'Lawson's New Love and the Boutique's New Digs' Recap

Bringing Up Bates "Lawson's New Love and the Boutique's New Digs"

• Erin, Chad, and Brooklyn show off the old camper that they recently purchased. It’s a major fixer-upper, and they are looking forward to gutting it and doing a complete renovation.
• “I don’t love, love the idea of tent camping, so when he was like, ‘Let’s renovate a camper,’ I was all on board for that,” says Erin.
• Kelly discusses I Love You Day 2021 with Gil, Lawson, and Nathan. They do a FaceTime call on the family group chat and end up deciding on an animal theme. “…We love to bring all of our 101 opinions to every family decision,” says Zach.
• It’s moving day for the Bates Sisters Boutique. They are leaving Zach and Whitney’s property and moving into their new storefront. Erin, Whitney, and Carlin supervise the operation, and they bring their employees by, as well.
• “I think the employees are just as excited as us right now because the layout is just going to be so much easier to get things done efficiently,” says Carlin.
• Lawson has been traveling a lot, but he is home now and enjoying spending time with his dog, Duke. He plans to send the dog to three months of training. In other news, Lawson will be bringing his girlfriend, Tiffany, to I Love You Day.
• Jackson is recovering from a snowboarding injury that he sustained on a family ski trip in Colorado. He hit a patch of ice while attempting a 360 and snapped both arm bones. He landed in the hospital with 13 screws and two metal plates.

'A DIY Date and a Delivery Date' Recap

Bringing Up Bates "A DIY Date and a Delivery Date"

• Erin, Chad, Tori, and Bobby are on a getaway in Gatlinburg. The trip was a Christmas gift from Kelly. They do a date night at Board and Brush, a craft place owned by a husband and wife team. “Tori, she doesn’t like to do anything out of her comfort zone, so the whole time at Board and Brush, she’s like, ‘Can you just do it? Can you just do my project for me?’” says Erin.
• Chad talks to Bobby about being a girl dad, as Charlotte is due in about 21 weeks. “A little girl is just going to totally capture his heart,” says Tori.
• The completed wooden signs look great. Chad’s says “Paine: Always Exploring, Since 2013” with a picture of an RV. Erin’s says “The Paines: Welcome.” Tori’s has her’s and Bobby’s initials (BTS). And Bobby’s says “Bobby and Tori Smith: Est 2017.”
• Meanwhile, Josie and Katie do a style shoot at the wedding venue Castleton Farms, which is where Carlin got married. This shoot will be featured in bridal magazines.
• Later, Michael and Brandon bring lasagna and homemade bread over for dinner at Zach and Whitney’s. The boutique is overflowing into Zach and Whitney’s house again, so they are very ready for the new storefront space to open up. Michael, who is now done with school, is planning on volunteering at the children’s hospital until she decides where she wants to work permanently.
• In Clermont, Alyssa and John help the girls pack their overnight bags. All the outfits are organized in individual plastic bags. “Alyssa really is just one of the most together people that I know,” says Kelly.
• Soon, Alyssa goes into labor. She and John drop the girls off at people's houses so they can focus on the delivery. With her previous three labors, Alyssa gave birth five to eight hours after the start of labor. This time, she takes longer to progress.
• After spending the day walking and doing exercises, Alyssa is admitted into the hospital. She gets an epidural, and Maci arrives quickly.
• “I am super excited to have Maci now join our little girl squad,” says John.
• When the Websters are released from the hospital, Gil, Kelly, and Callie meet them back at their house, with gifts and food. “It’s hard for us really to believe how good God has been,” says Kelly. “Maci’s safe, and Alyssa’s healthy, and we’re just so grateful.”

'Home Sweet Home and Nathan's Love' Recap

Bringing Up Bates "Home Sweet Home and Nathan's Love"

• Tori and Bobby have just moved into their first home. They had been looking for a while but hadn’t seen much on the market. And then they found a place for sale just two houses down from Zach and Whitney, and they snapped it up. Tori and Bobby give Zach, Whitney, Michael, and Brandon a tour.
• Tori jokes that Chad and Erin are coming up with her design and decorations. Chad is planning to build a back porch, which Tori is very excited about. She laughs when she tells her sister and sister-in-law that she made Bobby put his clothes in the boys’ large closet so she could have their closet all to herself.
• Later, the Bates and Stewarts take a trip to Zoo Knoxville for Layla’s first birthday. And in Florida, Alyssa and John are assembling baby items for Maci’s arrival. “You would think that after three kids, we would be like completely prepared, but for some reason, setting up a baby swing this time around and a car seat was more complicated than it looked,” says Alyssa.
• Alyssa’s first three daughters were born at a birth center with a midwife, but because of the heart complications and surgeries that she had, she is delivering this baby at a hospital.
• “I feel like we’ve kind of reversed the roles of what most people do,” says Alyssa. “A lot of people get married and wait a while to have kids. We’re going to have our fourth kid, and I’m 26. And by the time we’re 40, we’re going to have like grown kids in college, and we’ll be able to enjoy grandkids.”
• Meanwhile, Paine Construction is busy building out the new retail space for the Bates Sisters Boutique. And Zach is now working in Gil’s tree business.
• “I would love to be 56 moving around like my dad, instead of 33 moving around like I am right now,” says Zach.
• “My dad is definitely getting older, but he is still the man,” says Carlin. “The guy’s a rock. He is like still killing it. He’s still all of our heroes.”
• Nathan, who isn’t usually in Tennessee, is home and helps out on a tree job. During a break, Nathan reveals to his dad and brothers that he is hoping to get engaged in the spring. “I think I’m ready to take the next step and change her from a girlfriend to a fiancé,” he says. He hopes to pop the question in the Bahamas.