[narrator] Previously on Little People, Big World...
[Zach] It's a boy. It's a boy. It's a boy.
[Zach] Yeah, Josiah is a little person.
Achondroplasia, like his siblings.
I got my little dwarf tribe.
Are you, uh, doing anything with pumpkin seeds in the share?
-No. -No?
[Zach] Tori and I decided to make an offer to my dad
for the north side of the farm.
But things did not go well.
I said to my dad, "What is it worth
to have your grandkids on this property?
Do you wanna make money off your own family?
Or is it like, do you want this legacy that you've preached about for ten years?"
We're miles apart,
and it has to do with taking over the responsibility.
I think what they wanted was me to basically give it to them,
you know, at cut-throat price,
and then still have me do all the work.
I'm really kicking around my plan B.
Are you thinking about taking it off the market then?
Maybe.
The north side of the farm has been on the market for little over three months.
It, um, hasn't sold yet.
So, plan B is to do short term rental.
[Amy] You had texted the kids about opening this up.
-Have you heard back from them? -[Matt] No.
I don't think anybody cared.
I don't blame them.
My dad texted us that he's renting out the house.
It's kind of ridiculous, honestly.
-All right, well, let's hope it works. -[Matt] Yeah.
Some elements of the family
are never going to agree with me
on the way that the farm deal went down.
I just have to accept that and do the best that I can
to keep everybody together,
um, the best that I can.
[medical device beeping]
[Tori] Where does it hurt the worst?
[Zach speaking]
[Tori] Where on your head?
Do you feel it in your neck at all?
Do you feel nauseous?
Love you.
The last ten years, Zach has had really bad migraines.
Almost once a month.
And, they've never been able to really pin point what they are.
He would get a headache and then he would be treated for the headache, and then,
you know, the pain would subside.
Zach has dealt with these headaches for way too long.
But this time it escalated very quickly.
Tori had called me.
And said, um,
Zach... This is emergency. Zach really wants to go.
You know, I said, okay. You know, I'll be there.
It was a little nerve wracking that Zach had to be rushed to the hospital.
And I tried to make sure that whatever
information Tori relayed to me
that I would go ahead and relay to Matt and all the kids.
[medical device beeping]
I was not gonna leave the hospital without more answers.
This doctor picked up there was two breakages in his neck
of the catheter that drained from the shunt.
Zach has hydrocephalus.
And people with achondroplasia
are definitely more susceptible to having hydrocephalus.
Hydrocephalus causes excess fluid on your brain.
And if it's not drained properly,
then it can build up and the pressure can cause some major damage.
I've never seen Zach in that much pain.
He started crying and saying, "I'm dying".
The most dangerous part of the surgery to my knowledge
was replacing the catheter that connects from the valve into his brain.
You know, it was definitely scary.
They had to replace the whole thing.
They had to replace the shunt,
like, the valve.
And they had to replace the catheter.
You risk more by taking out the old catheter.
Um, like, you risk scarring and bleeding,
and they don't want any of that.
So they abandoned it and just left it there.
[Zach] Gonna walk around.
[Tori] How you feeling?
[Zach] Good. Just wanna get out of here.
[Tori speaking]
This whole experience was scary and chaotic.
We were lucky my mom was able to come up, take care of the kids.
There's definitely a part of me that wanted to be there as well.
You know, because,
he's my boy, too.
Even though he's almost 33, he's still my son.
Hey, Zach.
But, I've been through it during the younger years.
Same place as always?
Just in front here?
-[Zach whispers] Yeah. -Okay.
And I know it's tough.
I got my shunt in when I was like, 16 months old.
And, nothing really happened with it until middle school.
[Matt] How painful is it?
Very.
'Kay. Go back over to the couch.
-We're gonna take you in. -Ow.
Where?
Inside the stomach?
Uh-oh.
Let me get this.
[Zach] I just got a really sick pressure behind my eyes.
Vomiting.
[Matt] Here.
[Zach] I needed a revision.
Oh, Mom.
[Amy] What? Your head?
[Zach] Headache.
We're talking 16-17 years ago.
I had my first revision.
[Matt] Zach, he's still in the surgery right now.
So the first part was the... taking the shunt,
the head part out.
And then the other part is to open up his belly,
and drainin' that fluid out.
The lifespan of a shunt is two to fifteen years.
Zach had his for 16 years.
So, he was on borrowed time, no matter which way you look at it.
I think that we have been sitting on a knife's edge.
And we just didn't know it.
-Yeah. This is a scary business. -Mmm-hmm.
[Amy] Let's go get you all freshened up.
Come on, let's go.
-Good girl. -[Daisy whimpers]
[Amy laughs]
She knows.
Just like a kid who doesn't want a bath.
[in excited voice] Yes, you do.
[normal voice] With so much going on, with Zach's surgery,
it's been a little crazy.
I went back and forth up to Zach and Tori's house, once or twice.
But then I was there about three nights and four days,
uh, taking care of the kids.
There we go.
I know. I know.
Now that Zach is back home,
I think Zach and Tori are able to settle down.
He's recuperating.
So, there's no need for me to go up there everyday
or spend the night and stuff like that.
Unless, you know, Zach and Tori, call me and say,
"Well, you know, we kindly need some help".
Look at all that dirt come off of him.
I was definitely exhausted.
Chris held down the fort here at the house.
And you know, taking care of Daisy.
-Babe, you're in the way. -[laughing]
So, now that I'm back,
here we are.
We became tight.
-But, she's not much of a conversationalist. -[Amy laughs]
You know, it was kind of boring at night, not having anyone to talk to.
[Amy] It was an emergency for Zach.
I... I had to go there two o'clock in the morning.
You know, man, it was quick.
I felt for him.
You know, I mean...
It's more than just a headache for him.
It's a different kind of pain and just everything.
So is that something that he's gonna always have to go through every 10 or 15 years?
And have it replaced?
Well, I think he probably will have
-to go through with this again. -Mmm.
So, I just hope he has, you know, peace about it and,
um...
doesn't become, you know, too oversensitive.
'Cause you just don't wanna go there again.
You don't wanna have those headaches.
You don't wanna be in that pain.
You know, as an adult,
you're thinking about well,
if anything happens to me,
then what will happen with Tori and the kids or anything.
But, you know, you just don't
get your mind into that space because,
you just gotta hope that everything goes okay,
and if all went well,
he won't be back in there for another revision.
Whether it be a week, two weeks, two months.
Hopefully, it'll be years.
To tell the truth, I'm just really glad, I can help out.
-You know when the kids need stuff like that. -Mmm.
And, does it make you feel good,
that you're their go to when they need somebody
-to run out and spend the night? -Yeah.
I'm the mom.
Yeah. I was just glad that, you know,
they were able to call me.
I just think, you know, I was readily available and,
I've been there, done that, I can handle it.
But, you know, I think Matt helped out,
as much as he was capable of doing.
With Matt and Zach, in any fractured relationship,
is always for it to heal and get better
and be able to move forward.
And, um, you know, with Zach being in the hospital,
it's when, you know, families,
you know, should, regardless of what's going on,
should rally together.
We missed you.
Oh, I especially missed you at dinner time.
I did very little cooking.
My cooking just doesn't taste as good as it used to.
-You broke me. -Hey. Oh, no. That's a good thing.
-That way you always have to keep me. -[chuckles]
Thankful I'm not a bachelor anymore.
Aw.
Well, things are going great with Chris and I,
but, in a lot of ways, I don't think we're quite settled yet.
I mean, we absolutely love this house.
We're enjoying it,
but, it's not quite our forever home.
Well, there are a lot of things that we liked about the house.
But, we knew in the very beginning,
it didn't check all the boxes.
Ideally, three car garage, or room for shop, and,
for me, and then ideally,
Amy would like a master bedroom on the main level.
So, not our forever home, but, so we're watching.
Seems like the house is getting rented a lot.
When we went to take her over,
Matt let us know to go through the back gate.
-[Amy] Yeah? -'Cause there was somebody standing at the house.
-Curious how that's going. -I don't know.
I never pictured the house that I raised my kids in for the last 30 years
to be a short term rental. It's... It's...
It's too big of a place, it's too... There should be...
a family or someone in it.
But, if it's going great, great.
You know, I mean, Matt owns it all.
It's not like I wish him ill will.
It makes sense,
you know, for Matt to do it.
I mean, [stutters].
From a business perspective, or anything, it definitely makes sense.
From a personal perspective,
I just see it as very sad.
I don't ask him about those things.
-I know. -You can do that, not me.
[narrator reading]
[Tori] Babe, it was scary though.
Like, you scared me.
[Zach] I do have something in my body that my body depends on.
You know, I could die without it.
We're not out of the woods yet.
You know, things aren't good if it breaks.
So it is like, you do feel a little fragile.
[narrator reading]
Should I tell her? No?
Oh, yeah. Tell her.
We're all but decided on that...
when I die...
You... you... What? Like...
[Zach] Every now and then, I like, my head, like,
feels like, it's just, like, all...
it's like...
-[Tori] Expanded? -Yeah, it wants to expand, or--
Lilah.
Does Daddy got a booboo?
-[Lilah speaking] -Where's Dadda's booboo?
[Tori laughs]
Are you gonna take care of Dadda?
Wait. Here, let me see behind your ear.
I wanna see if you have stitches.
[Zach] I'm at home recovering from my surgery
and trying to get as much rest as possible.
Pain's been all right.
It hasn't been bad at all.
I think it's just the aching of a surgery.
I was cut open.
This more feels like, the head is physically, actually just aching.
Like, bones and muscle are aching.
[Tori] Oh, yes. See, there is a like, a gnarly...
[Zach] A gnarly what?
-Bump. -Bump?
Tori's had a lot on her plate.
Uh, she's taken care of me and the kids.
It kind of looks like, they cut the front and like...
[Zach] Well, they had to cut the front to take the old one out.
Holy smokes.
[Zach] The doctor closed the surgery spot up with staples.
So I'll have to get those staples taken out on a later date.
They have a device that apparently pulls them out,
like snaps them, and then pulls them out.
Sounds just irritating and hurtful.
So, I have to be a big boy.
Breathe super hard and grab on to my chair.
[Tori] Babe, it was scary though.
Like you scared me.
[Zach] I scared myself. I was scared.
You sobbed, screamed, like, it was just like...
I didn't scream.
[Tori] You did, though.
Like, that's the thing is, I feel like, maybe you don't remember all of it.
And your heart rate dropped to 34.
They called in cardiology.
I think that's what finally gave them a box though,
that they can say, "All right. Now he skips the line".
Babe, it's literally the most triggering...
That was the most terrifying experience I've ever been in.
But now, moving forward,
in six months, when you get a headache,
-and it feels like there's pressure... -Yeah.
...you have to say something.
-I just didn't wanna be over dramatic. -No, but that's the thing,
is I think that now I have enough in my back pocket to be
a lot louder of an advocate.
[Zach] It's very important to always have an advocate with you,
because, one, this has happened before.
-I'm in pain and I'm getting pain medicine. -You don't hear at all.
So I don't hear everything.
Like, I'm not focused on that. I'm focused on like, relieving my pain.
But now,
we have a neuro surgeon.
-Yeah. -And if you get a headache,
I'm gonna be like, call your doctor.
[Zach] I wasn't really super aware that my shunt had expired.
I do have something in my body that my body depends on.
You know, I could die without it.
Um, so it is like, kind of, nerve wracking.
It was sad that maybe the placement of the tube
into my ventricle wasn't A plus.
You know, but there's so much scarring,
that they didn't wanna jam it in there.
But then and now that, I'm like, okay, well then...
anything that happens from here on now, it's because that thing's popped out.
So it's like, we're not out of the woods yet.
You know, things aren't good if...
it breaks.
So it is like, you do feel a little fragile.
Want this zipped up?
[Lilah speaks indistinctly]
[Zach] And I got kids.
[Zach speaking]
You know, they wanna have their daddy for a while and...
Where do you wanna walk?
[Lilah speaking]
[Zach] Having surgery when you're a husband, and father, and you got kids,
it's, um...
yeah, definitely adds more to it.
You know, it's hard.
Watch out for the mud.
I don't know. For me, dads should not
create this much inconvenience for their family.
And there's just stuff to do. The kids have places to be.
Things need to be taken care of, and...
Um...
This is not the season of life
for Dad to not be able to operate.
[Tori] If you hurry up, we can go outside, too.
I think it's important for Zach to learn
the signals of his body,
and to know when something is wrong.
Uh, not just for himself,
but also, because he has four people
that are really dependent on him.
-[baby cooing] -[Tori] Yes.
There's a lot more to think about when you have kids at home,
and a spouse, and you know, it's not just you.
[Zach] Oh, my goodness.
I leave for one week and then...
They're all using the same box for some reason.
So, Lilah, let's do this.
We're gonna put an egg in each one of these.
Okay?
We're gonna see if that helps them.
Tori supported me a ton this week in the hospital,
just taking care of the kids.
You know, going back and forth from the hospital.
Because it was a very nerve wracking thing for her.
But, you know, she's able to put all that aside
and you know, do what she needed to do.
Dada.
[Lilah indistinct]
-You're gonna go that way? -Yeah.
It's very important for me to stay updated with my doctors,
just so I can stay as healthy as possible moving forward.
And one day, there could be more difficult outcomes.
Wouldn't be ideal, obviously.
But, I think our family's pretty tight.
I think we have a pretty good support system.
And that we would get through it.
[narrator] Coming up next...
You like to think, when you do the short-term rentals,
-that you just can have... Cute little... -Cute little family.
You can't come over here and create a porno video.
Going there with a purple light.
-[exclaims] -I'm not going, no purple light.
Ugh.
[Caryn] Whoo!
-You cold? -Oh, yeah.
[Caryn] Oh, yeah.
[Caryn groans]
Oh, my God.
[Matt] Yeah, just...
[Matt] Give me enough to kind of peek at it.
I mean, it's been really busy on the farm.
And Caryn's been in Arizona.
So, I wanna make sure to catch up with what's been going on around the farm.
This is where the pool's unusable.
See there? The chip?
-[Caryn] Oh, my God. -Yeah.
I mean, here's the thing.
The pool has to be repaired,
whether you continue the short-term rental,
long-term or you're selling it.
[Matt] I looked at the north farm,
we call it the big house up for sale.
And, since nobody bid on it,
we decided to turn it into a short-term rental.
The short-term rental concept has been very, very good.
We're booked almost solid.
I would say my ultimate goal would be to still sell the north side.
But, I'm gonna do this short-term rental,
um, now while the economy is sort of in question.
You like to think when you do to these short-term rental,
that you're just gonna have these...
-Cute little family. Grandma. -...cute little family.
Yeah, grandma and the kid.
Like a Roloff-free evening.
-[chuckles] -We had that, once.
But of the 20 or 30 that we've done so far,
every scenario is different.
One group will come in there and it'll be wonderful.
But then there's other times when people try to clean
the wine glasses down the garbage disposal.
-Oh. -We had shards of glass down the garbage disposal.
Well, so that was interesting.
Oh, we didn't tell them about the pool cue in the wall.
-Yeah, there was a pool cue in the wall. -[laughing]
We are tightening down the rules of what people can do.
You know, you can't come over here and create
a porno video or something, you know.
[scoffs] Jeez.
I mean, that's what it's coming to.
-I mean, how would you know? -Well, we wouldn't. That's...
But it will show up on...
Somebody would say, isn't that the Roloff's living room? [laughing]
Oh, my God.
People were filming.
And we didn't know if they were filming, like, dirty, obscene stuff.
-You know. -Going there with the purple light. [laughs]
-I'm not going, no purple light. -[screams]
Ugh.
[Caryn] So any news how Zach is feeling?
Yeah, well, you know, Zach had that major... you know, scare.
When Tori called me, we were in Arizona.
When this all went down,
and of course, you know, talked to Amy,
everyday about it.
And, you know, he was having some severe headaches,
as I understood it from Tori.
And, those headaches were related somehow to the shunt.
-Gosh. Four years ago, you said, "Oh, it's the shunt". -Yeah.
I just feel a super big sense of relief
that they came up with something definitive.
Yeah, he'd been struggling for a long time.
[Matt] You know, because he was struggling for a long time and the unknown.
And finally, they're just like, it's what everybody kind of, thought it was.
If you have a shunt that's draining fluid off your head,
and, it gets clogged or broken,
it's building up pressure on your head.
So, yes, it could cause anything from,
you know, brain damage to other neurological problems,
which I'm not aware. I'm not a doctor. I don't know, but it's just not good.
With Zach being a husband and having three kids now
nobody wants him to have problems with the shunt,
and medical problems at all.
Sounds like Amy stepped up.
I talked to her. You know, I said, you want me to come back?
-She thought the consistency was good for the kids. -Sure.
You know, having one...
Having her do it.
So she was, you know, Johnny-on-the-spot about that, from what I heard.
The good news is
that from the last time I talked to him,
he's feeling like, it definitely is a lot better.
They've got the fluid out, the pressure off.
He was telling me that his eyes move better now.
Like, he didn't realize how much pressure was in his head.
Zach's big surgery, you know, it really reminds you
how important life is.
And, how you know quickly things can change and turn and,
you really have to appreciate all the moments
you have with your family and
your loved ones and people around you.
It's, um... Life is so fragile.
Certainly when Zach had a surgery,
you know, those thoughts cross your mind.
My impression now with Zach and Tori is they...
want space, you know. They don't really,
you know, like, I go up there,
you know, for birthdays,
sometimes I'm just on my way to the airport, I'll call them and stop in.
But, um, they don't come to the farm.
So, I think they just want space still.
So, I'm making sure
I completely give 'em the space that they need,
without crowding them.
There was something going on.
Well, he's apparently doing good.
I'm kind of giving him space to heal now.
You know, even though there's still some hurt feelings,
and some misunderstandings, I think,
this family, pulls together when it's important and when it matters.
Everybody rallied around.
Zach held them up in prayers,
and everybody was very concerned
about what he was going through, and, um...
We're just glad he's all right.
[Matt] I wanna show you what they're doing with the new house.
-[Caryn] Oh, my goodness. Look at that. -Yeah.
After a long wait,
I've finally started building my final home.
When I moved into the DW on the south side of the farm,
which is almost ten years ago.
I never in my wildest dreams
expected to be there that long.
I mean, it's definitely not been an ideal living situation.
So, it's very exciting
that I'm finally able to get going on
building something that, you know, is gonna be completely accessible for me.
Everyday something new is happening and being added.
So, I can't wait to show Caryn the progress.
[Caryn] You weren't kidding. It's happening?
[Matt] Yeah, it's happening all right.
-[Caryn] Oh, my gosh. -[laughs]
[Caryn] You know, we're living together full time.
So, having a place that we will live together,
here, and then also live together in Arizona,
-that's big. -Yeah.
-I love the shape of it. -I do, too.
It's still hard to visualize.
I mean, you could probably walk through and know where the rooms are.
[Matt] But the biggest thing we're doing with this plan
and the reason why this is so elaborate
-is cause there's gonna be zero steps. -Right.
Building your own home
for your comfort and your retirement,
that's going to offer him a very comfortable
landing spot as he ages.
We don't plan to change our formula of going down to Arizona,
and back and forth.
We just think when we come back,
we're gonna have a much more comfortable place.
[Caryn] You had this in your mind for so long.
Aren't you just like, so excited right now?
Yeah, I'm very... It's very... Yeah, well, good.
Thank you. I'm happy for us.
We're definitely thinking of the new house as being
a fun place all the way around,
whether it be our friends or the grandkids or her kids or my kids.
I mean, we're definitely looking at it
as being a fun place to hang out.
I haven't seen Zach and Tori down here,
uh, in quite a few months.
But, I am not in a space where I am...
I hang my happiness on what the kids...
accept or don't accept about what we're doing here.
I do hang my hat on the fact
that all the kids have gone off and got their own lives going.
That's the independence that I'm very happy about.
They may all wish things happened in a different way,
but deep down in my soul,
I feel very good about the way things are.
You know, whatever happens, the farm is beautiful.
The farm deserves a home like this for you.
We're happy. We're ploughing forward.
We're gonna make this house amazing for Matt.
And what's that saying? If you build it, they will come.
And whoever comes, we're gonna welcome everyone with open arms.
And whoever doesn't wanna come, that's okay, too.
What does that guy say about, building houses causes divorces?
-What was that concept? -We don't have to worry about that.
-Yeah. We don't have to worry about that. -We're not married.
Let's make a commitment we don't get married till after the house is finished.
So we don't have to go... [laughs]
The truth is, we've talked about it, a lot.
We may get married, we may not.
We're gonna wait and see.
I mean, tomorrow I could wake up and,
he could propose and I'd say yes.
Or we could go the next ten years and never get married.
We don't know. [whispers] It's a surprise.
[Matt] And you know what the biggest thing about this is?
For the next eight months,
as long as this is gonna take,
it's gonna keep me out of your hair.
Ha! I like you in my hair.
[Matt] I'm very, very happy,
'cause it feels like, a sense of settle.
Like, I'm on a beautiful piece of property,
with a beautiful home, and with a beautiful woman,
-and I'm settled. -Aw.
I think the house represents for me,
watching Matt be able to
enjoy all of the years
that he worked so hard on the farm.
Really put his heart, sweat, tears, and soul into this farm.
I wanna watch 'em pour the concrete.
-'Cause that's kind of... -Oh, yeah. That's gonna be done.
Oh, can we put our initials in the concrete?
Now, he's finally able
as he stares down the barrel of retirement.
Having his kind of,
last build on the farm,
where he will reside and watch over the grandchildren,
and then hopefully, keep that in the family to pass on.
Well, you did it. I'm very excited.
You pulled it off, Matt Roloff.
[Zach] Oh, here we go.
[narrator] Coming up...
[Zach] Go Lilah, go.
[Jackson] Lilah.
Josiah, you go, too. Go, go, go.
Do you and Lilah race though, on your scooters?
-[Tori gasps] -[Jackson] Oh.
Wipes, wipes.
Wow.
[Zach] Lilah, you're getting pretty good on that scooter.
[Tori] Oh, here she goes.
[Zach] Oh, here we go.
You have to go all the way around the kitchen island
and the couch, and whoever gets back here first, wins.
Ready? Go.
[Jackson exclaims]
-[Zach] Go, Lilah, go. -[Tori] Please be careful inside.
[Zach] Go, go, go.
I'm kind of taking it easy since my surgery.
I was trying to ease back into our routine as a family.
[Tori] This is how more injuries occur,
and more surgeries happen.
I don't have my timer.
Do you and Lilah race though, on your scooters?
-[Tori gasps] -[Jackson] Oh.
Wipes, wipes.
Josiah, you go, too. Go, go, go.
Josiah, you go fast.
[Zach] Go follow them.
[Tori] There you go.
[Zach] Now, go.
No, no. We're just gonna continue.
-Thank you. -[woman] You're welcome.
[Jackson speaking]
-Good job. -Whoa.
[Zach] Did you go all the way around the couch, too?
And the kitchen island?
Wow.
[Zach] We have a baby, a toddler, and a five year old.
And, uh, yeah. Life's pretty hectic.
-Oh, gosh. -Oh, dear.
-Hold on. -Go follow Jackson.
Sometimes challenges are like, they're all in different wavelengths.
They all... My challenge right now is nap time.
I feel like I'm nap trapped all day long.
Lilah, you're getting pretty good on that scooter.
-[Lilah] Yeah. -[Tori] Say, "Thanks, Daddy."
I mean, it's been definitely more challenging not having my partner,
that's there to help with the kids.
Zach is still recovering,
and he can't lift more than 10lb.
-Um... -I can't bend over.
He can't put his head below his heart.
Those are the two, like pretty significant things he can't do.
You can't tie your shoes.
You can't pick up your kids.
So, I've just, kind of, been on my own.
And yeah, it's just been a little hectic.
[Zach] Whose room is this?
The boys room.
[Zach] The boys room? What're you doing?
-[Tori] Just the boys. -What do you do in the boys room?
[Jackson] Play LEGOs with my dad.
-[Zach] Do you like sharing the room with Josiah? -[Jackson] Yeah.
[Zach] Jackson and Josiah love sharing the room.
And it's worked out so well.
-Wish we would have done that earlier. -Yes.
-Are you ready, Lilah? -[Lilah] Yeah.
Can you do five jumping jacks?
How old are you?
[gasps] Don't say it.
-Three. -Are you four?
-Three? Mmm-hmm. -[Zach] Three.
What a big girl.
Should Lilah have a sleepover one night?
Sure.
-That's so sad. That's so sad if you put it like that. -That's so...
But wait, that's so accurate though.
Lilah, what's your dance?
How do you do your dance?
She has found a love for dance.
[Lilah speaking]
'Kay, now do this.
[Zach] I'll say, "Do you want to go to school?"
And she goes, "No, dance".
I'm like, "We're gonna go on a boat next year".
That's her favorite part of dance class.
And then remember, you gotta do one,
two.
[Zach] And so she's gonna start pre-school,
whether she likes it or not.
Whether she likes it or not, she's going to pre-school.
-Yeah, she's going to pre-school. AM class. -Next year.
You're supposed to sign her up today.
I'm gonna sign her up. Trust me.
Si-Si, what are you doing?
-[Jackson speaking] -What are you doing you happy little...
Lilah, Lilah, poor choice.
Jackson loves Josiah, too.
Josiah takes any attention.
-Oh, yeah. -Any attention they'll give him.
He's much more resilient and tough
-Yeah. -than both of them, I think.
-Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. -Oh, oh.
-Yeah, what? -What?
-When did that happen? No. -No.
Si-Si's mobile. He's crawling.
He has his little like, walking thing,
-that he sits in. -It's so funny.
[Zach] And he can move, he can back up,
parallel park, perpendicular park.
It's all very impressive.
It all happened while I was in the hospital, too.
I came home and he was perfect.
Yeah. When I'm done recovering.
When am I gonna be done?
Maybe in December.
Hopefully not, dude. Hopefully it's done in, like, end of February.
Okay.
Everything happened so fast.
It's good to be on the other side of the surgery.
So far no setbacks.
Tori, you did a great job that week.
-Yeah? -Yeah.
Tori rallied hard. She got the kids going.
And my mom came up a couple times,
to watch the kids.
Tori asked my mom and dad for advice.
And everyone was very responsive to her.
When it comes to my dad, yeah, I think
he really screwed over the farm.
Everything that the family built,
but yeah, when he's around, you know, hey,
he's grandpa to the kids and everything,
but, that doesn't change that I think he screwed over the family.
I don't know how much contact we have,
like, we probably have less now.
Like, Tori and me are taking a break.
We're definitely separating ourselves from our family more.
I get my staples out next Friday.
[Jackson speaking]
That's gonna hurt.
-And where is Daddy's scar? -[Lilah] Mommy. Mom.
-Touch it, get in there. -Mommy.
No fear.
-Show Lilah the staples. -What were you thinking about when dad was in the hospital?
You didn't think I got staples? That's good.
Jackson knew I was in the hospital,
and Jackson I think had pretty good awareness.
[Tori] While Jackson had leg surgery,
I don't think we shied away from the fact that, like,
dad is having surgery.
[Zach] He was scared though. He was nervous.
[Tori] You could tell, he was thinking about dad
-and just what the repercussions will be. -Is he gonna be okay?
-Is he coming home and... -Yeah.
How do you take care of daddy?
[Zach] They picked me up. The nurse, like, said to the kids in the car
he can't lift 10lb, he can't do this.
So Jackson, oh, rules.
-Jackson's been a little police officer. -Yeah.
Lilah, no. Daddy can't do that.
Lot can happen in another week.
Pressure can build up again.
Migraine, vomiting,
shunt could have a infection, failure.
-Okay. Mmm-hmm. -So...
We're not out of the woods.
I feel all right, but every now and then, I get these, like, headaches.
Headaches, not migraines, but it's like,
they call it, like, medical trauma.
Every time I get a headache, I like,
-oh, my God, is it gonna... -It's triggering, like, you're like,
-It's triggering. Is it gonna escalate? -Is it gonna escalate?
Is there something wrong with the shunt.
This thing, I depend on it.
So I can go into another surgery.
At any point, this thing could fail.
There could be an infection.
Um...
It would just be very nerve wracking, if I had to go back in.
Every now and then, I get like, an ache or a headache,
I'm just trying not to, like, over think that.
Where is the ache or headache at?
It's like the general head area.
Okay, you just literally did this. Where is it at though?
[Zach] Obviously, any day, something terrible could happen.
But, I need to be there for my kids,
and, my kids need me, you know.
Super sad to think that Tori would have to explain to them,
why isn't Dad here.
Parents do that, like, that happens all the time,
which devastating, I couldn't imagine having that conversation
where you have to explain to your kids why one of their parents isn't coming home.
Come on, let's go.
Oh, gosh.
[Amy] I don't know where that dog is.
The mud like this, this is why I put her on a leash.
[Chris] Well, we don't bring her out here very often.
It's kind of nice to...
-let her... -Yeah.
...stretch her legs and run,
'cause she likes to run when she gets the space to do that.
I'm glad that Matt occasionally, you know,
is okay with having Chris and I
take Daisy for a walk around the farm.
[Chris] No, I'm glad we have a place that we can go
and she doesn't have to be on a leash.
[Amy] Good girl.
But it's kind of cold out here.
So we couldn't really do a full walk.
So, Matt wanted us to check out
the changes that he's made to the garage.
[Chris] I love doing things myself.
And I always have fun going over and looking and seeing what the latest project is.
What he's working on next.
[Amy] I don't need to be invested in every,
you know, project that Matt does on the farm.
That... My time for that has come and gone.
Yeah. Usually when I say, I wanna go check out
you know, Matt's projects, she goes, have fun.
You can tell me all about it when you get back.
[Matt] Well, I shouldn't say that. Remember when we were...
-Hey. -[Chris] Hey. Good afternoon.
[Amy] Hi.
Well, this is the cleanest this garage has ever been.
[Chris] Why, I like what you've done with this. This is kind of cozy.
[Matt] You know, in some ways, it's a little surreal
that we, you know, are sitting here, hanging out,
you know, Caryn and I,
my ex-wife, Amy, her new husband, Chris,
in Amy's old house,
the house that Amy and I raised our four kids.
It's a little funny and it's a little bit surreal,
but it's also very comfortable and you know, um,
um, I think,
you know, we've all come a long way.
How's Zach been feeling?
-[Amy] I think Zach is doing pretty good. I mean... -Good.
-You know, we've been down this road before. -Yeah.
I'm glad they had you, Amy, to watch those three kids.
-'Cause that's a lot. -Oh, yeah.
I was called at two o'clock in the morning.
You're like... When the phone rings at two in the morning,
you know it's not good.
Well, that's why I tell people, that's why I leave my phone by my bed.
'Cause if my kids or my grandkids, the older they get, it's like...
-[Caryn] You never know. -Yeah, grandma's around.
I don't know if she'll be functioning, but...
-And that's what family does. When you have an emergency, -Yeah.
when something arises,
-you do jump in and... -Look after the kids, and...
-Keep their routine. -Yeah.
I mean, there was a day when Caryn would have jumped in and helped with that,
but, um, yeah.
I don't think any of his other kids have that.
The signs would have already been known.
-Oh, okay. -'Cause I knew something was wrong with Zach,
back in the day.
Because he always threw up.
Right.
I just hope he doesn't have to go down this road any time soon.
We've heard a lot of stories where people
had this done every year.
[Matt] Um...
So, Amy hasn't seen my little progress on my foundation.
Are you still pouring tomorrow?
[Matt] Tomorrow it's concrete day.
In the true Matt Roloff tradition,
I'm making last second changes.
And Caryn wanted to eliminate this bar we found.
That's a shear wall, you know.
[Chris] So why would you want to eliminate the bar?
It's got this 12-foot island.
-[Chris] Oh. -I mean, it's gigantic.
Okay, right.
-[Caryn] It's just something else to clean. -I get ya.
-Yeah. -[Caryn] And thinking design.
She's nipping away at every little thing. All the features.
-No, can't do that. -That's not true.
-We're trying to simplify. That's, I mean... -[Chris] Yeah.
-Well, there's nothing wrong with simplifying. Is it? -[Caryn] Yeah.
You know, it's a little bit weird talking about the new dream home,
uh, you know, with Amy being my ex-wife and all.
But, she seems to be a good sport
and Chris seems to be legitimately interested in what we're doing.
So, it's a fine line between
being awkward, not saying anything about it,
and telling her too much about it.
[Chris] So are you guys doing wallpaper?
[Caryn] In maybe a-- We don't know yet.
[Amy] It does feel different to talk about the stages
of my ex-husband's house.
Because, that's not my life.
It's not a part of me, it never will be, and it shouldn't be.
Uh, that is his.
And that is his and Caryn's, and whatever they wanna do.
You know, time will settle that...
a little bit, and...
not everything you want or dreams
that you had hoped for...
always come true.
So, you have to figure out a way how to move on.
Should I tell her? No?
Oh, yeah. Tell her.
We're all but decided that...
when I die...
we're giving whatever piece of the farm I still have...
to Amy.
[stutters] I don't even know how to comment on that.
You... you... What? Like...
it's crazy.
Uh, yeah. So that's been kicked around.
That update, we had to, because, it's like,
otherwise it's too complicated.
Let's talk about the fact
that I'm the one that had the idea
that you leave everything you own,
aside from Arizona, 'cause that's ours together, to Amy.
You did. That was your idea.
[Caryn] Your family, in the first part of your life,
built and worked for this farm.
I came in later.
And I don't want it.
And I don't wanna ever take anything away from the people that built it,
the family, the kids. So, that is a definite.
That's... Whether we get married or we don't,
farm is off the table.
'Cause she would wanna make sure all the kids are happy.
That's exactly...
[Amy] Or give 'em a dose of reality.
Let her be the one to dish that spoonful of sugar out, okay?
[Amy] I was absolutely surprised.
What Matt said, I didn't take seriously.
Statements like that, it's, you know, in one ear, out the other.
It's like, you know, I'll believe it when I see it.
Not that I want him to die anytime soon.
But, I'll believe it when I see it.
Boom. She can figure it out.
[all laughing]
[Matt] Coming up this season on Little People, Big World.
He's about to throw it.
♪ That's divine ♪
Having three kids right now is kinda hectic.
It's very go, go, go.
[screaming]
There's lots of energy, it's just not very peaceful.
[shrieks]
[laughing]
Here he comes!
Some of the opposing kids point out that he's different.
It's not a conversation I'd prefer to have,
but right now, it's starting.
Like, it's never gonna stop.
Jackson, do you wanna play a game?
So, they got the bar out there, they got drinks out there.
We're hosting a fundraising event
along with Matt and Karen.
He's gonna wanna be in charge.
I am running the show.
We'll do it my way.
'Cause this has to go.
That would be easier than moving the other way, I guess.
This has to go.
Amy can cross that line from micromanager to dictator
quicker than me, and you just fasten your seat belt.
She gave the guys instructions.
No, I did not.
I didn't talk to nobody.
You're the one who doesn't take ownership or apologize.
-What I meant to say -- -He doesn't apologize.
How did you scout this out, you cutie.
I asked Caryn to marry me, and she said yes.
Did you talk this over with Chris?
-[laughing] -Oh, my god.
Hey guys, welcome.
I haven't seen Amy since Caryn and I were engaged.
I don't know if she's gonna make things awkward,
or if she's okay with it.
Oh, let's see the ring.
Oh, boy.
I didn't reply, I don't want to talk about her.
I'm, like, dreaming of the day
where the grandkids are out playing in the distance.
We don't see Zack and Tori that often.
I think they must have made some kind of pact
that they don't want to come to the farm
They don't come over anymore.
I'm not used to being cut off,
where it's just, poik, gone.
You have a choice, how long do you leave it broken?
Is there a way to help heal it?
The family wasn't put first on multiple occasions.
That ship all sailed.
My job as a grandpa is to love my grandkids,
and that's the sad part, you never get all that time back.