All about Zoey: 24 months old

It's time to do Zoey's 24 month update! It's hard to believe that she is 2 years old.

In the past year since her last birthday, she has gotten four new cousins.

All about Zoey: 18 months old

Zoey is now 18 months old and is getting bigger everyday.

All about Zoey: 12 months old

Zoey turned 1 on March 28th! We can't believe that she is one already and can't believe that this year has gone by so fast.

 A few days after her first birthday, she had a big celebration with family and friends.We will share new photos of the little girl in a few days. 

Here is a little bit of a recap that happen during her first year of life:

* Her aunt (Erin) welcomed her daughter (Everly) just two days after she was born.

* Her aunt (Josie) got married to her uncle (Kelton) and will welcome their first daughter in July 2019.

* Her aunt (Tori) welcomed her first child (Kade) in November 2018.

* Her aunt (Carlin) got engaged in September 2018.

All about Zoey and Everly: 11 months old

It’s hard to believe that the next month Everly and Zoey will celebrate their first birthday. It feels like yesterday they were born. This past month, they celebrated their first Valentine’s Day. The girls got to be part of their first I love you day party and learn if they are going to have a boy or girl cousin for Kelton and Josie Balka.

Everly went down to Nashville to see her mother record her newest piano’s cd. We will be able to release that soon.

All about Zoey: 10 months old

We are getting so close to Zoey’s first birthday. This past month, she celebrated her first New Years and her sister’s birthday.

We all know that you guys are waiting for her first birthday cover and it’s coming in late February 2019.

All about Zoey: Nine Months Old

Can you believe that Zoey is now nine months old?

 She celebrated her first Christmas and is about to celebrate her first New Years in a few days!

All about Zoey: Eight months old

We have four months until Zoey's first birthday and we are so excited for her first birthday. 

This past month, she has a new cousin, Kade Smith. She recently celebrated her mother's birthday and father's birthday. She just celebrated her first Thanksgiving.

All about Zoey: Seven Months old

It's hard to believe that in five months Zoey will celebrate her first birthday. This past month, she watched her aunt (Josie) get married to Kelton Balka.

All about Zoey: Six months old

Zoey is now six months old. Zoey is starting to crawl right now and eating baby food. 

All about Zoey: Five months old

Zoey Joy is now five months old! We can't believe that she is just one month away from her six month milestone.

All about Zoey: Four Months Old

Zoey Joy is now four months old and we have some news about her birth episode to share with you all. It will air this week on Bringing Up Bates!

 Zoey recently celebrated her first Fourth of July with her family.

John and Alyssa recently shared new photos of the sweet baby girl with her family and sisters. There was also a new photo of her and other grandbabies that we shared.

All about Zoey: Three months old

Zoey Joy is now three months old! 


This past month, she celebrated her first Father's Day. She also learned that her baby cousin will be a boy. She also will have a new uncle when her aunt (Josie) marries Kelton.

All about Zoey: Two months old

It's hard to believe that Zoey Joy is now two months old. We shared two sets of new photos of Zoey Joy this past month. The first one featured Zoey's first monthly photo and the second one featured her meeting her little cousin.

She recently celebrated her first Mother's Day and her parents anniversary.

All about Zoey: One Month Old

Zoey Joy is a month old today!

This past month, she celebrate the birth of her cousin. She also celebrated Allie, Carlin, Ellie and Chad's birthdays. She celebrated her first Easter.

During her weekly updates, we shared photos of the sweet little girl. We are currently deciding how we want to share photos of her. Do you want them on her monthly updates or her own photo posts?

All about Zoey: Four Weeks Old

Zoey is just three days away from celebrating her first month. This past week, she celebrated her uncle's birthday!  We also have a few new photos to share with you on the blog.

We will see you on Saturday for her first monthly updated!

All about Zoey: Three Weeks old & New photos!

Zoey is now three weeks old and getting bigger each day! We have a few new photos to share our blog but the rest will stay on our facebook page. 


Here is a new set of photos of Zoey Joy for you all to enjoy! 

All about Zoey: Two weeks old and new photos

We can't believe that Zoey is already two weeks old today. Today she is celebrating her sister and aunt's birthdays.

We have a few new photos of the sweet baby girl for you all to see.

Be sure to check out our other Wednesday Blogs: Double Bates Birthday, Carlin's birthday, Allie's birthday, and All about Zoey: Two weeks old. Here are the links:

All about Zoey: two weeks old (YOU ARE READING ME!)
https://batesfamblog.blogspot.com/2018/04/all-about-zoey-two-weeks-old-and-new.html

Bates Double Birthdays
https://batesfamblog.blogspot.com/2018/04/bates-double-birthdays.html

Allie's birthday
https://batesfamblog.blogspot.com/2018/04/allie-turns-3.html

Carlin's birthday
https://batesfamblog.blogspot.com/2018/04/carlin-turns-20.html

All about Zoey: One Week Old and new photos

It's been one week since John and Alyssa welcomed their daughter into the world. She recently celebrated her first Easter with her family. We have new photos of the baby girl.

Just two days after her birth, she welcomed a brand new cousin. Everly Hope was born on March 30th.

 Be sure to check out our Easter post that we would love to share you all.

 She was born two weeks before Allie Jane's 3rd birthday!

All about Zoey: Introduction

We are so excited to share some birth stats and photos of Zoey Joy. She is currently four days old right now and will celebrate her first week of life on April 4th.

For those that missed it, John and Alyssa welcomed their daughter into the world on March 28th and announced her birth on March 29th.

She weighed TBA. She was TBA inches long. She marked the first March birthday. She will not be the youngest for very long.

Here are a few photos of Zoey Joy for you all to enjoy!

All about Zoey: Coming soon

John and Alyssa are about to welcome their third child into the world anyday! We are so excited for the little girl's arrival.