The Lexi Growth Chart!

Gil and Kelly's youngest granddaughter celebrated her six month milestone last week so John and Alyssa shared a new photo along with Lexi's monthly from 1 month old to current.

August Birthday and anniversary!

Today we are sharing our August Birthdays and Anniversary!

This month, the family has five birthdays and one anniversary.

Current 1st Birthday covers

Now that we have released Brooklyn's 1st birthday cover and have a little while before Lexi's first birthday cover is release this December.

Bradley

Allie:

 Carson:

 Kaci:

Brooklyn:

 

Brooklyn heads home

This past week has been rough for Chad and Erin. They ended up taking their daughter, Brooklyn Elise, to the East Tennessee children hospital after her finger started to swell.

On Sunday, Brooklyn ended up having surgery to release some pressure on her finger. Nathan shared during the live chat that Brooklyn was doing better and should be released soon.

Well Erin posted today that her daughter was getting released today.


Chad and Erin are overwhelmed by the love and support that everyone has given them.

Post mention:
* Update on Brooklyn (Sunday's post)
* Update on Brooklyn (Wednesday's post)

Brooklyn's 1st birthday cover

We can't believe that Brooklyn is going to be one really soon! It's hard to believe that it's almost a year.

 Be sure to check out our August Birthday and anniversary cover that will be shared tomorrow at 8am (PST)!

Recap: More Bloopers, Outtakes and Mishaps, Oh My!

Gil says that his family has never learned that they should allow one person to talk at a time. It's like this huge barrage of verbal things coming since everyone is talking at a time.

The family is asked who is the best driver and Lawson says that the family is lacking in good drivers.
During one of their interviews a rooster goes off around 2pm and Kelly responds that the rooster takes the family.

During the time at the family went to Dollywood, Kelly faces her fear of heights and rides the roller coaster. Kelly ends up screaming the entire time.

Tori and Callie can't control when they laugh. Tori's laugh is describe like a loud cackle. When Callie starts laughing she can't stop.

What are the family favorite words and phrases?
    - Awkard
    - epic
    - oh my stars

During the weddings, the coolest part is watching the little kids when they are standing up on stage, they lose their attention and go crazy. There is also a food fight when Kay (Kelly's sister) is teaching them to decorate cakes.

--- News from the live show ----
* Lawson has a music video coming out next week
* Brooklyn is doing better and should be released from the hospital

Lawson turns 25

Happy 25th Birthday Lawson!

 

We hope that you enjoy your special day!

Update on Brooklyn!

We just shared an update on Brooklyn on our facebook fan page. Chad and Erin announced on Sunday, that their daughter had surgery on her finger to release some pressure.

Chad and Erin just shared another update on their daughter "Thank you all for the sweet and encouraging comments. ❤️ We are overwhelmed by your love. Brooklyn is doing much better today. I'm not sure if we will ever know how her finger got infected, but we are so grateful to the doctors and nurses here who have cared for her. The doctor did surgery to release pressure from her swollen finger and to remove infection, and he said it went really well. We will most likely be in the hospital for a few more days as they wait on antibiotics to do their job. Thankfully they are being very thorough and extra cautious to make sure she is fully recovered. I have a new understanding and compassion for families who have a child in the hospital. I'm not sure why this happened, but I know God has been by our side and He has used many others to encourage us through this time. #BrooklynElise ❤️#daddysgirl"

Websites mentioned:
* https://www.facebook.com/batesfamily1/
* http://batesfamblog.blogspot.com/2017/07/update-on-brooklyn.html

All about Brooklyn: 11 days until one

Just 11 more days until Brooklyn turns one! We will be sharing Brooklyn's 1st Birthday cover photo during the weekend.

All about Lexi: Six Months old

Lexi is now six months old. It's hard to believe that she will be 1 in six months. This past month, she celebrated her first Fourth of July!

Preview: MORE Bloopers, Outtakes and Mishaps, Oh My!

With 19 kids you never know what's going to happen! And as we've seen, the Bates kids are chock-full of hilarious sayings and entertaining moments. Here's a look back at some of the funniest and wackiest things the Bates kids have said and done, updated with even more fun clips and mishaps!

August Episode preview

Who is ready for our August monthly previews for Bringing Up Bates. There is currently no word on season 7 but we will let you know.

Lawson and Sadie's big breakup
August 3, 2017
Lawson takes the next step with his career and makes a music video, co-starring actress Sadie Robertson; Kelly Jo thinks it's time the middle boys receive a manners lesson so they can become gentlemen.

One cap, two Gowns?
August 10, 2017
Bobby's big graduation party; a few rounds of disc golf; Bobby and Tori discuss their future together; Josie gets the chance to spend some time with Kelton.

The Night The Lights Went Out in Tennessee
August 18, 2017
Now that Nathan is a certified flight instructor, he's moved back to Rocky Top, TN to teach flight lessons; Kaci Lynn is turning the big One; a power outage leads to an impromptu slumber party and game night.

The Fabulous Backwoods Bates Boys
August 24, 2017
Zach organizes a camping trip in hopes of having some bonding moments with his brothers; Zach gets an unexpected call; Kelly Jo, Erin and Whitney gather up the younger kiddos for a swimming lesson.

Please remember to check out our Preview Tuesday since these titles are titled to change but sometimes they don't.

Update on Brooklyn!

We had a few comments regarding Brooklyn. Chad and Erin shared an message on their daughter.

She said I can't thank everyone enough for the prayers and encouragement for sweet Brooklyn. ❤️ Her finger started swelling on Friday night, for no apparent reason, so we took her in to check it out, and she started to run a fever as well. The doctors ran multiple tests and started antibiotics, but it only seemed to get worse, so this morning they decided to do surgery on her to release pressure. She is recovering well, and we are still waiting on lab results. The doctors and nurses have been more than wonderful and I am so grateful for everyone love and support. It is really hard on this mom and dad's heart to see our baby in pain. 😢#BrooklynElise

Webster girls photo part 2

We love sharing photos of the grandbabies! We recently shared a few photos of Lexi Mae and Allie Jane on Friday but we are back with one more photo of the girls with their beautiful momma.

 Blogs Mentioned:
* http://batesfamblog.blogspot.com/2017/07/matching-girls-new-photos.html

New photo of Kaci and Bradley

Zach and Whitney recently shared a new photo of their daughter and son together. It's hard to believe that these two are growing up so fast.

 

Past the past music video

We are so excited to share that Lawson's newest music video will be coming out on August 3rd!


It will feature Sadie Robertson and Lawson himself

Matching girls (new photos)

Gil and Kelly's two granddaughters (Allie and Lexi) are growing up so fast. Alyssa just shared new photo of the girls matching.

 

Recap: Stop Drop and wash

Back in November 2016, the little boys accidentally started a small fire in the Bates family laundry room. The family says that it was the most frightening ordeals that they had to walk through. The fire department shows up to give the kids some lessons about safety and help Gil and Kelly place the new smoke detectors.

The family wants to give back to the community and help fund the department, they decide to do a car wash.

Zach knows that the family doesn't know how to wash a car since they have allowed the rain to wash. Zach heads to the family home to show his brothers and sisters how to wash the car. Zach reveals his goal was to come over and assigned a specific job to them. He knew that if they had no jobs assigned then they would not get anything done. The practice ended breaking into chaos. Gil had asked for water and Zach gets his father with the hose.

Zach reveals that he would jump into the car if he did not think that his family would get him wet inside.

Zach thinks about grabbing the hose to get an advantage. The little ones end up putting a kink in it so he can't get them.

Chad and Erin know that their family is outgrowing the cottage and so they need to look for a new home. They are hoping for an older home that they can fix up. Chad reveals that they are looking to buy very soon or just wait for a few years. Both houses that the couple looked they really liked.

On the day of the car wash, it started to poured. Gil says that God is wetting all the cars. They are little bummed but Jeb offered that they pray and the rain ends up stopping after a while.

During the car wash, Evan surprises Carlin and she is super ecstatic. The car was is a big success. A few of the firefighters to help. Gil says that they got the hang of washing the cars. Bradley even got involved in the car wash.

All about Kaci: 13 months old

Kaci Lynn is 13 months old!

This past month, she celebrated her second Fourth of July!

Power of Goats

On the most recent web-episode, Zach and Whitney share their thoughts about getting the kids animals for them to take care. They both agree that for now the kids will be going to Chad and Erin's house to visit the goats.