(beatboxing)
  ♪ New Father Chronicles. ♪
  - [La Guardia] I filmed the beginnings
  of this journey of fatherhood,
  along that way, it turned into a career.
  So something that was a  passion allowed me to take care
  of my family doing  something I really loved.
  I just want you to stop  eating random things
  you find on the ground.
  - Gimme a reason!
  - My name is La Guardia Cross,  and I tell the funniest parts
  of being a father, with my  two daughters, on YouTube.
  Mainly by making fun of myself.
  Fatherhood came unexpectedly to me,
  when my wife called me  in and let me know that,
  whoopsie daisy, we're  about to have a daughter.
  The beginning of me sharing my experience
  as a father online was day two  of me being in the hospital.
  I described my first few  days of being a father,
  and so when I did that,  the response was like,
  "That's hilarious, you gotta  share more about that."
  And that was the beginning  of New Father Chronicles.
  Nayely's a year and a half.
  - Daddy.
  - Nayely is a determined baby.
  Amalah is 3.
  She really, really loves attention.
  - Close, close, close.
  Far away.
  - So, whatever happens,  I usually will take that
  and craft it into a story
  based upon the funniest parts of it.
  The very first video that  solidified New Father Chronicles
  was 'Interview with a toddler."
  So you've been alive for 14 months now,
  you're walkin, you're  talkin, you're clappin,
  (hands clapping)
  you're dancin, (baby laughs)
  you don't have to do an example.
  It allowed an open door  to be able to create
  a whole new kind of family entertainment,
  showcasing a very silly,  but positive black family.
  As the newest and youngest  member of the family
  from your perspective, who  do you think is in charge?
  - (baby gibberish)
  - (laughs) Oh, you're  so cute and so confused.
  (bright piano music)
  The thing that kind of  really hit me to let me know
  how important the work I was doing was,
  when I spoke to people  about it, they were like,
  "Let us just tell you how  important this work is,
  "and what it means to  us, and to our families,
  "and in the community overall."
  And it just was a motivating factor.
  There are not a whole lot  of black fathers on YouTube
  doing what I'm doing.
  It is a blessing to me  to be in this space,
  to be able to create  the content I'm making.
  So it's been incredible to connect
  with other fathers online.
  I'm a cool Dad; I don't  care what my girls say.
  (happy classical music)
     
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