Chris Ballinger
@ballingerfamily
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Dad and husband. I make videos and the occasional guitar.
Joined May 2013
My one-year-old made this. He’s very proud of it.
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I want my boys to have lots of female heroes / role models.
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Just thinking that @ColleenB123 is going to get her belly rubbed so many times in her upcoming meet and greets.
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Parker: Let’s play house!.Duncan: Okay, I’ll be the monkey. Parker: Perfect, I’ll be the chocolate chip. 🤷♂️.
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After reading Dr. Seuss’ “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” .Duncan: I want to do that. Me: What?.Duncan: Everything that guy did. But with you. So I don’t get lost. Me: 🥺.
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Bailey just watched Titanic for the first time. She is mad at Rose.
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Dear Girl Scouts who sold us cookies 8 minutes ago: I ate them all, please come back.
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Our goal with our 3 boys: Teach them how to work hard, stand up for what’s right, and most of all respect women. Because that’s the kind of men our world needs.
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I’m fairly sure my daughter lives in her own imaginary Disney musical cartoon. Which I’m fine with except we all know what happens to the parents of the misunderstood female lead in those movies.
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Could not be happier!!! So proud of @BallingerMom and new baby Duncan! 👶🏼 #ItIsMay #HappyMothersDay.
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Pro tip: if you have a Saturday distanced learning class, do it dressed as a prince.
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I just want to say that my sister @ColleenB123 is a wonderful person. That is all. Carry on about your day.
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Just overheard Duncan saying, “Alexa, is the baby awake?”.
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Still can’t believe that my sister has three kids now! Like all of a sudden. What?!!.
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@ColleenB123 CO👏🏻LEEN👏🏻!!! You have got this! I’ve seen you do the most challenging, scary, impressive things over the years. I’m super proud of you and you’re going to be great up there. Most importantly: HAVE FUN!!! 🥧.
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Jessica: There’s a place called Dunkin’ Donuts, Duncan. Duncan: Oh. That’s not right.
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Sometimes I’m mid-conversation with @BallingerMom and I think to myself, ‘How am I in the same room as the woman of my dreams? How did this happen? Like, we’re just talking casually like it’s no big deal. I am talking with the love of my life! It’s a HUGE DEAL!’.
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The lovely @BallingerMom and I got married 16 years ago today. It was the happiest day of my life until the next day, and the next day, and every day I’ve spend by her side. I’ve grown more and more in love and more and more happy each and every day. I love you so much Jessica!.
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Just so everyone knows, Jacob Ballinger is pretty awesome.
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I got my first dose of vaccine today. Feeling very grateful and hopeful.
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Jacob: What do you want to be when you grow up?.Duncan: Me?.Jacob: Yeah, you. What do you want to be?.Duncan: That’s my answer. Me. 🥲.
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Happy Birthday to the love of my life @BallingerMom thank you for your kindness, strength, support, wisdom and love. You are the most amazing person I have ever known.
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When you are in a show and fall asleep on your drive home so your dad has to carry you to your bed in your costume and you wake up the next morning and tiptoe into your parent’s room to give your pregnant mommy cuddles.
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Colleen checking her schedule for availability to have a meeting, “Well, I do have to change the grit on my rock tumbler but that’s the only thing I have for next week.”.
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So. @BallingerMom is my hero. How is she doing doing all she does (homeschooling, running a business, raising 4 kids, being my wife) AND growing a new human inside her?.👏🏻 SUPER 👏🏻 HERO!.
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Duncan’s at that stage where if I hear him say “One, two. ” I’d better find whatever he’s about to jump off of and catch him before he shouts “. THREE!”.
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I got diagnosed with shingles today. We have a couple of videos (Fathers Day and the a Gifted Guitars one) pretty much edited and they’ll get posted soon, but after that we might need to take a little break to recover.
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Last night reminded me how incredibly proud I am of my family. Colleen won a TCA and we all came together to pull of a tense show. 😅.
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Baby this month!!! We’re very likely to have a baby THIS MONTH!!!!!!.
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Parents worry a lot. I was a wreck back when Jessica went through tests, ultrasounds and MRIs while pregnant with Luke. He smiled at me today and I realized most of those worries have been replaced with overwhelming joy and gratitude. What an amazing kid!
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When I was kid I was told that we’d have flying cars by now. I’d settle for computer printers that work.
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Jessica told Duncan to stick his craft to the refrigerator. So he did. With glue.
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Don’t get me wrong. I really love what I do. But sometimes I miss being a magician.
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So, is he just planning on staying in there? Forever? Going to be pretty awkward when he wants to start dating.
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It used to take me ten minutes to get anywhere in town. Now it takes me 10 minutes + the time it takes to get 5 kids in the car but 3 go back in to use the bathroom, I run in to get two forgotten sweaters and after I get a 3 blocks away and realize someone’s not wearing shoes.
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I asked Parker to get into my Prius and he said, “More like Pri-YAAAS!”.
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Still no baby. But we managed to post a vlog. That’s something.
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Jacob woke up and made himself ramen for breakfast so he’s basically ready for college.
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As a last birthday present to me can we all agree to never call it the “Chinese Virus” ever again?.
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Just told my arguing children to solve their problems like kids and not like presidential candidates, so that’s where we are right now.
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My arm is sore from a two hour session of relentlessly throwing plastic ball-pit balls at a 99 cent store knock-off Barbie doll to knock it off the hula hoop it was hot glued to. Totally worth it.
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Was talking with @BallingerMom and she said, “Imagine if this lockdown had happened when we were dating in high school and we couldn’t see each other.” And that made me really sad for anyone who is going through that right now.
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Today is @BallingerMom’s birthday!!! I don’t know how to put into words how much I love this woman. I can’t believe I am so lucky to get to spend time with her every day. She my hero! I love you Jessica Ballinger!!! 😘
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I cannot believe ONE MILLION people chose to subscribe to us on YouTube! If you are one of them, thank you from the bottom of my heart! We love you guys!!!!.
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2020 started out pretty okay but got real bad. 2021 is going to start off bad, but maybe we can work together to get it back to pretty okay.
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I don't care what your mama says, Christmas time is near!
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Jessica is in her last month of pregnancy and I am now that jumpy dad that crouches into an action pose any time her breathing changes.
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Why is sleeping in the morning so much better than sleeping at night?.
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Watching my toddler go through the five stages of grief over his banana breaking in half.
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I was out of the house when some stuff i ordered to paint guitars got delivered to the house. @BallingerMom sent me this text.
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Happy Birthday to this little ball of positivity. Feel so lucky I got to spend so much time with him during his 1st year b/c of YouTube and you guys. So thank you from both of us. Year 1 I learned he already has the ability to make strangers smile and brighten their day.
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My doctor told me that I should stand up every hour and move around while editing my videos. I use that time to get a slice of chocolate pie. Doctor’s orders. 👨⚕️ 🥧 😉.
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Childhood: I wish I was an adult. Adulthood: Never mind. I take it all back.
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Bailey’s laugh. Jacob’s sense of humor. Parker’s energy. Duncan stopping everything to say “I love you, daddy.” Luke’s giant smile. These are things I try to focus on during a rough week. oh, and everything about @BallingerMom helps too! ❤️.
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Me: Is today Wednesday?. Duncan: Uh, no. It’s today.
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I often feel like @BallingerMom is yelling at me from the other room, but she’s actually yelling at the Sims character she based on me. #GamerMom.
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Flew through the solar eclipse on my way to 🇨🇦. Pilot did a 360 turn so both sides of the ✈️ could see it. Once in a lifetime experience.
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Today during my Instagram livestream I said I would tweet a screenshot of one of Bailey’s texts to me. This is it.
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I cannot believe that Parker is SEVEN today!!! I love him so much! He has always had such a big, fun personality and has been a shining example of joy in our family.
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It's raining in California, which is a pretty big deal for us.
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95% of adult conversations on toy phones: .“Hello?” .(Pause) .“Oh, you want to talk to, **insert child’s name who gave you the phone**?”.(Hands phone back to kid).“It’s for you.”.
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Whenever my kids ask me for something I say, “Did mommy already answer this question?” Because I am not falling for that one.
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Just told @BallingerMom I liked one of her tweets and she gave me hard time for not clicking the like button here on Twitter. Apparently my irl likes don’t count.
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He. Is. Perfect. 8lbs and 6oz of love!!! He's 21 inches and was born at 8:52pm on May 12th. Our…
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Just want to remind you that you're special and important. It's good to remember that every once in a while.
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The way parents slow down their count to three so they don’t have to dole out a consequence.
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Parker tried to ask his Echo to play The BFG on audible. It started playing excerpts from 50 Shades of Gray.
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For those asking, today the shingles pain was pretty bad in my jaw and ear. But the thing that hurt worst was Luke reaching out to me and I could not hold him. But at least I’m one day closer to that no longer being a restriction.
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We sat around Notre Dame for hours on our honeymoon just marveling at its detail and history. I sketched this in my journal while we were there. I can’t believe what’s happing right now. 💔 🇫🇷
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Life is full of little blessings that we often don’t notice in the moment. I hope you recognize a few of yours today!
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FACT: I read about 3 books a day. They are full of pictures, have about 10 words a page, and I primarily read them to put my one-year-old down to nap. But still: FACT.
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My one-year-old interacting with my newborn is part “Oh, my gosh! They’re SO CUTE!” and part, “Uh-oh, please don’t touch his eyeball.”.
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Last night I asked Bailey if she was sad that the Christmas season was coming to an end. She looked at me with the biggest smile and said, “No, Daddy! It’s just beginning!!!” . That’s the attitude!!!.
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Jacob: I think I’m related to more people than you. I have never thought about it, but he’s absolutely correct. 🤔.
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Sorry all my posts have been puppy related lately, but come on!
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Change out of that red shirt before shopping at Target unless you really like answering questions from strangers.
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Morning routine:.“You having a baby? No? Well, I guess I’ll make breakfast.”.
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