ThisGatheredNest

[sheisonarun]

They have another sister. But, I dunno.

From what I understand their other sister doesn't want kids so I am guessing she isn't going to put that many kids in her care.

[gibberish]

So, I see where Pete has lost 37 pounds. That's great!

[haterade]

They have another sister. But, I dunno.

From what I understand their other sister doesn't want kids so I am guessing she isn't going to put that many kids in her care.

She's also only like 24

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[maisiefrommaine]

I don't want to sound rude but that's kind of a burden. I hope they have friends that can help if the grandparents cant and her siblings choose not to.

That's the downside of collecting children. The kids are still pretty young and they have a child with special needs that might need constant care past the age of 18. Unless one of her siblings wants to take that roll later on in life. In Rosie's situation it might be a little more difficult, it might not be just raising the child up to 18 and then sending them off to university. She's still young. I know she's brilliant and self sufficient (as much as any child) but they can't properly access her ability to live on her own until she's older. Hell, children without disabilities can still grow up and not have what it takes to provide for themselves financially, emotionally and physically. Some people live at home until birth-late 20s

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[GetYouTubesTied]

I think they have already being paired with a baby and they are rushing through the paper work before it is born.

I can imagine a lot of young naive girls would think it was cool to have their baby adopted by a youtuber. I wouldnt be suprised if they had been reached out to by followers on a number of occasions.

I think it's potentially much more than a matter of "cool"... Women know they can see a lot more of their children's babyhood and growing up process if they place them with vloggers. Imagine having an unlimited stream of footage of your kid to see how it's developing and not feel totally excluded from some of the sweet candid moments. That would be a big lure for me, if I were considering where to place my baby.

(Disclaimer: Not saying I personally would jeopardize my child's privacy and quality of life by placing it with narcissistic vlogging fools, just making a logical argument as to why it might seem an attractive option to young pregnant girls coping with the prospect of adoption... If anyone watches Phil and Alex, I always imagined that this figured into Callie's mom's reasoning.)

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[Pina]

What is the appeal of Charleston? Im asking out of interest not being sarcastic. Do you think they are actual house hunting or just teasing the followers? I thought it was strange them going bk to the same place in the rv in such a small time frame.

[maisiefrommaine]

I think they have already being paired with a baby and they are rushing through the paper work before it is born.

I can imagine a lot of young naive girls would think it was cool to have their baby adopted by a youtuber. I wouldnt be suprised if they had been reached out to by followers on a number of occasions.

I think it's potentially much more than a matter of "cool"... Women know they can see a lot more of their children's babyhood and growing up process if they place them with vloggers. Imagine having an unlimited stream of footage of your kid to see how it's developing and not feel totally excluded from some of the sweet candid moments. That would be a big lure for me, if I were considering where to place my baby.

(Disclaimer: Not saying I personally would jeopardize my child's privacy and quality of life by placing it with narcissistic vlogging fools, just making a logical argument as to why it might seem an attractive option to young pregnant girls coping with the prospect of adoption... If anyone watches Phil and Alex, I always imagined that this figured into Callie's mom's reasoning.)

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Personally, knowing people who've went through adoption and foster care: I think it would actually be even more difficult to watch the baby you placed with it's new family on YouTube.

I think people choose youtubers so they can bail on the decision process. You get a glimpse of what the family is like in rotation, you can read hundreds of comments contesting to the fact that they're good people...etcetera. It's like a consistent homestudy and the internet won't sit back and watch them treat the child poorly, you've got people watching and criticizing how you treat the child (Phil and Alex's case)

They mentioned one of their adoptions flopped in the past. If they share details about who, or the fact that it's a viewer and the woman somehow decides to change her mind, they'll be a load of troll-y comments aimed at the woman

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[looper007]

Holy crap how much money does this family have?!? We do very well for ourselves with only 1 kiddo and we don’t spend half of what they do. A bathroom remodel while paying for an adoption that is immediately following a bunch of IVF and buying an RV!? Plus she is always spending money on brows, facials, lashes, etc, etc.

I know they have sponsorship deals with the likes of Amazon and such, so that brings in some good money not just from YouTube channel but Social media platform and blog, where they always do a ton of sponsorship. I'm sure they get free stuff on top of that from companies to flog on their channel. Angie must have made decent money on her book deal. Her Jewelry company must make some money on the side too. Angie has like four YouTube channels. That must bring in a steady YouTube income. She always goes to quite a few of YouTuber events, and I'm sure she gets paid for that. It wouldn't surprise me if say the recent redoing of Rosie's room was done by a sponsorship deal rather then out of their own pocket. I reckon the YouTube career alone makes them a very good living.

I reckon the hubby was a partner in a business and even though he's now a stay at home dad, he's still got a stake in it and make a good living from it. Or that him and Angie put YouTube money into property and stuff. Neither seem to come from rich families.

[looper007]

This Gathered Nest is one of those YouTube Families, I'm in the middle about. They have some great things about them and some that just rub me up the wrong way.

The dislikes, the flogging of sponsorship deals in every vlog and right in the middle of them as well, which ruins the flow of the vlog is annoying. The constant flashing of their wealth in every vlog can be a turn off. Clickbait titles. I'm not a big fan of the home schooling, not so much with the three oldest but I definitely think Rosie and Jonah would benefit from been in school and having one on one attention away from the family. That Angie towers over every vlog, to the point it becomes overbearing. The hubby is so under the thumb it's not even funny lol.

The likes, Rosie is the star of the channel. No surprise any vlog that features her get's the most views and the top 3 most viewed videos are centered around her. I have to give Angie and C.J (is that her husbands name) plaudits for doing a great Job with her. She's just adorable. I like the two oldest kids Kennedy and Shelby, they always seem very caring and kind towards the younger siblings and never go out to hog the spotlight. I'd also put Noah in the same bracket as the two oldest girls. Jonah and The Twins seem like handfuls but they are young, so they will hopeful grow out of it. Even though he's under the thumb, I like C.J even though he tries to hard at times to be liked and it comes off wince inducing in places, he means well. I love how professional their vlogs are, they definitely put money into making their channel better. Some great camera work.

I can't say i'm a fan of them wanting to adopt again, they are still young (mid 30's) and they could afford to waiting 5 or so years and just give time and attention to the kids they have already. Then once the twins, Rosie and Jonah and others are a bit older then go all out and adopt again. I don't buy into this thing that Angie is only doing this for views. I think she clearly cares for for those kids, and they all seem happy and content. I just think they should slow down for a few years and just the kids they have right now. But that's just a opinion. And it's great to see kid get a chance of been happy.

[devilishtenshi]

I think they are going to have a rude awakening. Maybe not but I suspect they will. It was probably not too hard to be paired when they adopted Jonah domestically. He was kiddo #4 and I can see Mother’s thinking they’d love their child to have a large family and siblings. But since then they have grown to 7. I wouldn’t ever pick a family with 7 kids because it’s going to be so hard finding quality time with 8 kids! It’s too much at this point. They aren’t dugger level yet by any means but it comes a point where you can’t give all you could.


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[Tiger27]

This is a kinda touchy controversial opinion but I think it’s kind of greedy to adopt a domestic infant when you you ready have 7 kids and there’s thousands of other couples out there with none or even one who have been waiting for years. Like why aren’t your 7 kids enough for you already? And why not let a couple who for sure had the time to devote to a new baby have that chance? If I were a birth mom, I’d throw out their file instantly. But maybe it is the YouTube appeal to a young woman. Or has she said it’s it’ll be a new born? Perhaps it’s they’re looking at older children?


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[devilishtenshi]

This is a kinda touchy controversial opinion but I think it’s kind of greedy to adopt a domestic infant when you you ready have 7 kids and there’s thousands of other couples out there with none or even one who have been waiting for years. Like why aren’t your 7 kids enough for you already? And why not let a couple who for sure had the time to devote to a new baby have that chance? If I were a birth mom, I’d throw out their file instantly. But maybe it is the YouTube appeal to a young woman. Or has she said it’s it’ll be a new born? Perhaps it’s they’re looking at older children?


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Now I may be wrong but I think it has to be a newborn. I don’t think typically people put their older child up for adoption like that (this isn’t foster care where a child was removed)


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[gibberish]

... not a big fan of the home schooling, not so much with the three oldest but I definitely think Rosie and Jonah would benefit from been in school and having one on one attention away from the family.

fyi, Rosie is the 3rd oldest.

[Pina]

Have they ever mentioned if Noah has intellectual delays/challenges? I ask out of pure interest. He seems like a really sweet and loving kid?

Him and Rosie went to school for a year but it didnt work out. I think Ange wasnt happy with Noah's progression and Rosie was finding the school day to long which was effecting her behaviour at home because she was exhausted.

[looper007]

I think they are going to have a rude awakening. Maybe not but I suspect they will. It was probably not too hard to be paired when they adopted Jonah domestically. He was kiddo #4 and I can see Mother’s thinking they’d love their child to have a large family and siblings. But since then they have grown to 7. I wouldn’t ever pick a family with 7 kids because it’s going to be so hard finding quality time with 8 kids! It’s too much at this point. They aren’t dugger level yet by any means but it comes a point where you can’t give all you could.


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I think the fact they have a special needs kid, another one with delays and challenges and three young kids not that far apart, maybe just giving time to them and give all their attention they need might be better then going out and getting another child with special needs or a toddler. They could afford to at least leave it for a few more years before adding another member to the family. Don't get me wrong, it's a wonderful thing they are doing and they seem like great parents and the kids they have are living a great life.

I agree if I was parent wanting to adopt my child to a family, they wouldn't be the first on my list. I just don't think that child would get the attention and love it would need to grow.

[looper007]

This is a kinda touchy controversial opinion but I think it’s kind of greedy to adopt a domestic infant when you you ready have 7 kids and there’s thousands of other couples out there with none or even one who have been waiting for years. Like why aren’t your 7 kids enough for you already? And why not let a couple who for sure had the time to devote to a new baby have that chance? If I were a birth mom, I’d throw out their file instantly. But maybe it is the YouTube appeal to a young woman. Or has she said it’s it’ll be a new born? Perhaps it’s they’re looking at older children?


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I don't think it's greedy, I think any infant going to that family will be well taken care of and will be loved. My problem with it is I just don't think the child would get the attention it deserves as the child would have two toddler babies, a younger son who's only 4, another son with learning problems, and a daughter with special needs vying for the same attention. I rather these babies go to parents who can't have kids or less then 3 at least.

I got the feeling form the videos that she's looking for a infant even with special needs. I don't get the feeling they are looking for older kid.

I do agree she needs just to give attention and care for her younger kids right now and once they get older then go for a infant again. I don't want it to come across like they are doing a bad thing, cause I think deep down they really do love kids and you can tell the kids they have now are well taken off. I just wish they leave it for a few years at least and just shower love over the kids they have right now.

[Tweedles3]

It comes across like Angie loves babies so much, she wants to have one around all the time. But their lifestyle has changed a lot since the twins were tiny. They seem to have more income, but CR is not getting company health benefits anymore, and I feel Angie is overworking herself to keep up the sponsorships. She’s been doing a lot of solo vlogs and runs errands alone, leaving CR with the kids. I think the bigger question is, how onboard is CR with another child to care for? Even if they do parent 50/50, a new baby is a burden for the first year. Just a week ago she seemed excited to live the RV life all summer, I’m sure she’s been working on various sponsors/plugs along their route to cut down on costs. If I were her, I would just enjoy the family for the next couple months and hold the adoption stuff off until later.

Edit: Didn’t see she has a new adoption video up, will watch and possibly edit my post


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[devilishtenshi]

How old are all the kiddos? I don’t remember ages except the twins


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[dahell]

... not a big fan of the home schooling, not so much with the three oldest but I definitely think Rosie and Jonah would benefit from been in school and having one on one attention away from the family.

fyi, Rosie is the 3rd oldest.

Do special needs (I’m hearing I’m supposed to say “disabled” now and not SN so I apologize if this is wrong terminology. I can’t keep up!) children get one on one attention in schools? I don’t think they do around my area. Most of them are now integrated into the regular classroom. Maybe there are some specific therapies that are one on one? Just curious.

[Tweedles3]

... not a big fan of the home schooling, not so much with the three oldest but I definitely think Rosie and Jonah would benefit from been in school and having one on one attention away from the family.

fyi, Rosie is the 3rd oldest.

Do special needs (I’m hearing I’m supposed to say “disabled” now and not SN so I apologize if this is wrong terminology. I can’t keep up!) children get one on one attention in schools? I don’t think they do around my area. Most of them are now integrated into the regular classroom. Maybe there are some specific therapies that are one on one? Just curious.

I think nowadays the goal is to integrate them as much as possible. I remember Rosie was in a typical classroom and I believe she went to school all day. That’s quite a lot for a child with DS, I can understand Angie thinking it was too much. It would be nice if Rosie could do a half day program out of the house, but I don’t know if those exist for kids as old as she is (almost 8).



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