June 2016!

Birthdays:
TBA

Pregnancy Updates:
* Whitney- 37 weeks to 40 weeks pregnant
* Erin- 28 weeks to 31 weeks pregnant
* Journey to parenthood: Two months left
* Journey to parenthood: Due date?


All about Grandbabies:
* Bradley
* Allie
* Carson
* Kaci?

Bringing Up Bates:
* Previews
* Recaps
* Photos?

Other Blogs:
* Father's day
* July Birthday cover

Recap: Doctor's orders

Gil and Kelly call Michaella over to sit down to talk about the budget of the wedding. Gil and Kelly have set a budget for each of their girls. They are giving their oldest daughter the sum of the money. Brandon and Michaella know that if they go over it then they have to pay for it.
Kelly has two sisters, Kay and Kim, that run a baker and flower shop that will help keep the cost down.
Kelly and Michaella get Erin and Whitney to go find a church that will host about 800 people and available for the day that they had picked which is August 15th. The couple has chose pink and brown for their wedding colors and they need to look good inside the church.
The first church, that they look at, doesn't work with the colors. Michaella really likes the second church but Erin is not sure about the room. Kelly sends videos to Brandon so he can be part of the wedding planning.
Michaella reveals that her family is very opinionated and it is sometimes helpful but her list of important things are not the same as theirs.
Sadly, the second church can not be available for the date that the couple have picked. Michaella knows that they can't change their wedding date and so she is nervous about finding the right church.
The final church is Wallace Memorial and all the girls love it. The church has a youth locked in on the date that they need to the church but they said that they will figure out if they can work around it. The family knows that God will make it work if it's meant to be.
Aunt Kay comes over to have the little ones to decorate a cake. The kids enjoy eating the icing.
Before Kay knows it, the kids start a food fight. Her glasses are cover with pink icing and she can't see anymore.
    "This was a very successful thing," says Kay. "It was very messy, but messy can be fun. You need to teach kids how to have fun in the kitchen and not make it a chore."
Meanwhile at Chad and Erin's house, Erin wakes up with contractions and so they head to the hospital where the doctors give Erin medicine to stop it. They give the baby a shot so his lungs will be ready in case he has to be born early.
Erin's doctor decided that they need to make weekly appointments and ultrasounds to make sure that he is okay. Erin knows that it's scary and they want to make sure that he is okay.

Preview: Doctor's orders

Erin has been experiencing early contractions, so she and Chad rush to their doctor, to find out what’s wrong. Meanwhile, Michael and Brandon discover how stressful it can be to plan a wedding long distance via video chat.

July 2015

The family only has one birthday this month which is Lawson. They celebrate fourth of July. Bringing up Bates keeps airing this month. Allie turns three months old this month while Carson turns two months old and then Bradley turns nine months old.

June in review!

This month they had no birthdays but the grandchildren turned eight months (Bradley), two months (Allie) and one month (Carson).

 Zach and Whitney just celebrated their 18 month wedding anniversary. Gil, Zach, Chad, John just celebrated Father's days! 
 

Carson is coming home

Carson is three days old and is coming home for the first time.

Chad and Erin are so excited for their first night with him at home.


Be sure to check out his first week of life on Thursday!

Be sure to check out our Facebook page "fan page of the Bates family" for new photos