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live da d n e x t d o o r chad sabadie o c c u pat i o n ? fox 44
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anchor w i f e ? brooke c h i ld r e n ? ellis, 4; brynn, 3; and one on the way h o b b i e s ? watching sports, attending and hosting community events, working with nonprofits, judging events, promoting the positive in our city f rom when he was a boy in the bay area in california, chad sabadie knew he was destined to be in front of the television camera. he even cut a cardboard box into a makeshift tv set with colored knobs and buttons and pretended to be on the
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. today, chad brings the
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to baton rouge and is honored to be a trusted voice for our community. after years in sports media, he is happy to have transitioned into the family friendly role of your nightly
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anchor. though he absolutely loves his career, his greatest delight is his family. no
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lights him up like talking about his precious children or his beautiful wife. last
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fail? c: i was at the grocery store and a nice lady tapped me on my back and asked if i had kids. i told her yes and asked why. she said i had stickers all over my back. i guess i shouldn?t have given them those sticker sheets to play with, but that?s
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life. how do you keep it all balanced? c: it?s a tricky
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, trying to balance it all. by making
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s priorities whether it is cutting back and scheduling time for ourselves, or saying no to community requests, i can find that harmony where i?m not neglecting an important area. greatest
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about being a
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? c: when i come home. between the 5:30 and 9 p.m.
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, i can go home and see them before they go to bed. i love seeing their smiling faces in the evenings. favorite spot around town for date night? c: sullivan?s. we had our rehearsal dinner there so it?s very sentimental and special to us. if you could invite anyone over for dinner, who would you invite? c: our entire wedding party. it would be awesome to reunite. what?s some
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parents shouldn?t feel guilty about? c: scheduling time with your spouse away from the kids. what good habit do you have that you would like to pass on to the kids? c: attention to detail, focus, multi-tasking, and being genuine. any bad habits you would not want to pass on? c: lack of patience. hardest
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about being a
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? c: trying to protect them from
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s you can?t control. you can?t control every aspect of their world and their friends. what would people be surprised to learn about you? c: i can juggle. theatre was my minor in college, and i had to learn to juggle during a play. how did you react when you found out you were going to be a
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? c: nervous excitement. it?s one of those holy cow kind of moments. even if you?re expecting it, buckle up because it?s a life changer, a game changer. what do you like to do as a family? c: play outside, they?re both into soccer. we also like putting puzzles together and going to the movies. what?s your parenting style? c: a bit overprotective and a bit rigid, but invested in them and raising them the right way. i can be hard on them because i have high expectations, but i?m still compassionate. by joy holden how did you meet your wife? c: we met through mutual friends. my high school friend from slidell was dating her high school friend from st. joseph?s. they wanted us to meet. i realized i met the right person. tell me about your children. c: ellis is a wild man. he?s energetic, entertaining, and dramatic, which is probably like me a little bit. brynn is sweet, independent and caring. she checks on everyone and wants to do every
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on her own. she is very brave, maybe a future lsu gymnast. three
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s you always have with you? c: cellphone, coffee, television ifb earpiece just in case i need to report on a story. three words to describe yourself? c: driven, invested, social. how would your friends describe you? c: talkative, outgoing, ambitious. first
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you notice about people when you meet them? c: accents. because having grown up in california, i notice the accents more. most recent proud parenting moment? c: we went to a mardi gras ball. you never know how children are going to act, but they got dressed up, engaged with everybody, and took care of each other. 3 8 b r p a r e n t s . c o m | m a r c h 2 0 1 8
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