Three seasons later, these two have become fan favorites which was something Sunhe never expected.

“We could never take it for granted.”

Their “sMothered” story all began with a big dream that her daughter, Angelica, had.

Sunhe and Angelica from sMothered

“I literally knew that this is us,” she told us.

“Believe it or not, I’m extremely private,” she explained.

“And I didn’t want to do it because of that reason.”

Angelica, Sunhe, and Jason making a meal in their kitchen on sMothered

Angelica eventually got her mother as eager about the opportunity as she was.

“Her excitement was exhilarating,” Sunhe said.

In fact, this self-proclaimed perfectionist has become more involved in production than she anticipated.

“I’m always constantly asking, ‘Hey, did we look okay on this?’

or ‘Can we angle the camera a certain way?'”

she said, laughing.

“I give a shot to take over.”

New episodes of TLC’s “sMothered” air Monday nights at 9 p.m. ET/PT.