It's been about four months since our last Bates family update and we have a ton to update on. If you want to watch the family grow come and check out our Bates family blog.
Tori is in a relationship with a boy named Bobby Smith since October 2015. The relationship is not official courtship yet but they are hoping soon.
John and Alyssa announced that they are expecting their second child, a daughter, in January 2017. It turns out that she and Jessa are due within a week of each other. John and Alyssa reveal their daughter's name this past week as Lexi Mae Webster.
Bringing Up Bates will start on January 5th!
We had so many questions on rather or not, Derick and Jill adopted their second child. if you remember seeing Jill and Jessa: Counting on, you saw Derick and Jill talking about adoption.
Friday morning, Derick posted a photo of him, Jill and Israel with this beautiful baby girl. Many fans asked if the family welcomed their second child without even announcing that they were pregnant. We can confirmed that the family did not have another child.
Derick revealed that God has been using their lives to save others and it is a blessing! Derick and Jill are now proud members of SOS team!
Can you believe that Ben and Jessa finally announced their son's name yesterday. You can click this link to find out who they named him after.
Tomorrow we will be posting Jessa's birth story to show how long she labored for and how she handled it. Also the hospital rumor will be talked about too.
Josh and Anna have been traveling the past couple of weeks with Josh's younger sister, Jana. Josh and Anna are currently in Chicago filming with Anna's older sister Prisclla and David. Priscilla and David have a little boy name Paul and currently expecting their second child due later this year.
Jana has been with Josh and Anna for the past couple of months and love spending time with Mackynzie, Michael and Marcus
