we had twins :)
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- čas přidán 2. 03. 2023
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Also there are some pregnancy related vids on my second channel: youtube.com/@moreashandgray …and tummy picks on insta if folks wanna check that out!
hey, dont know if you realized this but the link you have for your second channel includes a parentheses which breaks the link
Omg I’ve missed you!!! 🥺🥺 I remember when i discovered you! I missed your channel and I’m glad you’re back!
Btw I’m happy for you and your significant other ash! 🥰
Oh my goodness. I've missed your videos. Watching from London UK.
Congratulations!
I really admire that you’re keeping your babies completely out of the spotlight. They are so lucky to have you and Gray!
I’m so happy to see more and more people keeping their kids out of videos and pictures. But I wouldn’t expect any less from Sh and Grayson, they’re very conscious with their decisions.
Can I ask why people make this decision now ? Totally respect it and don’t need to see their kids, but I’m just curious ! Is it protecting against potential horrible people online or like a,,, consent thing?? for their children in the future ?
@@kat6161 Both! Family channels are seen as unethical by some because of the fact the kids aren’t old enough to consent to fully understanding that they are being broadcast in a permanent way to such a big audience.
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Pretty much both. If I was famous I wouldn't want info or pictures/footage of my kids on the internet either. Actual creepy people can and will get ahold of them 🤮
Would you ever consider a “baby names we loved but didn’t use” video? I think that’d be interesting to hear from two people who picked their own names, and who seem like they’ll be raising their children with gender fluidity in mind (I hope this makes sense, I had an awful time wording it)!
YES! I would love this
This sounds awesome! No real information given about the babies, but yet super entertaining!
As someone who won't be having kids, even I would be interested in that topic.
Yes I second this! I am a huge name nerd and I'd love to see the thought process behind naming them as people who have chosen their names, considering gender neutral names, etc.
When I first found out they had babies I was like OH OH! I hope one of them is named Cole! (Coal) And then for the life of me I couldn't think of a 4th themed name for them 😔
It’s great to see a parent with their kids best interest at heart. ‘Not going to share anything, our parenting style, their names, assigned sexes, but maybe you’ll see the fact that they exist on Instagram, with their faces unshown’ it’s great to not pivot towards that family channel.
And yes your story about your getting pregnant, conception and everything is about you and Gray, not those two little kiddos!
Congratulations on becoming parents and I can already see, you love it.
Funny that your cat is named Arthur, I have a cat named Ash! Also congratulations on being able to call yourself a Producer! ;D
Haaaaaa I love that
Don't worry about the Part 2 video seeming "dated". Videos of that length and intensity of the topic(s) discussed would naturally take longer to be "CZcams ready" in any case. And a video being delayed because of having twins as an addition to your family is a wonderful reason for a delay to happen^^ In any case: I'm happy to see you back and am looking forward to that Part 2 video 😃
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE BACK 🥺 also telling amazing news omg CONGRATULATIONS you both deserve all the happiness in the world 🥰🥳
i was thinking about this channel recently
Your channel was a big part of when I was coming to terms with my identity and especially the videos about gender presentation on the second channel which are now unlisted/private. So excited to hear the news and that you and your family are doing great! Love the little editing touches on your vids, they go a long way into making each upload feel special. ❤
so many congrats!!! Oh my gosh. Being a nonbinary person and going through pregnancy is something I've really gone back and forth on wanting to do. It is so affirming to see another trans/nonbinary person go through it. I am so happy for you and Grayson and I wish your little family the best!
As an AFAB NB on my second pregnancy, not gonna lie, there can be some difficult moments. The nurses in the post partum ward constantly saying things like "Don't worry Mama" et cet was... difficult. (I chose a parenting term for myself: Onnu, which is actually based on early sounds babies can make, but then decided it could be an acronym for either the more poetic One Nurturer which is aspirationally what I want to be for my kid, or Obsetric Nurturer for a more technical jargon sounding mix when you need to throw it at a boomer fool. My partner who ID's as a Demi-Man, went with Panu for Parent Nurturer or Paternal Nurturer, depending on who he's speaking to)
A big part will depend on what kind of relationship to your body you have. I know some people don't have any disphoria, some people have lots. (I had/have chest-related dysphoria, that got worse during pregnancy but amazingly, thankfully, was actually lessened by following my plan of making them useful for once and nursing my kiddo. Whole reason I've kept 'em.)
@@purpleghost106 thank you for sharing your experience. I have also been worried about being misgendered at medical offices and the hospital if I do it. I would probably get a doula though to help advocate for me. And I already got top surgery so my dysphoria would probably come from any weight gain in my butt/thighs and people seeing me as a woman just because I look pregnant.
Non binary is not a thing. People need to stop.
Hey, congrats! As a queer parent myself, welcome to the club. ❤ ( and big respect for respecting your kiddos' privacy, more people should do that. )
Many congratulations to you both!! Such lovely news, and a wonderful outcome! 🌟🌟🌟
I’m so happy to hear this news! Looking forward to hearing part two of the series when you’re ready and comfortable to post. I wish you and Gracen all the happy baby snuggles!!
That's so awesome! Congratulations to the whole (expanded) Hardell fam!
such beautiful news, very happy for you and it’s lovely to see you two setting such great boundaries around sharing re: your kids. congrats, take care, and can’t wait to see the part 2!
Congrats!!! I was so excited when I saw your video pop up after not seeing anything for a While (this is the only platform/channel of yours that I follow). I am so happy to see you doing alright and with so much joy about your kiddos. I don't have any kiddos of my own, but I have multiple siblings who I am significantly older than and I totally understand the feeling of "these are the most amazing beings ever". Sending wishes of joy for your family!
Oh my goodness, congrats on the kiddos!! Take all the time you need to take care of yourself and your family! And I look forward to seeing the part two (and whatever comes next!) whenever it’s ready!!!
Big congrats, you two! I’m insanely happy for you! 😊
Oh my goodness??? Congratulations!! I can't wait to see more updates from you. You're one of my comfort CZcamsrs tbh so it's really nice to see more from you!!
I’ve been watching your channel for years now and it’s been incredible to see your growth. I’m so happy for you and Gray!! The biggest congratulations
Seeing a new video from you come across my main page makes me SOOOO HAPPY!!! Congratulations to you new parents!! Wishing you two and the twins the best of health and happiness ❤
So lovely that you pop back in ones and awhile. Congrats on your growing family.
CONGRATS!!!!
I wish you two and the twins the most peaceful and healthy life and recovery and beginning of a new chapter in your family
Congratulations! Wonderful news for you both 🧡 and love to see all the upcoming content
Happy for you and your new additions to your family!!
So happy for yall! You two deserve the best life has to offer! Miss you loads Ash!
Omg! You’re back! I am so so glad! Welcome back ❤❤congratulations on all the good stuff keep on going the good work💗
Wow, I rewatched a couple of previous videos just a few days ago and was thinking what are you up to now. And here you are with twins! Congrats🎉
Have been subscribed for years and this just showed up in my feed. So happy for you two. All the love in the word to you both
I'm so late to this party but congratulations!!! I'm glad you're back on youtube again, and it's so infectious to hear how much you love your lil ones, I'm so happy for you!!
This makes me so happy :) I grew up on your channel and you all deserve the world
Ash!!!! OMG!!! I'm an identical twin but I'm trans and my sister isn't, as a baby trans kid I really grew up watching your videos and seeing your face again is so nostalgic for me. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BABIES!!!! I'm so so happy for you and Gray. Thank you for protecting your kiddos from the internet, and I hope you can get as much sleep as possible with the babies, lol.
Glad you’re back!!! Happy major milestones
Congrats!!! Looking very much forward to part 2 as well!
AWE! Huge congrats to you and Gray! As they say - good people raising good people! I wish you a lifetime of happiness with your cuties
Congratulations to your new editions to your family 🎉🎉
Aww... Congrats Ash and Grey🥰 you both are gonna be the coolest parents 😍
Congratulations!! Take all the time you need!!!
congrats to you & gray! how exciting!! sending you & your beautiful family all the best
So nice seeing you here!!! Love your videos 😊
‘Distracted my baby snuggles’ is absolutely a valid reason.
I swear whenever I think ‘oh I wonder how Ash is doing are they okay’ you pop right back into my notifications, be it here or on twitter/Instagram 😊
Congratulations to yourself and Gray! All four of you deserve the world!
Once again- congrats! Through all the turmoils and the journey you've had, y'all got there and to this moment
congrats and good luck with everything, good to see you‘re happy :)
Wow congrats on the new additions to the fam! I'll def watch pt 2, i never finished pt 1 so I'll wait til the 2nd one comes out so i can watch them together! 💗
Congrats! Completely understand not wanting to share any personal details about your family that you don't want to, we're just happy that you're back and doing well 😊
Thanks for the update ! Take your time😊
Just last week I checked in on your channel to see if you’d posted anything; so happy to hear your good news now! Congrats
Thanks for sharing. Congratulations!!!!!!! So good to see another video from you, Ash. I was just recently wondering how you are doing and why we haven’t seen much from you. Glad the twins are doing well❤
Congrats to you both. I'm sure you have the cutest family full of all the love in the universe. Even the cat is so happy to be part of it lol. 💖 Looking forward to new channel content whenever it's ready, but absolutely no disappointment here about the timeline. I'm so happy for you and your family! 💖😊💖
So glad to see you back on CZcams again Ash congratulations on having twins
Congratz!! They are so lucky to have you two!
Congratulations!!! I look forward to (hopefully) seeing more videos soon :)
Congratulations. Smart to keep info private, I think this sets a good example!
congratulations!!! wishing y'all so much happiness
all the love to you and your family. the editing (including the color grading) is masterful as always. you have been one of my favorite queer youtubers/educators for years (i still have my copy of your book with your old name on the cover), and i always look forward to anything you produce. ❤️
CONGRATULATIONS :) so happy for you!!
Congratulations to you both!!
the way your face just lights up when you talk about them i just KNOW you’ll do your very best to parent them
that's so amazing!!! congratulations to both of you, I hope you're recovering well and that the twins are doing good!!
Congratulations!!!!! Always happy to see you whenever it happens. So just live life and enjoy your kiddo potatoes!!! 🖤
Congrats to you two! I really appreciate that you will be keeping your kids' lives private. Its respectful of their safety and their wants when they are older.
Also thank you for continuing business as usual on this channel. Children aren't ever on my plate personally. I'm happy for those who want to have them and be the best parents they can be, but its been a bit rough seeing many of my favorite creators really shift over to being parenting content.
I am happy to wait for part 2. It will still be relevant to me whenever that happens. ❤
Congratulations!! Glad you and your family are doing well!
A well researched video is never too dated or too late. You all became parents!!! You deserve to rest!! ❤
It's so good to see you back! Congratulations on the babies!
Congratulations! So happy for all four of you!
I just want to say this to anyone who has twins. DO NOT JUST REFER TO THEM AS THE TWINS (or at least stop once they get older). I am a twin and was only ever referred to as the twins. For me it make me feel like that is the only thing that people care about. It made me feel like I wasn't my own person. I grew up wanting nothing to do with my twin sister (we of course did some stuff together). I would literally get pissed off if my sister even did something as little as order the same food as me, or get angry if she had the same favorite item/show/color/etc. I literally wanted nothing to do with my sister, because people only cared about that we were twins. We were treated as if we were the same person (btw we aren't even identical). I would avoid telling people that I had a twin. So please if any of yall have twins please make sure they feel like that they are their own person. I know for some twins this might have not been a problem, but for me it really was. This also became a problem with my sister aswell, but in a different way. She became dependent on me, she wouldn't do things unless I would do them with her. I would have to go to hang out with her friends, because she wouldn't unless I went.
I will remember this just in case I ever have twins. Sounds like an extreme version of having an older sib and constantly being called X's brother/sister. I'm glad my brother and I were far apart in age and went to different schools!
I actually didn't mind when people referred to by twin and I as 'the twins'.
I'm not even a twin but I feel this pain so much. This could definitely apply to ANY set of two kids who are similar in gender and/or age, I think. My sister and I are 2 years apart and have WILDLY different personalities, but we were often "the girls" to many adults in our lives, and like... it made us feel like we HAD to agree on stuff because of the expectations adults put on us by saying or asking things they clearly considered totally innocuous. "Oh, the girls will want to do xyz"...maybe not both of us! "The girls would love abc!" ...maybe only one of us though. "What do the girls think?" ...idk maybe ask each of us individually? And, as twins often are, we'd be forced to wear similar clothing VERY frequently, too (like the same outfit in two different colors or something), despite our very different tastes.
We had a lot of struggles with figuring out our identities growing up, and maybe this was a minor contributor, but it was definitely a contributor. We're in our 30s now and I feel like we're just now figuring ourselves out.
I forgot how absolutely lovely the editing of your videos is. I missed the cutesy/artsy vibe^^ Looking forward to seeing you around more!
congratulations to you two on the twins!
Congratulations! This is wonderful news! I am very happy for the two of you. I had been wondering what became of you.
Awesome news :) and I'm so glad your back!
Congrats!!! So happy for you!!!
Congratulations you two!
Congratulations!!!! Happy to see you again
Congrats on the little ones!!!
Lovely. Looking forward to PART 2, I have watched part 1 over and over, you are smart, wise, insightful, gifted, loving beyond words.
Aaahhh congrats to both of you!!! Thanks for the update and i hope you got some rest!
Glad to hear you continue to be alive and stuff. Congrats on the little beans!
I was literally looking up your socials yesterday because I hadn't seen you in forever 😭💐
What lovely news! Congratulations to you both
I feel there will be a deep value to your approach to the discussion of the part 2 even and honestly especially now that it is not The Most Pressing Thing. These conversations on the internet become a whirlwind and I think it’s valuable to reflect back on them after we’ve had time as a community to digest them and gain an even deeper understanding of the ways to navigate the prejudice we face
My most enthusiastic congratulations! You really are very badass. May your home be blessed with more love and laughter than you knew it could hold!
Congratulations Ash and Gray! Twins are lucky to have such awesome parents!
Congratulations, so happy for you guys. You will be great parents. Those babies r lucky to have u❤
Thank you for this quick channel update
You're totally right to keep your kids private, I'm sending good vibes to your whole family
Awww, guysss. I am really happy for you both!
congrats to you and grayson!! and congrats to your twins for having some pretty cool parents
WOW!! good to see you again Ash. congrats!
I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU LATELY ❤❤❤ Congrats and I am so happy to see you back!!!!!!
I follow your journey since the beginning and I'm soooo happy to hear these wonderful news about you! I wish so much joy and love for all of you! :)
Congratulations!! 💖💖
Congratulations on your amazing kiddos!
Congratulations!!!! Happy for you and your family🥰🥰
OMG!!!! 🎊 Congratulations to you and Grey, Ash!!! 👏 💖✨️🥳🥳🥳🥳
Love that you are both protecting your little ones privacy!
Glad to see you are back BUT please don't push yourself to hard!
u have 2 lil ones to help grow up and dont forget to take time for self care and love ❤️ much love!
Congrats on becoming parents!! My partner was just watching some old videos of yours whole they've been recovering from top surgery. I remember that you peeps decided to have kids but I hadn't kept up with your social media. So happy to hear that things seem to have gone well in the meantime!
oh my god! i had just went on your channel last week to see how you were doing, and then this! we’re all so proud and grateful for you!
Congratulations guys 🎉❤
I'm so happy for you!! It's so great that you two get to be parents! I wish you the best of luck and an all together positive experience with the twins
I have been following you since like 2011. I'm just so happy for you guys ❤️ and not showing or exploiting your kids just made me like you even more! Congrats!
Yessssss so glad you're not sharing any personal stuff! But I never thought you'd be the type of person that would :) Congrats to you and Gray!
Congrats and welcome back!
I'm still excited for part 2! No matter all the time that has passed!