'Baby Boy Blessings & Basketball Mishaps' Recap

Bringing Up Bates "Baby Boy Blessings & Basketball Mishaps"

• Kelly is keeping up with all her kids via video chat. Tori invites Addee over to help with Kade while she gets ready to go to the hospital. “This is going to be a very difficult grandbaby birth for me because this will be the first birth that I’m not either at or coming to shortly after delivery,” says Kelly. Due to the virus, Bobby will be the only guest allowed in the delivery room.
• Lawson is still in Arkansas training for his pilot’s license. “I’m honestly a little bit overwhelmed with all the pilot training and information, but at the same time, I have a good instructor, and I think I am pretty close to getting ready for this check ride and being able to pass and officially be a pilot,” says Lawson.
• While he’s at work, Bobby gets a call from Tori informing him that her water is breaking. Katie comes over, and Tori and Bobby are able to leave for the hospital. It’s hard for Tori to leave Kade, but the contractions are ramping up, so she must.
• When she arrives at the hospital and gets her epidural, Tori sets up a FaceTime call with her mom, sisters, and sister-in-law. She goes from 3cm to ready to have a baby in a very short time. Kolter arrives soon after 4pm.
• Meanwhile, Gil takes Trace to the ER following a basketball accident. Unfortunately, since Trace is over 18, Gil is unable to go in with him due to virus policies. Trace is released and told to take it easy for a few weeks.
• Later, Tori and Bobby bring Kolter home to meet a very excited Kade.

'The Show Must Go On' Recap

Bringing Up Bates "The Show Must Go On"

• Much of this footage was shot with the Bates’ cell phones, due to COVID-19. For the interviews, Isaiah runs the cameras, and the producer asks questions via video. “For a mom, you’re worried about your children,” says Kelly. “I don’t want to panic, but I want to have a healthy fear of safety for my kids because it is serious. People have lost lives, so that is never a joking matter.”
• At the Smiths’ apartment, Chad and Bobby are staining a shelf for Kade and Kolter’s room. The official shutdown has not happened yet, so the Paines and Smiths are still able to see each other. Michael brings over a homecooked meal, as the Paines help the Smiths finish decorating for Kolter’s arrival.
• At the Stewart home, Layla is Facetiming with Gil and Kelly. “We probably should not intermingle while this is going on,” says Kelly. Evan is still working because electrical is considered essential.
• “…Not seeing the kids that are married is hard,” says Kelly. “Feeling like we’re not doing our normal roles as Mom and Dad to be there for the kids, that’s hard. I’ve had some tearful nights.”
• Knox County has just required a shutdown of all nonessential companies for at least 14 business. Kelton and Bobby are relieved to find out that their company is considered essential. “If this were to shut our business down for a month, two months, that could be it,” says Kelton. “I cannot tell you how relieving it was to find that we were on the list of essential businesses.”
• In Florida, the Websters give an update. John is also considered an essential worker because the temperatures are increasing, and AC is very necessary.
• Jackson is leaving a bootcamp called ALERT, which has been canceled and rescheduled for fall. He stops in Northwest Arkansas to join Lawson and Nathan at a rental house. Nathan, who spends a lot of time in Arkansas doing flight training, is helping Lawson complete his pilot’s license.
• Two weeks before her due date, Tori goes to her OB appointment. “I’m really glad that Erin got to come with me to that appointment because Erin is like the most positive, encouraging, uplifting person,” says Tori. Bobby will be the only person allowed in the hospital with Tori.

'I Love You to Piz-zas' Recap

Bringing Up Bates "I Love you to Piz-zas!"

• Katie, Gil, and Kelly arrive at the Clark home in Berlin, New Jersey, to celebrate Travis’ 19^th birthday. They go out for ice cream at Sundaes because Travis knows that Katie loves ice cream.
• Gil takes the opportunity to boast about Travis. “He treats me…and the whole family with respect,” says Gil. “And listen, there’s a lot of people in our family that are not easy to get along with, and you even treat them nice. I’m going to give you an A+ on character.”
• Later, the extended Clark family comes over for dinner and cookie cake. Would Katie want to live in New Jersey if she marries Travis? “I’m happy to live anywhere,” she says “We’ll have to wait and see. But New Jersey would be fine. I like the people there. Person.”
• In Blackwood, New Jersey, the Clarks and Bates go ax throwing. Travis, who grew up playing sports, scores most of the points for his team, but Katie adds a few to bring their total up to 14. Travis’ parents, Mike and Carla, score 33. Gil and Kelly reach 20 points, and 11 of those are scored by Kelly.
• Travis and Katie and their parents go out to a nice restaurant. Katie and Travis sit down at a private table, where Travis has displayed a sign that reads, ‘I think you are SENSE-ational.’ He gives Katie five gifts that correspond with the five senses. The “sight” gift is a photo collage on canvas. The “taste” gift is a fresh-baked pizza. The “smell” gift is perfume.
• The “sound” gift is a framed paper with the words to a song called “Dreams Come Alive” that Travis wrote about Katie. He pulls out his guitar and plays it. “Cause you’re perfect and precious and my whole world, an angel in my eyes, my dream girl.”
• “I can’t believe you wrote me a song,” says Katie. “This is the sweetest thing in the whole world.”
• The final gift is a necklace. Katie starts to cry. “I wanted to ask you if you would be my girlfriend?” asks Travis. The parents are thrilled when she says yes.
• “This has been the best night of my life,” says Katie, who is proud to call Travis her official boyfriend. “It is so nice actually having a name on it.”
• “There’s something just really special watching your siblings find their person,” says older sister Michael, beaming.
• In Tennessee, Erin, Whitney, and Carlin and their husbands are trying to find a new space for the boutique. They have already outgrown the small warehouse on Zach and Whitney’s property and are considering opening a storefront in Rocky Top.