The Smith Boys

In honor of Bobby's birthday,  Gil and Kelly shared this new photo of Bobby and his boys. 

Kolter's first birthday is on March 25th. For those that don't know that Bobby and Tori are expecting their third child due in June! 

Bates Girls line up

 Bates Girls line up

Now that John and Alyssa have welcomed their fourth child into the world, we thought that it would be wonderful to share the line up. We shared the boys just a few days ago.

1. Kelly Bates- October 26, 1966

2. Michaella Keilen- January 23, 1990

3. Erin Paine- May 2, 1991

4. Whitney Bates- September 15, 1993

5. Alyssa Webster- November 9, 1994

6. Tori Smith- December 20, 1995

7. Esther Keyes- October 14, 1997

8. Carlin Stewart- April 11, 1998

9. Tiffany Espensen- February 10, 1999

10. Josie Balka- August 4, 1999

11. Katie Bates- October 5, 2000

12. Addallee Bates- February 17, 2006

13. Ellie Bates- April 28, 2007

14. Callie Bates- August 2, 2009

15. Allie Webster- April 11, 2015

16. Kaci Bates- June 20, 2016

17. Brooklyn Paine- August 6, 2016

18. Lexi Webster- January 26, 2017

19. Zoey Webster- March 28, 2018

20. Everly Paine- March 30, 2018

21. Willow Balka- July 19, 2019

22. Khloe Bates- November 7, 2019

23. Holland Paine- November 26, 2019

24. Layla Stewart- January 31, 2020

25. Maci Webster- February 9, 2021

26. Charlotte Smith- Coming June 2021

27.    Hazel Balka- Coming June 2021

New baby bump photo

It's been a few weeks since Zach and Whitney shared that they are having a baby boy and we have a new photo of Whitney and her growing bump.

In this photo, Whitney is 22 weeks pregnant with baby J. As of today, she is currently 24 weeks pregnant with baby #4

Hello March

 Birthdays:

* Kolter Smith

* Zoey Webster

* Everly Paine

All about Grandchildren:

* Maci Webster

* Kolter Smith

Pregnancy Updates: 

* Whitney's 22nd pregnancy update 

Other posts:

* April Birthday cover 

* Bates Girl Line up

February Recap

 We can't believe that we are on the last day of February and we have a lot to cover in our February recap.

We celebrated our ninth blogging anniversary on February 8th. We also announced the return of Bringing Up Bates.

Jackson, Addallee, Jeb, Trace, and Bobby all celebrated their birthdays. The family welcomed a new granddaughter on February 9th making her the sixth birthday to be celebrated.

Chad and Erin shared some heart felting news regarding Erin's health. Lawson shared that he has a girlfriend who's birthday happens to be on February 10th! The family enjoyed a vacation. 

The family celebrated Valentine's Day.

March birthday cover

It's hard to believe that just three years ago, the Bates family did not have any March birthdays but now they have three birthdays.

First birthday is Kolter on the 25th. The second birthday is Zoey who's birthday is on March 28th. Everly's birthday is on March 30th.

Bates Boys line up

Now that John and Alyssa have welcomed their fourth child into the world, we thought that it would be wonderful to share the line up. We will also have one for the girls in a few days. 

1. Gil Bates- January 1, 1965

2. Chad Paine- April 18, 1987

3. Zach Bates- December 30, 1988

4. Brandon Keilen- September 15, 1989

5. John Webster- November 21, 1989

6. Lawson Bates- July 27, 1992

7. Nathan Bates- August 29, 1993

8. Bobby Smith- February 16, 1995

9. Kelton Balka- July 4, 1995

10. Evan Stewart- August 24, 1995

11. Trace Bates- February 1, 1997

12. Travis Clark- March 9, 2001

13. Jackson Bates- February 17, 2002

14. Warden Bates- May 19, 2003

15. Isaiah Bates- October 16, 2004

16. Judson Bates- September 15, 2010

17. Jeb Bates- February 1, 2012

18. Bradley Bates- October 29, 2014

19. Carson Paine- May 14, 2015

20. Kade Smith- November 9, 2018

21. Kolter Smith- March 25, 2020

22. Jayden Bates- coming June 2021