Layla turns 2

Happy birthday Layla

We will have her 24-month-old update in early February

Three May weddings

On January 18th, Lawson and Tiffany announced their wedding date to be May 12, 2022. We shared the news on January 19th.

John and Alyssa were the first to get married in May 2014 followed by Evan and Carlin in May 2019.

February birthday cover

Now that Chad and Erin have welcomed their daughter into the world. We can shard our newest birthday cover with you all.

New photos of Kaci, Khloe, and Jadon

We have new photos of Khloe, Kaci and Jadon to share with you all.

Kaci was the only June birthday until her mother and aunts welcomed three little ones in June 2020.

We have this new photo of Khloe taken by Lydia which is adorable. 

Jadon is currently the youngest grandson of Gil and Kelly until Evan and Carlin welcome their baby boy in March/April.

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Lexi turns 5

Happy birthday 

Snow picture of the Balka family

We have a new photo of the Balka family enjoying the snow.

All about Charlotte: 8 months old

 Charlotte is now eight months old.

She just celebrated her first Christmas and New Years with her family

Michaella turns 32

Happy birthday 

Future of this blog

As we quickly approach our tenth anniversary blogging for the Bates family, we have been asked many times what is the future of our website for the Bates family. 

Over the past ten years, we have celebrated birthdays, courtships, engagements, weddings, pregnancy announcements, birth announcements. 

We have also shared recaps from both Bringing Up Bates and United Bates of America. So when the news of Bringing Up Bates surprising cancelation, we have put alot of thought about if we want to continue to share the Bates family news. 

The answer is yes. We hope and pray that you will continue to read about the Bates family. 

New photos of Josie and the girls

We know that you are waiting for our release of our February birthday cover. We are just waiting to see Finley to make her arrival before releasing it. As we wait, we thought that we would share two new photos of Josie with her daughters.

We just love these photos of Hazel, Willow and Josie together.

All about Finley: Introduction

 Finley is almost a week old and it's time to share her birth information with you all. 

Finley was born 4:51am on January 18, 2022. She weighed 5lbs and 4oz.

last photo of family of six

We were hoping to share this photo before Finley Marie was born.

New photos of the Bates with Kelly's mom

We promised that these are the last photos from December that we want to share with you all. Today's post will be all about the Bates visit with Kelly's mom

The first photo is of Judson and his grandma

The second photo is with Kelly and her mother

The third photo is with Callie and Judson with their grandma.

New photo of the Bates Boys

Zach and Whitney shared this new photo of the boys on Christmas day, and we have been saving it for almost a month now. 

New photo of Bobby and Tori

We have a new photo of Bobby and Tori to share with you all. 

Double dates

We hope that you are having a wonderful weekend. We have two new photos to share with you. Up first is a new photo of Layla, Trace, Erin and Chad having a double date before the arrival of Finley Marie.

Up second is a new photo of Carlin, Evan, Zach and Whitney as they talk about the business and just enjoy one another.

New photo of Charlotte

In honor of Tori's birthday, Gil and Kelly released new photos of Charlotte, Bobby and Tori Smith that we would love to share with you all

New photos of Webster girls

We have a few more photos from Christmas time to share with you all. Today's post is featuring the Webster girls. 

Up first is Maci Jo.

Second is Zoey

Third is Lexi and last is Allie 

Season 11 coming soon

 Yesterday we marked one month until bringing Up Bates returns. 

New photo of the Webster family

We hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas. We also hope that you have been enjoying the Christmas photos that we have been sharing.