Trying2Parent

Trying2Parent

We are Amanda & Shawn King, hosts of Trying 2 Parent Podcast, & NO we are NOT pregnant JUST YET but we wanted to invite you guys to join us on our adventure as we move out of the country #Mexico, simplify our life’s, have one if not two babies with dual citizenship, & raise our kids to be global citizens. Join us as we explain how over the past year we’ve been trying to get pregnant. We’ll share with you guys the ups the downs, the good, the bad and everything in between because to be honest things haven’t been easy for us, they haven’t been smooth and they definitely haven’t gone as planned. But…. We believe raising a family takes a Tribe. We want to share this journey with y’all because we know much like our story this process of becoming a parent isn’t easy for everyone. So we want the advice from our friends and family who have done it correctly before us. Plus the usual tips and tricks on how not to F!ck things up. And by “things” I mean our kids. To be honest we don’t know exactly what we’re doing which is why we’re asking you to join us as we learn first hand. That starts with trying to convince which we’re pretty good at, and ends with our kids most likely putting us in a home. This will be brutally honest, quite descriptive, & full of attempts at poorly timed humor mostly by Amanda because she’s not the funniest person around. We will be taking listener questions that we are likely... Actually certainly unqualified to answer. But never the less, feel free to send any and all questions over to us @ trying2parentpodcast@gmail.com or on our Facebook at Trying2Parent. If you want to be featured on the show feel free to text in or call and leave a voicemail at (360)-450-5008 This is the start of our new story. We hope you join us for the long ride 🚘🌎 This is the Trying 2 Parent Podcast Let The Games Begin…

Episodes

October 14, 2025 39 mins

For us, travel isn’t just about vacations — it’s about intentionally designing a life we love.

In this episode, my wife Amanda and I open up about why traveling as a family has become one of our biggest priorities, and what’s leading us to move abroad to Southeast Asia to raise our kids with more freedom, culture, and time together.

We dive into:
🌍 Why travel creates more value than “stuff” ever could🏝️ Why Southeast Asia checks...

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Ever wondered how couples actually afford to travel the world full-time, or at least way more than the average family? In this episode, we share exactly how we prioritize travel and make it possible, even while raising a family.

Here’s what we cover:

✅ Living off one income and saving/investing the rest

✅ Buying a home with family to keep housing costs low

✅ Making travel a non-negotiable priority in our budget

✅ Tools we use to score c...

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September 8, 2025 38 mins

In this weeks episode we discuss our family trip to Greenville SC, we talk about celebrating Amanda's 57th birthday and we discuss the fun weekend at beer fest we had celebrating our 4 year wedding anniversary. Sometimes you got to get away from the kids for a bit an enjoy some parent time. Keanu got a new crib, we're gearing up for south east Asia, and he's got a backpack with a leash on it. Obviously everything is goi...

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August 25, 2025 35 mins

This week, we’re unpacking everything from our upcoming family trip to Taipei and Vietnam with Keanu, to scouting hospitals in case Amanda decides that's the route she wants to take. We even touching on some crazy new tech we came across — like pregnancy bots 🤯

Keanu also had a playdate with his little bestie… and let’s just say, she gave him a run for his money 😂

As always, we appreciate y’all tuning in. We’re figuring out thi...

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August 18, 2025 27 mins

What's up everyone we're back again with a brand new episode. Pretty crazy this is our second one this month. It might not have been back to back weeks but no matter what like I promised you last time you'll at least get two episodes a month.

Nothing too crazy has happened since last episode but Keanu is really starting to say a ton more words which is really cute. He's also going through the mine and no stage which...

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August 1, 2025 37 mins

Man has it been awhile. First things first we'd like to say sorry. Life with a toddler is pretty busy and it's been hard to find time for us both to sit down and shoot these episodes but we're back, we've got everything figured out and we'll be bringing you guys a podcast at minimum at twice a month.


Outside of that if you're listening to this we greatly appreciate your support and look forward to sharing all the crazy shit that's ...

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December 16, 2024 51 mins

Sorry guys, life has been crazy, business has been crazy and when just haven't been putting the time or the effort in so sorry about that.


With that being said we shot this episode while in Warsaw Poland on our end of the year Euro trip. Life has been busy but also great. Keanu just turned 11 months and it still the cutest coolest guy ever and he did such an amazing job on this trip. Filling up that mans passport before he's 5. T...

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September 2, 2024 31 mins
On this weeks episode Keanu's poops start to get pretty damn bad and we celebrate Amanda's 35 birthday all weekend long!!! Enjoy
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August 26, 2024 30 mins
We're back with a lovely 30 min episode this week. Keanu is finally crawling and boy can he move. His mouth is getting extra wet from these teeth wanting to come in and we did some partying this past weekend as an early celebration for Amanda's birthday. Got a big week ahead of us with Amanda's birthday this Friday. Enjoy the podcast
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August 19, 2024 32 mins
Sorry we missed last week guys. Amanda went and hung out with my sister who needed some quality time away from her kiddos as most mom's do but we're back with another 30 min episode to help catch you up on all the fun stuff we've been doing since then. We totally forgot to mention in the episode that Keanu turned 7 months old on the 11th so the little man is growing up quick fast and in a jiffy. It's great to be able to work from h...
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August 5, 2024 31 mins
This kid is so ready to start saying words lol. There is honestly nothing like parenting and though it's hard we are having an absolute blast.
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July 30, 2024 29 mins
I'm sorry this is late, we're parent's and I suck lol. Enjoy everyone
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July 24, 2024 30 mins
What's up everyone, sorry about the late episode. The computer I normally do the podcasting editing on essentially died on Sunday so I had to get some additional stuff set up on one of my other computers to get this thing out to you guys. Anyways we hope you enjoy episode 69 and we hope ya'll are having a great week.
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July 15, 2024 49 mins
Look at us, two episodes in a row, that's what you call being on top of it ha. But no seriously having a kid is busy busy work but we look forward to getting back to doing these episodes on a consistent basis and bringing you guys all the fun details about our life and what parenting is all about. Enjoy the episode, leave a comment and we'll catch everyone next week. All you parents... Keep up the good work!
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July 8, 2024 49 mins
We back baby!!! Not without some struggles and some fun and exciting stories but never the less we are back. We should be consistently putting out podcasts on a weekly basis from here on out. We appreciate all the love and support of us thus far. Let's get back to the fun.
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May 13, 2024 43 mins
Hey everyone, welcome to the last podcast for the next few weeks. We are finishing packing up all our stuff and officially saying goodbye to Mexico as we head across the Gulf to call Florida our home for the next couple of years. It's been a wild and fun adventure this past almost year and a half but just like anything it's just another chapter in our never ending story. We'll be back with a new episode the first weekend of June wi...
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May 6, 2024 52 mins
Happy Cinco De Mayo, we took a shit load of tequila shot's between now and the last time we did this podcast and it was all in a matter of two days haha. We've been super busy so we've got a ton to talk about. Keanu is getting bigger and cuter than ever. He's rolling over, he's reaching out and actively grabbing thing. Life is getting pretty exciting. Anyways I hope you guys have a great week and we'll definitely catch you next wee...
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Man this parenting thing is legit no joke. We just celebrated Keanu's 3 month mark on the 11th and to be completely honest whoever said this was the hardest yet most rewarding job they have ever done or will ever do wasn't lying. It's crazy to see him grow and change right in front of our eyes.    We're officially leaving Mexico and starting the next chapter in our never ending journey. Our story has only just begun. We appreciate ...
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April 11, 2024 45 mins
Hey ya'll sorry we have been so sporadic with our episodes lately. We have been crazy busy Trying 2 Be Parents and come out of this time warp we've been in. Either way we'll try to get back on track before the end of this month. We appreciate all the love and support.
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March 18, 2024 53 mins
Welcome back everyone. Sorry for not putting out an episode this past week, honestly we didn't really have anything happen which I guess could be viewed as a good thing ha. This past week we had all sorts of fun and wild stuff happen so sit back relax and enjoy our wild week ha. As always we appreciate you guys tuning in.
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