Saturday, December 31, 2022

2022 recap

 Every family has their ups and downs. 

January- Gil, Grace, John David, Jana, Joseph, Michaella, Lexi, and Layla celebrated their birthdays. Jeremiah and Hannah are engaged. Jedidiah and Katey shared that they are expecting a baby boy. Chad and Erin welcomed baby Finley Marie.

February- Trace, Jeb, Henry, Tiffany, Tyler, Bobby, Addallee, Jackson, Brooklyn, Gideon, and Claire celebrated their birthdays. The families celebrated Valentine's Day. Justin and Claire celebrated their first wedding anniversary. Derick and Jill are expecting.

March- Josh, Travis, Derick, Kolter, Zoey, and Everly celebrated their birthdays. Evan and Carlin welcomed their son. Jeremiah and Hannah got married. Trace and Lydia got engaged. Derick and Jill announced that they are having a little boy.

April- Israel, Lydia, Carlin, Allie, Abbie, Chad, Jason, and Ellie celebrated their birthdays. Jedidiah and Katey celebrated their first wedding anniversary.

May- Erin, Carson, Lauren, Warden, Ben, Jackson, and Ivy celebrated their birthdays. Jedidiah and Katey welcomed their baby boy into the world. John and Alyssa celebrated their anniversary. Evan and Carlin celebrated their anniversary. Austin and Joy celebrated their anniversary. Bobby and Tori are expecting. Nathan and Esther are expecting. John and Abbie are expecting. Lawson and Tiffany got married. The families celebrated Mother's day. Josh is going to be serving 151 months in prison.

June- Marcus, Jadon, Garrett, Hazel, Kaci, Anna, Hannah, and Charlotte celebrated their birthdays. Derick and Jill celebrate their anniversary. Josiah and Lauren celebrated their anniversary. Nathan and Kendra share a pregnancy updated. The families celebrated Father's Day.

July- Kelton, James, Samuel, Meredith, Jim Bob, Fern, Felicity, Willow, Lawson, and Katey celebrated their birthdays. Jim Bob and Michelle celebrate their wedding anniversary. Derick and Jill welcome their baby boy in to the world. The families celebrated Fourth of July. Jackson and Emerson announce their courtship.

August- Jennifer, Callie, Josie, Brooklyn, Kendra, Evelyn, Evan, Josiah, and Nathan celebrated their birthdays. Brandon and Michaella celebrated their anniversary. Bobby and Tori welcomed their baby girl.  Travis and Katie announced that they are expecting their first child. Jeremiah and Hannah announced that they are expecting their first child.

September- Jeremy, Mason, Michelle, Judson, Brandon, and Whitney celebrated their birthdays. John David and Abbie welcomed their son. John and Alyssa announced that they are expecting their 5th child. Travis and Katie gave a pregnancy update. Joseph and Kendra celebrated their anniversary. Josh and Anna celebrated their wedding anniversary.

October- Katie, Mackynzie, Johannah, Esther, Isaiah, Madyson, Kelly, Joy, and Bradley celebrated their birthdays. Nathan and Esther celebrated their anniversary. Kelton and Josie celebrated their anniversary. Jeremiah and Hannah gave an update on their pregnancy. Trace and Lydia got married. Austin and Joy announced their pregnancy. Nathan and Esther welcomed their baby girl. John and Alyssa shared a pregnancy update.

November- Addison, Jessa, Spurgeon, Khloe, Bella, Alyssa, Kade, Justin, John, Evangeline, Holland, and Maryella celebrated their birthdays. Ben and Jessa celebrated their anniversary. Chad and Erin celebrated their anniversary. Jeremy and Jinger celebrated their anniversary. Austin and Joy share a pregnancy update. The families celebrated Thanksgiving.

December- Josie, Austin, Jordyn, Tori, Jinger, Jeremiah, Jedidiah, and Zach celebrated their birthdays. Gil and Kelly celebrated their anniversary. Bobby and Tori celebrated their anniversary. Zach and Whitney celebrated their anniversary. Travis and Katie celebrated their anniversary. Jedidiah and Katey announced that they are expecting. The families celebrated Christmas.

Jedidiah and Katey's Baby Girl

 We are so excited to share that Jedidiah and Katey are expecting a baby girl. 

They are naming her Nora Kate. 

Thursday, December 29, 2022

Five grandchildren to come

There are five grandbabies to be born in 2023! 
Jeremiah and Hannah are due in January 2023. Travis and Katie are due in March 2023. John and Alyssa are due in April 2023. Austin and Joy are due in May 2023 along with Jedidiah and Katey! 

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Four about to be 30 in 2023

These four children and children-in-love are about to turn 30! The Bates family currently have seven but by the end of September, they will have nine. The Duggar family currently have nine but the end of December, they will have eleven.
Nathan will celebrate his 30th birthday on August 29th.
Whitney will celebrate her 30th birthday on September 20th.
Austin will celebrate his 30th birthday on December 11th.
Jinger will celebrate her 30th birthday on December 21st.

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

birthdays posts are changing

In 2023, we are making a change to our birthday blog posts. We thought that it would be wonderful to show you what we mean.
In the past few years, we had only posted one photo and now we will be combing at least two to five photos depending on how many are out there to celebrate the birthday boy or girl. 

Friday, December 23, 2022

Thursday, December 22, 2022

pregnancy update for the Duggars

As many of you know that Hannah, Joy, and Katey are expecting as of right now.

Hannah is due to welcome her first child in January 2023. The baby is a little girl.

Joy is due to welcome her son into the world on May 22nd.  

Katey is due to welcome her second child into the world on May 23rd.

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Busy week for us

Between the 14th and the 21st, we will have six posts for both the Bates and Duggars.
Here is what to come:

* Zach and Whitney's 9th wedding anniversary
* Bobby and Tori's 5th wedding anniversary
* Jordyn's 14th birthday
* Gil and Kelly's 35th wedding anniversary
* Tori's 27th birthday
* Jinger's 29th birthday

Sunday, November 20, 2022

Bates over 30

 It's time to update our cover for the children and children-in-law that are thirty and above. 

Chad was the first child-in-love turned thirty in April 2017. He is currently 35 years old.
Zach was the first child to turned thirty in December 2018. He is currently 33 years old and will celebrate his 34th birthday in December 2022.
Brandon was the second child-in-love turned thirty in September 2019. He is currently 33 years old. 
John was the third child-in-love turned thirty in November 2019. He is about to turn 33 years old in a few weeks. 
Michaella was the second child to turned thirty in January 2020. She is currently 32 years old. She will celebrate her 33rd birthday in January 2023.
Erin was the third child to turned thirty in May 2021. She is currently 31 years old.
Lawson was the fourth child to turned thirty in July 2022. He is currently 30 years old. 

This time next year the Bates will have nine children and children-in-love when Nathan celebrates his 30th birthday in August followed by Whitney celebrates her 30th birthday in September.

Friday, November 18, 2022

Grandbaby Forsyth

  Austin and Joy have one boy and one girl. They recently shared that they are expecting their third child due in May 2023 but what is it?


Is it a boy or a girl?! 


Drum Roll please! 


It's a boy! 


Congrats to Austin and Joy on Baby boy Forsyth! 

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Duggars over 30

 In honor of Jessa's 30th birthday, we created a new cover of the Duggar children and children-in-law that are over the age of 30.

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Updated Duggar grandchildren

 Just a few days ago, we shared the Bates grandchildren and today we are sharing the Duggar grandchildren.

Josh and Anna have seven children: Mackynzie (13), Michael (11), Marcus (9), Meredith (7), Mason (5), Maryella (2; almost 3), and Madyson (11 months old; almost 1).
Jeremy and Jinger have two children: Felicity (4) and Evangeline (1; almost 2)
Joseph and Kendra have three children: Garrett (4), Addison (2; almost 3), and Brooklyn (1)
Ben and Jessa have four children: Spurgeon (6; almost 7), Henry (5), Ivy (3) and Fern (1)
Derick and Jill have three children: Israel (7), Samuel (5), and Frederick (3 months)
John and Abbie have two children: Grace (2) and Charlie (almost 1 month)
Austin and Joy have two children: Gideon (4), Evelyn (2) and expecting their third child due May 2023.
Josiah and Lauren have one child: Bella (2; almost 3)
Jedidiah and Katelyn have one child: Truett (5 months old) 
Jeremiah and Hannah are expecting their first child in 2023. 

Monday, October 10, 2022

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Updated Bates grandchildren

 Many grandchildren have been born and there three more on the way!

It's hard to believe in October 2014, the Bates family welcomed their first grandchild into the world. 
As you can tell that the Bates family has a lot of babies in the family right now with three more on the way
Nathan and Esther are due to welcome the 22nd grandchild in just a few weeks.
Zach and Whitney have four children: Bradley (7), Kaci (6), Khloe (2), and Jadon (1)
John and Alyssa have four children: Allie (7), Lexi (5), Zoey (4), Maci (1) and they are expecting their 5th baby in April 2023.
Chad and Erin have five children: Carson (7), Brooklyn (6), Everly (4), Holland (2) and Finley (9 months old)
Bobby and Tori have four children: Kade (3), Kolter (2), Charlotte (1), Cambree (2 months old)
Evan and Carlin have two children: Layla (2) and Zade (6 months old)
Kelton and Josie have two children: Willow (3) and Hazel (1)
Nathan and Esther are due to welcome their daughter, Kenna Joy, in the coming weeks. 
Travis and Katie are expecting the Bates grandchild #24 who is due in March 2024.
Three couples are expecting babies. Nathan and Esther are due in October 2022. Travis and Katie are due in March 2023. John and Alyssa are due in April 2023.
The Bates family have six grandsons Bradley (7), Carson (7), Kade (3), Kolter (2), Jadon (1), and Zade (6 months old)
The Bates family currently have 15 granddaughters with two on the way. The first cover has Allie (7), Kaci (6), Brooklyn (6), Lexi (5), Zoey (4), Everly (4), Willow (3), Kaci (2), and Holland (2). 
The second cover has Layla (2), Maci (1), Hazel (1), Charlotte (1), Finley (9 months old), Cambree (2 months), Kenna (due October 2022), and Hailey (due March 2023)
John and Alyssa do not know the gender of their baby. The baby could be the Bates granddaughter #18 or Bates grandson #7. 

Saturday, October 1, 2022

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Grandbaby Clark update #2

 Travis and Katie have revealed their daughter's name on their YouTube channel. 


Her name will be Hailey James Clark. 

Saturday, September 10, 2022

Grandbaby Clark update #1

 We all know that you have been waiting for Travis and Katie to reveal what they are having. 


It's a girl! 

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Monday, June 20, 2022

Grandbaby Bates update #1

 On Mother's Day 2022, Nathan and Esther shared special news that they are expecting their first child in October. Today they are sharing if the baby is a boy or girl. Just before we share the news of if it's a boy or girl, let's go over the current total for the grandsons and granddaughters.

Boys: 6

1. Bradley

2. Carson

3.  Kade

4. Kolter

5. Jadon

6. Zade

Girls: 15

1. Allie

2. Kaci

3. Brooklyn

4. Lexi

5. Zoey

6. Everly

7. Willow

8. Khloe

9. Holland

10. Layla 

11. Maci

12. Hazel

13. Charlotte

14. Finely

15. Baby Girl Smith


Now the moment that you all have been waiting for, it's a baby girl bringing the current total to 16 granddaughters and six grandsons.

Congrats to Nathan, Esther and the rest of the Bates family.

Kaci turns 6

 Happy Birthday

Friday, May 20, 2022

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Sunday, May 8, 2022

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Sunday, March 27, 2022

Welcome Zade Patrick

 We are so excited to share that Evan and Carlin have welcomed their son, Zade Patrick, into the world. 

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Welcome Finley Marie

 We have some exciting news to share with you all! 


Chad and Erin have welcomed their little girl into the world.

Saturday, January 8, 2022

Grandbaby Duggar update

  As we shared yesterday on here that Jed and Katey have announced if they were expecting a boy or a girl on their Youtube channel. 



We are so excited for them. 


The little boy will mark the tenth grandson for the Duggar family when he joins Michael, Marcus, Israel, Spurgeon, Henry, Gideon, Samuel, Mason and Garrett.

Thursday, January 6, 2022