Wifey and Baby Mama

Shun (00:42.131)
Hi, I'm Shawn.

Shannon (00:43.994)
Hi, and I'm Shannon.

Shun (00:45.95)
and we're the hosts of Wifey and Baby Mama. We want to welcome you all to 2024 and to season three. Yes, happy new year, family. Hehehehehe.

Shannon (00:52.958)
Yes. All right. Welcome. Happy New Year.

Shun (01:01.494)
It's wild to say we haven't talked to you guys since last year But that's surely the case Shannon that time seemed like it zoomed by

Shannon (01:08.575)
Mm-hmm. Oh It did it did but it was um, it was a nice break not to say we Didn't want to be here with you all but we all needed a little bit of them, you know holiday Spirit and you know spending time with our families and all of that. So oh Yes, oh yes, but we did miss you guys

Shun (01:25.878)
just a mental reset.

the mental risk. I mean the only thing we did and the only thing that did seem to drag by were Thursdays, okay? Because we first we certainly felt the sting of being able to connect with you all on a weekly basis, you know But we managed to stay busy, you know Putting together this season's material lining up guests, you know making changes which we'll get to in just a bit Holidays family, you know and just life in We also picked up a few more countries and for you Apple podcast people

Shannon (01:36.818)
Hehehehe

Shannon (01:41.57)
Yes.

Shannon (01:52.987)
Yeah.

Oh yes we did.

Shun (01:59.338)
Along with I heart radio in Pandora. We picked up Apple podcast So for all you diehard people out there who are loyal to the soil you have arrived Yeah

Shannon (02:04.026)
Yeah.

Shannon (02:08.706)
Yes, they kept begging and asking why aren't you on Apple? They didn't think we were legit because we weren't on Apple. Well, now we're on Apple Podcast.

Shun (02:16.63)
Here we are. So, hey, we want to thank you Apple, I Heart Ready and Pandora for giving us a platform. And Shannon, our tech guru will tell you those new countries we picked up along the break too, Shannon.

Shannon (02:24.624)
Yeah.

Shannon (02:29.938)
So yes, even though we weren't putting out new episodes, we continue to grow our audience. Then we picked up the Philippines, Serbia and Sweden. So welcome to Wifey and Baby Mama, all of you. And we thank you all and the other countries as well. We're so grateful that you take the time to tune into us every week.

Shun (02:56.482)
Thank you all we surely thank you and we've also had you know other media projects underway that will be coming your way So our time was well spent away from you guys, you know, we missed you and we're anxious to know Who took our holiday piece? advice and uh, did it work or who had some holiday mishaps, you know mine, unfortunately We're just like uh, it was just like I like them nice and quiet you know my husband and I have had some significant losses in our immediate family in the last year or so and uh,

Shannon (03:11.846)
Hehehehe

Shun (03:25.506)
It's challenge to try to hold your face and feelings together, you know for each other and the kids But we made it, you know and shannon are the holidays a little tougher for you now You know with your dad being gone or do you use that time to reflect on good times and keep it happy? Like how does that work for you?

Shannon (03:30.083)
Yeah, yeah.

Shannon (03:36.662)
Oh yeah, yeah. It is still sad. I know it's only been two years. And for some folks, they're like, oh, it's been two years. So for me, it's only been two years. And so, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I know, isn't it?

Shun (03:42.69)
Okay.

Shun (03:48.766)
And that's me. My pops was only two years ago. That's that's we have so much in common and that's crazy But yeah two years Seems like two months and I get it. I get it, you know

Shannon (03:58.31)
Right, right. So it was a it was challenging. But for the second year in a row, I hosted the Christmas Eve gathering that we normally would do at my mother's house. So that keeps me busy and preoccupied because I do all of the cooking, you know, all the cooking, the planning and, you know, having the people over. So this year was

Shun (04:15.31)
Okay.

Again, yeah. Yes.

Shannon (04:25.826)
you know, extra special because normally my father's siblings, they do a separate gathering, but this year they came to my house, my father's sister and brother, my aunt and uncle, who I love dearly. And it was so nice for all of us to be together still as one family, even, yeah, even though my mother and father, yeah, even though he's gone and my mother and father

Shun (04:46.254)
Just incorporated together. Yeah, even though your dad's gone

Shannon (04:55.27)
But yet his siblings and the Redfern family are still close to my mom, still to like, you know, my aunt told my mother, you will always be my sister because they grew up together. They've known each other since they were, I think, 10 years old in the same neighborhood. And she said, you'll always be my sister. So just to see that blend, which ties into what we do here on Wifey and Baby Mama, just talking about how these families, blended families can work.

Shun (04:55.862)
Bye.

Shannon (05:25.178)
you know, how powerful they can be to, you know, just keeping people together and showing love and not only during the holidays, yes, in unity, yeah. All time.

Shun (05:32.47)
right and unity But at all times all times I mean people handle it, you know all different ways It's like really no right or wrong way to grieve just whatever gets you through to the next day You know I say go for it and it's just as we say like you said about blending families That's the same with parent and a relationship like there's no blueprint to this thing called life, right? You figure out what works for you and your family and your blend and you know Just do your best and let god do the rest, you know

Shannon (05:41.806)
Right. Yeah.

Shannon (05:53.766)
Right.

Shannon (05:58.502)
Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Shun (06:00.298)
With that we hope all of you made it through the holiday seasons. Okay, we hope all of your family were able to plan or not But just keep peace, you know, and we gonna all vow here a wife and baby mama You know Shannon and I your host and you guys as our audience and our family We just gonna make the best of 2024 like this is why we're gonna do this what we're doing this welcome back episode to just kind of give you a feel Of what season 3 is gonna be like we want you guys to understand that whatever to

Shannon (06:19.551)
Oh yeah, yeah.

Shun (06:29.014)
Whatever negative, let's say that, 2023 had. Leave it there. This is a new day, you know, it's a new season.

Shannon (06:33.79)
So how was exactly, so how were your holidays and was there any drama? Cause there was a little bit of drama for me, but we don't have to get into all of that.

Shun (06:43.71)
Well, it's like it's like Yeah, no It's like I said mom were nice and quiet because my holidays are nice and quiet because see we have a choice You get what I'm saying? So if it's if it's cool if it's collective and everything's good and we want to go chill with the family Then that's what we do if we feel it's gonna be drum if it's even anticipated We stay home because again when you have when you create your own family you have the right to do that Like thank god, you know when you were smaller like at mom's house You know as kids do you get a choice to leave your parents house for thanksgiving if you don't like aunty?

Shannon (06:52.517)
Yeah.

Shannon (07:01.199)
Yeah.

Shannon (07:06.224)
Mm-hmm.

Shun (07:13.106)
Uh, sarah, you know you don't you know god auntie sarah come in, you know, whatever But in our cases as adult, you know man white kids we get to say we ain't doing that today And so it's great and then you can see the family for that amount of time you want to and you can you can get on About your business and you just make sure you keep a happy healthy Environment for the family you create it and that's a great thing about being an adult, you know, that's a great thing. So A little bit like you said, it's always gonna be a little bit

Shannon (07:15.218)
Right, right, right.

Shannon (07:26.118)
Right.

Shannon (07:37.218)
Oh yeah, that's true, that's true. So I want, I always a little bit, but I won't go into all of that because it wasn't really that big of a thing, but I will, you know, kind of pick on me. So I always have these grand ideas about these games that we play after everyone's, you know, eating and exchange gifts and all that. And I'm like, okay, I have this terrific game. And of course I introduced this game and it sucks. And they always do.

Shun (07:42.286)
I'm sorry.

Shun (07:55.778)
Mm-hmm.

Shannon (08:06.318)
So pretty soon, I'm sure the family's gonna say, okay, Shannon, somebody else decide what game we play because your games really suck. So I was standing there in front of everyone and they're all looking at me like you suck. So I will admit that. And if any of the family's listening next Christmas Eve, you will not get a game from Shannon or we'll do an old traditional game like charades or you know, stuff that.

Shun (08:07.638)
Hey, enough.

Shun (08:16.095)
Hehehehe

Shannon (08:36.446)
You know, yahtzee things that are proven tried and true Yes, yes

Shun (08:38.41)
You're giving up on the original you're giving up on the original thing You're gonna move on the Shannon originals Well, you know what Shannon let me tell you something Nothing beats it if you don't try like you don't know if it works unless you try it. So hey you try Kudos just like this podcast Well

Shannon (08:47.509)
Yes.

Shannon (08:55.02)
Yeah, but I could only imagine. Yeah, but I could only imagine how much trash they talked about me on their way home when they left.

Shun (09:02.414)
Look, how much torment you don't put them people through but at least you know Shannon See a lot of people can't recognize it at least you can admit it and I love that about you But it's just like this podcast. You remember when you first called like we're gonna do this I'm like, oh no, we're not honey, but look at but look at the feedback Look at the fact that we're going into season three, man I mean, can you I mean it's just you got to try it and here we are You know doing the thing like you said from this so many other, you know

Shannon (09:14.294)
Ha ha ha.

Shannon (09:20.471)
Right, right.

I know. Yeah.

Shun (09:30.454)
Projects and things are gonna lead off. So we're good. So hey you tried it It is what it is that didn't work But this is so we'll focus on why but baby mama save your brain power for wife and baby mama Shannon give up the games

Shannon (09:33.75)
Exactly. Yeah, that didn't work.

Yeah, yeah. Or maybe I should have ran the game by you and you would have told me, nah, don't do it.

Shun (09:47.134)
Nah, don't do this is I could have tweaked it for you. But you know what? We're gonna just let it go It's in 23. We're gonna let that go. I just said 24 we're gonna press toward the mark. We're gonna let it go But yeah, so again, this isn't uh again as you've probably figured out This isn't a traditional episode our first season premiere episode will be on next Thursday But we just wanted to get back in and give you a few updates We didn't want to start this season you like wait a minute. What's going on? Where is the red line?

Shannon (09:51.266)
Oh yeah, you could have tweaked it, yeah. Let it go.

That's right.

Shannon (10:09.227)
Yes!

Shannon (10:15.89)
Hehehehe

Shun (10:16.662)
Well, let me tell you, as I said in the beginning of this opening for this episode and as I said on some of the social media posts I put out, you know, announcing the return of season three, we have a few changes and fortunately our red line segment is one of them. There will be no more red line in the traditional sense after I'm, you know, monitoring the progress of our segments. That was kind of the least like so out it went. Yeah, I think you.

Shannon (10:43.206)
Yeah, and how they win. Everyone has, everybody has $100, I guess. They didn't need it.

Shun (10:48.559)
That's it that's it everybody got it yeah We're tired of I think you guys were just tired of me talking about the end of the episode and that was just a nice Way of saying, you know, please you know what? I'm mad at you. We've decided to do something else You know, we're gonna engage you more musically. You guys know, I love to do my jokes and my laughs on these podcasts So during our episodes, I'm gonna say a lie, you know, I'm gonna say a line I just said one a few sentences ago

Shannon (11:00.454)
Right, right.

Shun (11:16.05)
And you guys, you know, if you're listening just pick up on that, you know Pick a song related to our topic and I'm gonna just say a line during our maybe a few times And you get to write in and tell me hey, this is the name of that song, you know Then the next week I'll announce it you can listen to it and that'll be your assignments for the week So she don't need the money. We'll give you some homework. No, just kidding We're just trying to find ways to engage you guys I'm a fictional family is still very much alive you guys like Shannon better than me and I'm okay with that. Okay

Shannon (11:34.194)
Hehe

Shannon (11:40.622)
Yeah, that's me.

Shun (11:43.906)
But Shannon has graciously decided to some weeks maybe share with me and let me do a fictional family because my segment was cut but It's all good. You know, we love you guys and that's what we're here for. So along with the red line being out it We also going to invite you guys to email us wifey and baby mama at gmail.com We want to know what you like about this season We want to know how the changes are working for you every episode. We want to know like this topic, you know I felt that

Shannon (11:48.822)
Yes, yes. Right.

Shun (12:14.026)
We thought also maybe the red line. I know you know guys I like to joke but maybe the red line was just too personal You know, maybe people didn't want to share their stories Maybe some of it hit home too much of a home. So We didn't want to just drill it onto people and we didn't want to push it onto people So if you guys have suggestions that we can do to replace our red line segment our red line segment by all means go for it We're here to you know, we're here to listen Um season four will bring yet another huge change, but we'll hold that

Shannon (12:21.906)
Yeah, yeah.

Shannon (12:39.006)
Oh yeah.

Shun (12:43.458)
But right now we just wanted to let you guys know that we hear you and we appreciate every email We assess it good and bad. Like we said if you can't be criticized, you're not willing to grow so We're gonna have some hot new guests returning this are this season along with some new ones So yeah, we put together some pretty good material for you guys and Shannon and I have really enjoyed Debating and watching our growth in our three countries Shannon that you mentioned. Did you mention the three countries?

Shannon (12:44.907)
Thank you.

Shannon (12:51.854)
Yeah, we do. That's right.

Shannon (13:01.138)
Yeah.

Shannon (13:13.143)
Oh yes, I did.

Shun (13:13.45)
You did you have mentioned that so we won't run back over that again But anyways, welcome to you all and I talked so much. I don't welcome to you. So maybe that's why I'm asking But we are now 19 countries strong man, and we can't say thank you enough guys I mean, we just can't say thank you enough while we were on break Shannon. We were steady picking up listeners I mean, it's great

Shannon (13:16.85)
Yeah.

Shannon (13:22.233)
Hahaha

Shannon (13:29.246)
Bye.

Shannon (13:34.354)
We were, yeah, to pick up three countries when we don't have anything new that we're putting out. So obviously they're going back, picking whichever episodes they want to listen to. And yeah, exactly. Yeah, yeah, we do. We appreciate you all. And we're so thankful that people obviously identify with us and what we're doing, or they're...

Shun (13:43.894)
They took the advice, yeah. And caught up on the reruns and I appreciate that man.

Shannon (14:03.494)
puzzled by what we're doing. Either way, we're happy that you're listening.

Shun (14:05.454)
I'm going to go ahead and close the video.

Shun (14:09.966)
Absolutely, we are so like I said, this would be a traditional episode So I think Shannon unless you have something else to put our sweetheart. That was all I had Just a welcome back All right

Shannon (14:19.642)
That is it. Yeah, so welcome back. And I know it's short and sweet, you know, but we just wanted to make sure you heard us in this first week of the new year. And to let you know, yes. And to let you know we were coming back because some folks were like, oh, you guys are done. It's like, no, we're not done. It's called a break. Yes.

Shun (14:34.154)
We want to be sure to say Happy New Year! Yeah!

Shun (14:39.794)
We're coming back We were on break We're on break to january, but we're back baby. So we'll conclude this episode. I'm sorry. Go ahead, sweetie

Shannon (14:50.074)
Yeah. Oh no, I was going to say too, speaking of breaks, you want to give them a heads up that going forward we will have, you know, periodic breaks. I don't want people to think you're going to get 12 months worth of wifey and baby mama.

Shun (15:01.383)
Oh absolutely.

Shun (15:06.834)
Absolutely not now Sean can talk a lot but Sean can talk that much but Sean also has a lot of kids. No, Sean's also like writing another book. No She's making a movie. No, it's a lot going on guys We we seriously um, we were we were filling our way through right? So our first two seasons shannon and I were just so full we just flowed And we're like, wait a minute holidays are coming a minute. We need a break. Wait a minute new material. So

Shannon (15:16.165)
Yes. Oh, yes. A lot going on.

Shannon (15:23.666)
Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Shannon (15:32.142)
Yes.

Shun (15:32.414)
Again, we wanted to set our bases. We wanted to capture our audience and I think we pretty much did that So now we can jump and you guys, you know, we're not professional producers directors yet We're just two normal girls right now and working moms and wives. So we just we just felt our way through So during our break we did take the time to set out Guidelines outlines, you know breaks episodes. So yes moving forward We will do a traditional season where we'll take our breaks and then we'll be back. So yeah

Shannon (15:43.058)
Right. Yeah. Exactly. Yep.

Shun (16:00.738)
During our seasons, we will have, you know, in between, we'll have breaks so you guys can get used to. It won't be such a surprise. I know we kind of just sprung on you at the run in like 30 episodes. Like we're done. We're taking a break.

Did lead up to it and so before that happens again, we want to just kind of set it all out now So again, we thank you guys for filling through these waters with us for navigating these new charter and new territory It's all new to us all but in all of it. We want to make sure we put it out good sound advice Good godly advice and just our life experiences and hopefully well, would you know what? I'm not bragging or boasting. I was gonna say hopefully but I know for sure we're helping people

Shannon (16:17.953)
Right.

Shannon (16:43.822)
Oh yeah, for sure. Yeah.

Shun (16:43.97)
From my emails from people telling me at church or are inboxing me, you know, I enjoy your show So I thank God that he's given us the voice to deliver what he put on our hearts And so the other part will just be patient guys because we're not professionals, but we are real We are true and we do love you guys Yes

Shannon (16:49.99)
Right.

Shannon (16:55.234)
Mm-hmm.

Shannon (17:00.87)
Yeah, we are real and we've grown a lot. Yeah, and we've grown and we appreciate you all sticking with us. Cause when I listen back to some of the earlier episodes, I'm like, oh my God, I cringe a little bit. Oh my God.

Shun (17:13.851)
I Know I when I was telling people to listen to reruns. I took my own advice and yeah, it was a little creepy. I Was like oh lord And I realized my husband was not picking on me or starting a fight when he said I talked a lot I do So yeah, you get to see all those things about yourself But apparently you guys love it because you're steady you're steady faithful and we're steady picking up listening. So thank you guys. Thank you for

Shannon (17:20.806)
Ha ha!

Shannon (17:26.133)
But...

Shannon (17:34.204)
Yes, yes. Right.

Shun (17:41.314)
for being here with us and like I said and season three will be so much better for all of us because we have jittered our nerves a little bit we have calmed it down a little Shannon talks so much more and I'm gonna try to talk so much less and we gonna try to even this thing out guys I'm running good season

Shannon (17:54.286)
Yeah, no, we'll still be who we are for sure. And for those who, even though we don't have the red line, but we do still get feedback. And if there's something you want to hear us talk about or something in your life where you just don't want your name called out for it, you can still feel free to still shoot us an email at wife

Shun (18:03.798)
Yeah

Shun (18:19.81)
Drop those emails. That's right.

Shannon (18:24.074)
We won't call your name. We won't put you out there if you don't want to be and We realize that could be a little a bit sensitive for some folks. So yeah, and uncomfortable. So but if there's something you're just struggling with or trying to understand, you know what problems you're going through in your blended families and or just

Shun (18:32.114)
Uncomfortable.

Shannon (18:50.81)
Is this your regular, even if you don't have a blended family, something that we can touch on just from being two married women that are married to people that are so opposite of who we are. That's one thing we talked about last two seasons, you know, you know, Sean's husband, my husband. I mean, we're just like, I don't know what you got. Yeah, day and night, yin and yang, whatever.

Shun (19:01.802)
Absolutely.

Shun (19:09.718)
day and night all in water yeah

Shannon (19:16.434)
though and so many people want to put marriage out there like oh when you marry somebody you're going to be skipping through the field of tulips you know it's going to be all rosy and sunny no you got to accept that um there are things that um can happen as long as you're not you know physically abused and um you know mentally abused and all those things but things you can work through you can get through so much in marriage if you open your mind

And understand you don't share the same brain with this person. So you're going to have differences and accept those differences Yeah Yes, yes Yeah Yeah, yeah That's right

Shun (19:51.242)
Yeah And and we're gonna yeah, we're gonna hit we're gonna hit some of those hard topics in season three So and you know what we keep we're gonna keep it real can't help nobody faking in line. We're gonna hit some of those topics So don't think that you're alone because trust me. Oh, we have put in some work. We're still working So drop those emails with any tips suggestions Suggestions ideas that you would like to hear for this upcoming season, but i'm telling you we got some pretty good stuff We're gonna get into so

Shannon (20:08.078)
Right. Yes, yes.

Shannon (20:20.858)
We do, we do. Yeah.

Shun (20:21.974)
We're gonna go there and we hope you guys gonna go there with us and you're gonna listen and I hope someone can say You know, oh, it's not just me. It absolutely is not we all go through it That's what blended like Shannon said blend it or otherwise, you know families go through So we're here to get you through prayer and just support

Shannon (20:31.278)
Right, yeah, we do.

Shannon (20:37.746)
Mm-hmm. Yep.

Shannon (20:43.151)
Yep, we're here.

Shun (20:45.666)
I can't wait. So thank you all for being with us again today. Yes. Yes Thank you all for um, your support commitment and season 3 will be underway on next Thursday Till next week

Shannon (20:47.302)
me there. Thank you. Yeah.

Shannon (20:59.11)
Alright, until next week. Love you all.

Shun (21:01.718)
We love y'all. Bye.