The full backstory of Two Parents & A Podcast: our old lives, how we met & becoming parents

This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX!!! 🥳 (from Jules!!!) Since we’re on summer break AND it's Alex's 33rd birthday AND we happen to have a LOT of new listeners lately, we figured today was the perfect day for a full reintroduction episode!!! Alex & Harrison take us all the way back to before they knew each other and walk through the sequence of events that got them to where they are today (family of 4 in Austin!!!).

Jules’ note to this listener: I learned a TON of new things while we filmed this ep so I’m sure you will TOO!!

We start with the Alex: Oklahoma City (Edmond!!) childhood, competitive volleyball, working for Jennifer Welch, moving to LA, going viral on TikTok during Covid (blue hair era!!), moving to New York & the Barstool chapter, her divorce & more! Then Harrison walks us through his backstory: growing up in Vancouver, going to McGill (thanks to one random piece of advice from a guy named Matt), spending 7+ years in finance (NYC, Hong Kong), ending up in San Francisco, starting The Naked Market, and ending his 7 year relationship.

Then we get into the story of how they ACTUALLY met (spoiler: Alex actually BAILED on the first first date). Their first date was legendary (the Balloon Museum, tater tots at Overstory, a Tribeca / West Village bar crawl) and they truly never stopped hanging out after that day (November 4th is their official anniversary!!).

Plus, how they decided they were ready to have kids so quickly, navigating pregnancy in a brand new relationship, and why they ultimately moved from NYC to Austin (great Diet Coke Index!!).

Then we get into the origin story of their beloved nanny share (which started with a postpartum basket, a case of Michelob Ultra, and a Texas-Georgia football game!!), welcoming baby #2 + getting married at the courthouse right before Rocky was born, how many kids they ultimately want (3 is the update!!), and plans to stay in Austin forever (with a NYC bop when the kids graduate!)

If you're a new listener, WELCOME!!! And if you've been here since the beginning, thank you for growing with us 🥹

LOVE YOU GUYS!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast!

00:05:12 Alex's story: Working for Jennifer Welch, going viral on TikTok, moving to NYC & getting divorced

00:24:34 Harrison's story: McGill, working in finance, starting The Naked Market & ending a 7 year relationship

00:42:07 The story of how we met + our first date

00:55:51 How did we decide we were ready to have kids so quickly?

00:58:38 Navigating pregnancy while in a new relationship

01:00:41 Why we moved from NYC to Austin (+ the Diet Coke Index!!)

01:08:03 How we started the NANNY SHARE with our next door neighbors 🥹

01:18:58 Do we plan on staying in Austin forever?!

01:20:31 How many kids do we want?!

01:22:45 Welcoming baby #2 + getting married!!

01:24:19 LOVE YOU GUYS!

#twoparentsandapod

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