May Recap

Pregnancy announcements: 
Austin and Joy announced that they are expecting their second child on May 1st.
Josiah and Lauren announced that they are expecting their rainbow baby on May 20th.

Birthdays:
Jill celebrated her 28th birthday on May 17th
Lauren celebrated her 20th birthday on May 18th
Ben celebrated his 24th birthday on May 19th
Jackson celebrated his 15th birthday on May 23rd
Grandma Duggar celebrated her 78th birthday on May 26th 

Wedding anniversaries:
John and Abbie celebrated their 6th month wedding anniversary on May 3rd
Austin and Joy celebrated their 2nd wedding anniversary on May 26th
Josiah and Lauren celebrated their 11th month anniversary on  May 30th

Other celebrations:
Garrett celebrated his 11th month of life on May 8th
The Duggar family celebrated Mother's Day on May 12th
Felicity celebrated her 10th month of life on May 19th

Birth announcement
Ben and Jessa welcomed their daughter, Ivy Jane, into the world on May 26th

Bates family update: August 2018

We were going to wait to share an update on the Bates family but they have had many changes for the past few months that we would love to share with you all. The family recently got new photos done that we thought we would share with you all!

Zach and Whitney recently announced that they renewed their wedding vows in June 2018 right before Kaci Lynn celebrated her second birthday. The couple also announced that they were expecting their third child together however the pregnancy ended in a miscarriage. Zach and Whitney have said that they would love to have more children.

  Brandon and Michaella recently celebrated their third year of marriage on August 15th!

 John and Alyssa welcomed their daughter, Zoey Joy, into the world on March 28, 2018. She was born just a few weeks before her oldest sister, Allie Jane, celebrated her third birthday on April 11th. Lexi Mae recently celebrated her 18 month milestone. The couple recently celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary in May 2018.

Bobby and Tori announced that they were expecting their first child which is due in November 2018. The couple would later announced that the baby is a boy and will be naming Robert Ellis the fourth. They will be calling him Cade which means Fourth generation. They recently announced that he is due right around Thanksgiving.

 Chad and Erin welcomed their daughter, Everly Hope, into the world on March 30, 2018. The baby girl was born just two days after her cousin Zoey Joy. Their son, Carson, celebrated his third birthday on May 15th and their daughter, Brooklyn, celebrated her second birthday on August 6th.

Carlin and Evan recently celebrated their first year of their courtship.

 Kelton and Josie are engaged to be married. The wedding will take place on October 5th which is Katie's birthday.

Be sure to tune into our Bates family blog for more updates on the Bates family!

April Recap

The family celebrated Israel and Jason's birthdays. They also celebrated Easter 2018.

Jeremy and Jinger announced that they are having a baby girl and are due July 15th.

Anna Duggar announced that  her sister (Priscilla) is expecting her fourth child and it's a baby girl. Priscilla is due in September 2018.

The Dillards revealed that Israel and Samuel are going to have their first cousin on the Dillard side and it's a baby boy whom is also due in September 2018.

Counting On announced that they will be returning on July 30th.