- What's up guys? Welcome to the vlog.
Today is preparation day.
We are preparing for things that are out
of our control today.
- Yeah.
- One being storms, the other being death.
- Oh, my.
- It's gonna happen.
There are things in life you
do not have control over.
- It's true.
- Hurricanes and dying.
Okay, we'll let you know more
what we're talking about in a minute.
Headed to a meeting.
We're headed in to see a lawyer
in that fancy building, right there.
Hope they're not too expensive
because they're in a fancy building.
I thought you'd give me crap
about wearing a T-shirt.
- (laughs) I'm used to it.
- But you didn't.
- I'm used to it.
- Well, all I was saying
like I'm not the lawyer.
They're the ones that
have to wear the tie.
This is what I wear to work.
It's a nice shirt though.
It's got Abbie's art on the
pocket, isn't that cool?
So, this is a, an estate attorney.
It's who we talk to about
getting a trust for Abigail,
planning for her future, that kinda thing.
We'll let you know how it goes.
Okay, at least he's not on the 25th.
If he was on the 25th, he'd
be a real expensive lawyer.
Great meeting, took a long time.
Two and half hours later.
- Yeah.
- Apparently, I talk a lot.
- You do.
- I do.
- It's okay.
- You know, but I want that person
that is going to be helping us
for many, many, many, many years to come
and setting up the things
that are going to be
the future of our children
and our children's children
to have a firm grasp on who
we are and what our wants are.
- Right.
- Right.
Essentially, for those kind of services,
to get to where you're set up with a trust
with you know money going to
Abigail, money going to Isaiah,
who is in charge of Abbie's affairs
for setting up a corporate
trustee, all those things,
you're looking at anywhere
from $1,500 to $3,000.
- Right.
- It's like a one time fee
you know, to get all that set up.
There are other things involved.
So, what's it called when she turns 18?
- Guardianship.
- Guardianship.
I was thinking power of attorney.
For guardianship,
power of attorney is part
of that $1,500 to $3,000
but that's power of
attorney over our affairs
if something were to happen to us.
So for guardianship for Abigail,
it can be a little bit cheaper
but you're pretty much looking
at about $1,500 you know,
once your kid gets to be 18 years old.
That's so that you can make
choices on their behalf.
It's a requirement, you have to do that.
If you wanna continue to
make decisions for you child
for the care that they need
if they're not capable
of doing it themselves--
- Jeez.
- Holy cow.
You're looking at 1500 bucks.
This is not hurricane
stuff. This is just rain.
- Look at the sidewalk, it's not even
- Yeah, the sidewalk's under water.
So today is Friday.
The hurricane is supposed
to be here Monday afternoon.
Maybe you don't know how hurricanes work.
This has nothing to do with the hurricane,
this is just rain, we just had a storm.
We won't see any effects of the hurricane
until just a little while
before it gets here really.
You get a little bit of a storm surge,
little bit of weather ahead of time, but.
- So, one of the most important things
that I took away from the meeting
is that when you do look
for these different lawyers,
don't pick someone that
has 15 different things
they say they specialize in or.
- Right, a divorce attorney, you know.
- Trusts.
- They've Trusts and wills
and like that's not the
type of lawyer you want.
- Right, you want someone,
especially for this topic,
I mean, this is important
if it's your child
and you're trying to
set up for their future
for when you're not here,
you need to have someone
and the guy that we talked
to, that's all he does.
- Yeah.
- So you want someone,
it's so important guys,
because there are so many
rules that have to be followed
with a trust and like a trustee
so we're actually gonna go
with a trustee corporation,
right, corporation.
- Yes, yeah.
- To make sure that
we're following the rules
because there are gonna
be government programs
that your child
- And laws and
- can qualify for.
- everything else.
- Yeah.
- Otherwise, Isaiah would have
to basically become a lawyer
to learn all of the laws and requirements
in order to become a trustee later on
to manage Abigail's money, you know and
everything that she needs, so.
You know, we will keep you guys updated
throughout all of it
just because, so many of you, I think,
could benefit from this information
and know what's to come
in the years ahead of you
as your child gets older
and as you get to this point in life.
- And I don't think it's ever too early
to start at least like
you know researching
and that kinda stuff.
You don't have to set it up right now,
if you're not able to,
but at least get the information
so that when you are able to and ready,
then you can set it up.
- Yep.
So another important thing to note
was about the corporate trustee
that Priscilla talked about,
- Yeah.
- And the important thing about
the reason for that is
that Isaiah can focus,
later on when we're gone,
and he's kind of managing his sister's,
her care and that kinda thing you know,
that way the whole load isn't on him.
But the corporate trustee can make the,
better.
They can make the legal
decisions, stuff like that.
He can lean on them for that and
he can focus on being a brother.
- Right
- And that's super important to us.
- Yeah
- Ab, it's Friday.
Three-day weekend.
Mom and I have to go get stuff
to get ready for the hurricane.
OK?
- Yeah
- Cool?
Hey, Cool?
Thumb, thumb a piece.
- This one.
- Okay, we'll see you in a little bit.
Bye and we'll watch your
brother's football game too.
(clapping)
(slight laugh)
Do we have our list?
- We do.
- So they have a list for
hurricane and preparation,
hurricane lists online readily available.
I think they have them for
like most disaster type
- Yeah
things, stuff you might
need, ooh...we're foggy.
And it's not like an end all, be all list
and like hey you've to get
all this stuff right now.
Because most of the stuff you have.
- Yeah
- a lots of people have especially
- Just kind of getting
it like in a central area
- Right
- is the biggest thing,
so you are not like,
oh the power went out
where are our flash lights?
I know we had flashlights.
- Yeah, so we're gonna spend a
little bit of time doing that
probably this evening, tomorrow morning.
I'm gathering some things as well but
there are some things that we do need,
that we don't have.
- Yeah
(various sounds in a large store)
- They're limiting us on waters.
- That's good though.
- Yeah, so I guess that way
nobody starts a water business.
Southern problems, they're
almost out of sweet tea.
Did you read the comments from video
that went up yesterday?
- No.
- So a lot of people, a lot of people
recommended for Abbie's backpack routine
takin it to the island first,
having her unload it there and then
take the backpack back to
the mudroom and hang it up.
So that's something that
we actually thought about.
But with everything being so different
like you also have to remember in that
again that's where you
get caught up in like that
well that's what she did before.
- Right
- But, she never ate at the other island.
- Right
- It served a whole
another purpose for that
it was just a backpack
landing zone for Abbie.
Whereas this is where
she eats her breakfast,
a lot of times she eats
dinner when she has rest bit.
It's a whole another purpose.
- Yes
- But then also the resistance
of taking the backpack
to the laundry room, back to the mud room.
- Right, she is not gonna
wanna go back down there.
- Right, because she's now
at the island where she eats.
If she didn't eat there, that
would be, might be different.
- Yep
- But I think that we will get
some pushback on that as well.
So we're just gonna, you
know, the mudroom has the
flat surface for her to put her bag on
- Right
- So then we're gonna stick with that.
- Yeah
- Seems like its a logical step by step,
come in the door, unload her bag,
go to the kitchen you know,
it's all in line too
instead of back tracking.
I'm afraid the backtracking
will cause too much,
too much frustration on her part.
- You're extreme
- What?
- You just like whipped out your camera
and started blogging
- Well
- All these people are staring
- So I actually I watched
this guy on YouTube
and he talks about
intentionally making
yourself uncomfortable.
It's good practice, you know?
- Well, he wouldn't work for me
- People, people are far too
comfortable in their lives
you know, make yourself uncomfortable
in certain situations.
- Or your spouse.
- Or your spouse.
Hey, you wanna run us
through what we got here?
- Yep
- Starting at the front,
you better catch up
- Cookies
- Oreos, must have
- Chips, bread, Power Aid zero, some soup.
These sauces are for Abbie's lunches
Protein bars because Abbie
(mumbles) loves these
- Those Nature Valley ones?
- Yeah, we're just really,
I'm trying to make it
where Abbie has the things
that she needs that are
gonna make her comfortable.
If she's not stressed out,
then it's gonna be (noise
drowns out speaker) for us.
- We're bringing in the champ!
- Yeah
- The Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
So if you don't experience hurricanes
you may not know this,
but it's common to have hurricane food,
junk food basically comfort food
stuff you just you know it's
like there's nothing to do
we got no electricity,
let's eat dry cereal.
So, its common.
- I don't think you need to take those out
- Alright
- And we're not getting
any cold items right now
because we're actually not going back home
so I'm just gonna have them
(noise drowns out speaker) delivered.
- Right
(bag rustling noises)
- Oh this sucks!
- Yeah
- Doesn't the weather know
it's supposed to cooperate
until the hurricane comes,
so we can get everything
ready and not get wet, Huh!
Can you believe it?
- Beat it to every person that
returns a cart in the rain.
(slight laugh)
It's just like a good mark
of humanity, I feel like.
Looks like all of South Florida is on I-95
and Jacksonville right now.
- Yeah
- They're all headed north.
Wow.
- That's crazy
- That's a lot of people
- Well, Becca said
that it was a two hour drive
if she didn't take another route
when she got Abbie from school
- To bring Abbie from school?
- Yeah
- Wow
- Look at this
- It is gridlocked.
- Yeah
- And that was
- That was--
- An hour and half ago
- That was at three o'clock
- Two hours ago when Becca came that way
- Yeah
- So it's still like this.
(loud drum beats)
- It's half time
- It is
- And we're winning
- winning--
- That doesn't happen often.
How many games did we win?
- Like maybe two?
- Two, sometimes three in a good season.
- Yeah
- It's pretty awesome
- I'm super excited.
- 7 and 0
- Yes
- I'm also excited cause it
gave me lots of good footage
for my football video
- Yeah, they are playing really well today
- Oh they are like you know,
they're jumping and they're in the air and
they're doing you know crazy tackles
because they're hungry.
- You are gonna have
to pick a really good song for this.
- Oh I got the song.
(child screams)
I actually used a not
so good song last time
just cause the song I wanted to use
like I was like I'm saving
that for a good game.
- (noise drowns out speaker)
has to come to every game
cause he would be the good luck charm.
- I thought you had said--
- Yeah, that's why
- I thought you had said
- they are winning Wayne,
cause you are here.
- don't leave it before--
- (loud laughter)
- They won!
- I know
- Did you get the one where
- it was such a good game.
- they ran in for
the touchdown?
- I got every play.
- Yup
- Oh good!
- Yep, I usually get about
a 120 different shots
per game, every single play.
- That was so good.
- Aren't you glad
you videoed it?
- I am, yeah. Some good hits
- Yep
and good plays, it was a fun time.
- They were playing good!
- Yeah
- (mumbles) been here
- Good Job!
- Dad's been a good luck charm
- Pretty much
- Oh my gosh, you look gross
- (noise drowns out speaker) a nasty field
- You look extra gross
- It was raining a lot
- He wants to get a picture with you.
- Come on Wayne
- I wanna get in
- Ready?
Hold on, let me get one without the light
OK, look at me, right here Wayne.
OK, I gotta have my picture.
- Yeah, let me get one on cell.
That's pretty.
Oh it's amazing (noise drowns out speaker)
(footstep sounds) What's up
Hello Friends
- Hi
(crying sounds)
- (cross talk drowns user) that's rude.
- Hey, we're just your parents
Gosh, good they won.
(cross talking)
- Good game
- Thank you
- I got a little emotional tonight
down on the field while I was videoing.
Just watching them, you know.
- Yup
- Slash last year, like
we're counting down
the football games that
you'll ever play in your life.
- Daddy, that's super sad.
- It is sad.
- It's not too late, you
can still play at upstate
- Oh my god
- Babe
- I'll play fantasy if--
- He's half the size of the players
at Appalachian State.
- It's okay
- It's not okay (chuckles)
- They'll like him.
- Sweetheart
- They'll love his personality
- Yeah, as a punching dummy
- They'll love your personality.
- Babe, Rudy was a movie
actually it's based on a true story but
Abbie went to bed, I didn't
vlog anymore with her
cause she, she's in a mood.
She was doing her crying thing,
every once in a while if you haven't,
I don't know if we
talked about this before
I know that we've kinda
showed part of it but
- Like when we are on a plane
- Yeah, when we are on the plane, yeah.
She gets into this crying thing and
she's constant you know.
And I think she is exhausted,
it's the biggest thing.
- Yeah
- She gets super tired
and exhausted and she just
you know how your body
feels when you're exhausted
so she cries about it
and it's heart breaking.
So I went up and laid down
with her and got her to
got her go to sleep.
She is out now though,
hopefully she sleeps very well tonight.
Maybe, just maybe we can sleep
in little bit in the morning?
- I hope so.
- That would be awesome.
So the hurricane's moved to like Wednesday
before it gets here.
- Yeah
- It was going to be
Monday, now it's slowed down
which is not good cause
it's picking up power
as we're watching on the news right now.
Category four
- And it shifted
- And it shifted.
So category four, it's
gonna as of right now
it's gonna hit the coast
and go straight up the coast
be category two by the time it gets here
and so like 100 mile
an hour sustained winds
so that's pretty much like
Mathew basically, right?
- Yeah
- So we had with Matthew.
Matthew was pretty rough,
it tore a bunch of stuff up,
we lost power for several
days but we'll be good.
We're ready, I gotta do a few more things
but we got till Wednesday so.
- Hey, somebody messaged me and asked
for a video about how ya'll prepare for
how we prepare for hurricanes
everything with Abbie.
Did you make one of that?
- Yeah, we did actually talk about
preparing for hurricanes with Abbie.
- OK
- In the past but it's,
it's really Abigail is super comfy
as long as she has a couch and some music.
- Yeah
- She's relatively happy for
long periods of time, you know.
- And snacks, all the snacks.
- Snacks, yeah and I
think that's a fair point
like you know I'm sure there
are a lot of people like
well, what do you do prepare Abbie?
Storms don't bother her, they don't
she doesn't really get
scared or anything like that.
Thunder and lightning doesn't bother her.
- She doesn't really have
any fears that I know of.
- (laughs lightly)
- Ever.
- She's a (cross talk drowns
speaker) fears nothing.
So yeah, we just you know make sure
that she has all the same fun stuff
that we do, all the junk
food and entertainment.
That's it, that's how we prep her.
Hey, you know what's amazing though?
- What?
- We don't need her vest
for her pajamas anymore.
- Yep.
- So if the power does go
out and we don't have AC,
cause even with the
generator we won't have AC,
she can sleep much more comfortably.
- Yep, that's so true
- She won't be hot.
Do you guys like our sectional?
I haven't shown off our sectional.
Priscilla found this, on Amazon?
- Yep.
- Right?
So this leg back here in the back
wouldn't attach to the couch right
so I ended up just, I ended
up using just wood screws
and screwing it to the couch, no big deal.
But Priscilla called the company
and said it was messed up.
Actually, two of the legs were.
And what did they give
you off on this couch.
- 300 and
- They refunded you like 360 bucks right?
- Yeah
- That's crazy.
Oh and in the dining room table
it has a tiny, tiny,
tiny little chip on it
I mean smaller than my pinky nail
and I called the company and said
Hey you know I just wanna let you know
that it has this chip
in it where the hinge is
it's because the way
the hinge was installed
fit a leaf in the middle and
they gave me like 260 bucks off of that.
It's crazy. Call people you know.
We're just play, we're like hey you know
this is kind of a bummer
and they gave us money off.
- Yeah
- Now, now Maverick,
Maverick's another story.
He does not like thunder.
- Yes, he will be a hot mess.
- He will be under your,
mom's legs the whole
the whole storm.
- Yeah
- It's 1.30 in the morning
and I just realized
that I forgot to close out the vlog.
My bad, I'm working
right now, I'm editing.
So we got a lot of
questions about Disney World
cause we live near Disney World.
And people always ask me
if Abbie's has ever been.
Yes, she has. We used to
be season ticket holders.
Coincidentally, in our
memories in our Facebook,
Disney came up when the
kids were much much littler.
So that's fun.
I love Facebook Memories, it's
the best thing in the world.
Okay, that's all, just a little you know,
see you tomorrow, bye.
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