The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast - Ben’s Baby Shower with Courtney Robertson and Humberto Preciado

Episode Date: December 12, 2024

We’re celebrating Ben’s Baby Shower and hanging with our favorite Bachelor friends! Courtney Robertson from Ben Flajnik’s season is here with her husband Humberto to share their lessons after surviving life with small children! Plus, our Bachelor Nation OG Bob Guiney has a fun game to test your knowledge of how much it COSTS for the baby necessities!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Tune in on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. This is the Ben and Ashley I, Almost Famous Podcasts with IHartRadio. This is the Almost Famous Podcast. We are here at the Baby Shower with Bachelor Nation royalty and Courtney. And then her husband, umberto and she was just mentioning what she calls him outside of umberto and i'd love to hear what you call it yeah i'd like to hear that too because i i love umberto i mean i feel like

it can't get sexier though i'm saying right now i will be changing my name to umberto i'm starting to get like i got a peg leg in my pants yeah umberto umberto depends on the day what do you usually i call on a good day what do you call it h or honey that's pretty tame i just call them age Because it's H-U-M-B-E-R-T-O, and I took his last name, which is Preciado, which gets butchered. People call us Preciado. My name's Bob Guinea.

There's no chance you marry this guy. My parents hated me. When he showed up to dinner the first night, he was like, my name's like, M-Berto Preciado. You're like, all right. I was like, done. He's like, chow, Chau, Codney. My, me am I, M-Berto Preciado. No, kind of not happened.

I know this stuff. He's like, should we get a fish bowl-sized marguerite? I'm like, yes. Let's do that. How many months later did you have your first child? Oh, three. How many months later would have been?

He's my math guy. 14 months later after the first day, your first child was born. We're here. This is a great experience with us. And Ben, we can relate. We met on Instagram like you and Jess. Yeah, so we were talking about tonight. And I wanted to dive into that right away is I asked Mberto, how did you two met me?

And he said, Instagram. And I said, that's how my wife and I met, which is such an incredible thing. thing. And you hear it more and more, I guess. Um, but I would love for you to just repeat because Courtney's obviously from this franchise, people out there freaking out that they get to meet her in person. You are not familiar with this franchise and you weren't familiar with the franchise when you message each other. He doesn't care at all. That's like, but when you, but when you, why did you message her and how did this even come about? Yeah. No, no, no. We talked about a little bit. I, I,

I knew who she was, knew of her, sort of, you know, because we're both from Phoenix. I feel like she was, you know, on the news or TV or something. I didn't watch The Bachelor. I didn't follow anything. I had no real idea of, you know, how it all worked for the most part. But I knew who she was. And she was on Instagram. I was new to social media.

You know, I looked her up. I saw her. And, you know, I was telling you, too. One of the things, like, she was just a cool girl. Like, there wasn't a lot of, like, risky photos, you know, she wasn't, it wasn't like, you know, it was just cool stuff. She was cool. Which is unusual for a model.

I mean, a lot of models put it out there, right? Yeah, it wasn't like that. I can't do that. She wasn't like, it just wasn't that, you know, she seemed very cool, very chill, very down to earth, you know. I don't know, so I liked a few photos. Sure enough, she ends up responding and sends me a DM, like, do we know each other? Have we ever met?

And I'm like, no, I'm pretty sure I already remembered you. Hold on, hold on. So this is interesting. So Courtney, actually theoretically. made the first move. Yeah, no, she liked a lot of pictures. I like bowling photos, basketball. No one's following me back.

I had seen, you had been liking my photos for two years. But how did you know? I just saw him in my, you know how our feeds can get a little crazy? And I was like, oh, I've seen this guy. Like, maybe, you know, in real estate you meet people. And I was like, or you meet somebody and then they follow you. And then, like, you didn't follow them back. Right, right, right.

I truly did think, like, maybe we met before because I keep seeing his name in my feet, like, as a like. And then I sent his name. To be fair, it's not like John Smith. No, exactly. It's unberto presciado. You got to stand out. So you see that name, you're like, holy shit.

If that's not his real name, this is a great fake name. And he never commented. So I looked at his page, it was like Phoenix. Looks like he comes from a good family. Not posting like weird stuff. Like it was like all family oriented, which is like my love language. So I messaged him. I was like, I'm just, I kind of thought maybe we met, but long story short, you wrote back right away.

We went on a date three days later. We live five blocks from each other on the same street. On the same street. On the same way. Oh, my gosh. And I was just, like, spent on dating. Like, I was, like, kind of at that, like, you know, I need to put myself out there more. I'm my homebody.

And on that, like, first date, like, he was, like, with intention. Like, we had, like, a – you actually liked that I got up to check the Sun's game. I liked a lot of things. I've told people, I've told Courtney, what's the – one of the funniest parts of that night was I remember, like it was yesterday. So it was Friday. I don't. Diamondbacks versus Red Sox opening day. It was like a 3.30 first kid.

You had a little drunky poo. I go with one of my best friends who I'd lived with at the time. And we get absolutely obliterated. We're like met friends from his from work. I knew another attorney who was there. She's a big Red Sox fan. We're getting drinks. We ended up doing shots of anything, Hennessy or something.

Whatever. Damn. That's a commitment. Yeah. No, no, it was bad. It was all bad. I called her. We hadn't met yet And I called her

And I was like Listen I want to meet up I still want to meet up with you But I gotta tell you something I'm not in a big shape I was already in an Uber to meet him Because I never let guys pick me up Oh you guys are gonna meet this night

Yeah Yeah I was like I'm in bad shape Like just so you know And I said maybe not tonight I'm not trying to flaking on me I'm not trying to flake on you Like I'm just trying to be like I'm down if you're willing

But like not the best time Don't hold it against me kind of deal You got to see the best version Yeah And she's like no no we're good Like I'm gonna new I'll be right there. I remember like running down the street in Phoenix to catch my Uber. Like I remember like I saw

someone that I knew was like yelling at me like, what are you doing? I was like I got to get you an Uber. I got to date with my wife. Yeah, my future wife. Yeah. So it might have been like he was going to a son's game. So he was in a parking truck or something. I showed up in jeans and Chuck Taylor's in a black tank top. I was like, I'm not putting much into this. I was like so over dating. Yeah. Oh. So Courtney, I mean, this is where it comes to you then. You obviously come of the show and attention was not something that maybe you wanted

but you were getting. Well, you were a lightning rod. You were kidding. I mean, you're the only one I've ever seen a meme. It's like, you know, that me I played them like. I was so good. God, I'm so glad it wasn't now. They would have just

tortured me with the memes and the TikToks. I felt like they kind of did then in a weird way, but like you came off in this way that you were just kind of like double guns in it every step of the way, but that's not you. No. You're such a Debure version

of the person that we saw on that show. And I mean that as a very big compliment by the way. You're not... That's kind of you to say well, honestly, I was watching... And DeMere, such a great word. I know. I looked at all. I googled it. It's a big word. He literally saw a watch I try to watch this word, but he knows that. He like practiced it eight times.

Demiour. And I'm like, no. DeMere. Using the perfect... I'm not sure. I'm using the perfect tense. That's fantastic. So Pessiano, I'd be like, he's a boss of a great host. I mean, to take it back to, like, put a bow on that story was like, I remember that night, I didn't want to lead with the show stuff. He didn't care about it. And it was hard to date after the show because people saw me and they're like, oh, she's this girl who went skinny to ping and this and that.

And like, I attracted a lot of like the wrong type of people. Sure. But like when I met you, he just, like you said, doesn't care. And he's like, the least cool thing about you is that you, after you got to know me a little bit is that you went on the Bachelor. And I was like, thank you. Whereas when I went off the show. Don't we all hope that's what our partners find? My wife didn't watch the show either.

And I think Jessica and I have talked about the show. Did she watch your season? He's not going to watch mine. Oh, goodness, no. But I think we've talked about the show in like intimacy and not just like passing. Oh, there's a commercial or whatever five times in our relationship. Same. Most of those were within the first few months.

Like it's not a thing. And it was. It's really refreshing. Yeah, it's a refreshing. guess but like here's my question for you there wasn't like a moment where i was like oh it's so nice not to have this a part of my life or talk about it or whatever because it is something i'm you know it's a big part of my life yes um you're still in it you do a podcast it's different with my wife like it's i know when i'm with her there was never that idea or never that baggage or never that

those questions and so expectations expectations so what about this relationship made you go, this is what I actually want to commit to. Yeah. Oh, gosh, so many things. I mean, you look at like going on a first date, like core values, like family and the way he talked about his mom even on the first date. And he went to law school in New York and then found out his mom had. He was drunk during this. I know. No, he did not. Contrally blackout drunk is an understay.

He doesn't remember this conversation. But like we talked about like on our first date, like I believe or not, this is kind of an interesting story. on our first date that morning I went because I was 36 and I went into freezing my eggs because I was like I'm ready to like really actively date here I remember you text me that morning and you were like what are you doing today I was like I have a meeting I'm actually going to like look I think I just told you I was like I didn't want to meet people and be like I'm like 36 like I knew I wanted a family and you told me that night you're like

I met somebody who didn't want a family that would be a non-starter like we talked like I knew like you know when you go on a date when you're single and you're like like, is this a date? Like, we just met on Instagram. Are we just friends? Are we just going to, I mean, yeah, but like, we talked about, like, it felt like an old school date, like, core values. He talked about going to law school.

His mom got diagnosed with breast cancer right before he left and should I go. And, like, just the way he talked about his family. She felt guilty going. And he met my family, like, right away, which I never do. Yeah, I mean. And they loved him. But, like, apart from the show, I mean, that's a tough question. I just yard sale.

Sorry, guys. I'm at the birth. I'm at the bridal. shower. Yeah. The baby shower. There would have been guilt. That was a thought.

But I talked to my mom and, you know, my sister and family. And there would have, at the end of the day, there would have been more guilt not to go. Right. Like, don't stay. You can't do anything. Yeah. If you stay for her, she's going to be miserable. Right.

And she's going to think she kept you. She kept you back from your dream. Right. But we did have some growing pains in the beginning of our relationship. All relationships do. Everybody. Everybody does. So, like, I don't think he really, I was like, well, you didn't do your homework because

he was like, once we started getting serious, I mean, we met in April and then he moved in in July because I wouldn't, like, I knew. I was like, this is the person for me. But then, like, the book stuff started, like, I think he kind of like started hearing stuff and like the, you know, the clickbait, Ben. Oh, yeah. The clickbait and like how headlines are. I'm like, you got to like, you don't, you're not getting context about my book.

Like, if you read like the, you know, when you go on a podcast, they don't do their due diligence. And it's like, oh, I just read the cliff's notes. Like, yeah, there's more to this. I didn't come here to make friends. And you did this and you did that. It's like, but it's like, that's just a headline. But like, you didn't read and Ben wrote a book. Like, you know, there's more to the story. Yeah. But it was, it was, you were like, what if we have kids someday? And they're like, I'm, you know, your mom went, like, what are the, his friends going to say? And I was like, they're going to say, my mom wrote a New York Times a seller. Right. And that she's a strong independent woman. And, and we,

Little stuff like that, but then we got through it. Yeah. You know, though that's what defines not just relationships, but friendships, right? You go through adversity and you come out the other end stronger. Yeah. I think it says a lot about all relationships. Like you go through your things and you come on the other side. If you don't have any challenges, then you never know what you're made of.

I just think for me personally, I think it was just something obviously new to me. Like, I was not in the public eye. I'd never had anybody talk to me or take pictures of me or anything. You know, I think the timing was. for the most part, when we announced Joaquin, you know, the pregnancy. Oh, and that was hard for him. And I was like, well, you know, I felt like Joaquin's, like the pregnancy in our baby was kind of second fiddle to like anything they could say negative about Courtney.

Yeah. Like she was this, she was that, she was the villain. It hurt him. It was like pictures of the bachelor instead of like, well, it was like, well, it was something nice for us to announce like we were in New York. You know, we pictures from New York that we, you know, the magazine got. I love New York ones. Yeah.

And it was like, everything was tailored towards like ridiculing her and like bringing up old stuff with her rather than like, oh yeah, we're going to have a baby guys. Like it's kind of, it's the dark side of what we've all been blessed with, right? You get this opportunity. There's great things that come with it. But there's also that shit that comes with it, too, that that is exactly what you're talking about where they're almost unearthing stuff to not let you celebrate that moment. Right. Just to point out, you know, and it's like, it's like, we're not going to send these articles to, like, he's like, he's like, I don't want to send this to my parents.

It's like, I get it. Sure. My mom's going to read this. Like, my dad's, you know, like, it still's this day, like. Did you deal with that with Jess? Oh, yeah. We announced that we got pregnant. And at the end of the article, it's like Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell in season, whatever, broke up.

And it's like, well, that's a wild ending to us. Or for us, our kids will do something. and they'll say Bob was previously married to actress Rebecca Budding and it's like What the fuck? You're like guys

She's got her own family too And we like each other And we're fine Like you don't have to tell You have to remind everyone that You know My boyfriend's professor Is way too friendly

And now I'm seriously suspicious Well wait a minute Sam Maybe her boyfriend's just looking For extra credit Well Dakota It's back to school week On the okay story time podcast So we'll find out soon

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it's a good lesson for anybody that listens to who has been on the show like that was a really terrible moment history that's that's brutal that that was the way that existed and that the way that people handled it but looking back now like those negative stories are no longer really they hold no weight in your life i'm assuming Right. Zero. Zero. I care less. Like, it means nothing anymore. Like I said, time. Time heals a lot of wounds, right? But that's a good lesson for anybody is when they're sitting in these moments of despair, no matter where you're at. If you've been on the show or you're just maybe out of bad rumor in high school, right? We have a lot of high schoolers to listen to this thing. Sure. And they're sitting there like, this is the world's falling down around me. Everybody hates me. And I get it. That's not a, that's not a feeling that you should feel a shame about or that nobody else has felt. it that way. We've all probably in this room could have those. Time and some length will look back and you'd be like, that was a moment. I had some growth, had some understanding. I saw things maybe a little more clearly. It's all perspective. Oh yeah. I mean, that time heals all wounds. And time is

obviously it's, you know, cyclical. And you have my back so much. And yeah, like, and time like, I don't have time to deal with it now. Literally. So there's that version of time too. You got three three kids like yeah you're busy kids like for me to go read articles now i can guarantee you that's not happening like i don't care like honestly at this point they can write whatever they want like i don't you know the person i don't care you know and love the person it's like it doesn't matter what they said i think i did then right like that's not any different it you know the love was there it's just the fact that like i i think i i was annoyed that's like you know you're taking away from our moment you're taking away from our stuff like you're attacking her well i remember

maybe not attacking as wrong, but like, I remember one of the articles or the, like, the clickbates or the, you know, the links was like, the ending of it was like the proposal for her and the Bachelor. With like a whole video. You got to be kidding. Yeah. Like, you know, like, if I send this to my sisters,

they're going to like watch the proposal. Like, they're not going to see like, because it'd be cool, right? Like, not everybody has a people magazine for their kids. Ben, you're going to have that. Or in touch or whatever it is. You know, it's like it's cool that they're on And there's an article about them.

Like, they'll all get to see an article about them someday. Right? But it's like the stuff with Walker, especially Joaquin, like it's fizzled out as you get to baby number three. Yeah. Oh, yeah. But Joaquin, like, every article was like Courtney's first child. You know, she was the villain.

She was on this one. They got a little greedy. They got quotes from the book. And then it was like the end was like the, you know, you have working relationships. And I was like, you know, that's kind of. They really went for it. But I'm sure Jess. has dealt with that.

So I had, I look out for Canyon, my wife a lot with those women. I love her name. When we had, well, her name's Jessica also,

but yeah, I call her Canyon as long as sorry. But I remember saying, I was like, thank you. I remember saying to them, I was like, guys,

like I get it when you walk, like when my mom walks into the grocery store and sees me on the cover of a magazine with the split down the metal and all this kind of shit. And it's conjecture, I'm not Brad Pitt. Like I'm not getting 20 million a movie,

right? I'm a reality TV show guy. who's going back to his day gig. So leave me alone. And so I get it on birth. I really do. Like I get it. Like there comes a point where you're like,

you know, the juice isn't worth of sweets for me, you know, and like what the hell, you know? So I do totally get that. I get what you're saying. I think there are moments when you're kind of like, you know,

and back then it was actual real magazines. Now it's all online. Yeah. It hurts way worse. Yeah. I think because anyone can say whatever they want, you know, online and, you know, you know, no one.

I don't go there. That's a dark zone. You know, but back then it was like, I'd see it on the cover of magazine when I'm at Farmer Jacks with my mom. And it's like, um, this really sucks, you know, because I didn't know that was coming out this, yeah, or whatever. So, okay, guys, I love, first of all, I love your guys' relationship.

I know we both, Courtney, I have, I've always adored you. And I love, um, birth, the prescient. I know. I think it is so cool to have you guys on the show. But it is time to play a game that, you know, because Ben is a new dad to be. and I don't think that Ben really understands what goes into this whole game right now he gets it like he's got to save for college

right he gets to this stuff but does Ben understand how much certain things cost at this stage in the game so what we're going to do is we're going to play a game called The Price is Right which I've always wanted to do I love the price of these common baby items I'm going to go to my two experience resources after Ben has already answered the question

okay so Ben you may or may not know this, but a baby bathtub is a necessity, right? So you can't just throw your kid in a real tub. We're going to play this game. You've got to throw them in a tub that not only doesn't show you the temperature, which you may gauge with your elbow. Now is we're going to show us the weight of this child

when the water weight is dispersed. There are several items that go into, digital display items that go into this bathtub. So this is a digital bathtub? It is a, well, it's a standard baby bathtub, actually, that you would get a bed, bath, and beyond. if they still existed or some other child related story? They go!

They go! So, Ben, in your mind, what would a baby bathtub cost? And is someone keeping track of these items? $45. $45. I think, okay, I feel like you cheated. First of all, can I interject here?

Yes. I don't think we have a digital bathtub. I think we need to clarify. Digital bath is a deaf tone saying. I'm going to go to the experienced parent. I will tell you, we are not good parents, I guess. No, no. I think that you guys are a little bit more old school.

If you have a digital one or a plastic one, that could be a big just for. Yeah, we put plastic ones in the bath so the baby can fit. But I would say 30. I would say 30. I'd say 1999. 1999. All right, 1999. 30.

If it's digital, I would say $49.99. $4.9. $1. No. I would think, I would think way more. Digital, it's temperature, temperature gauging, temperature gauging. Hey, Bob, let's do it this way.

Let's run through all the items. Yes. And then we'll run through all the items with them. So they have a chance to think about this because... I got to be honest. I want that answer of Courtney's to be her answer. Okay, fair. That's fair.

I'm riding down. Forget what Umberto said. It clearly doesn't do the family shop. Yeah. Okay, guys. Now we're on to a package of baby socks. I'm going to go to Ben first. Ben, package of baby socks.

$12. Guys, I'm guessing you did buy socks for your children. I'm getting you didn't have a box. $7.99. Yeah, $8.00. Oh, wow. $8.000.

How old is your youngest right now? Seven months. He doesn't wear socks. He doesn't wear socks. We live in Phoenix, the hottest place on the planet. He's wearing flip-flops at best. We don't wear socks. If we put him in diapers, he sweats.

Yeah. Valid point. All right. sleep sack. Do we use sleep sacks? Oh, yeah. We love the sweet sacks. Okay. I want to go to Ben first. Ben, what's the cost of a sleep sack? 1799. Okay. Oh my

God. You guys, I'm nailing these costs in my head, so clearly I'm way too obsessed with this stuff. Courtney has about eight different options. Let's go with a not thermal, more of a jersey-ish weight. Built for speed. There you go for speed.

59. 99. What up? I don't know why. I go with the 99. What do you say? That's how they get you to buy them. No, I like it. I would say the cheaper end, yeah, 40, 50 bucks. Yeah, let's go 40.

We'll go to 40. Somebody else has been buying them. A package of 25 diapers. We're going minimal absorption. $13. $13. I'm going to go to Umberto next and then I'm going to do Courtney last. That feels like a lot.

That's like 50 cents a diaper. Yeah, 25 diapers. I'm guessing 20 bucks. 20? Yeah. For 25 diapers. 25 diapers. Not max absorbs.

We do a lot more. We do a lot of this podcast. They're all the same absorbs. There's not like a plus size. I know. I was thinking of like, sorry, I was going with tampons. My bad. As an 11 year, you know, 11 year guy, I buy those two.

What's your guess? I would say, um, 12, $1.99. $12.99. $12.99? She's $13. Same as me. She said $12.99, though. Yeah. I said $13. There's a difference. There's a difference. There's a very big difference. High chairs. Ben, high chairs. Not magnetic, which they do exist, by the way. I'm just talking standard issue high chair. $35. $50.50 for me. A $50. I'll go $50. Yeah. Same as corner. 50. Wow. Welcome to the new world. What would your guest be? I would say... Hot Mike over there.

Yeah. He has the answers in front of it. Yeah, he's like, wow. I do have the answer, but I can tell you. 199? Kids are expensive, gang. Kids are expensive. I think we're selling a lot of generous coffee to get to this high chair.

I need a cup of coffee now. Bottle drying rack. This is plastic, ugly. Dr. Bronze. Dr. Browns. Dr. Browns. Okay.

Ben, where's your head? Bottle drying rack. It's a bottle drying rack. Like, it's not any different than when I put my place. Six bottles. Six bottles. Solid bottles. Berto's correct.

40 bucks. Okay. Umberto? Actually, I wasn't going to a little cheaper. I was going to go 30. Okay. I was going to go 25. Oh my God.

2499. 20. Let's go in the middle of 27 for you guys. Sorry if I'm making. Bassinet, gang, a bassinet. It's the thing that you put next to the bed. They don't, they rock with some music perhaps. Why did I immediately think of that to be the thing that women put on that, like,

tightens their bodies up and puts their boobs up higher Oh, that's a corset. Yeah, that's what I was thinking of when they said Bassinette. I like your head out of the gutter bed. I like it. I like in a bird.

I was like, that's a corset. Yeah. I watched the Empress, I know. Oh, we're on vacation. We're on vacation. Bassett. Ben, where's your head? What's your price?

$125. All right. Okay. I was going to say $150. Excellent. Two hindoes. So can we even $17 for you guys?

Yes. Oh, them together because I get all the things that's okay all right Kendall's got them separate which I think's important

because I'm feeling like I'm no I think you're you're killing the game right now you're killing the game okay all right all right guys

only four more items to go three more items to go baby swing oh $225 oh I like your style okay umberto

I was gonna guess 250 250 I would I'm with you of 200 200 okay 200 okay 200 um

activity mat. Now, I want to take this one step further because... A rug? Some... No, well, one might think a rug, but some activity mats include water. They include gelatin items. They include little stars that move around. $25.

No. And better than a rug because you don't smack your head on it. We've learned. We've learned. I would say from Amazon... How many times do you smack your head on a rug? No, I'm talking about the babies. The babies. We've got to keep them from... If I keep drinking tequila, I'm to be safe. I'm going to hang on the rug in about five minutes.

The rug has like a little thumped though. They hit it. The mat is like much. It's squishy. Yeah. There's water in there. It's better. Tummy time.

If I remember correctly, it's 150. Okay. And you're talking about like the size of a queen or king bed or something like that. No, no, no. No, no. We're going to say just a single baby activity. Oh, like the tummy time, Matt. Tommy time.

We had ours hand it down to us. 50 bucks. All right. 50 bucks. 40, 40, maybe even 30. All right, guys, this is our last option. I'm not going to specify Wi-Fi capabilities. I'm not going to specify talkable, back-and-forth capabilities,

but those options do exist. Because Jessica and I've had these conversations about if we get Wi-Fi or not. I know exactly where you're going. It's a baby monitor. You can hardwire these things or you can Wi-Fi them. You can have talk-to and talk-back features. You can have all sorts of good stuff going on. Let's go basic.

Function baby monitor. $99. $99. He's still your game. He's still your game. Where you're at? $250. See?

Lise. I would say, yeah. Basic? Very valuable. What do you say? Well, basic, I would say $200. Okay. All right, so $200.

There we go. All right, guys. So here we go. But I could be wrong. We haven't shopped since the dark ages. It's been a long time. Seven months. You know, because we've used everything for the first one.

You don't need to buy. you guys have done handy down. We're not getting a fresh baby monitor for junior. Our baby monitors like cracked and broken and... Yeah. All right, guys, here we go. We're going to recap. Let's just let Ben win.

I feel like he needs a win. Baby bathtub. Ben, uh, Ben said 45. Umberto said 30. I actually, I think in this one, we went the opposite way. I think Courtney said 30. I think Umberto said 19. Winner?

The winner. We can just, we can lump us in together. Winner? Ben. 50. 50 bucks. Ben was closest without going over. I got to win.

I get it in. Guys, I got to be honest with. I'm a little challenged here. I don't like seeing this next one either. Sox. Ben said 12. Umberto said eight. Courtney, 799.

guys 18 bucks for socks Ben wins again new dad crushing experienced parents sleep sack he's probably been shopping more than us balanced he's been here

sleep sack 1799 for Ben way off 5999 coming from Courtney with our 9999 and Alberto at 40 Courtney wins at 35 well I kind of split the baby I cheated so Courtney must have been third

with 40 all right diapers 13 for Ben 20 for Umberto I don't know what the hell is going on here 1299 Courtney wins with 10 I like I like the science I like the math All right

I love it being cheaper than I guess High chairs 35 for Ben 50 for Courtney and 50 for Umberto They win 200 on the high chair

Yes guys That feels ridiculous. High chairs are crazy. I think I could build one. If you do it, well, you will because you're a handyman. But if you go magnetic style, which they do also have, which is kind of nice for the bowls and the cups, because your kids are disasters, you're at $2.50. Easy. Bottle drying rack.

40 for Ben. 30, umberto. 25, Courtney. 20 is the accurate one for Courtney. Good job. Bassinet. This really is where we get into the thick of it. 125 for Ben, 150 for Umberto.

Getting rid of everything. 200 for Courtney. The winner, Courtney, 300. Holy cow. Ours was 200 when we got it. You know how many hours of podcasting you have to do for three bucks? At least seven minutes. Yeah.

Baby swing. And you all along is a bass enough for? Three or four months. Baby swing. 225. You guys, you guys all went over on the baby swing, by the way. 225. No, the baby swings.

Chin at 225. Umberto, 250. Courtney level off at 200. guys, it's 120. No. I'm cheating, guys. Let's be honest. Baby Matt.

I tried to help here because you guys were out of control. You were talking about the one you made. I believe Ben said 1999 for a baby mat. I think Umberto came in strong at 150. I changed my answer though. He did. He changed it to like $2,99. Courtney said 40 bucks.

I'm giving it to Umberto at 80. 80. Oh, you got a window. No, that's like that. cheap you guys where we're at right now if you're keeping score at home um and i'm making all this up uh cortney's at three it's completely alive um burtto's at three ben baby ben and jess four four hold on baby monitors this is scary game so many options ben 99 dollars umberto 250

out Courtney 200 the winner of the entire series and the one who I think knows what's up when it comes to baby stuff ladies and gentlemen Courtney Courtney Robertson at 150 she's here to make friends we did it

guys total cost baby bats up package of baby socks sleep sack diapers high chair drying rack etc the whole inch 83 dollars in burtow yeah no I mean Ben you've got to keep podcasting That's only one thing of diapers. You multiply that by three.

That's a $2,800 starting kit. I'll send it to you. It's too bad you live so far. All I can say is take as many hammy downs as you can. Yes, that's what we do. We do. I'm accepting anything. And diaper sponsorships.

Bob, you have one last question. I do. I thank you for letting me ask it, by the way. So guys, Ben Higgins, easily, the most sensitive of the bachelors. I love him so much. I love this guy. He didn't even think he was, worthy of love when you went on the show.

And now he is this guy who's in this incredibly loving relationship. They are expecting a child. We are here for the baby shower. The two of you, let's give him a little bit of advice. What is the best piece of advice you can give to my dear friend Ben Higgins about having a child?

Being a father. Being a father, Berto. Go ahead. Well, first of all, I would say, do you want advice? Because I don't think you need any. I do want advice. I truly don't think you need advice. He doesn't need it. He's a genius, this kid.

So you're having... Everybody knows here you're having a girl, right? Yes. I would just give you a couple. I thought about this on our way out here. First of all, you're going to have unconditional love. Your heart, it's like the Grinch. Your heart's going to grow exponentially.

Like, it's that feeling is... I wish you could bottle up and sell it. And your love for your wife is going to be even that much stronger as I speak for you. But like for my husband, it is. Like, it's just, it bonds you that much better and, like, or closer. Also, wipe front to back. Right, because it's a girl. That's a girl.

Front to back. Is it different with boys? Yes. You do whatever you're all with a boy. These aren't just little. You didn't have to wipe those kids. Just make sure it's clean. You go front to back for obvious reasons.

Yeah, okay, that makes sense now. Take a lot of photos and take a lot of photos of you of Jess with the baby because I have so many in my camera rolls, all the babies and him. But take pictures of Jess, too, like candids. Okay. That's my advice to you. And just enjoy it. I mean, you're going to be amazing.

Front to back. That's good advice. Front to back. Always. And also, don't let her sit in, you know, with girl, the parts are different. So, you know, if she's wet, like with boys, you can kind of let them sit in their wet diapers longer. Just change her. Okay.

Now you know the price of diaper. Yeah. You got this. $0.99. $0.0.50 cents a diaper. Um, Bertha. I think a couple things I would say is be present literally and figuratively like your kids want to be around you you know we're leaving today this morning to fly out here you know they're saying you know our girl polomo's like daddy you know stay home I want you to stay home like don't leave don't like you'll be

fine you'll be fine like they want you there who do you leave that my mom my mom watches them so she's shout out to nana she's spending the night with him tonight you now she brings ice cream Be present. Literally with them figuratively, like, you know, be in the moment, you know, when they're around, you know, obviously we all have cell phones. We'll have things to do. We got food to make and chores and everything else. But, you know, be present. The other thing is we got a lot of butts to clean right now. Absolutely. The other thing is I think you have to try. You know what I mean? Like, I'm a big sports guy. And, you know, I don't think you pick the athlete. You don't get to be good at something by sitting on your ass and doing nothing. You got to try. like Kobe Bryant like the black mama right yeah I'm like I'm a Lakers fan like mama isn't sitting around every day eating bonbons watching TV shows like he's working at it and that's thing like I go to bed and I go to bed and we're tired like I bust my ass all day either I'm at work or I'm at home and I'm doing stuff and I'm trying like I'm trying to take care of my kids like that's the deal I might not be good at it like I might not be great I have a feeling but I'm trying like every night

I go to bed I'm tired I know like you're too hard on your yourself. I'm like, you got to try. Courtney Roberts said, may I say, I think you hit the jackpot, honestly God, with this guy. I really do. I think my lucky stars every day. I'm so excited to meet you because I've, I've heard about you for years. What a pleasure to meet you, man. And what a great guy.

It's not easy to be, it's not easy to be someone who's married to someone from this franchise. It's just not, when you're not from a franchise. And we kind of touched on that today. Our spouses all go through it. My spouse isn't from this whole thing. I'm going to send her a gift. Yeah, please do. And I want to send you a little snuggy.

little things that like there are certain things that you you will use like constantly and they're not the big ticket items. They're like little things like the sucky that smells like you that we yeah. That's the other like I wouldn't send you something that you're not going to use like that makes you happy. Like the stuff that we use and end up using the people things that people bought us in the excess. Dude we had if you have diapers, if you have formula and if you have like we use these little white t-shirts, you just snap on. A shoe barber ones. Yes, because when they're born, they have these little umbilical cords. So, like, you want to dress them up.

That's it. Like, we had so many clothes that they never wore. We had so many things they never played with. The first, the first Christmas with Joaquin, all he wanted to do is play with the wrapping paper. Like, he didn't care about anything. Like, they're so simple. Get them a cardboard box. Get them a cardboard box and they'll play in it for an hour.

And then when they learn how to write and draw, they'll draw on it for hours. Like, it's. And then dad breaks down the boxes because, you know how that goes. That's my job. Does Jess do that? No, I break down the boxes. Oh, I just throw them outside, and I see him out there like, oh, a box breaker down.

She has this step in the garage. She just kind of tosses them off. They all in this pile. And then about every two days, I walk down, I go, Amazon is my worst nightmare. That's going to go, to double, Ben. I have my headphones on and my knife, and I just slice.

Slice and dice and stack them as we go. Hey, this has been the Almost Famous podcast with two incredible people, Well, Courtney and Umberto, thank you for joining us today. It means so much. Anytime. Thanks for coming. I hope you have a great night.

It means so much. Until next time, I've been Ben. I've been Bob. I've been Courtney. Glad to be here. Humberto. Sign you off. Let's go.

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