Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines might have 5 kids, however you’d hardly guess it by their social media profiles. Whereas the “Fixer Higher” stars continuously submit about one another and their marriage, they primarily preserve their youngsters out of the highlight. “They’re so younger and we need to give them the prospect to have a standard childhood,” Joanna informed Individuals in 2016. Nonetheless, there have been uncommon instances we have seen their oldest son, Drake Gaines; their oldest daughter, Ella Gaines; and even the little ones. Duke Gaines, their third, is not any exception.

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Born in Could 2008, Duke bought his driver’s license in 2024 — a feat Joanna could not assist however share together with her Instagram followers. “Third time doing this and it nonetheless makes mama cry,” she captioned the video that includes snippets of her adorning their residence for his sixteenth birthday and of him on the DMV after which driving residence. Though she confirmed her not often seen boy, she nonetheless solely captured him from behind, preserving most of his face from view.

When he was youthful, Duke indicated he had inherited his mother and father’ entrepreneurial spirit. He even bought veggies and eggs along with his youthful sister, Emmie Gaines, out of a truck at one level. Joanna and Chip had no choice however to go alongside. “We printed labels for them, and as soon as every week they exit and promote,” Joanna informed Individuals in 2019. “They’re similar to Chip: They do not take no for a solution!” Regardless of sustaining his privateness, Joanna and Chip have shared snippets of Duke’s childhood right here and there.

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Joanna Gaines appears to have relaxed with time, as she posts her youngest, Crew, fairly typically — although she nonetheless primarily blocks his face. Whereas the oldest ones have largely remained out of the highlight, she shared snippets of their childhood after they had been youthful. In 2019, Joanna shared that Duke Gaines loved doing puzzles, sharing pictures that includes him, his brother, and his father (seen above) trying to outdo Joanna and the women.

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Just a few days later, she additionally confirmed that Duke — then 11 — already knew methods to fish with a photograph of him by a lake along with his sister. Though she values her kids’s privateness, the proud mom can not help however exhibit her youngsters’ sibling bond. In 2017, she posted a candy pic of Drake and Duke atop a staircase constructing one thing collectively. Joanna was so moved that they allow them to stall bedtime somewhat longer. “Okay effective… ten extra minutes,” she wrote.

In 2018, Chip Gaines gave perception into his center kid’s snarky character. In an episode of “Fixer Higher,” he revealed he and Duke bought scrap metallic recovered from a piece website to purchase requirements for the household they had been renovating for. However Duke wasn’t as happy with the procuring journey and his father. “Buying with my dad is form of inconceivable,” he stated (by way of Individuals). A confused Chip requested for clarification. “Since you have a look at all the pieces and you are like, ‘Ooh we must always purchase this,'” the then 9-year-old informed him. 

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