Paging Paine family party of seven

We know that you all have been waiting for photos of the Paine family since welcoming their 5th child into the world. The wait is finally over. 

Chad and Erin announced the birth of their daughter, Finley Marie, on January 18, 2022.

We recently shared a sneak peak into Finley's newborn photoshoot on February 8, 2022. We also recently shared more photos from her newborn on February 19 & 20th. We recently shared a sibling photoshoot on February 25, 2022.

Four growing families!

We have three new photos of the Paine family, Brandon and Michaella, The little Bates family and the Webster family.

Look back at Paine Pregnancy annoucements

It's hard to believe that Chad and Erin are expecting their third child in April 2018. We decided to take a small look back at Chad and Erin's journey to parenthood.

In March 2014, we sadly shared that Chad and Erin had miscarried their first child. It was later revealed that Erin and Whitney's pregnancies were one week apart of each other. 

In December 2014, Chad and Erin would sit down for an interview where Erin would reveal that she miscarried her second and third pregnancies. 

A few weeks later in January 2015, we shared some exciting news when we announced that Chad and Erin were expecting their first child, who was due in the summer.

In February 2016, we had even more exciting news when we announced that Chad and Erin were expecting their second child in late summer.

Introducing Ms. Brooklyn Elise!

The Bates are welcoming their third granddaughter into the world! Brooklyn marks the 5th grandchild of the Bates family!

We are so excited to share that Ms. Brooklyn Elise has arrived. She was born on August 6, 2016.

She joins big brother, Carson!

Be sure to check out her birth information on an upcoming blog "All about Brooklyn: Introduction" which will be out sometime later this week.

We are so excited for Chad and Erin on the birth of their sweet baby girl!

New Puppy

As Chad and Erin prepared for the birth of their daughter, They decided to get the family a puppy! We love these photos which we did share on our July photos.

Journey to parenthood: Two months left

This could be our last update before Brooklyn arrives! 

 

19 weeks pregnant

The baby is a size of Heirloom!

Just one more week until we are half way through this pregnancy!

Did you know that we did not start pregnancy blogs with Carson until Erin was 21 weeks pregnant?

We will see you next week with 20 weeks pregnant!

Grandbaby #5: Boy or girl?

Which do you think it is? A boy or a girl!

Erin's pregnancy announcement video!

We are so excited to share Chad and Erin's pregnancy announcement video with you!

Chad and Erin head to Flordia

Chad and Erin with Carson

family of three

Chad, Erin, and Carson with friends

Chad and Erin

Chad, Erin and Carson Paine with Allie Jane Webster

Chad, Erin and Carson with John, Alyssa and Allie

Carson with his great-grandpa

Sneak peak

Carson celebrate his four months old on Monday. Erin decided that she wanted to get some new photos of Carson. Chad took some the other day. Erin went to the photographer that took his newborn photos.

Other blog you might like: 
* Newborn photo shoot
* Carson turns 4 months old photos

Grandbaby #3 photo update!

It's hard to believe that Carson is almost four months old here in about two weeks. Chad and Erin just shared this photo of Carson! 

We hope that you are enjoying today and be sure to check out tonight's new episode of Bringing Up Bates! 

Bates Family Blog - Life Has Changed As A Family Of Three... And We're Loving It!

Hi Bringing Up Bates Family!

There’s so much going on this week with our family because the day we’ve been counting down to is finally here! Our very own (and very much loved) Michael Bates is getting married Saturday! Honestly, if anyone deserves a ‘Happily Ever After,” it’s my sweet sister Michael. Her heart is so beautiful and she’s one of the sweetest, most giving people anyone could ever meet! I can’t wait for you all to see her wedding. Actually, I can’t wait to see it myself!

In other news, for those of you that watched tonight’s episode, you know that Chad and I got to bring our miracle baby home! You know, when you’re pregnant, you spend almost every waking moment daydreaming about what your baby will look like… more importantly, who will this baby look like? 😉 Will our boy have my smile and his daddy’s eyes? Or maybe he’ll act like his mama but look like his daddy? He’s gotta at least look like me a little after everything I’m doing to get him here right? And while this helps pass the time, us mamas just want happy and healthy babies right?!

Bringing Carson home and starting our new life as a family of three was one of the happiest turning points in my life! Thankfully, Chad’s mom was there to help us as we got used to life with a newborn! I don’t know what we would have done without her! I know you all must be thinking that help can’t be all that hard to come by with 19 siblings, but my parents (as much as they do for all of us) are still raising my little brothers and sisters and my older siblings. They help when they can, but they have very busy lives, too. All this to say, we loved having Carson’s grandma Paine take care of all of us!

Yes, life with a baby means on-demand feedings, sleepless nights, a newborn crying and countless diaper changes… and we couldn’t be more grateful for it all!

Photos: Erin's little miracle!

Photo credit: UP TV

Grandbabies first Fourth of July

 Bradley, Allie and Carson all celebrated their first Fourth of July yesterday!

Here are some photos from each of their parents! 

Carson-one month old

Allie Jane- two months old

Bradley- eight months old

Erin's blog: Fearful Times Turn Into Overwhelming Joy

Hi everyone! It’s been entirely too long since my last blog post but things have been pretty busy round’ here!
For those of you who have followed our story, you know our journey to becoming parents has been filled with heartbreak. Having already been through three heartbreaking miscarriages, I can honestly say, I never knew suffering like I know it now.
In tonight’s show, I was in the last trimester of my pregnancy and Dr. Vick talked to Chad and I about the risk of stillbirth due to a genetic blood-clotting condition I have. Needless to say, hearing the word “stillbirth” sent a cold chill down my spine.
In times like these, you can’t help but feel fearful and helpless because everything is out of your control and you don’t know the answers to your questions and you don’t know how things are going to turnout. It was just all too much for us to handle! The only thing we knew to do was to pray and trust God that He might grant us the incredible honor of being parents to the miracle that was growing inside me.
After months of injections, lost appetite, complete nausea and a myriad of other insufferable symptoms… Charles Stephen IV was born on May 14. We finally met our baby boy and to know that he’s here and he’s healthy is everything. To say that we are in-love with Carson would be a complete understatement! We are wholeheartedly overjoyed!
God has taught us so much throughout this journey and through it, we were able to draw closer to Him and closer to each other. We may never know the answers to all of life’s questions but we can rest knowing that God does.
“We prayed for this child and the Lord has granted us what we asked of Him.” – 1 Samuel 1:27

Chad on Father's day!

Chad sat down and gave an interview as he is about to celebrate his first father's day with Carson. Chad is looking forward to his first father's day with Erin and Carson!

Carson's newborn photos

The photographer of Carson's newborn photos actually emailed me and said that she had more photos of him. We are super excited to share them with you.

family of three at last!

Carson and Erin

Carson

Carson's newborn photos sneak peak

We are super excited to show you the first sneak peak at baby Carson. We will have more blogs on his newborn photo shoot.

 

First photo of Carson!

Photo credit: UP TV