So house on the market, we need a bigger house.
Wait, why are you moving into a bigger house? This place is huge.
I always wanted to have more than one kid,
but like if I'm going to do this, I need to kind of do it soon.
[Dr. Potter] Embryo ten probably has around a 60% chance and then embryo
nine probably has about a 50% chance.
[Jeff] I'm a little anxious over it,
because there's only two and the're not rated as high as Monroe,
[Dr. Potter] We have a surrogate coming in next week for screening.
You know, we'll get this thing going then.
All right. I really appreciate it.
Thanks, Doctor Potter.
There are olive trees that I would like to purchase
that I'm hoping to get his approval on.
So, all three are gonna cost 12,000, but will he guarantee it?
-It's gonna guarantee life of the tree? -They do. They do.
Um, but is this a go? Where the trees?
-[Anthony] Yes. -We're down to crunch time,
and we're trying to finish.
I think he's, you know, hoping that I'll be done with my portion so he can move in.
There is a little bit of anxiety there. Like, he would like to get in his house.
♪ ♪
[Jeff] You got to try the lasagna. You got to try it. Just take one bite.
[Tyler] I'm okay.
The lasagna is better than whatever this is.
I'm turning into my dad, I think, because I'm obsessed with
everybody trying my lasagna. "You got-- Jeffrey, you gotta try it."
Yeah, I'm not a try-er.
[server speaking Italian]
I just get nervous eating raw meat in restaurants I don't know.
I have too many enemies.
[Shane] Mm-hmm.
-[Jeff] How was your weekend? -Good. How about you guys?
-I had a date last night. -Date?
-Someone new. -Really?
Is he a Tik Tok-er?
-Is he a Tik Tok-er? -[Shane] Yeah, he's like...
Yeah, don't do a chain. -Is he age appropriate?
He'll be 35 in December. So, that's-- that's not...
[Shane] So, he's 34?
Did you like him?
He actually drove halfway and paid for it.
-Oh, he did? -Yeah. Jeff's a sugar baby.
I'm kept.
Apparently I'm cat now.
-Yeah. -I don't know. We'll see.
I'm just casually dating, and the dating pool is
a little bit of an issue because I have more baggage.
I'm older. Because a lot of people in their, you know, 40s and 50s,
they don't want to have-- they don't have kids.
A lot of gay guys don't wan to have kids.
-So what else is up? -I found this really great townhouse.
-It would have been perfect. -With a yard?
No. But it had a rooftop deck with jacuzzi right in the heart of West Hollywood.
Really good for kids for kids. Really good for kids.
-Probably need a yard for your daughter. -And the Tik Tok-er.
-Yeah. They can play together. -Yeah.
I feel like until the next person comes in,
this might be a good time to have a baby.
And that might just be two and done,
because I don't know who wants to sign up for.
Oh yeah, I'm going to have another infant.
With Monroe, I don't really think I could have done it by myself.
Then, it's pretty terrifying. Like from the beginning when you
don't know what you're doing and you're trying to figure it all out.
I feel like now I have a little more experience.
I don't pretend to know everything or anything,
but I do think I'm less scared to do it again by myself.
Huh.
This is the Tik Tok-er. He said, "Thinking about you.
Hope you having a good day."
-Hmm. -What a sensitive boy.
When I say that, it usually just means I'm horny.
He just sent over an eggplant. I'm just kidding.
Nice, it was nice. Checking in. So, I now have to respond to
the Tik Tok-er because he sent me a text.
'Cause I don't wanna be a Dick and wait till tomorrow. What does "KK" stand for?
-[Shane] "Got it." -"Okay."
-So can I do "KK" or no? -Yeah. "KK" is--
-[Shane] No. It's too-- it's too early. -Can I do "K"?
-No. It's rude. -[Shane] Rude.
-"K" is rude? -Yeah.
-Okay, what about a thumbs up emoji? -I do that.
No? Okay. That's okay?
-[Shane] I think that's bitchy. -It's a little weird, but I don't care.
-So bitchy. -I think it's fine.
-It's like... -Well, now I just want to know what I do.
[Shane] Open your frequently used, and it'll tell you exactly.
Right, so none of these are inappropriate except for the--
[Tyler] Except for the peach, the eggplant, the squirt, and the double--
All right, but nothing else is inappropriate.
♪ ♪
-Do you have Anthony's file? -Yeah.
Do you have Francisco's invoice? -Yes.
So how much is it to plant the plants?
Yeah, so I have-- so we need to decide on the three olive trees.
Three for 12,000.
That includes everything installation. -Anthony did agree to do
the olive trees, and now I'm working on a landscape plan.
Right now, he can move into his house, but people could walk up to his front door
and they can also see through the yard into his windows.
He doesn't have window coverings yet,
which is why I think he worries about privacy and security.
I think those are legitimate concerns.
[Shane] So, they're starting Thursday. The labor is ten grand.
Is that including the olive trees?
No. I have a line on his estimate that says labor work fee--
-$10,000. -Is that including the hedges?
-Installing them? -I think so.
-Okay. Did he itemize it? -Yes.
Anthony wants to move into his house, and I don't want to be
the guy that's holding him up, so I'm getting a little bit more involved.
The olive trees are going to be delivered this week, and then we're going
to continue by installing the ficus on the perimeter of the yard.
[phone ringing]
-Hello? -Hey, it's Jeff.
Hey, Jeff.
Are you aware of all the ficus that we're gonna be installing?
Yeah, I send you on the estimate.
How many do we need if I'm going to do both sides of the property?
-Going up the driveway on the left side? -Yeah.
It's like $85 for the 15 gallon ones.
On the right side of the wall where the green wall is,
it's going to be $24 each ficus to cover most of that fencing.
Okay. I can't have one of your four-foot trees again. That can never happen again.
No, no, no.
I told the guy, like, if he's gonna give you something,
it better be something that is, like you said, [indistinct].
These are gonna be bigger, more mature trees
than what we did at Fortune's.
These are really short hedges. This is a nightmare.
He knows that he can't make that same mistake again,
so he's, I think, very clear on that.
And then, what, like 10,000 for labor? Roughly?
Yeah, that's pretty much-- yeah, roughly around there.
Okay.
♪ ♪
-[Jeff] Hi. -[Heather] Hi.
-How are you? -Good. How are you?
Good. This was very unexpected, this house.
-Hi, Chase. -How are you?
Heather Altman is my real estate agent and Matt Altman's sister-in-law.
I believe in you and your brother and Heather,
and I know you guys are going to get me the most for this house.
I know you're sell it the quickest.
She's just extremely proactive. She just started sending me leases.
You know, when you do a lease, it's not a very big commission,
so I didn't want to really bother Carrie with it
because it's time consuming.
It's kind of like a service, I feel, that real estate brokers do for
their clients when they get their listings or when they represent
them in purchasing a house. And that's the bigger commission.
I have to roll with my crew like you roll with your crew.
I know. I need one more assistant, it looks like.
-I-- I do the job of two or three so I'm-- -Yeah.
-I love how open this is. -[Heather] Isn't it a great house?
Great kitchen, clean. It's owned by a gentleman
who only lived in it for three months. It was built 2021,
-and he ended up-- -Why did he move out?
He made a lot of money and upgraded to a big house in Beverly Hills.
So, you're essentially living in a brand new construction house.
So, it's been a lucky house for him.
Yeah, hopefully the luck trades up. This is cool.
That's an interesting design.
I sold my house and then I had six weeks from the day that we went into
escrow to find a new place.
-That could actually be a nice gym. -Oh, I like that idea.
I spent hours looking at homes online.
I want to take my money, rent, and then look for a good deal.
More than likely that good buy for me is going to be
a nasty, dirty fixer that might take me a year to redo.
So, that's okay if I'm in a nice, comfortable rental.
[Heather] It's 4 bedrooms. You have one down, three up.
So, this has a balcony which is nice.
Yeah, you have a nice balcony, great sunlight.
It's not like you're feeling a sacrifice from where you're coming from.
You know? And that's important.
-[Shane] Luxurious. -[Heather] Is this Jeff Lewis approved?
It's nice. I really like it.
I love the location. It's very centrally located.
I also like the fact that it's high ceilings,
tons of light and windows, disappearing doors.
I like that it had a pool, it's relatively safe. It's fenced, it's gated.
This house is actually a perfect fit for Monroe and I.
The master is completely separate from the guest room,
so Monroe has her little room over here in privacy.
-[Shane] Is there a tub? -[Jeff] Yes, that one has a tub.
Oh, look at you. Daddy-in-training.
I'm a few years away from being a daddy, but training.
[Heather] And then if you go upstairs,
you've got an incredible rooftop deck with a little fire pit.
-So, if you wanna do nude sunbathing-- -I do. That was number one on my list.
See, you're living in the Hollywood Hills without having
to live in the Hollywood Hills. It's like the perfect little setup here.
I can see the Hollywood sign from here. This is great up here.
I like it. I like it a lot.
-What about pets? -They're open to pets.
This could be a good place to land for six months.
The baby wouldn't be born until November and my lease would be till August, so I'm
not really so much concerned about the rental accommodating baby nanny, whatever.
-I'm planning on being out by then. -You have this front little room up here
-that could be Monroe's playroom, or-- -Actually that'd be a great playroom.
-[Jeff] It's perfect. -Yeah.
All this was really about Monroe's school,
what neighborhoods would be ideal for her, and me to get to work within 20 minutes.
I have looked at other rentals and this one seems to be the best fit,
so I'm going to put in an offer.
-So, what is what is he asking? -So, he's asking 24,000 a month.
For one year, but I spoke to the agent and they'd be open to doing a shorter term
lease with options for you to extend and some flexibility with price.
Why don't we talk to him and see what kind of flexibility there is...
-Great. -...for a six month lease.
-Yeah. -But it's a great house.
It really is. Okay. All right. Well, let me know then. I like it.
-Perfect. -Thanks girls.
Good to see you guys. Have fun.
-See you later. -Bye, guys.
♪ ♪
What else do I have to do today? Oh yeah, that's right, move.
I would offer to load up my car to help, but I drive a three series.
-I don't know if you know that. -And you got the bigger engine, right?
It is the bigger engine.
I do have, like, a little bit more room but it's not like, you know,
some Highlander, you know, that's gonna have all this space.
-Right. -[phone ringing]
Hey, Jeff. It's Stephanie, Doctor Potter's office.
I was just working on your paperwork and wanted to confirm
which embryo you wanted to use.
If you could give me a call at extension 8241. Thank you.
Why are you laughing?
-It's, like, so casual. -I know.
'Hey, Jeff. Hope you're having a good day.
I just want to find out if you want to have a...'
-'Boy or a girl.' -'...a daughter or a son.'
On one hand, the voicemail felt very casual to me
for a very, very important life-changing decision.
But then you have to figure that
this woman probably makes 15 of these calls a day.
So, for her it's probably no big deal, but for me it's a huge deal.
-[automated recording] Transferring to... -[Stephanie] Stephanie.
[phone ringing]
-Transferring to... -Stephanie.
-You'd be Shane. -[phone ringing]
Transferring to...
Shane!
'Do you want to have, like, a little baby boy or a little baby girl?'
So cute. Either way, you'll be-- you'll be such a cute little dad.
-[Stephanie] Stephanie... -Oh, hi, Stephanie.
-[recording] is unavailable at this time. -Oh.
Please leave a message after the tone.
-You may now speak and begin recording. -[indistinct]
[tone beeps]
Hey Stephanie, it's Jeff Lewis returning your call.
It's 11:18 on Wednesday. Give me a call back when you can get a chance, thanks.
You're gonna leave us hanging like that?
I'm not gonna leave that on our voicemail because then
-I'm afraid there's gonna like-- -The call cuts out?
'Oh, I thought you said boy.'
I feel like it's not something you can just leave on a voicemail.
-Yeah. -Like I need like a verbal confirmation.
-'Okay.' -Right.
Yeah, that's like really important, I feel like.
Mm, yeah.
♪ ♪
Can you call Anthony Anderson?
I'm gonna plan to have a baby.
-Transferring to... -'Hey, it's Shane and Anthony's office.'
[phone ringing]
-[Anthony recording] You know what to do. -All right, text him.
"Please call me at your convenience."
"Thanks, Jeff." Can you call Angela please?
[phone ringing]
-Hello. -Hey, how are you?
-Good. How are you? -Good.
I just called HRC and left a message 'cause Stephanie called me
and wants to know what embryo I'm going to use.
-I just-- -Do you know which one you want?
I'm back and forth. I'm gonna make the decision like in the very last minute.
You can't do that. I think you have to file the day before.
No, no, I'm going to make the decision today when I speak to her.
Oh, okay. At the last minute.
-The last second. -Okay.
-Bye. -Bye.
When we had Monroe, we had made the decision that we were gonna have a boy.
And then we only found out like very close to when we did the transfer
that Doctor Potter recommended that we do the girl because
it was the strongest embryo.
It was kind of a surprise to us because we thought for all of those months
we were gonna have a boy.
up to the to the embryo transfer. But ultimately it worked out.
I like being a girl's dad. I do.
Let's try Stephanie again.
[phone ringing]
This is Stephanie.
Hey Stephanie, it's Jeff Lewis calling. How are you?
-Good. How are you, Jeff? -I'm great.
Um, we're planning on seeing you at 11:40 on Monday.
-Correct. -And so, you need to thaw out the embryo?
You defrost it?
Yeah. Yeah, they're gonna thaw it the day before.
So, they'll saw it on Sunday.
Um, did you have a preference as to which one we were using?
Because I know you have one of each gender.
One was a BC and one was a B.
Which one's the B and which one's the BC?
-[whispering indistinct] -[Stephanie indistinct]
This is what they're gonna get in school.
One will get Bs, one will get BCs.
So yeah, the BC is the male, and the B is the female.
Okay.
I've been asking everybody, you know, what they think. You know, people with kids.
People were worried that two girls would compete.
Monroe would feel jealous, although she's keeps saying that she wants a sister.
Um...
All right, I-- I've been going back and forth with this.
No, I really truly am undecided. Like truly.
And I obviously can't change my mind once I do.
-Um, let's do the boy, -You wanna do the boy?
-Yes. -Okay.
Made the decision to go with the boy, yes.
I think honestly Monroe is being a huge bitch the night before.
And I thought, "I can't do this. I can't have two of these people."
-Okay. -Okay?
-That sounds good. -I'm so excited for you.
Thank you.
Um, I will plan on seeing you Monday morning then.
-Okay. See you then. Bye. -Bye.
That's not what I thought you were gonna say.
You thought I was gonna say girl, huh?
Well, I was gonna say girl until this morning.
Can't wait to have a little brother.
♪ ♪
[construction noises]
-Here? What do you think? -[man] Okay.
♪ ♪
[Jeff] A lot of features on this. Have you seen this, Nance? It's got seven modes.
[Nancy] That's a good one.
Like if you became the crossing guard at school?
-Look at all that. -Oh, good. They're nice.
♪ ♪
All right, what's all this?
When I move, it's methodical and it's like a finely tuned machine,
but I've also moved like 75 times.
We start packing everything up maybe a week prior.
There are furniture, accessories, books.
Things that I know that I cannot take to the new house I usually just donate
or you give to friends.
By the time moving day comes, most everything's packed,
and then most of the furniture that I know I'm not gonna take is gone.
Unpacking, a lot of people come in, and I'm usually
completely settled within two to three days.
[Shane] We can always put it in my car.
What if it spills out at a stop sign?
-You better not kill her. -And if it all spills out?
What about my car?
-Oh. We could put it in there. -Yes! Oh my God! Aquarium!
-And then it won't spill. -Yeah.
[Jeff] Put it in my car. I don't care.
Just move my seat back, put it on the floor.
I'm not a baby. I'm not a baby like you.
-I'm not a baby. My car-- -You are a baby.
-They're not gonna spill. -I-- it's just that I own mine out right
and I know that you don't really like care about my car.
Me, too.
I do have emotional attachments to houses. Some I'm more attached to than others.
And I've had regrets about selling homes.
But what I have found is that there is always another
great house around the corner.
All right, I'll see you at the next house.
♪ ♪
[Jeff] Books and, I think, accessories are coming your way.
[Nancy] Thank you.
It does feel like a new chapter. Like a lot of things happened
that made it feel like, 'okay, this whole new chapter is coming.'
There was so much change in a very short period of time that it does feel like...
I'm starting over on another baby,
which could happen quickly. But also at the same time,
this is a little bit of a risk. So, we'll see what happens.
There's nowhere to go. You can come this way. You want to come this way?
♪ ♪
[Jeff] 11 o'clock.
-[Shane] We'll be there. -[Jeff] I have so much to do today.
If Anthony Anderson's in town, we can't just...
-...leave them waiting. -You have the file?
-You have the budget? -The file containing the budget
and two copies of the landscape bed and everything else.
Okay. The hardscape is finished at Anthony's.
Francisco had started prepping some of the flower beds.
He brought in backfill and soil.
All the irrigation has been installed. The olive trees were delivered.
Now we're going to be doing the ficus hedges on the perimeter
of the property and then we'll start landscaping the beds.
We're going to figure out that schedule next week.
Yep, it's going to take some brain power.
-Do you have any? -Maybe you should call in someone else.
[construction noises]
-[Jeff] The trees really are beautiful. -Yeah.
That one kind of leaning forward though, huh? They don't look so good.
And what happened to the branch right there?
-That's like a fresh-- -Can you-- It's a fresh cut.
Can you ask Tyler what happened to that branch?
-Yeah. -Francisco, what's happening to my trees?
-They're pretty stressed out. -What do we do?
Well, I talked to Roberto, and he told me like, at least for a month, we've got to
water them like 59 gallons every other day.
-59 gallons? -Each. Each tree.
-Every other day? -Every other day.
I see the one on the far left and the one on the right. Pretty stressed out.
Is there anything else we can do for them? Vitamins or--?
I asked them when is the right time to fertilize, and he told me
not right now because they're already getting in the ground.
-So, he said like two months from now. -Okay.
Could I show you one thing on this tree here?
-Yes. -That limb right there is snapped off.
So, it arrived broken?
Yeah, I saw it like that when I got here yesterday.
The olive trees don't look great.
They look like they're dead, but they're not dead.
Yes, it is a concern. You spend $12,000 on three trees,
and yeah, I'm a bit disappointed. Anthony would like to move into
his house, and I need to finish the front yard.
♪ ♪
Hey, good morning I'm meeting Anthony this morning.
I have questions about the trees. The one on the right,
It looks like there's a fresh cut. Do you know what happened?
Uh, that's the way they were delivered.
Did you notice too that there was a broken branch on the middle tree?
-No. -They're very much in shock like I am.
I understand that they're in shock.
I've witnessed that before. I've dealt with it before.
I wanted to know specifically what do we do to get them out of shock?
-[phone ringing] -Hey, Roberto.
Hey, Jeff, so the trees are warrantied. We just gotta...
-I mean, they're stressed, but-- -You know who's stressed, Roberto?
Is me when my client see these trees. I'm more stressed than the trees.
They're gonna be fine, but we'll replace if they don't turn the corner
in four weeks. They're gonna turn.
Anthony asked all the right questions, so I wanted to be prepared to answer him.
-[Jeff] Hey. -What's going on, baby?
Good to see you. You flew in last night?
-Yeah. -You tired?
-A little bit. What's going on? -You look great.
-Thank you. -Um, this is Francisco.
-[Anthony] Francisco. -He is the landscaper.
-[Francisco] We're very sorry. -[Anthony] It's all good, bro.
I'd like him to maintain the yard when it's all finished.
-We'll see, Francisco. -Okay, he'll do the gardening himself.
He has a lot of time. So, let's talk about these trees
because I want to let you know they are in shock, okay?
Mm-hmm?
You paid a lot of money for them, but fortunately they are under warranty.
They want us to give them one month.
And if there is a problem and we lose one, he will replace it for free.
Why does that one look like it has a fresh cut?
[Jeff] Because it has a fresh cut. -Why?
[Jeff] I think it got damaged. Probably with the crane or in transit.
I was excited to see the olive trees that I received pictures.
And I was like, "Oh. Those are fly."
And so I get here today and first thing I noticed there are huge cuts.
I'm not an arborist, but you take an 80 year old olive tree
and make huge cuts to its limbs,
I don't think that tree has a promising future.
Francisco talk to me. How do we know it's in shock? What's going on?
You can tell by this is the color you're supposed to be looking at.
The actual olive tree.
-[Anthony] Yeah? -That's how it's supposed to be.
And the leaves are supposed to be more up, not droopy like they are right now.
-So knowledgeable. -[Francisco[ You can see it's more like--
I think he bullshitting now, don't you? He's like talking out his ass.
Like, if Jeff is optimistic, I'm the same way.
So, it doesn't matter who's taking care of them.
-But it sounds good. -Really good.
How much of my tree was lost on that?
[Jeff] I think it was just one branch. Just one branch.
Oh, there's two fresh cuts on that tree.
I was looking at the fresh cut up top, and there's a fresh cut down below.
That's not what we agreed.
Okay, so you want a new tree?
Yeah, I want the tree the size that that one was before they chopped it.
Yeah.
He said, you know, this isn't the tree
that I bought and he was correct, specifically the one on the right.
I think he was a little worried.
Hey, so I'm with my client.
We're looking at the tree on the right,
and there's like three separate fresh cuts on it.
-Did you notice that? -Okay. No.
I mean, there they cut them back for transportation.
Cut here, cut here, cut over there, cut up there.
If they're too wide for the truck, they have to be cut.
We were able to choose the trees by pictures that Roberto had provided.
That tree was considerably smaller
because they had to cut the branches for transport.
He's replacing this.
-Okay. -I told him you want one with more cuts.
[Shane] He didn't love that one.
[Anthony] Jeff was really listening today.
He was very attentive to what I was saying and agreed with it
and got on the phone immediately, to try to remedy the problems.
-Yeah, I really did appreciate that. -Okay, let's talk about landscaping.
I wanna order ficus trees. So, they would start there at the end
and go all the way around here, and then we would start them again
here at this fence and basically marry the other ficus tree.
Mm-hmm.
I'm looking forward to what those ficus trees are going to look like.
Six to eight feet tall when we plant them. So, I'm excited
to see what those are going to mature into.
Hopefully, that will be done when you guys come back and see this.
[Jeff] Is everything okay?
-Oh yeah. -It's just came in hot today. That's all.
-Sometimes I come in hot. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Anything you want to talk about?
-Uh... - That's alright. You can text me.
♪ ♪
-[Jeff] Hi. -[Carrie] Hi!
-You're a skinny bitch. -Oh thanks. So are you.
-Did you split up with my brother? -No, not yet.
-Hey, skinny bitch. -I'm down to my dating weight.
-Tyler better watch out. -Just so you know,
I just moved in on Thursday.
-I have three bar stools coming. -Oh, good.
I have to go and buy outdoor furniture.
I'm just going to do, out here, do like a long table here and like
-benches and chairs and all that -Oh, nice.
-Outdoor gym. -Yeah.
-I was shorter-- -Looks like Gold's Venice.
I don't have a-- I don't have a garage anymore and I don't have
an extra room for a gym. So, the kitchen's nice.
[Carrie] Yeah, I like the windows underneath the cabinets.
-This is new. The table and chairs. -Uh-huh.
-This she loves. -Oh, that's so sweet.
It's so great to get all of this out of the living room.
-Yeah. -The first night she was here,
she's like, "Daddy, I don't wanna play in here.
I don't want to mess it up."
Because it's so organized. Monica organized at all. I think it's well done.
I mean, I've been walking the neighborhood a lot,
and there's a lot of really pretty houses, landscaping.
Do you know that this neighborhood--
these houses are like four and five million?
-Like, I can't believe it. -Crazy.
We can continue to look for properties, but I want a good buy and
I wouldn't mind waiting a few months to see what's going to happen.
Maybe I could squeeze into the neighborhoods that I want to squeeze into,
you know what I mean? That have been out-priced.
I mean, I definitely think that things could be very
-different in a few months. -Right?
And then more than likely the house I buy is going to need work.
Probably here longer than six months, but I like it.
-It's like a clean break. -It's a good transition space for you.
I think so. Monroe's really happy here.
-That's good. -I love this neighborhood to walk in.
-Yeah, it's good. It's flat. -At the other house
there was no sidewalks, and I'd be like hugging the cars.
I can't even believe when I go up Queens and it's like some nanny
pushing a stroller down the street.
I would fire someone on the spot if they were there,
-if they were that stupid. -No, it's-- but yeah, no.
-That made me so nervous -Speaking of strollers...
Did you do your transfer Monday?
-I did. -Okay.
-And then we'll see. It's only 50% chance. -50/50? So, it's not an A plus embryo?
-And the other was 60 percent. -You chose the 50 percent over the 60?
Because it was the boy.
-Wait, a boy? -I did the boy.
-Really? -I only have one embryo left
-if this doesn't work. -Oh my God. Why are you so negative?
I know. I'm so scared. I have one embryo left.
I'm a little nervous like if it doesn't work and then I have one left and then...
I was a little disappointed that my embryos weren't a little stronger.
I was a little scared.
I think that my transfer is going to be successful,
but I'm optimistic that it's gonna work. Yeah, absolutely.
Well, I'm really happy for you. I feel like this is a good place for you to be.
A lot is changing in my life, which I welcome it.
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It's a voicemail. I think they're about to tell me if I'm pregnant or not.
-[Shane] Right now, right now. -Right now.
I won't hit it. I'll wait.
Hey, Jeff, it's Stephanie from Doctor Potter's office.
Just wanted to give you a call with our results from today.
Give me a call back at extension 8241. Thank you.
Why didn't sh just give me the information on the voicemail?
-Because it's kind of a big deal. -Just text me.
-You're not pregnant. You're pregnant. -It's one or the other.
But I hate that. And I bet she's not available,
and then I have to sit and wait two hours.
Keep trying.
[recording] Hello, you have reached HRC Fertility Newport Beach office.
If this is a life-threatening emergency...
Press one. It's a life threatening emergency.
[phone ringing]
-This is Stephanie. -Hey Stephanie.
It's Jeff Lewis. How are you?
-Good. How are you? -Good. How are the boys?
Crazy. [chuckles]
Um, I have results, but unfortunately I don't have good news today.
What happened?
The HCG is negative, so that's not pregnant unfortunately.
Yeah, so Doctor Potter is aware of the results.
Did you want me to see if he is available to speak to you now
or did you guys want to set up a time to talk to him at a later date?
Uh, if he's available now, I will speak to him.
Okay. Hang on just a sec, okay?
-[Dr. Potter] Hi, Jeff. -Hey, Doctor Potter. How are you?
Good. So, I'm sorry that we did not have good news.
Yeah, it's disappointing. Now what do I do? How long do I wait?
Do I get a different surrogate? Do I use the same surrogate? What do I do?
I think the surrogate is fine.
The embryo that you have remaining is a female.
Um, it's worth using.
Okay, so how long do we wait before we try it again?
Realistically, with the transfer probably be sometime in the first part of May.
Okay.
-All right. -But I would use it, you know?
Okay.
If you're cool with, you know, having another girl.
Yeah, I mean, I just-- I would like to have another baby
You know, I don't care if it's a boy or a girl.
-Um, all right. -Perfect.
So, we'll wait a month, Doctor Potter,
-and then we'll try it again. -That sounds good.
Again, I'm so sorry we didn't have success this time, but we'll get this next embryo.
And trust me that that's the baby that we're waiting for all along.
Great. Okay. Thank you.
-[indistinct] -All right.
-Talk to you later. Bye. -Have a good day. Bye.
Yeah, I'm gonna have a great day.
[Shane groans]
-I'm sorry. -Bummed.
Well, now if they do the transfer in May,
It could be born in January, and you'll have a Capricorn,
which is so much better.
-Is it? -I'm a Capricorn.
-That's not better. -So much better.
It's worse.
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[construction noises]
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[Jeff] What's up? Come on in.
-Hi! -[Jeff] Hi.
-What do you want to drink? -Um, everything.
I haven't had a martini since Disneyland.
Really?
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-Cheers. -[Monika] Cheers.
-Do we need coasters or anything? -Oh, probably, yeah.
-Okay, let me grab them. -I'm sorry. I respect the wood.
-Okay, Jeff, baby boy did not happen. -Yeah.
But it wasn't meant to be, I guess.
Mm-mmm. Nope.
I was just so positive and 100% convinced that I was going to be pregnant.
I really just didn't consider that I wouldn't be. So, when I wasn't,
it was a big shock.
So you got to wrap your head around the fact that, oh,
I might not have anymore kids. It might just be Monroe.
It was just all kind of unexpected,
surprised, and then I found myself with all these what-if scenarios.
Initially, when it happened, I was like I don't want to talk about this
-for like six months. -Right.
And then...
I waited like maybe a week, and then I called Angela,
-who's my surrogacy consultant... -Yeah.
and I told her that I would like to maybe just start
-with a new surrogate. -Fresh.
-With someone new. -I like it. Do it.
I don't know how long that would take because we have to
search for the surrogate, then you have to negotiate the terms
and you have to have the attorneys do the contracts,
So, tha's three months-ish, probably more.
-Maybe more. Maybe more. -Okay. All right.
If the next baby doesn't go through,
I will happily give you one of my eggs.
-Really? -Yeah.
-You're like, I don't want your eggs. -Well, I mean, have you aged out?
-I don't know. Have I? -I've aged out too.
-You've aged out too. -I've aged out. It's okay.
-It's all right. -I have the option of
trying to find the same egg donor, see if-- But now,
she might have aged out. So, now we got to start that whole process again.
I don't know if I'm up for it.
So, I might just adopt Shane. -Would you start over with a new...
A new plan? A new egg donor?
-Hmm. -Or do you feel like--
I don't know. I don't know if this next embryo doesn't take.
Is it meant to be where I just have two children?
But okay. So, after this one, you might be done.
I've come to that realization that it just-- we could just be one and...
[indistinct] says she's awesome, and you're like obsessed with her.
Yeah, she's awesome. You did it right the first time.
-It's not like you need-- -Yeah.
You know, it's not the end of the world.
-Right. -And then you could still like
drive like cute little small cars,
you don't have to buy an eight bedroom house.
-Oh my God, and then their friends... -[sighs] I don't have to get a minivan.
You're gonna have to get a Pacifica.
-Yeah. -It's kind of cool.
-It is. -There's a vacuum.
-There's a vacuum. They've got like a-- -In the car?
-It's like Central VAC in the car. -And they have a cooler.
-They have like a refrigerator. -You can park it anywhere.
I mean, anywhere where anyone can see it.
Yeah.
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[man] Jeffrey, what about removing these caps and matching
the same as the pedestrian gate?
[Jeff] We discussed capping them for now and painting them, okay?
Getting all of our landscape lights in, and then reevaluating.
If it's enough light for him, we won't put them back.
Stop pretending to do work because you know I'm here.
I know, because we've got nothing accomplished.
-I know. -We could only work as fast
and efficiently as your other contractors.
-Ha! -How are you?
Stop hatin'.
-What's goin' on, Frank? -So, we have a few things to discuss.
Oh, sh... [laughing]
All right, so, since the last time you were here...
[Anthony] Yeah.
...we added a little landscaping here to these beds.
-[Anthony] Mm-hmm. -We finished the box hedges.
Those are the hedge balls and all of the purple landscaping that I purchased.
You know, they're ultimately going to grow into each other.
-Uh-huh. -It'll be just like a purple hedge,
-which I like. -Okay.
And then I think if we can keep it around this height so that way
you can see the box hedges.
[Jeff] I mean, I think this is so beautiful.
I mean it really is starting to come to life I think.
[Anthony] Mm-hmm. It is.
This day has been a long time coming, and it's finally here.
It's definitely come a long way from where we started.
It's 1000% better than what it was, and I'm extremely happy with it.
But I do have a question for you about this tree over here.
Why did they plant it with that branch going right into my window?
We kept turning it and turning it with the crane,
and that actually was the best position.
Doesn't matter because the tree's-- the tree's dead.
It's not like the branch is going to grow at all.
I really do think it's gonna come back. I do.
If this one doesn't survive or do anything, right,
what if we plant another type of tree there?
Would that throw that off? Would that look crazy?
You're probably going to want to plant another dead tree to match the other two.
That's what I love and respect about Jeff-- is his honesty. Um...
Because he shoots straight from the hip and and that's how I am.
It's always respected when I meet people like that.
There's never any question about integrity or about work ethic or whatever, and
and thus far, that's exactly what Jeff has been.
You have to admit, those-- the branches that weren't cut are beautiful.
And the trunks are beautiful.
It will fill in. Just give it 60 days.
Okay. I'm hopeful.
I'm going to leave it to the experts who do this.
I see some extreme damage to these trees, but they say they're gonna mend.
So, I remain to be the hopeful romantic
with regards to these trees. That really looks good.
I think so too. I really like it.
-I think it pulls it all together. -It does.
Whose idea was that?
If you need a partner in your company
just to give accents and shit, hit me up.
I get good ideas from everybody. I get good ideas from him, from him, from you.
I'm an artist, and that's what I do for a living.
So, I'm able to visualize what's being presented to me.
Jeff came on board, he helped bring that vision to fruition,
-and then added his pops to it. -Okay, so, is it too much hardscape?
I was a bit concerned in the beginning with Jeff's ideas of all this hardscape,
and that's something that I wanted to be softened.
-Uh, no. -Okay. Good.
Because I trusted you. I thought it was going to be too much,
but you know, the stuff you showed me to soften it up-- yeah, it works.
The level of greenery and landscaping does soften up the hardscape,
you know, with the trees, with the box edges, the new ficus,
and all of that. This is the Oasis that I longed for.
-I love it. -And you like the wall design?
-I like the wall design. -But you understand why that took
months and months and months to plan.
-No, I don't. Why? -I don't either.
Okay. Thank you.
No, it needed to.
I swear to God, we just kept revising, revising, revising,
but I think it's perfect now.
Took a little bit longer than what was expected,
but that's the nature of the business.
Cost me a little bit more than what was quoted,
but that's also the nature of the business.
Extremely grateful to Jeff and his crew for putting in the hard work, uh,
that they did and doing what he said he was going to do.
So are you happy? What. beside from the trees?
-You will be in 60 days. -Uh, I am happy.
I am. You know, I knew I could trust you to begin with, and so I'm happy.
It was all very well thought out and planned.
I just don't think you could just hire anyone to do that.
I don't think you'd have the same result.
I'm happy with the progress to date,
but this is a very big, expensive undertaking.
-When are you moving in? -I can move right now.
Okay, so what's the plan?
Still some more interior work needs to be done.
The work that Jeff has done here at the front of my home
confirms that I would like to work with him in the future.
I'm gonna have to talk to him about cutting his prices though.
Jeff isn't cheap. So, I'm gonna have to get three
or four more jobs just to pay Jeff.
But no, I'm happy with what he's done and looking forward
to working with him in the future.
I'm excited to see him complete the rest of all of this
outside of our scope of what we were here for these last few months doing.
All right, can we go over there and talk about phase three then?
[Jeff] I was looking at those pine trees. I think those pine trees should go.
[Anthony laughing]
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Oh my God, there's so much wine!
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You have more olives, right? Not just this?
-Do you have olive juice? -That's all I have.
-Less dirty. -Is that one for me?
We've been working really hard over the last
four to six months to get these properties done.
It turned out to be pretty successful for me.
So, we just-- To blow off steam, I just decided to throw a party at Megan's House.
So, Megan can cook and clean.
Let's get you a drink. Dirty martini? Clean martini?
-Dirty. Filthy. -Dirty. Jeffrey!
Julie and Brandy want a dirty martini.
But you didn't get enough olive juice. Hold on.
Hey, Tyler, can you buy like four or five or six jars of olive juice?
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Too dirty.
[Jeff] All right. You gonna open that?
I'm going to go have some goat cheese stuffed olives right now.
Professionally, the last six months has been very positive.
I felt very creatively inspired.
And a lot of these choices that we made in all the projects turned out great.
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I legitimately liked everybody I was working with.
I still have good relationships with all of these clients.
And so, I think most of them, or maybe even all of them, will work with me again.
A lot of their friends that have seen it like it,
and happy people refer other people.
Check out this yard.
There's a lot of positive things in my life.
My kid's happy. Radio's doing really well.
I'm excited to find another house. Excited to get Monroe in her new school.
Oh, the olive juice is here. I'll make you one.
Oh, thank God. The fucking olive juice.
I'm very fortunate because I happen to love what I do.
I'm very very fulfilled by what I do, and it doesn't feel like work to me.
I am going to continue to work with Anthony.
That is a long term project.
I think we both have agreed that we'd like to continue working together,
but I now am trying to decide whether I want to buy a flip for myself.
Do I want to expand radio somehow? This is what's happening at the moment,
so I'm trying to figure out what my next step is.
I mean things are-- I think things are good, so I'm excited for the future.
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