'Shakeups, Steak, and Showtime' Recap
Bringing Up Bates"Shakeups, Steak, and Showtime!"Lawson is thrilled to receive a bunch of copies of his new CD. “When you finally get a mastered product on a disk, that’s something special, and being...
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Jackson and Addee's Double Birthday
Jackson Bates and Addallee BatesIt's another double Bates birthday! Just two weeks after Trace Bates and Jeb Bates celebrated their birthdays on February 1st, Jackson Bates and Addallee Bates are also...
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Southern Speak: Remote or Clicker
What's your vote? Is it a remote, a clicker, or something else? Watch the video below to hear what Erin Paine, Lawson Bates, Kelly Bates, Jackson Bates, Gil Bates, and Trace Bates say it's called....
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Kelly's Childhood Pranks
"The kids' favorite part of the whole trip...was mom telling about all the trouble she got in as a kid."-Lawson BatesComing up this Thursday on Bringing Up Bates, Kelly Bates gives the family a tour of...
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'I Love You' Day 2017
Over the weekend, the entire Bates family gathered in East Tennessee to celebrate I Love You Day (the Bates' version of Valentine's Day). The married couples came in for a visit, as did Gil's two...
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Erin the Prankster
"Probably the most practical jokes I've heard from her family are actually from this sweet little girl right here."-Chad Paine (pointing to Erin Bates Paine) In this entertaining webisode, the Bates...
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Preparing for Lexi Mae (Video)
"Everyone tells me that your second is so much different than your first, but this baby kicks so much and is so active that I think I'm going to have a wilder child than Allie."-Alyssa Bates...
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A Trip Down Memory Lane with Kelly Bates
An all-new episode of Bringing Up Bates is coming your way tonight at 9pm ET/8pm CT. As part of her 50th birthday celebration, Kelly takes her family to her hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina.The...
View Article'Sweet Home Spartanburg' Recap
Bringing Up Bates "Sweet Home Spartanburg"As part of her 50th birthday celebration, Kelly takes the family to her hometown--Spartanburg, South Carolina. They meet up with Kelly's mom (Meema) Kelly's...
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Keith the Piano Player
This week on Bringing Up Bates, Kelly took her family on a tour of her hometown--Spartanburg, South Carolina. (Click here to read our recap.) On the show, they visited her old house, her high school,...
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Bates House Fire
"I wake up, and the fire alarm is going off, and Jeb is saying, 'Lawson, the laundry room is on fire, and Judson is in there.'"-Lawson Bates This Thursday on Bringing Up Bates, the Bates are caught...
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Paine Family Adds 2 More Members
What's cuter than a 21-month-old little boy in overalls? A 21-month-old little boy in overalls cuddling a baby goat, of course!Both Erin Bates and Chad Paine have fond memories of growing up with...
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Lexi Mae, 1 Month Old
Lexi Mae Webster just passed her one-month milestone! Born on January 26th, she traveled with Alyssa, John, and Allie Jane up to East Tennessee two weekends ago to meet the rest of the Bates clan and...
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Reunited in Florida
"Even though this was a very hard, busy week, we wanted Alyssa to feel like she's special, and it was important for us to be there for her and to let her know that you are still a top priority in our...
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Suffering and Celebration
Tune in to UP tonight at 9pm ET/8pm CT for a brand new episode of Bringing Up Bates.While in Chicago visiting Michael and Brandon Keilen, Kelly Bates receives a phone call that the family's house is on...
View Article'Fire Trucks and Diaper Dumps' Recap
Bringing Up Bates"Fire Trucks and Diaper Dumps"Gil and Kelly plan a “diaper pounding,” a small baby shower where guests bring diapers rather than traditional baby gifts, for Alyssa. “Because Alyssa...
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Sewing with Michaela
Michaela Keilen and friend Emily RaynesLast night on Bringing Up Bates (click here to read our recap), viewers watched Kelly Bates, Katie Bates, and a family-friend named Emily travel up to Chicago to...
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The Callaham Family
Two weeks ago on Bringing Up Bates, Kelly Jo (Callaham) Bates took a trip down memory lane with a visit to her hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina. She met up with her mom (Betty Jo, also known as...
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Hotel Bates
"As a mom, I really thought that we had done a thorough job teaching our kids the dangers of fire. This whole [incident] with our fire showed us that they really did not get that."-Kelly BatesFollowing...
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Bates House "Tour"
"We started off with an 800-square-foot house with eight kids, and now we've got a probably 3,000-and-something-square-foot house, and now we're down to 15 kids."-Gil BatesIn the video below, Gil and...
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