2021 Recap

 2021 has been quite a year for the Bates family. 

January- Gil, Michaella, Lexi and Layla celebrated their birthdays. Kelton and Josie announced that they were expecting their second child in June 2021. Bobby and Tori announced that they were expecting their third child, a daughter, in June 2021. Zach and Whitney announced that they are expecting their second son and planning to name him Jayden Carl Bates. Nathan introduced us to his special friend, Esther

February- Jeb, Trace, Bobby, Addallee and Jackson celebrated their birthdays. John and Alyssa welcome their fourth daughter into the world and named her Maci Jo Webster. Lawson introduced us to his special friend Tiffany. 

March- Travis, Kolter, Zoey and Everly celebrated their birthdays. John and Alyssa shared that they brought their first house. Travis and Katie celebrated their one year anniversary.

April- Carlin, Allie, Chad and Ellie celebrated their birthdays. Travis and Katie announced that they were engaged.

May- Erin, Carson, Warden celebrated their birthdays. Evan and Carlin celebrated their second wedding anniversary. The Bates moms celebrated their Mother's day. Nathan and Esther announced that they were engaged to be married. Travis and Katie announced that they are going to get married in December 2021.

June- Kaci celebrated her birthday. Zach and Whitney welcomed their son, Jadon, into the world. Kelton and Josie welcomed their daughter, Hazel, into the world. Bobby and Tori welcomed their daughter, Charlotte, into the world. The Bates dads celebrated Father's Day. Warden graduated from homeschooling.

July- Kelton, Papa Bill, and Lawson celebrated their birthdays. Esther and Nathan announced their wedding would be in October 2021. 

August- Callie, Josie, Brooklyn, Evan, and Nathan celebrated their birthdays. Brandon and Michaella celebrated six years of marriage. Chad and Erin announced that they were expecting their 5th child due in January 2022. Evan and Carlin announced that they were expecting their second child due in the Spring.

September- Brandon, Judson, and Whitney celebrated their birthdays. UP TV announced that Bringing Up Bates will return in February 2021. 

October- Katie, Esther, Isaiah, Kelly and Bradley celebrated their birthdays. Nathan and Esther got married. Chad and Erin announced that they are going to have a baby girl. Lawson and Tiffany revealed that they were engaged to be married.

 

November- Khloe, Kade, Alyssa, John and Holland celebrated their birthdays. Chad and Erin celebrated their anniversary. The Bates celebrated Thanksgiving. Evan and Carlin announced if they were going to have a boy or a girl.

December- Zach and Tori celebrated their birthdays. Three Bates couples celebrated their wedding anniversaries. Travis and Katie got married. The Bates family celebrated Christmas. Trace and Lyida announced their relationship.

Zach turns 33

Happy Birthday Zach! 

Tiffany finds her dress

On December 5th, Tiffany was able to find her dream dress. 

We can't wait to see how it looks. 

New photo of Travis and Katie's wedding

We have a new photo of Travis and Katie to share with you all.

Honeymoon Clarks

We have just started to share wedding photos of Travis and Katie.

New photo of Nathan and Esther's wedding

Nathan and Esther have been married for two months now. Today we have a new photo of the newlywed couple.

Maci, Jadon, and Hazel's first Christmas

The youngest four grandchildren just celebrated their first Christmas. We have Maci, Jadon, and Hazel's first Christmas pictures.

Zach and Whitney are thankful that Jadon was able to make a full recovery after his June 7th birth. 

Kelton and Josie shared this new photo of Hazel.  

John and Alyssa shared this new photo of Maci.

January birthday cover

It's time to release our January 2022 birthday cover. 

Birthdays in Order: 

January 1: Gil

January 23: Michaella

January 26: Lexi

January 31: Layla

Chad and Erin's daughter is due to arrive in January 2022 so be sure to stay tune for the birth announcement. 

If the baby is born in December, we will be updating both the December birthdays and anniversary cover and the January birthday cover. 

Christmas

 Merry Christmas to all of our readers

We will be sharing the Bates family Christmas pictures next week on our blog.

More wedding photos

We have been enjoying the wedding photos that have been released by the Bates family so let's keep going with them

Esther shared this new photo of her sister-in-law and brother-in-law as they become one.

Katie walking to her groom.

A sweet moment between Travis and Katie

Getting ready to head off

Katie

All about Charlotte: Six months old

 Bobby and Tori's youngest daughter is now six months old. 

This past month, she celebrated her first Thanksgiving and her parents' anniversary.

This past month, she "witnessed" her aunt's wedding to Travis Clark.

Nine Bates wedding

It is hard to believe nine of the nineteen children have gotten married. As many of you know that Lawson is engaged to get married to Tiffany.

When do you think Lawson and Tiffany will get married? 

New photo of the Webster family

We have a new photo of John and Alyssa to share with you. 

New photo of Lawson and Tiffany

We have a new photo of Lawson and Tiffany to share with you all. 

Tori turns 26

Happy Birthday Tori

Gil and Kelly: 34 years

Happy Anniversary to Gil and Kelly Bates

New photo of Chad and Erin

We have a new photo of Chad and Erin to share with you all. The couple took this photo at Travis and Katie's wedding on December 3, 2021.

Last month, the couple celebrated their eight-wedding anniversary.

New photos of Trace and Lydia

We have new photos of Trace and Lydia to share with you all. 

We are so excited for this new relationship and can't wait to see how the Lord will bless them as a couple.

All about Hazel: Six months old

 We can't believe that Hazel is now six months old. 

This past month, she celebrated her first Thanksgiving. She also got to "witness" her aunt get married to her newest uncle on December 3, 2021.

Bobby and Tori: Four years

Happy anniversary to Bobby and Tori Smith

clark wedding photos

Travis and Katie have been married for a little over a week and today we are sharing new photos of their wedding.

Katie revealed about two weeks before the wedding that the dress that she orginally picked did not work and had to go find a new dress. Luckly, she was able to do so.

Travis and Katie shared a quick moment.

We love this photo of Travis and Katie together.

We cannot wait to see what God has in store for this couple.

Zach and Whitney celebrate 8 years

Happy Anniversary to Zach and Whitney Bates.

Two newlyweds

We have a new photo of the newlyweds to share with you all. As many of you know that Nathan and Esther got married on October 22nd while Travis and Katie got married on December 3rd.

So many of you have asked if their weddings will be featured on Bringing Up Bates. Both Esther and Katie have said that their weddings will be on the show. 

Meet Lydia Romeike

On Friday, December 10th, we announced the relationship between Trace and Lydia

Lydia is the second child of Uwe and Hannelore Romekie. She was born on April 10, 1998. She has one older brother and five younger siblings. The family is orginially from Bissingen but moved to the US under a civial case of Asylum around August 2008. 

Her full name is Lydia Johanna Romeike. 

All about Maci: Ten months old

 Maci is now ten months old and just celebrated her first Thanksgiving. She also got to witness her aunt (Katie) get married on December 3, 2021. She also got to celebrate her father's birthday.

All about Jadon: Six months old

 Jadon is six months old, and he just celebrated his first Thanksgiving with his family.

Thanksgiving was hard for his family as his grandfather was in the hospital. His grandfather would later join heaven early Saturday morning. 

He celebrated his sister (Khloe)'s second birthday when he turned five months old. 

Right before his six-month-old birthday, he witnessed his aunt (Katie) getting married to Travis. 

Trace's new relationship

 We have some big news to share with you all! Trace is in a relationship with Lydia Romeike.

New photo of Keilen and Clark

Now that we have shared the wedding photo of Travis and Katie Clark, we can share this photo of Brandon, Michaella, Travis and Katie.

Thanksgiving with the Stew crew

We have a new photo of The Stewart family as they celebrated Thanksgiving.

Right before the family celebrated Thanksgiving, they announced that they are expecting a baby boy in April 2021. The baby will mostly be born in March 2021.

New photo of Finley Marie

As many of you know, Chad and Erin are gearing up to welcoming their 5th child into the world next month, we have a ultrasound photo of the sweet baby girl.

We are currently working on her birth announcement post and getting it ready by the end of the month. We have been struggling on the title of the blog post. Here is what we think.

1. Baby Paine #5 is here

2. Finley Marie is here

3. Chad and Erin welcome baby #5

4. The Paine family party of seven

5. Grandbaby #19 is here

If you have any more name suggestions for the post, leave them in the comments.

Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Clark

On Friday afternoon, Travis and Katie got married. We are so excited to share our first wedding photo.

Stay tune for more wedding photos which will be out very soon. 

Bates family Thanksgiving part 2

A few days ago, we shared part one of the Thanksgiving photos and today we are sharing new photos at the farm.

If you are wondering about the farm, it's Papa Bill and Mama Jane's home. 

Mama Jane is preparing for the feast.

Kade and Judson 

Gil, Callie, Judson and Kade hang out on the swing.

Ellie, Daisy (Bates cousin) and Charlotte 

Addallee, Daisy and Charlotte

Papa Bill with Addallee

Papa Bill and Ellie

Gil and Kelly with his father

New photo of Brandon and Michaella

We have a new photo of Brandon and Michaella to share with you all. 

Bates family Thanksgiving

We hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family. We have new phots of many of the Bates family as they celebrated Thanksgiving.

Up first is a picture of Chad and Erin's family. 

Second is a photo of The Webster family as they celebrated their first Thanksgiving in their new house.

Third is a new photo of Lawson and Tiffany.  

Fourth photo is of Brandon and Michaella. 

Be sure to stay tune for part two of the Thanksgiving photos.