'A Blushing Bride to Be' Recap

Bringing Up Bates "A Blushing Bride to Be"

• Kelly, Carlin, Erin, and Everly arrive at Tori’s apartment near Nashville. Lawson is also there. Carlin has found a wedding dress online that she thinks could be the one, but she is nervous to try it on. “Carlin, really, since she was a little kid, I’ve got a picture of her dressed up in a wedding dress, just dreaming of being a princess, so this is really a big lifelong dream of the princess wedding,” says Gil.
• “Being in Nashville, honestly I have not heard a ton of the wedding planning,” says Tori, who enjoys catching up on all the details.
• Lawson and Tori explain everything that could go wrong with an outdoor wedding, which brings out Carlin’s emotional side. “I used to make fun of all the brides that got all emotional and, like, overthought, like, everything,” says Carlin. “But then again, when you have like a Lawson and Tori in your life, they’re going to make sure that you understand all the things that could possibly go wrong.” Tori admits that she feels a little bad.
• Later, the group goes to Topgolf. Lawson is very confident that he is going to win. “Lawson, when it comes to golf, he’s very good at confidence, especially before a game,” says Nathan.
• By the end of the first round, Erin’s score is higher than Lawson’s. “I thought it was so funny because I could care less if I win or not, but the fact that it bothered him…I thought it was hilarious,” says Erin.
• Erin beats Lawson, 65 to 38. “I was so excited because he is so fun to tease,” she says. Evan is the overall winner.
• The next day, Kelly meets Evan, who is concerned about travel scams, for coffee to help him plan the honeymoon. He is considering the Dominican Republic because one of his siblings went there. The trip won’t be a complete surprise. Evan plans to loop Carlin in when he comes up with a solid idea.
• Of her honeymoon to Ireland, Erin says: “It was like all of our dreams in this one trip, and all of our money, too.”
• Next stop, the dress shop! Carlin and some of the Bates and Stewart ladies meet at The Bride Room in Nashville. “Oh, I’m absolutely counting on this dress to be the one,” says Carlin. “If it’s not, I’m literally lost. I don’t even know where to start.”
• “A wedding dress is probably the most crucial thing,” says Whitney. “You plan the entire wedding around that dress. You don’t plan your wedding and then get a dress. It’s got to be THE dress.”
• When Carlin comes out in the dress that she saw online, everyone swoons. And then they realize that it is blush, not white. “Okay, somebody’s got to tell me, what is blush?” says Gil in an interview. “I thought that’s when people turn red.” Carlin admits that she loves everything about the gown, except the pinkish tint.
• “When Evan sees this, he’s not going to see pink, all he’s going to see is you,” Denese Stewart, Evan’s mom, tells Carlin.
• Everyone agrees that the dress looks amazing on the bride-to-be. “That looks like a vow renewal for me,” says Erin. “It’s like Carlin’s large personality,” says Kelly. She ends up choosing it!