Recap: All together again!

John and Alyssa arrive to Tennessee to celebrate Valentine's day and the baby shower that Gil and Kelly are hosting for them. Alyssa only has a few more weeks in her pregnancy!
Update: Allie Jane was born on April 11 and you can see her birth blog here.
The family is getting ready to celebrate I love you day. The kids all say that it's their favorite holiday. Brandon is coming into town to celebrate the day with Michaella.
Michaella hopes that it's her last Valentine's day as a single woman but if it is not then she will be happy to celebrate another one!
Update: Brandon and Michaella are engaged and planing an August 15th wedding
Gil and Kelly have their 19 kids gather in the living room for a meeting. Four older men surprise Whitney . Zach had set it up for her to get a rose and card along with two songs.  Whitney is amazed by her husband.
Kelly reveals all of her kids have seen their father being thoughtful during their growing up and Zach wants to carry on that for Whitney.
Gil and Kelly invited Zach, Whitney, Erin, Chad, John, Alyssa, Michaella and Brandon on a date to the Japanese restaurant where the chef cooks their food in front of them and gives them entertainment as well.
The family draws names for the gift exchange and the kids encourage their kids to focus on what they will give and not what they will get. The family spends about 25 dollars each.
Gil and Kelly take their younger kids to go shopping and Lawson knows that his father starts sweating like crazy. Gil goes through the gifts and pulls the knick knacks that he thinks that the kids don't need.
At the house, the family is getting everything ready. Kelly reveals that the only thing that they ever agree on is to have more kids.
Lawson and Nathan work on the pinata and get it ready for the big day. All of the family puts on their nicest clothing and gets ready for dinner where they get their presents.
The kids are happy when Gil gets a new pair of jeans from his pal. Tori reveals that it's been a long time that they have been trying to get their dad's jeans looking that good.
Brandon and Michaella revealed their big surprise for the family and it's a 3-d family tree with all the family members photos on it.
The next day, Kelly heads to the grocery store to get some food for Alyssa's baby shower. There are many games at the baby shower and one of the games are matching the prices for the baby supplies and they end up in a tie.
Alyssa reveals that her family did amazing job and John reveals that people were so generous and thoughtful.
"I have the greatest life of everybody I know," says Gil.
At the end of the baby shower, Brandon pulls Gil aside to plan a meeting with Brandon's parents to talk about his relationship with Michaella.

The Purity Ring preview

Carlin gets a night out alone with her parents and they have a special surprise for her. Later, the Bates family visits Zach and Whitney as they adjust to being first-time parents. Then, Lawson sings the National Anthem in front of 15,000 people.

Meet the Bates: recap

Gil and Kelly revealed that they got pregnant with Zach three months after they were married. When Zach was four months old, they learn that they were expecting their second child.19 kids and their personalities .
Gil reveals that he does tree trimming service
Tori is the main cook in the family ever since Erin and Alyssa got married. Everyone expect for John and Alyssa Webster are coming to the family home. Kelly sits down to facetime with her daughter before the family comes over.
Gil and Kelly sit down to talk about the budget for Bradley's baby's shower. Gil and Kelly hope to make sure that they can do a beautiful party for the couple while keeping the cost low. Erin reveals about how she handled the news about her miscarriage. Chad is heartbroken over the lost of their child but is harder on Erin. Chad and Erin were due a little over a week from Zach and Whitney. She was looking forward to being pregnant with Whitney for the first time. The family is very concerned about Erin and try to make sure that they are consider her feelings about the baby talk. Erin reveals that she want to make sure that she made Whitney feel special since she is really happy for their family.
Whitney comes over to the house a lot to make sure that she helps her in laws. She loves spending time with her family.
Erin and Carlin head to the store to get things that they need for the shower while Zach and Whitney start making progress on the baby's room. Gil shows up to help his son and ofter some advice.
While they were at the baby shower, Kelly learns that her son, Trace, had been in a car accident. Trace was revealed that he was okay. They started to play baby games and it was funny to watch Zach and Whitney try to put on the cloth diaper
John and Alyssa are heading up to see Zach and Whitney's baby shower for the first time since they said I do. After the show, Alyssa and John revealed that they are expecting their first child by Alyssa wearing "bun in the oven". Everyone is happy to find out that there will be a new addition to the family come this April.

and has Nathan, Lawson and Trace to help him on jobs which the girls want their dad and brothers to get a different job.
They decided that they wanted to let the Lord control how many children they will have. Gil and Kelly share each of their kids personalities. Click here to find out what they are