if their YT income goes away, I don't think Trav/Katie's life changes all that much. So you know Evan/Carlin probably take the attitude of - let them treat, they can afford it and each week we're there, we'll spring for CFA and Sbux for everyone once or twice IN SOUTH JERSEY, NOT at NYC prices. Can't believe this idiot is taking ANY supplements - let alone the crap that can be found on IG shilled by morons like her. Those supplements while mostly harmless often too have a LOT of x ingredient/vitamin and unbeknownst to people - oh look it causes y symptom. Someone who is under the care of a neuro, cardiologist, whoever else - to the point where her husband cannot leave her alone to go to work - should not be taking anything but prescribed drugs + ask the dr for one vitamin recommendation of something sold in a drug store that's been around for a thousand yrs - like a Nature Maid type brand. I'm willing to bet they did NOT ask her drs. These are the people who were like oh we didn't know we were supposed to re-start x drug after the test, no one told us -- when you know they were told and/or it was in the written instructions and/or they could have called and asked?? You KNOW they'd be like - they're sold on IG, of course they're safe, we didn't think we needed a dr to approve them?? And really a 3 yr old is filling her pill box and touching every pill?? Gross and unsafe.

Woohooo content for the next YT. Katie/Trav and Evan/Carlin are in NYC. Guess whichever OB Katie saw in the practice this week did not say they had to sit home and the baby was coming tomorrow -- bc tonight they are in Times Square eating pizza with douchey Evan with that camera around his neck. No kids in sight in the first few videos from Katie, so I guess Mama B missed out on the trip?? I'm from one town over from Katie/Trav so I know NYC is close - you can drive in 90 min usually but damn Evan/Carlin. Clearly your sister/SIL did not desperately NEED you to come out 7 days ago if you guys are filling your time galivanting in Times Square. I'm actually surprised they haven't hit the beach though maybe it isn't as warm up there right now - haven't checked; we hit the 60s in DC today but NJ tends to be colder despite only being 3 hrs north. Or assuming they head back to NJ in the next few hrs, maybe a beach trip Friday? Then Super Bowl Sunday. Quite the vacation for Carlin/Evan.

Are these ladies just going straight up mean girls here? Bc Josie posted a video of 18 mo old Hazel walking around in underwear - over her PJs but oh she wants to be just like big sister. Interesting timing given Carlin talking about the struggles of potty training a kid 2x Hazel's age. But then earlier this week Carlin had to be sure to put her hair in those weird poofy braids that Josie and bestie Lydia did all week at skiing . . . in a . . . you're not the only one who can wear her hair like that. These people have far too much time on their hands. As for Evan's dad maybe being happy that his son isn't doing manual labor and has an easier life, maybe but IDK his parents strike me as pretty traditional from what I've seen. I mean his parents could think manual labor is what men are SUPPOSED to do. But even if they don't think that, I think they're traditional enough to believe the man provides by toiling away. Like maybe they don't think trades are necessary, but then go sit in an office in front of a computer 40 hrs/wk. IDK that they seem like grifters who'd be so overjoyed that their son is eeking out a living by wandering around all day and filming it. And we know the dad at least watches the YTs bc they've shown him watching and is on IG [though we don't know if he watches those all day]. So I'm not sure what they think of a DIL who clearly now is ok enough to be home alone and a son who is stuffing his face with cheez its at 2 pm screaming "lets goooo" sitting at his sister in law's house for weeks, when he could be earning a living.

As far as we know the brother is still in electrical training - sometimes he puts up pics on IG in his gear on a construction site, he’s put up a pic before of a sandwich for lunch thanking his wife for making his lunch. He generally doesn’t post much on IG - like maybe 1-2 long weekend type vacations per yr and does not appear to hang out at mommy and daddy’s house 2 wks per month - so presumably he’s at work/school? And married nearly 2 yrs with no baby or baby announcement yet. Meanwhile Evan is such a douche bag. Katie posted how they were basically at home eating snacks, and pans over to Evan 2x with him showing the horns hand gestures screaming “let’s goooo.” Uh dude you’re stuffing your face with snacks mid afternoon, there’s no “let’s gooo” here - you’re not playing beer pong at a college party nor storming the field at a college game. Meanwhile his idiot wife can be heard saying “it’s a party.” They think they’re soooo cool - one Friday night at big state u and they’d be traumatized to see ppl hooking up, students with tattoos, students black out drunk, gay students with same sex partners. So chill out - you don’t know what partying actually is and stuffing yourself full of cheez its ain’t it. And I guess they’re reading here and a bit offended that we think they don’t work and have dumped it all on Z&W bc Carlin was sure to post a pic sitting at her laptop working and then later a FaceTime w W bc omg work calls w W are THE BEST. Sure Jan I’m sure you put in an 8 hr day?! Did Kelly leave? No where in sight today as they were snacking - couldn’t even see her in the background lying around with her phone.

Dude can’t hold down a job. They left his parents on Jan 30, in advance of Laylas bday on Jan 31. They say they were home for one day doing laundry etc and then took off on the 17 hr drive to NJ. It’s now Feb 7. What employer would just let you leave for a week - with no planned return date - bc baby watch at your sister in law’s house?? He knows what he’d be giving up having a job - the flexibility, mid day shopping and napping. He isn’t going back to that life until social media leaves them below the poverty line.

Katie/Trav - yeah bc they go to UPenn for her care which is still requiring masking and from what I’ve seen at appts there, they will absolutely call out someone who isn’t masked. Carlin/Evan - we’ve seen dozens of unmasked neuro, cardio, eye dr followed by wandering the optical shop appts. But hey it’s all NBD so whatever.

THIS. Anyone who thought covid, RSV, and flu were real and an actual threat to a newborn would not have a freaking 3 yr old and 1 yr old camping at their house for 2 wks when they bring their baby home?? I realize that 3 and 1 yr old don't have the exposures of regular kids bc no preschool or daycare, but they basically go store to store and nail salon to nail salon all freaking day. And their parents take zero precautions. We've seen plenty of urgent care appointments where Carlin/Evan treat it as an outing and bring the whole maskless family - rather than you know only taking the one kid whose appt it is. And Katie/Trav are in NJ and we've NEVER seen them mask even at the height of covid. NJ isn't Tenn. I'm from one town over from where they lived and people masked for a LONG time and even still in any grocery/big box store you'll see 10-20% of people masked. Katie/Trav couldn't even be "shamed" into masking when 75%+ of ppl were masking. They filmed plenty of IGs of themselves at Target etc. smiling away while everyone else in the background was masked. So yeah they're in the - it isn't real + God will protect camp.

So as they're sitting home twiddling their thumbs at Katie's, they're taking IG questions and someone asked if Evan missed electrical work. HAHAHA he goes "I miss the IDEA OF IT [of creating something with your hands] but waking up to my wife and kids is a big plus so it was a good trade off." LOL let me guess Evan you miss the paycheck but prefer to be lazy and roll out of bed at 10 am and party party until midnight nightly, right? And then Carlin tries to make it sound better with "he gets to do side jobs." Lol no he doesn't because HE'S NEVER HOME. He's doing side jobs where exactly - in NJ? In Nashville? Bullshit. And with yesterdays IG, nice to see now Carlin also being Tesla obsessed. Talking about how it's cold out so they NEED the Tesla? Uh Katie's other car is some kind of very new luxury jeep/SUV, I'm fairly certain it has heat. I'm calling it now, these two will have a Tesla by year end. Debt or no, solid finances or not. It's the latest toy their fixated on, just like they HAD TO buy the house ASAP even though it meant buying at the peak of the market - great purchase too given that they are hardly there enough to use it. 🙄 Oh wait the Tesla comes up again in TODAY's IG and oh yeah Evan helped Trav install the charger at the house so that's electrical work . . . . So Zach goes to BSB daily - damn that's quite an admission. And yes she says Z is there daily "with the girls" - and W is a home schooling momma who juggles her schedule to be there certain days. Uh yeah so Z alone with a bunch of college age girls huh? She is like oh yeah we're there 2 full days a week with kids at babysitters. Uh no you're not bc you are out of town half the month and babysitters - we've all seen your kids spending the day rolling around on the floor. And WTF they would like to have more kids and plan to expand their family but likely in a few yrs?? Uh you can't handle the two you have and don't want to work?? And talk about making themselves too comfortable, as Carlin is answering questions, Evan is throwing pillows around Katie/Trav's living room as he makes himself comfortable and lies down on their sofa?? Uh little too comfy there for a guest.

Katie goes to one of the UPenn practices. I feel like if something serious like dwarfism was on the table, an Ivy League health system would’ve mentioned it long ago. What are they thinking have Evan and Carlin and their potty training kid stay with them for however many weeks until their kid arrives. Do they really not want these final few weeks by themselves?!

Katie posted after a drs appt today that the dr has told them it could be any day now and they think H is coming early and told them to get ready for the hospital. Katie is 35 wks. So IDK where Carlin is or if they just ran from Nashville to NJ back to Knox or what but I'm guessing they'll be headed out to NJ ASAP for the 2 wks they intend to spend there. Woohooo more material for YT. And someone is offended that so many of us have commented on Layla not being potty trained - now asking for grace and saying every child is different?? Yes Carlin, every child is different. Yet the one commonality - they don't train themselves, so in order for this to get done you need to STAY HOME whether it takes days or a week. But alas - nail salon was calling again . . . . And BTW Carlin your child is the one who announces she's pooped and you and your family take videos of it and put it out there, so really I don't think you have room to feel judged here. I mean one of the Evan's sisters bday IG wishes was - OMG Layla keeps us laughing all the time. You know what Layla was doing - Evan was holding her at his parents' house, they were counting down to something or getting ready to sing or whatever, child announces in front of the whole family that she pooped. Family laughs. SIL then posts this among her bday wishes and Carlin then reposts it going OMG HAHAHA. UH? WTH is Layla gonna do at Katie's house for 2 wks? Normal people would maybe bring some toys. But I guess there's primping in front of a mirror and cooing at the baby, those are more "girly girl" activities. I'm sorry no one's shirt rides up like Zade's does - up to his arm pits. Clearly the shirts ride up, but also they are clearly pulling them up further. They don't put an actual baby in a onesie but put their freaking THREE year old in them all the damn time??