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When we ponder all the home improvement programming available to consume these days, few do it better thanHGTV.
The couple made a huge splash when their Waco, Texas-based show dropped.
Viewers were instantly taken by their charm, design style, and of course their adorable family.
It seemed as though the show and the Magnolia brand was at the height of its success.
It didn’t take too long for the dynamite couple to get something back in the works.
Their empire has only grown with time, and their kiddos have grown, too.
Here’s the truth about Chip and Joanna Gaines' children.
“Drake was my little shop baby, and he came to work with me every day.
The Little Shop on Bosque now serves as a last chance/discount store for all things Magnolia.
And, of course, it stands as an integral part of Magnolia’s and Drake’s early years.
It’s so sweet.”
“It has been restful for us,” the Magnolia founder continued, per Country Living.
It’s been a really sweet past year."
As for baby Crew, “he’s my little sidekick,” Joanna shared.
“Her new summer business is selling baked goods at the office when she goes to work with me.
“She’s going to make a heck of a businesswoman.”
Family is the most important thing in the world.”
Once the camera crew left Waco, Texas, the Gaines family kept a very low profile.
At just 7 years old, Emmie paid attention up until she realized it was her dad’s job.
“You should get to work,” she ended up saying to Chip.
Emmie went on to have some memorable experiences thanks to “Fixer Upper.”
“I see what makes Drake tick and notice the things that make his eyes light up.
I tuck that stuff in my mind and away in my heart.”
“It’s a balance of both.”
The book details the family’s own experiences and adventures while working in their own garden at home.
“We have this large garden now, but the size of it is not what’s important.
Joanna Gaines, on the other hand, is the calm to Chip’s storm.
As it turns out, Mr. Demo Day himself is actually the parent who rules with a firmer hand.
So I thought, ‘Oh, I’m gonna be a wild parent,'” Chip toldPeople.
“And when I got to be a parent, I don’t know what it is about it …
I feel a little bit like a drill sergeant sometimes.
Some elements of my personality, as a parent, I’m not real crazy about.”
Chip toldPeoplethat the driver’s test day in question was “emotional.”
“She was just devastated and wanted no part.
She wants to hire him a chauffeur!”
The news definitely came as a surprise, given that their four kids were quite close in age.
Was baby Crew planned?
That was the question so many people were asking when Jo went public with the news.
“When I saw the results of the test, my jaw dropped.
He was so excited.
We’re both just so excited.”
And while baby Crew was not planned, the timing couldn’t have been better for the family.
“It was a total surprise.
