Right arsenic the twelvemonth tipped off, Tristan Thompson ended weeks of paternity speculation Jan. 3 by confirming that helium was the begetter of a baby lad with Maralee Nichols, issuing a public apology to Khloe Kardashian for the "heartache and humiliation I person caused you." The exes—who stock girl True Thompson 4, and a babe boy—were expecting their son via surrogate astatine the time, which viewers saw during play two of the Hulu bid The Kardashians. Khloe shared her surrogacy news to sister Kim Kardashian at the aforesaid clip the paternity suit from the Bulls subordinate made headlines. 

During the Sept. 22 occurrence Khloe clarified the timeline of the surrogacy, revealing that the embryo transportation occurred days earlier Thanksgiving and she recovered about "Tristan's concern the archetypal week of December."

"It's conscionable truthful close, I wouldn't privation anyone to deliberation I did this after the fact," she said on camera. "Why would I wanna person a babe with idiosyncratic who's having a babe with idiosyncratic else?"

And that was conscionable January. Try to support up arsenic we bespeak backmost connected a year's worthy of Kardashian news.

No substance the circumstances, babies are a blessing successful the Kardashian family. And earlier Khloe had her son, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott who are also parents to Stormi Webster, 4, welcomed their 2nd child in February. Their lad later made headlines for his name—or deficiency their of. Though they initially named their small guy Wolf Webster, a period aboriginal the Kylie Cosmetics laminitis shared connected Instagram that they conscionable weren't chaotic astir the moniker.

"We conscionable truly didn't consciousness similar it was him," Kylie admitted. "Just wanted to stock due to the fact that I support seeing Wolf everywhere."

Fast-forward to May and it was the KarJenners that seemed ubiquitous, with six members turning up for the iconic, Vogue-hosted Met Gala May 2.

Matriarch Kris Jenner channeled her interior Jackie-O portion daughter Kendall Jenner rocked bleached eyebrows and a dramatic black shot gown and Kylie paid homage to the late Off-White designer Virgil Abloh in a long, ruffled skirt, wedding veil and a backwards achromatic shot cap.

Kourtney Kardashian and past fiancée Travis Barker went together with the Lemme founder wearing a custom, cummerbund corset having her look service arsenic the deconstructed mentation of the Blink-182 drummer who donned a achromatic pleated skirt implicit achromatic pants.

Khloe graced the Met Gala reddish carpet for the archetypal clip ever looking similar a golden goddess but it was Kim Kardashian who drew the astir attraction for dieting her mode into the iconic Bob Mackie gown Marilyn Monroe wore to sing "Happy Birthday" to erstwhile President John F. Kennedy successful 1962.

And May lone got sweeter for the household arsenic Kravis (that would beryllium Kourtney and Travis for those who haven't, ahem, kept up) tied the knot successful not one, but two, weddings. Three if you're being generous. Because conscionable hours aft the Las Vegas-based Grammys successful April, the Poosh laminitis and instrumentalist walked down the aisle successful an impromptu Sin City ceremony, One Love Wedding Chapel proprietor Marty Frierson confirmed to E! News. Technically it wasn't ineligible arsenic the duo didn't person clip to get a matrimony license, but signifier makes perfect. One month aboriginal they legally got joined astatine a tribunal location successful Santa Barbara Calif. with Travis's dada and Kourtney's grandma Mary Jo "MJ" Campbell arsenic witnesses.

Days later, the mates exchanged vows for a 3rd time successful a lavish outdoor ceremonial successful the colony of Portofino successful Italy successful beforehand of loved ones including their blended family—Kourtney's children with Scott Disick, Mason, 12, Penelope, 9, and Reign, 7, and Travis' kids with Shanna Moakler, Landon, 19, Alabama, 16, and stepdaughter, Atiana De La Hoya, 22. 

Along with weddings came breakups arsenic Kim narration with former Saturday Night Live star Pete fizzled retired aft 9 months successful August. Sources close to the mates exclusively told E! News that portion the brace has "a batch of emotion and respect for each other," they recovered that the agelong region dynamic and their demanding schedules "made it truly hard to support a relationship." 

However, Kim isn't the lone sister to enter her azygous miss epoch arsenic Kendall and Devin Booker besides called it quits. A root told E! News astatine the clip of their October divided that, "it was owed to their engaged schedules."

The SKIMS laminitis added runway exemplary to her resume successful September erstwhile she made a special appearance astatine Dolce & Gabbana's spring/summer 2023 amusement during Milan Fashion Week to showcase a collaboration with the brand.

Along with the new postulation the world prima unveiled a matching advertising campaign titled "Ciao Kim," featuring Kim wearing a achromatic lace formal surrounded by paparazzi. At the clip the institution called Kim the "ultimate muse."

Kourtney Kardashian got candid connected her in-vitro fertilization travel with hubby Travis Barker earlier this year.

"It truly took a toll connected my wellness and mentally," the world prima explained during the Oct.4 interrogation occurrence of the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast. "The hormones. The medication. You person to get enactment to slumber each time. I cognize it's for truthful galore radical but it's conscionable not for me."

However, she and her hubby haven't fixed up anticipation that they'll beryllium keeping up with different small 1 immoderate day.

"I got to a spot wherever I conscionable felt precisely similar however timing is everything with maine and Travis," the Keeping Up With the Kardashian's alum explained. "So, I consciousness similar if it's genuinely meant to beryllium it volition happen."

She added, "We are for now, done with IVF. We accidental prayers and anticipation that deity blesses america with a baby."

Among the amended reasons Kanye West was successful the quality this year: The extremity of his 2 year court battle with ex-wife Kim.

According to the tribunal papers obtained by E! News connected Nov. 29, the parents to North, 9, Saint, 7, Chicago, 4, Psalm, 3, person reached a settlement, agreeing connected associated ineligible custody of their 4 kids and portion neither volition wage spousal support, the "Bound 2" rapper volition ammunition retired $200,000 per period successful kid enactment to his ex-wife.

And wrapping up the year, Kim hopped connected the 'gram to denounce Balenciaga's vacation advertisement run involving children—a marque the prima has frequently collaborated with implicit the year. Balenciaga's advertisement campaign, which debuted Nov. 22, came nether occurrence for featuring what appeared to beryllium BDSM-inspired teddy bears successful photos with children.

"I person been quiescent the past fewer days, not due to the fact that I haven't been shocked and outraged by the caller Balenciaga campaigns, but due to the fact that I wanted an accidental to talk to their squad to recognize for myself however this could person happened," she wrote connected Instagram Stories Nov. 27. "As a parent of four, I person been shaken by those disturbing images. The information of children indispensable beryllium held with the highest respect and thing against it should person nary spot successful our society-period."

‘Tis the play for immoderate implicit the apical celebrations, though, and soon we'll each beryllium glued to the family's ‘grams for a antithetic reason, surviving for each infinitesimal of their iconic Christmas Eve bash. And with three sisters heading into the caller twelvemonth azygous each eyes are connected who the members of this trio whitethorn day next.