Bates Father's Day 2020

Kelly Bates, Warden Bates, Gil Bates

How did your family celebrate Father's Day? As the father of 19, father-in-law of seven, and grandfather of 14, Gil Bates receives numerous well-wishes every year. You have probably sensed this from watching Bringing Up Bates, but his family absolutely adores him.

The Bates had two other reasons to celebrate this weekend. Two days before Father's Day marked exactly 32.5 years of marriage for Gil and Kelly Bates, and the day before was Kaci Lynn Bates' 4th birthday.

Photo courtesy of @thebatesfam

Kaci Turns 4

Happy 4th birthday to Kaci Lynn Bates!

Whitney and Kaci Lynn

Spring 2020

Whitney Bates and Kaci Bates

Christmas 2018

Kaci with newborn Everly Paine

2018

Zach Bates with Bradley Bates and Kaci Lynn Bates

September 2016

Photos courtesy @zachnwhitebates

Chaney's TV Debut

Chaney, Trace Bates, Kaci Lynn Bates

"...We certainly don't want to rush anything or put any pressure on any of our children. We just think it's really a neat thing that God lined our families up and that we were able to meet and form these friendships, and we're just really excited about that."
-Kelly Bates 

Missed Thursday's premiere episode? Chaney, who was then Trace's friend but is now his girlfriend, made her Bringing Up Bates debut (video clip below).

Photo/video courtesy of UPtv

Brooklyn Turns 3

Brooklyn Paine, 3 years old

 

July and August are big birthday months for the Bates clan. Kelton and Lawson celebrated birthdays in July, and Willow was born on the 19th. This month, we have already seen Callie turn 10 and Josie turn 20, and today is Brooklyn's 3rd birthday. Happy birthday, Brooklyn! Evan and Nathan also have birthdays at the end of August.
 

Brooklyn Paine and Kaci Bates

Spring 2019

 

Carson Paine, Everly Paine, Brooklyn Paine

October 2018

 

 Brooklyn Paine and Carson Paine

May 2018

Brooklyn Paine, May 2017

 

Kaci Lynn Bates and Brooklyn Paine, September 2016 

Erin Paine and Brooklyn Paine (3 weeks old)

Photo courtesy of chadanderin.com

Bates #4 Turns 27

Happy golden birthday to Lawson! Today is July 27th, and he's turning 27. Did you know that his legal first name is actually William? Lawson is his middle name.

Tori Smith and Lawson Bates

Lawson Bates and Kade Smith

Kelton Balka, Josie Balka, Lawson Bates, Katie Bates

Nathan Bates and Lawson Bates

Lawson Bates and Kaci Lynn Bates

Lawson Bates and Sadie Robertson

Filming "Past the Past" music video

Lawson Bates and Allie Jane Webster

Lawson Bates and Zach Bates

Lawson and little Bates siblings

Lawson Bates

Photos courtesy lawsonbates.com, thebatesfamily.com, Josie Balka

Pool Day and Birthday

Happy First Day of Summer! The weather is warming up quickly, which means it's time to break out the water activities. Alyssa Webster set up some kiddie pools in her front yard so her three munchkins could go swimming.

Alyssa Webster, Lexi Webster, Zoey Webster, Allie Webster

We also wanted to share a recent photo of Kaci Bates, who turned three yesterday, and her little furry friend.

Kaci Lynn Bates

Photos courtesy of Alyssa and John Webster; Zach and Whitney Bates

Kaci Turns 3

Happy 3rd birthday to Kaci Lynn Bates! It's hard to believe that it has been three years since she joined the Bates family. Want to look back at that emotional moment? Click here to watch a slideshow of photos from Kaci's birth. In November, Kaci will be a big sister!

Bradley Bates and Kaci Bates

Josie's wedding, October 2018

Whitney Bates and Kaci Bates

Christmas 2018

Whitney Bates, Kaci Bates, Zach Bates, Bradley Bates

Easter 2019

Photos courtesy of Zach and Whitney

Bates Easter Photos 2019

Happy Easter! How did you celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? Below are photos of a few of the Bates couples in their Sunday best.

Kelton Balka and Josie Balka, 26 weeks pregnant

Spent Easter with Kelton's family

 

Brandon Keilen and Michael Keilen

Spent Easter with Brandon's family

 

Whitney Bates, Kaci Lynn Bates, Bradley Bates, Zach Bates

Photos courtesy of Josie and Kelton Balka, brandonandmichaela.com, Zach and Whitney Bates

Bates Babies By Weight

At the request of our readers, we recently posted to our Duggar blog a list of the Duggar grandchildren by birth weight. For comparison, we made a similar list for the eight (soon to be nine) Bates grandchildren. 

Bradley Gilvin Bates: 7lbs, 10oz; 19 inches long (October 29, 2014)

Kaci Lynn Bates: 7 lbs, 8 oz; 21.5 inches long (June 20, 2016)

Allie Jane Webster: 6 lbs, 11 oz; 20 inches long (April 11, 2015)

Brooklyn Elise Paine: 6 lbs, 6 oz (August 6, 2016)

Lexi Mae Webster: 6 lbs, 2 oz; 20 inches long (January 26, 2017)

Zoey Joy Webster: 6 lbs; 19 inches long (March 28, 2018)

Charles "Carson" Stephen Paine IV: 6 lbs; 19 inches long (May 15, 2015)

Everly Hope Paine: 5 lbs, 4 oz; 18 inches long (March 30, 2018)
 

Zach and Whitney Bates 
Alyssa and John Webster
Erin and Chad Paine


Photos courtesy of Taryn Yager Photography; Alyssa and John Webster

Kaci's Birthday

In case you missed it, yesterday was Kaci Bates' second birthday. Whitney loves taking photos of her babies, and she snapped some great ones. Kaci sure was thrilled about her special day!

Kaci Lynn Bates, 2 years old

Bradley Bates and Kaci Bates

(enjoying the cake that Whitney and Bradley made for "Sissy")

Photos courtesy of Zach and Whitney Bates

Bates' Memorial Day Photos

Memorial Day is a great reminder to honor those who have died serving our country, knowing that without the brave men and women who have fought, both in recent wars and in battles that took place more than 200 years ago, America would be a very different place. Did you do anything to celebrate those who have given their lives for our freedom?

Below are a few snapshots of the Bates from Memorial Day weekend.

Brooklyn Paine and Carson Paine

(wheelbarrow made by Chad Paine)

Whitney Bates and Kaci Lynn Bates show off their red, white, and blue

Carlin Bates and Evan Stewart

Photos courtesy of chadanderin.com, Zach and Whitney Bates, Carlin Bates, thebatesfamily.com

Carson Turns 3

Erin and Chad Paine can no longer say that they have three children under the age of three. Today is Carson's third birthday! Although the third oldest Bates grandchild is called Carson by all, that's just his nickname. His given name is Charles Stephen Paine IV. Happy birthday, Carson!

Carson Paine and cousin Kaci Lynn Bates

Photo courtesy of thebatesfamily.com

More Photos of Everly

It has hardly been two days since little Everly's arrival, and she has already been held and loved on by many family members. Gil and Kelly Bates are now the proud grandparents of eight little ones, ages three and under.

 Kelly Bates and Everly Hope Paine

 Carson Paine and little sister Everly Hope Paine

Bradley Bates, Carson Paine, Everly Paine, Kaci Bates

 Ellie Bates and Everly Paine

Kaci Lynn Bates, Everly Paine

 Kaci Bates, Everly Paine

Photos courtesy of thebatesfamily.com, Zach and Whitney Bates

Tori's Peculiar Gift From Gil

A new episode of Bringing Up Bates is coming your way in just a few hours. With the wedding approaching quickly, Gil Bates takes Tori Bates on a daddy-daughter date so the two of them can spend some one-on-one time together.

If you know Gil, you can probably guess that there will be some tears shed as this dad prepares to give his daughter away.

Gil also presents Tori with a peculiar gift. Find out the meaning behind this little tree when the show airs tonight at 9pm ET/8pm CT on UP. I'll post a written recap to my blog immediately after the premiere.

Also on tonight's episode will be Tori and Bobby's wedding shower and Kaci Lynn Bates' first haircut.

Photos courtesy of UP