Adopting Again? | First Foster Care and Adoption Story
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- Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2024
- Adopting Again? | First Foster Care and Adoption Story
Welcome to our first episode! We talk about overcoming our past, our first foster care story, and how it led us to adoption.
Quick correction on todays podcast. I meant to say the adoption catfish story is what lead us to getting Bella, Liam, and Rylan not Lucas and Savannah. Thank you all so much for watching! Love ya!
i am so exited for you guys i been a huge fan of u guys ever since i found u guys thank you so much for making happy and smile from Canada 🇨🇦
And Crystal FYI the whole thing with the plant if Max didn't bring it up and say it was Styrofoam from where the camera was It just looked like a plant in a smaller vase That's all it looked like from afar so you're good on that front lol
See Max knew lol and tried to tell you that you already had Lucas and Savannah
This is awesome. I really love yall.
@@Powell978 yep, its a shame that mom never lets him actually speak.
Hope you enjoyed!
So powerful thank u Guys
I love you so much crazy pices
I love y'all so much!
Max, Crystal, Aaron, do you ever 9lan 9n having giveaways to meet any of your viewers? I would LOVE to meet you all and tell my story.
Yey podcast
Max are yall on spotify yet.
i love how max so comfortable doing podcast with his parents. and we can tell this is max's idea to have podcast for the fam ❤️
👍🙂 Max
I literally remember the video of the trip,the gender reveal and the explanation of why you didn't decide to go forward with the adoption. Everything happens for a reason cause now you have Bella,Liam and Rylan❤️
I loved your podcast. Thanks Max for getting it going. Love Joes voice and in put also. Great job Aaron and Crystal. I also would love your mom and sisters and brother Mark in it sometimes too. Barb from Anaheim.
You should have your mom on the podcast to elaborate on her situation and ways that she was able to overcome that situation. I’d also love to hear her perspective as a single mother and the ways that she parented that impacted your views that you hold today! I feel like it would help set the foundation for the podcast as a whole. She’s such a ray of sunshine.
Joes voice is so smooth and calming definitely made for radio x
He’s very articulate too. I appreciate his perspectives and awareness. You can tell he truly cares for those that are close to him.
I totally agree. His voice is really calm.
I remember the video where you lined the kids up from first adopted to last. And Crystal said that Bella,Liam&Rylan are the last and they completed the family. And Brody literally yelled "you always say that and then we have like 20 more kids!" I screamed it was so funny 😂😭💀🤣 especially sinds he was just a 9year old kid saying it he always manages to make me smile love him!!😭❤️🤣
Brody❤😇
That catfish story is wild. I remember getting a weird vibe from the videos when I watched them, but to think she might not have been pregnant at all... that's on another level.
Me too. I started watching shortly before that happened but I had such a off feeling I was worried about them.
What was the name of the Vlog
Honestly I never believed that things happen for a reason, but now looking back I definitely feel that way. A situation happened when I was at school which ended up with me threatening to take my life if I had to go back to school, (I was struggling mentally at the time and 5 years prior) luckily my mum took it seriously and looked into homeschooling which ended up happening, then a couple of months later I found a collage kinda thing that I was able to go to (I was 15) and I didn’t really want to but decided to try it. Now I’m still going a year later doing catering course, I’ve got my first job, I am doing so much better mentally and it’s nearly been 4 years since my last unalive attempt and nearly 4 months since I last self h@rmed. I’m still struggling with trauma but still getting better everyday. You guys have genuinely showed me hope and that life is definitely worth living and I’ll forever be grateful for that. Sorry some of this comments a bit deep. Love you all. And I promise to everyone, life WILL get better, it may take time but it will, stay strong, you’re never alone💖💖💖
Joe is a special part of your family. Not everyone gets the blessing of a true friend like Joe!
Loved Aaron’s comment about life being chapters. I’m so going to use that in my everyday life. Love you guys so much
Yes! That is such an awesome way to discribe/ think about life. Loved it :)
This is so thoroughly enjoyable and I’m glad to finally hear the baby story we saw a glimpse of!!
I’ve been a crazy pieces follower for quite a few years… I had accidentally stumbled upon your channel when I was doing ancestry DNA research… Ariana’s DNA video popped up in my suggested and I instantly fell in love with your family… you guys are awesome!! Sending all my love from Massachusetts ❤
That's the vlog I first seen or Alex DNA vlog... And I have loved your family ever since then. ( September 2018/ 5 Years)
Wonderful! There's something special about what you're doing here....I think it's the level of depth you can get into beyond what can go into regular vlogs. I also think the timing for some reason is perfect, even if the mics sat in boxes for the past 3 years.
She ansats was a surrogat mom two or Therese times
Wow, that's so awesome that you started a podcast because we can get to know you better and closer to you and that's really cool 💜
something i would recommend for the podcast is putting in timestamps to tell viewers where they can go to hear about the topic they want to hear about :)
I love the authenticity of the body language. The real voice & tones. It doesn't seem forced.
I think you guys are incredible and your sisters family. Both being Foster families and adopting children who need loving homes means alot. I was adopted at 4 and it was amazing to have that forever loving home xx
I'm so excited, really glad to see Max and Joe along with Aaron and Crystal.. Max is maturing so much and I just love Joe..
I would like you to have Jarod and Shelly on and discuss your different parenting style.
I very much enjoyed this podcast.thank you. My 16:yr old grandson got catfished thru the internet by a girl he never met that claimed to be pregnant and she wiped out his bank account and it took a long time to convince him that she was scamming him and that she was probably not even a girl...she made up excuses about why she couldn't meet him ,etc...was so hard to see him go thru it...was a hard lesson and it happens more often than we'd want to believe. As a former supervisor for a local foster care agency and a former foster parent for behavior disordered teens I find so much value in your vlogs. Love your family. Thanks
I love that you're sharing the baby story. I remember when it was happening, and how sudden it changed after this trip.
Especially because there are a lot of false newborn adoptions being presented. I swear, I know more people who had a failed newborn adoption than those who have been successful.
CRYSTAL YOU ARE SO BRAVE I never knew that you went through trauma too cause you're always so happy and joyful❤️ you are so amazing for sharing that part of you and a piece of what happened. I would love a podcast with the 3 daughters (Crystal,Shelly and Mindy) and your mom to talk about that if you guys want to of course!!❤️
Crystal explaining the point/goals of the podcast, "feeling less alone" is so inspiring. That, in my opinion, also is a true and accurate testimony of your family unit!!!🥰
Loved your podcast. I been following for awhile now. Y'all are kinda my break away from the world. I really enjoy your content.
No one questions is max is Aaron's son... lol they look the same...😄💖
Crystal that catfish story was amazing.... You truly have the love of the Lord. ❤️
Thank you so much for this podcast! I honestly think you changed my life. I come from a bad family situation and seeing you turn these kids lives around is honestly theraputic to see. There's a rufus du sol song that says "love can change your life, love can make it happen" and that's the vibe I'm getting from you guys❤
Crystal, there is a deer park by the Wisconsin Dells (waterparks galore tourist destination) and they are used to people, they come up & eat out of your hand! It feels magical.
I would really appreciate if you could go through each child’s story before adoption and their adoption stories ( if they are comfortable sharing) because my children really struggle with the fact they don’t have anyone to relate to. Although therapists understand their situations, they haven’t lived through it and my children need to be able to hear that they are not alone. We do our best in guiding them through trauma but I think this would really help them. I also tryely understand that your children may not be comfortable with this or you may not want to talk about these kinds of things on your podcast as they are not always PG. Thank you for all your advice , it has helped me be a better mom to my biological and adopted babies ❤️❤️
They’ve done that on RUclips. They only share what they’re comfortable with
Search their channel with kids name and adoption story. Most have done a video about their story.
Starting a podcast was such a good idea, I love watching you guys!!
For me, traumaholder but not a fc kid, the thing that worked best for me was the ability to be seen and heard. Not being told to work through something again, but feeling secure by being able to feel safe with someone. Working through trauma is a good thing, but being able to (re-)gain an inner feeling of being safe, taken care of and not having to be the adult in the situation it was healing so much wounds.
This podcast is going to be something special. I don’t know why or what.. but when you announced this podcast I felt this..peace wash over me. I’ve been wanting advice from you guys for so long. But I’ve never really known where to send those questions. When you did the Christmas advent and gave out that email, I wanted to use that but didn’t wanna over step boundaries and use it for something it wasn’t intended. I’m a child who entirely fell through the cracks of the system. Like… honestly we were flat out ignored and neglected by a system that knew us kids were not in a good place. I gave up on myself. I gave up on anyone caring. Then I found this channel and it’s truly changed me. I’ve worked so hard on myself and you’ve all changed my life. I strive to be my own advocate. Things I need won’t get done unless I do them or I reach for them. My dream is to just sit down one day and learn all your advice and tips for this world. Because the small amount that I’ve learned from both of you…has been utterly life transforming. My mentality is and will forever be different. I’ve been reminded that I can also be my own advocate.
I love watching and learning from your family..my son and daughter inlaw are Mormon and have 5 boys. I have 5 children and 17 grandkids..so much fun with big family.
This was heartwarming! I could always tell you are truly authentic when it comes to kindness. You are such a big inspiration to me, I love everything you stand for Crystal!
I love this podcast. I am glad to hear Aaron talk. Usually he is so quiet.
born and raised in TN...it is a beautiful area.. and if your outdoorsy type of people, we have a lot of rafting, hiking,etc
I’m so excited for this!! I feel like watching you helps me be a better mom. You guys are amazing!! Lots of love 💜
You guys are such an inspiration, my grandparents did foster care here in New zealand we had 18 living in our house when I was born back in 88 lol 😆 I have spoken with my husband and in a few year we hope to be in a place to be able to foster one day
My goodness joe is the perfect addition To the podcast in future episodes we are going to see how integral he is to the podcast story telling, in depth questions, humor the whole 9
I remember when y'all went to Tennessee. And I remember the video afterwards.
I really can't believe this woman tried to catfish you guys... I'm not going to give her any hate because people go through a lot of different things which leads me to a quick little story...
When I was pregnant with my fourth child and living in Florida and not living the best life there were a lot of women who were pregnant but lied about wanting to adopt their kids just to get money just to survive or just to get high which really really upset me!
Putting my son up for adoption is the best thing I could have ever done for him! It was definitely the hardest thing I've ever done in my entire life but the best thing I could ever do for him! I do get to have some visits and some communication with him which is good. But it's hard knowing that someone else is raising my son! But they are amazing people and I won't have it any other way and I love them all as my extended family!
I think that's one of the main reasons I am drawn to your family and the Not Enough Nelson family and the Crazy Middles family.
I can kind of relate but on the opposite spectrum.
Also you all give me so much hope and so much inspiration and so much love and I want to say thank you for that so much!!!!
Much Love Always, Kristen B 💕💕💕💕💕
Crystal you have a perfect voice for a podcast! I could listen to all of you all day! I love your channels and everyone’s personalities!!
Yay! 🎉congratulations 🥳 this is so great to see this. All of you. Seeing how Max has become social is also so amazing. God bless you!
Hi guys I'm from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
I love helping people thanks to all of you so I am studying nursing now to help as much as possible . stay crazy ☺️
I have loved listening to you’re stories. Just another level of a perfect family! 💕 I have been subscribed for a long long time and love to watch your main channel too. I always anticipate new videos/updates. I’m glad that Bella, Rylan and Liam ‘completed’ another chapter in the crazy pieces family. I hope and wait to see more. I have some more podcasts of yours to catch up on. PEACE!
I love this for you guys and for me!!! Your family is amazing and I enjoy your videos so much. I know I'm going to love these podcasts also. Thanks for everything you guys do! Big hugs!💜
Crystal I absolutely adore you and your family. I watch every video and you are such a inspiration to me. I just wanted to say the comment about the plant is so true and im glad that Max brought that up 😀. Also it was nice to actually hear what happened with the failed adoption I've been wondering for a while now. Much love to all of you and I can't wait for the next podcast!. ❤️❤️
This is such an exciting new journey for you and I'm so glad to be apart of it to be able to listen and learn more! If everyone could have a piece of Crazy Pieces in their life it would make the world so much brighter!! 🤗💞
I'll definitely be listening to the podcasts, I've learned English by watching your videos
Hiii from Colombia 🇨🇴
I loved the podcast and excited for the ones to come 💓💓💓
This is so exciting!! So happy for you guys and the constant growth!! Love you guys!!
Can't wait for future episodes 🤩
August third of 2011 was the day my dad passed so I am glad I have a good thing to attach to it.
Max is so amazing and the bond with the parents is beautiful
Dawn dish soap straight on the hair works great for head lice! It takes a while to rinse it all out but it works incredibly well!!
Plain old vegetable/ canola oil.. drowns the bugs .. even conditioner will kill them and loosen the eggs
Crystal! I am the same, I like to see the best in everyone!
I'm a 2× Surrogate and will be starting my third journey soon. I would love to see a episode of your surrogacy journeys
Really enjoyed this podcast and learning the rest of the catfish adoption story. And I love learning how it led you to Bella, Liam, Rylan, . ❤❤❤ When I’ve had some really hard things in life, looking for how I can help others thru similar hardships is the ONLY way I’ve made it thru and grow from the experience.
Also, I didn’t know that about your step father but it really makes sense how that helps you empathize with your children. That could be a whole podcast with your mother as a guest. Great #1 episode!
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I have only dealt with lice one time… the only thing that worked is Queen Helena’s Hair Conditioner. It smells good and leaves the hair super soft.
I just realized in this podcast how much Crystal and Hannah talk a like in a lot of ways!
Joe, the voice of reason lol! Y'all are awesome ! ♥️
I think this is amazing! To get the back stories of what we see on U-Tube helps me understand how and why the decisions were made. Catfish pregnancy is wild. I hope that the girl is getting the professional help that she needs.
i am super excited for these videos/podcasts!! I would love for each of the children to have their own podcast sessions with Aaron, Joe and Crystal and the subscribers can ask questions for them!😊Im interested to know about everybody's funniest moment they have for each other and different memorable family vacation moments that were never shown to the viewers😊💞 Also whats the website again?
I love you all so much I don’t have anyone I call family and it heals my inner child to watch you guys I love you ❤️
Maybe the girl was hoping that you would adopt her but was thinking that since she was older you wouldn’t take her - just a feeling - you guys are awesome for doing what you are doing
I don't know quite how to say this I hope I do it right but you are so blessed to be in that room with the four of you and your son loving everything that you guys do and Joe he's a man he's he's like how could you have a better friend than that and I'm so happy to have known all of you for the last few years through your RUclips channels all I can say is thank you and all of you are so blessed to have one another oh my God I think I might be jealous I love all of you thank you for being who you are and how special you are
I'm sorry that happened to you Crystal. People are messed up. But I'm so glad something good came out of it.
Enjoyed your podcast & learned even more about your beautiful family & how it came to be. Max certainly has grown into a delightful young man with a direction & you can be so proud of him. Sending best wishes & blessings not only for your podcast but for the upcoming holidays😘
finally catching up on Pieces of Us .
I ❤ love it!
👍🎄🎄🎄😘😇❤
As a podcaster, i can say that this is great topic!! Maybe in the future your family and relatives can take part as guest and have interesting conversation such as what one think about something, or talking about special moments, etc.
By the way, are you broadcasting this podcast only on RUclips? You know that you can reach more audiences on apple podcast and Spotify too, right?
They said that it takes a few days to be on Spotify, it'd be on there now.
Omg the plant part hit me so hard.
On Wednesday I fractured my wrist and have been hurting and might not get my basketball season. So that just made my night. SO THANK YOU 😊
Joe I love how involved you are with the family of your best friend ❤
OMG YESSSS! I’ve been into podcasts way more than watching RUclips videos now. I love this 💜 I feel connected again 💜
I have been watching your Crazy Pieces channel daily for about 2-3 years now. And since i have no life work-wise & socialy (no friends).
Most of my time goes to sit here by the computer, and watch yours and Crazy Middles videos over and over again to be honest.
Compared to your usual videos, i noticed one BIG and wonderful difference. That i can only hope infects over to your Crazy Pieces channel too. Because watching this video was a wonderful experience from 0,01 to 42,43. I don´t think i need to write here what i am thinking about. It will be pretty obvious by looking at your normal videos.
I do love your positivity and optimism, Crystal. I wish I was more like that.
I'm so excited for you guys. I'm so happy for you guys. God Bless you guys.
Only 7 mins in and I’m LOVING this! Great job on finally starting it
This episode has given me a safe escape from life. Thank you for doing this it’s going to help so many people!
Oh my gosh I have never heard a podcast before but I am so in love with this podcast I will watch every week you guys are awesome thanks for keeping it real I love that you always try to find the best in a situation God bless you all
Thank you the message from 31:32 to 31:48 was inspiring it fill a missing piece in my heart
I love podcasts. Finally one of you guys ❤
LOVE another thing to watch with you guys ❤️
Love this guy's! Thanks for making a pod cast 😍
I loved this podcast. Max is so intuitive and Aaron has a great voice for radio. I’m surprised I don’t remember this because I was watching your channel at that time. I don’t think I ever missed an episode.
Just love y’all!!! Great soccer competitors!!! What a love and respect of the game!!!❤️
I had lice as a kid, we'd try it all, mayo, all kinds of medicine, I would get rid of it and just re get it and my hair was clean my mom kept us clean but the lice liked my hair. I didn't get rid of lice for good until I was 14 and I shaved my head bald and then I used the medicine on my scalp and it never returned again.
Love seeing everyone .I am glad Joe is in th podcast with you guys .
This was fantastic! Thank you for sharing and bringing light!
I love that joe is involved! He’s 🔥🔥🔥
Also, Aaron just smiling in awe at Crystal whenever she speaks. 😍
Edit- I can’t believe that happened with you guys, I watched bits but had no idea. I’m so sorry for you all, that’s a really strange situation. Crystal, you really are sunshine, we could all learn a lot from you!
In regards to adopting, I think you’ll always adopt new kids, but it’s about looking at the now. You have LOTS of kids going into teens and that could be a heavy time, they’ll need you. It’s about the best quality of life for the kids in your care currently. So allow these kids your time, your energy, and when it’s time to adopt more, you’ll know x
OHKAY this is a random question for crystal when choosing family members to work for you and Shelly how did you get your mom and aunt Bonnie and Shelly just got Mindy much love to all the crazy family RUclips channels and a huge shout out to Aaron such an awesome husband / father🥰🥰🥰
Love it, just what we needed, to hear your story. What part of the house are you doing the podcast? Really thrilled for this new adventure.....cant wait to hear more!!! Love from Cape Town South Africa ♥️🇿🇦♥️
1:49 .. Crystal’s little legs not being able to touch the floor if she’s sitting all the was back in the chair is hilarious 😂🧡
Did you know we actually have three types of 'fries' in the UK?
To us, fries are very skinny chips, the type you get from McDonald's etc.
Chips are usually 4 times fatter than fries, those are what we eat with fish.
Then we have steak chips, which are 2-4 times fatter than chips.
What you call chips, we call crisps 🙂
I’m a huge crazy pieces fan, I never miss a video, and I have to say that this message really hit home today. I’ve been dealing with harassment from my boss at work and just hearing this discussion made me feel a lot better. One day it’s my goal to be a foster parent, and just hearing this has given me a lot of tools to deal with my bully. Thanks Crystal and fam keep it up. I mean… keep it crazy. Lol
This was so chill & different! I love the energy lol I kinda got this good “new chapter“ feeling with this podcast that Aaron mentioned! Thanks for this, love y’all ❤✨🪩
I am so excited for this ❤ i have been following your family (and the CMs) for years now! I am a Play Therapist, and mum of 3 grown boys with Autism. I specialise in autism, and post adoption work, but I’m in the UK 🇬🇧 but Paris Goodyear Brown at the TraumaPlay institute is the most dynamic and wonderfully inspiring trauma specialist you will find in the states! I can’t wait to follow for my clients, their families and my own growth ❤ thank you ☺️
It's crazy because the day you got your first foster child, that day I had just arrived in Georgia and around the same time of the day! I made the move from 15 hours away from a different state! Just me and my kids. I had done foster care on and off for 10 years where I was before. I adopted 3 kids.
Loved the first podcast!♥️ You guys are a true inspiration. Can’t wait to listen weekly☺️
Funny realization… my husband and I are foster and soon to be adoptive parents. My husbands name is Aaron and his best friends name is Joe. They have been besties since high school! We also had an adoption catfish except it was by a distant relative. Not a great feeling but we love the kids we have in our home now and couldn’t be happier❤
I feel like they need to see this comment cause that’s ironic and you seem so sweet
baby oil and vinegar 1-1 mix and wrap them in a towel or shopping bag and leave it overnight