things are changing...

All right, you guys. So some things are changing. That's just how you started off. That's so ominous. Like what things are changing? The first thing is my haircut. Yeah. Jacob's hair has changed. It looks really good. Like I love the way it looks, but we just haven't learned how to style it correctly yet. I'm not sure how I feel about it. Comment down below guys. I think the Bieber hair needs to never return. We're going to put a picture right here of what it looks like when it first got cut. So good. I really liked it there. I just need to figure out how to style it. But, uh, it needs to be a little shorter. I mean, you got it cut two weeks ago. No, I know. And so, but anyway, I think Jacob looks good. Hype Jacob up in the chat. In the chat. Bye bye. What in the world? Bieber cut. No. Okay. You guys. But the reason we're making this video, it's called things are changing. So you guys are probably like, what in the world is changing? There's a lot of things that are changing. And so we're going to go through a bunch of things that are changing. Since we last talked to you, I made the joke of my haircut being the first one. But let's talk about the most prominent one. I think first, this is the main reason we wanted to make this video. So we're not going to make you guys wait until the very, very end, but I'll just say this, it's been so crazy. So Julie and I, over the past, like five years have been making videos and we made videos before we even knew each other. Like before we even started making content together. I mean, it's just been crazy to think about. And if you guys have been here for a while, you've seen maybe some videos on my YouTube channel about us getting engaged and getting married. And a lot of the times people, when people, like, I feel like watch our stuff, they think of us together as like Jacob and Julia. And something we kind of have realized is like, especially with Julia's channel, we're documenting a lot of like our life. We're documenting like our life with a baby now. And obviously like there are some things that are targeted just for the females with Julia or just with Julia in the video, but most of it is us together. And I think that makes it really, really fun. And so because of that, we wanted to just have like one big main place where, you know, you know, that you can come to watch us as a married, young Christian couple with a baby, like we want to make sure everybody knows where they can find that like content of us and don't get me wrong, there's still going to be so many different like variables of content. But that being said, we are going to be changing the name of my channel to Jacob and Julia, Jacob and Julia Peterson. Yes. And I've been doing YouTube by myself for five years now. I've been doing YouTube even longer than you have, which is crazy. And so knowing that the name of my channel is going to change is crazy. So we don't want you guys to be caught off guard by that. But the reason behind that is just so it can be both of us together. And when we say like family channel, it doesn't mean that we're now family bloggers and our content is going to be centered around our kids. We don't want to be like misconstrued there. Like we want it to be focused on Jacob and I. And Jacob is the face of a lot of our videos, especially after I had Judah. I have less time on my hands. So Jacob was filming a lot more anyway. And so it makes sense. Like if you click on a video on my page and it's Jacob's face is the first thing you see, we're like, OK, is this Jacob's page or Julia's page? Right. So we we have a lot of friends who I'm sure you guys also watch who have joint channels with each other. And we just think that that would be something that would make the most sense for us. So we hope that you guys like that. We get tons of questions all the time why we have separate channels. That does not mean that Jacob's channel is going to be like that. So if you guys are here, too, and you haven't subscribed to my channel, this is my channel right here. So I think this is basically the way it's going to be on my channel. We're going to make a ton of like super fun, crazy Christian videos. Like that's the way I want to put it. Like I'm going to try and just do the craziest, coolest trends and things to help people live more like Jesus and help people along their journey of faith over here. We're going to do the same thing. But this is going to be like a combined page where you can find both of us. Now, again, Julia might do Christian girl chat. She might do, you know, all kinds of different. You can even comment below to what videos you want to see individually from both of us. But this is going to be a really good place that you can find content. And it's going to be the both of us. And you're going to be able to know that. So whether it's, you know, talking about boundaries and Christian relationships, whether it's family videos, whether it's, you know, you name it. There's just so many different types of content we've been able to make. We just want you guys to know that this is going to be the place to find that. So that is number one. The first thing that we want to tell you guys. Also, let us know your guys's opinion. You know, this isn't something that's super set in stone, but this is what we want to do with the channel. And we think we're going to do with the channel. And so let us know your opinion down below, too. If you like us turning this into Jacob and Julia, think of it as like any other YouTuber, you know, a couple's YouTuber, you know, couple. We want to do that. But in the Christian space and just be able to have you guys expecting to come get good knowledge on dating relationships, married relationships and everything from a Christian perspective. And speaking of things that are changing, my hormones are also one of the things that are changing in our lives. Being postpartum, I'm like 22 weeks postpartum now. My body is just going through all kinds of changes. And that brings me to bring up the sponsor of today's video, Louie. Something about postpartum has had me trying so many different deodorants to help with the extra sweating and VO that comes along with all the changing hormones and things that my body is going through. And for the past couple of months, I've been using Lumi and I absolutely love it. And I'm so excited to tell you guys that Lumi is the sponsor of today's video. My absolute favorite scent is the vanilla bliss scent. It smells so good. And I love using the stick form of their deodorant. But they have so many different options and forms of deodorant to choose from. But I've also used their wipes and the spray on kind. And I can confidently say that I love their products. 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That's a deal of over 40% off, which is so incredible and generous. So make sure you guys go click the link below and check out Lumi yourself. So thank you so much to Lumi for sponsoring today's video and helping me smell good, even though my body is constantly changing. Cool. The next thing that's changing, you guys, this is so sad. Oh, my word. Y'all, Judah is making such a big transition right now. So he just turned five months a couple of days ago, and we are getting rid of like all of his newborn stuff. Like not getting rid. Not. Yeah. But like moving it today, we changed his bath because he literally has outgrown his bath, which is so wild. And he'll like try to just finagle himself out of it. But he's about to outgrow his car seat and his his snuggle me lounger. He doesn't even go in. He never can't bring myself to put it away. And like, yeah, he's about to start eating whole foods like regular food. Yeah. Stay tuned for that, because we're going to make a little short form video about that over on my Instagram and showing you guys his first time eating food. But yeah, a lot of things are changing with Judah. And it's just weird because it's a new season for us to like. It's so weird. I feel like every day we're constantly learning more about him. Like he's developing so fast. We're developed. He's developing so fast. And it's literally like every week our schedule has to change. Like, oh, he used to nap two hours every nap. Now it's like 10 minutes, 15 minutes. It's like it's just not as much nap time. He's sleeping somewhat better, but it's not as much. And so it's just like so many things. And literally, we have to keep an eye on him every two seconds because he's trying to walk across the room. Well, he's not walking yet. But like, yeah, like we'll lay him down on a playmat. And like we maybe are grabbing something, taking us two seconds, just turning around real quick and he'll be flipped over, literally migrated away from where we put him. And we're like, OK, we need to order the baby. Yes, we need a baby gave because he is just moving and rolling and it's great flipping himself and just doing so much. And it's been so cool. If you guys follow Julia long on Instagram, you've been able to kind of get a little bit of an inside look of just how he's growing and what he's doing and what he's up to. So it's just been a while to see how fast he is changing. And like also just all the changes that we're making to like take care of him. And like today, his bath, his bigger bath came in. I was like, this thing's like a boat, like putting it in the bathtub. I'm like, this thing is huge. But that's what he needs now. So and it makes us sad. Like, it's good because he's growing and he's healthy and he's strong. But it's like he's never going to be this tiny again. Mm hmm. And you just go through the memories of the past five months. Before you threw it at me. No. All right. Yeah, I mean, I should have. Yeah. Yeah. But I'm grateful that we get to watch him grow up like that's a privilege. And like anything is going to be all of his first milestones and things. So every single day it's like, I'm like, Jacob, come here. He's going like this. You guys, you guys. And we think it's the most amazing thing ever. He's grabbing his foot. He's eating his foot. No, but parents, if you're if you're watching this video for any parents watching like comment below, did you guys feel the same way? Like as things were changing with your child? It's just so crazy and surreal to go through. Starting to eat actual food now. Yeah. And can we talk about that? I mean, what? Like he's going to be weaned off of breast milk within like six months. Yeah. Like that's so wild. Like, oh, my word. And like assuming my supply lasts that long. Some people don't get, you know, their supply drives up. I just I can't believe that. Like there's just so many frequent changes you have to make. It's just crazy. Although I was talking to my mom about it today and she was like, oh, well, you only have to keep it up for six more months. And I was like, what? Yeah, no, for real. I am excited that I give him like real food. Dude, the first time he gets a steak. I'm so excited. Yeah, he's going to start living the good life. Like he's going to start eating the, you know, the purees. I'm sure he's going to love it. But who knows? He might be so like into the milk that he's like, I don't know. I hope he likes it. I know this child. The other day he cried because he couldn't have my taquito and he never even had a taquito before. But he like wants food. Yeah, y'all. He's getting so big, so fast. And yeah, it's it's crazy over here. It can't even keep up with the updates. I'm sure by the time this video comes out, he'll be doing somersaults or something crazy like it's just wild. And so we're grateful that you guys have gotten to watch this whole journey with us. And yeah, we have a yeah, the short five month journey so far. And yeah, like we've hardly scratched the surface, but it's just it's wild. Yeah, it's wild to see and think about. So that's another thing that's changing is like Judah is growing so fast, which is so wild to think about. And another thing that's changing is going to be our lifestyle. Lifestyle. Our routine. Y'all, to be completely honest, we have no routine right now. When you have a newborn, I feel like you might understand. Yeah. It's so funny. I was watching one of our videos from when he was eight weeks old and we're like, yeah, we're kind of getting back into routine. We're going to start working out. No, no, I didn't. Routine changes every day as he changes. But we are really going to try to do the 75 hard, but 75 holy and kind of modified a little bit to where it's actually achievable. If we were to do the actual 75 hard starting right now, we would feel like. Yeah, I think just with. Yeah, the way our schedule is, we would definitely fail. But I think what we're going to try and do is we're going to try and do like just clean diet. So no sugar, just like all of the beautiful added sugar. Yeah. Beautiful produce and all of that that God has created. So we're just going to eat like meats, fruits, vegetables. It's pretty much maybe some carbs here and there for energy to workouts. One indoor workout, one outdoor workout, the outdoor workout. We're going to modify to be like family walks and stuff like that. Yes, because and, you know, the indoor workout, too, like we can make that like, you know, maybe I'm going to go on a run one day and do two outdoor works outdoor workouts. We're not going to have like something super like crazy, you know? Yeah. Demanding. And then instead of reading every single day, it's going to be reading a Bible every single day. So reading the Bible together, making sure we're making that a priority, you know, growing spiritually with one another. And so that's how we're going to kind of implement that into play. And then, yeah, just drinking. You know, it's not going to be a gallon of water, but it's just like I think something good to shoot for is like 12 to 16 ounces every hour. Just like good. Making sure you're staying hydrated. That's so much. It's not every sorry, not every hour. It would be every like two hours. Yeah, I drink enough water as I drink. You might not drink the water. Yeah, because the gallons were 128 ounces. I don't know. I drink like 240 ounce cups. Yeah, every day. So just making sure we're getting hydrated enough. And, you know, we're also going to be doing a bunch of like electrolytes in our drink, too, just because we're going to be working out and energizing so much. That's another thing that's changing is like changing those lifestyle habits. But not only just like doing that, like going to bed by hopefully 1030 p.m. because that's when it's the last time he feeds, hopefully getting up at like 630, seven o'clock, like making it a priority to get up earlier. Recently, we've been getting up like when Judah gets up. And I think that makes it hard because then right away when you wake up, the first thing you have to do is take care of him, which is fine. I mean, obviously, it's a role of parenting. Yeah, but it'd be great if we could wake up earlier and like get some stuff done ahead of time before he wakes up. And so and that's just a routine we need to get into as well when he can sleep in his bedroom on his own, like being able to wake up. Yeah, right now it's hard because we kind of wake him up if we get up before he does. But yeah, once he's in his own room, which that's another thing, you know, I don't know when we're going to do that. I'm not ready, but he doesn't want to. Yeah, so we'll keep you guys updated with that. Definitely more on our other socials. And I think we're going to make a video here on YouTube, too. Like I completed 75 hard Christian edition or 75 holy or something. So you guys can look and see our progress from day one to day 75. Yeah, maybe something super cool. I think that, you know, it's just going to benefit everybody to join. So that's another super big thing that's changing. You guys got to hold us accountable. Comment down below if you're joining, too. Comment 75 holy down below if you're going to join it with us. And yeah, make sure you're following us, too, here on Instagram. I'm going to put mine here. Julia's here. That way you guys can follow us and join along with that. And this is the last thing that changes. It's kind of just more of a personal update. But I think a lot of you guys will appreciate it. If you don't know if a lot of them even know about this, you guys. Yeah, you all might not know. If you guys didn't know, this is our Christian card game called Discernment. We partner with Cards Christians like to make this card game. And you guys have blown our minds. Like literally, you sold us out twice, which is wild. We're about to sell out again. And you guys, we are this is the big news. This is what's changed. We are officially in Mardell. I'm going to pop a picture of them right here. If you ever heard of Mardell, they're like a Christian bookstore, craft store. They're the sister company of Hobby Lobby, which I didn't know. Sister company. They're the sister company of Hobby Lobby, which I didn't know at first. So crazy. So they're in every Mardell across the US. And you guys, our Christian card game is in the Museum of the Bible, which is so wild. I'm going to put their logo right here as well. I'm going to the museum here in the next couple of weeks to go see it for myself. But you guys like so jealous. Y'all have just been showing so much support in the card game. Our prayer is that Christians all over the world can play this and have fun and not be convicted. And so we are just so glad that you guys have been able to play this Christian card game. I'm going to put the link below to if you guys want to order a Christian card game. It's called Discernment. What's beneath the Babel? It's like incoherent or mad. Yeah, but for Christians and y'all, I'm telling you, you guys will have a blast playing this game with your family, youth group, friends, whoever, like it's just so fun. So I think that's all the updates. Things are changing. Things are changing every day. But it's for the better. Yeah, it's for the good. So y'all, that is today's video. Anything else to add? No, we love you guys so much. Comment down below more things you guys want to see. Comment if you're going to join us on the 75. What's the start date for that? Are we doing follow our Instagram? Well, we'll keep our our Instagram updated. I'm not going to wait till he gets back from probably like the beginning of like September, if I had to guess, or like mid-August. I was thinking mid-August or mid-August. Yeah, but somewhere in there when I can. We can actually be home and stay on the schedule. So, well, you guys, we love y'all so, so much. Thank you so much for tuning in today's video. We love you. And Jesus loves you. And we'll see you guys in this one. All right. See you. Bye.