Sneak Peek of 'Bringing Up Bates' Episode 204; The Big Clan Goes Wild While Visiting an Exotic Animal Rescue Zoo [EXCLUSIVE CLIP]

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The Bringing Up Bates series is back with all-new episodes exclusively on UP and In this BREATHEcast exclusive sneak peak we are given a glimpse into episode 204.

In episode 204 "Movin' in with Meema" Gil and Kelly Jo take Trace and Josie to the orthodontist to get braces, and Gil reveals how he can afford the orthodontist for so many kids. Later, Kelly Jo's mother Meema announces that she wants to live closer to the kids. So Kelly Jo takes her house hunting, but the task proves tougher than anyone could have imagined. Soon after Meema arrives, she take the younger children to the Ponderosa Zoo, an exotic animal rescue zoo in nearby Clinton, TN. Whitney comes along with Bradley, and Kelly Jo and Kay are in the group as well. As the group tours the petting zoo, kids carry feeding pails around to the different animals: camels, ostriches, baby goats, a lion, etc. Baby Bradley is having a wonderful time. Meema is in top form with many funny and sweet moments between her and her grandkids and great-grandkid.

View the clip of the entire family at the zoo below:

Bringing Up Bates - Sneak Peak ep 202

Highlights this season include Brandon's romantic engagement to Michaella in Washington, D.C. and the couple's plans leading into their just-announced August 15 the wedding in Knoxville, TN; dramatic milestones in Erin's challenging first pregnancy and joyful birth of baby Carson; the birth of Alyssa & John's first child, Allie Jane, in Orlando, FL; the family's unique, annual "I Love You Day" celebration; a fun-filled annual family trip to the lake; Addee and Ellie's joint birthday pool party; and a joyful season finale, featuring the family's singing debut at Dolly Parton's Dollywood

Since its season one premiere on New Year's Day, "Bringing Up Bates" is the highest-rated series in UP's history. The reality series takes a fresh look on the ever-changing family dynamics of Gil and Kelly Jo Bates and their 19 kids, aged 2 to 26 and now three grandchildren (including the newest addition, baby Carson!). The 14-episode second season is currently still in production on-location in Tennessee. In the all-new episodes, produced in association with Figure 8 Films ("19 Kids & Counting"), viewers will see more of this tight-knit, uncommon Tennessee family where daily chaos is multiplied exponentially - but so are the joyful and poignant moments that life can bring.

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