Welcome to the Bates family blog! Gil and Kelly have been married since 1987 and have nineteen children. Twelve of their children have been married. They have thirty-two grandchildren. They have four children and eight grandchildren in heaven.
Monday, October 31, 2022
Three grandchildren born in November
Can you believe that there are three grandchildren birthdays in the month?
Khloe will celebrate her third birthday on November 7th, Kade will celebrate his fourth birthday on November 9th, and Holland will celebrate her third birthday on November 26th.
Sunday, October 30, 2022
Saturday, October 29, 2022
Official Gender Reveal for Baby #5
This morning, we shared the gender of Baby #5. The moment that you all have been waiting for the video of John and Alyssa's gender reveal!
Friday, October 28, 2022
Super grandma
Kelly Jo is now a proud Grandma of 22 grandchildren!
Back in May 2022, Whitney shared this photo of them.
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Monday, October 24, 2022
Sunday, October 23, 2022
November birthdays and anniversary cover
It's now time to release our November birthdays and anniversary cover with you all.
Three of the Bates grandchildren will celebrate their birthdays.
Birthdays:
* Khloe Bates- November 7
* Kade Smith- November 9
* Alyssa Webster- November 9
* John Webster- November 21
* Holland Paine- November 26
Chad and Erin's anniversary: November 2
Updated October birthdays and anniversaries cover
Now that Kenna Joy is here, we can update our October birthdays and anniversaries cover.
The family has six birthdays to celebrate between October 5th to 29th.
Two of the Bates grandchildren are now part of the October birthdays.
The family also now have three wedding anniversaries to celebrate.
Saturday, October 22, 2022
Baby Webster's Gender Reveal coming sooon!
John and Alyssa have set a date and time to release the gender of their 5th child. It will be October 29th (next Saturday) at 12:30pm (EST) on their youtube channel.
We will be sharing what the baby is on the website and facebook page once it's release!
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Kenna Joy is here
We are so excited to share that Nathan and Esther have welcomed their baby girl in the world.
Congratulations to Nathan and Esther!
Sunday, October 16, 2022
Friday, October 14, 2022
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Esther's 39 week bump date
Baby Kenna is due to arrive next week. Esther shared new photos of her bump.
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Monday, October 10, 2022
Katie and Alyssa at 15 weeks pregnant
We shared a new photo of Alyssa on our Facebook page.
So we decided to share a photo of Katie at 15 weeks back on September 10th.
Katie is currently 20 weeks pregnant with baby Hailey.
Sunday, October 9, 2022
Congratulations to Austin and Joy
We shared exciting news on our Duggar family blog.
Austin and Joy are expecting their third child due in May 2023.
Saturday, October 8, 2022
Baby watch for Kenna
Kenna is due in just ten days and we are in official baby watch.
Thursday, October 6, 2022
Chad and Erin's Florida update
The family has shared an update regarding their move to Florida.
They are getting closer and are going to be renting. They still don't know when they will be moving down there.
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
21 grandchildren and counting
It's been a year since we posted 18 grandchildren and counting18 grandchildren and counting. Many grandchildren have been born and there three more on the way!
It's hard to believe in October 2014, the Bates family welcomed their first grandchild into the world.
As you can tell that the Bates family has a lot of babies in the family right now with three more on the way
Nathan and Esther are due to welcome the 22nd grandchild in just a few weeks.
Zach and Whitney have four children: Bradley (7), Kaci (6), Khloe (2), and Jadon (1)
John and Alyssa have four children: Allie (7), Lexi (5), Zoey (4), Maci (1) and they are expecting their 5th baby in April 2023.
Chad and Erin have five children: Carson (7), Brooklyn (6), Everly (4), Holland (2) and Finley (9 months old)
Bobby and Tori have four children: Kade (3), Kolter (2), Charlotte (1), Cambree (2 months old)
Evan and Carlin have two children: Layla (2) and Zade (6 months old)
Kelton and Josie have two children: Willow (3) and Hazel (1)
Nathan and Esther are due to welcome their daughter, Kenna Joy, in the coming weeks.
Travis and Katie are expecting the Bates grandchild #24 who is due in March 2024.
Three couples are expecting babies. Nathan and Esther are due in October 2022. Travis and Katie are due in March 2023. John and Alyssa are due in April 2023.
The Bates family have six grandsons Bradley (7), Carson (7), Kade (3), Kolter (2), Jadon (1), and Zade (6 months old)
The Bates family currently have 15 granddaughters with two on the way. The first cover has Allie (7), Kaci (6), Brooklyn (6), Lexi (5), Zoey (4), Everly (4), Willow (3), Kaci (2), and Holland (2).
The second cover has Layla (2), Maci (1), Hazel (1), Charlotte (1), Finley (9 months old), Cambree (2 months), Kenna (due October 2022), and Hailey (due March 2023)
John and Alyssa do not know the gender of their baby. The baby could be the Bates granddaughter #18 or Bates grandson #7.
