No, the Duggar mom with the storybook hair didn’t have yet another kid. She’s not going to make it an even twenty this year. Her daughter-in-law, Anna, had her second baby with the oldest Duggar boy, Josh, 23, a little boy whose name stars with M. (In honor of Josh’s mom, Michelle, and in keeping with his older sister MacKynzie, 20 months.) They’re not releasing the baby’s name yet because there’s basically no plot for their TLC reality show and they need to add some mystery to it. (Sources tell Crushable the family’s Facebook page says his name is Michael James anyway. [via Dlisted]) So if all the Duggar kids have 2-3 kids (let’s make it 2.5) and don’t have the large families they all swear they want, Michelle and Jim-Bob will still have 47 or 48 grandkids. And if those kids have 2.5 kids each, that’s 119 great grandchildren and so on. These people know what they’re doing. Their permagrins and homeschooled creationist belief system are going to inevitably spread out enough to populate a small town.
The Duggar family just got even bigger – it’s a boy for Josh and Anna!
Josh, 23 – the eldest son of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar – and his wife welcomed a new addition on Wednesday, four days earlier than expected, a source confirms to PEOPLE. The couple are not ready to release the name publicly yet, but they are staying with the “M” theme.
Weighing in at 8 lbs., 5 oz., he joins big sister MacKynzie, 20 months. And he’ll have plenty of doting relatives with 18 aunts and uncles – Jim Bob and Michelle’s children – whose lives are documented on TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting.
Anna, 22, gave birth at 5:55 p.m. in the family’s Tontitown, Ark., home, the same place MacKynzie was born.
The newborn will also have a very special playmate: Michelle’s youngest, Josie, who was born very premature, is now a healthy 17-month-old.
“I think of Josie being born at only 25 weeks,” Josh told PEOPLE prior to the birth, “and it makes us think about how precious life is and what a blessing each child is.”
For more on the latest Duggar addition, tune-in to 19 Kids: First Grandson this Sunday at 8/7c on TLC.
[From People]
Well congratulations to them. They’re nice enough people that’s for sure. As far as birth control goes, the new father has said to the press “We have no control over that. God has the control.” It’s unclear what role free will plays in that.
There was some drama on the latest episode of 19 Kids and Counting when the littlest original Duggar, Josie, now 17 months, had a fever and a seizure back home in Arkansas while her parents Jim-Bob and Michelle were in El Salvador doing missionary work. Josie was being cared for by one of the teen Duggar girls, who called her parents and the local hospital, where the baby was admitted. It sounds like everything worked out fine, but it must have been so scary for all of them.
That all makes me twitch.
Is it just me or does Josh look better with a tad bit more weight on him (the first picture with the new baby, he doesn’t look so good, but, that’s understandable).
Congrats to the two of them!
I am fine with people who pay their bills, raise their own children and generally live a peaceful existence taking over the world.
OMG, I hope Michelle is now entering into the “menopause” state so that she will stop popping out preemies..
C’mon folks.. Be original.. dont name these kids with the same first initial. If you want to stand out… find a lesser used name.. something original and special..
Their impact on the environment should be a study into and of itself.
@CB – I’m also unclear on where “intelligence and common sense” come into play in their “philosophy on conception.”
God didn’t just give us reproductive systems: God also gave us brains, not oatmeal; I’m pretty sure He’d like us to use them.
Aaaccckkk! That name!!! MacKynzie??? Spelled wrong, for one, being pronounced with a hick accent, and it’s a surname. First names shouldn’t include the prefix “Mc” or “Mac.” Ugh.
I don’t get it, but if you want to have kids until your uterus drops out then fine with me.
Imo, God gave us free will and the right to use all the medical advances He has bestowed upon us as well. That means birth control. lol
There’s always the rhythm method, too which is natural and not putting anything into the woman’s body.
I feel sorry for the women of the family. Teen girls and they have so many kids to raise because their parents are off doing other things.
I like them – least he didn’t have to marry multiple wives to have lots of kids. Not the lifestyle for me but they all seem like a solid, happy family, so more power to them.
Josh must have put on sympathy weight… LOL!
Congrats to the family!
I don’t like his parents though. Jim Bob and Michelle strike me as creepy..
People who dress their twins the same (every single day that is) and name everyone using the same letter (when there are a bunch of kids) have to be some of the dumbest people on the planet.
Maybe the reason all the kids’ names start with the same letter is so all they have to write on the clothes label is the first initial and the last name. Makes hand-me-downs much, much simpler. 😉
I have always waited to name my children until they were born. What if I pre-decide a name for my child, only to meet them and realise that’s not they are? Our youngest was “Baby Boy” for 2 or 3 days until we decided on his name. And every single one of my children is named for who they are and the meaning of their names.
anna looks so scared…and the jesus freak josh looks like a man that wants 100 kids its scary that these people arent charged with child abuse especially with the josie situtation
Francesca-completely agree.
Josh looks almost unrecognizable with the weight he has put on. Still cute though.
if we all did this we could destroy the planet in no time!
Where women are concerned, I’m sure God only intended them to be walking wombs, not a person with a functioning brain. A vessel for a man’s seed! That should be more than enough for any woman!
they all look inbred.
I’m wondering how “Be fruitful and multiply” translates into breeding like rodents.
Since apparently you need to reproduce twice to forward your genetic line these folks very well could make a ripple the gene pool but it’s unlikely since they’re moving in a pretty small circle but they very well could start a new Haplogroup. Alert National Geographic’s Human Genome Project to keep an eye on this bunch.
Personally, I rather see their genetic drift take them in the direction of the South Pole.
I got sucked in to watching this show (including the oh-my-God-I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-Taliban hyper-misogynistic wedding episode), and I am shocked by one major aspect. Okay, these people don’t allow condoms, dancing, alcohol, pants on girls, basically EVERYTHING is banned by Baby Jesus… I am shocked by how these people eat. They have a soda fountain in their home. EVERY episode I see, they are plowing these kids with sugar. I have never seen the kids eat fruits or vegetables, and yet they are shown eating in practically every episode. Even when they are shown eating regular food, it’s always something fatty and devoid of any real nutrition, like chicken salad sandwiches made from the canned chicken, mayo, and not much else. I have a feeling that with everything being “banned,” food is the only indulgence that these people have – And on Josh, Michelle, and some of the other older Duggars, it seriously freaking shows.
She looks better now that she doesn’t wear her bangs plastered to her forehead..He is just kinda a smuck..
I’m a fan of the Duggars but I was still pretty upset to watch Jana and Jill be the ones to care for Josie instead of her mother.
Okay, stop. Stop right there! Your family is perfect – one boy, one girl. If you want more, adopt!
So, do you think Anna has handed the baby off to older sister MacKynzie (ugh) yet?
@Katija, with 19 kids to feed, I imagine they have to buy the cheapest food they can find. Let’s face it: a bag of potato chips costs less than a bag of apples. Milk costs more than soda. It’s a shame, because it’s so unhealthy.
If the eldest girls are taking care of the children doesn’t that say something real creepy about ole Jimbob – and by their reasoning, God gave us weed lets smoke up as much as possible, toot toot!
Wow, Josh and Anna look exactly like each other in that picture with the new baby. And correct me if I’m wrong, but Josh sure has gotten chunky and not the peanut butter kind.
The exponential growth from this family is going to be astounding on our natural resources. And don’t tell me that there is plenty of space in the world. It’s the resources huge families suck up. So does their God tell them to have loads of kids who take away water from others? Selfish fools.
@Catherine: Do see the documentary ‘Water.’
what makes me giggle about these deeply religious people is that they sure like to f… a lot. just saying, that’s what comes to mind when they pop out yet another.
I wonder how many kiddos the Duggers 2.0 are going to have. And what does Josh do? Isn’t he a firefighter? (WHY do I know that?! WHY?). I can’t imagine that he makes much money. Thats what kills me the most: how can these people afford all these kids? Kids are EXPENSIVE!
At least they believe in modern medicine. That poor little girl, I hope she doesn’t have any lingering affects from her super early birth
*eyeball roll*
Here are some facts, enjoy them. The baby is named Michael James after Anna’s dad Michael *gasp* and after Joshua’s dad James. Oh to the noes, that actually makes some sense now doesn’t it?!
Sorry, but 20 months between two Duggar’s babies is nearly such a shame, what happened ? Hurry up guys, I want the next for christmas, a girl with Mikado name!
oh yay…just what the world needs…more friggin Duggers.
All these quiverfull weirdos give me the creeps. This family can deny they’re part of that cult all they want to but it’s the same rhetoric. Having babies until the uterus falls out. Old Jim Bob was a state representative at one time and he and Rick Santorum drafted up a bill to outlaw contraceptives. Of course it didn’t pass but I guess those two over sexed individuals thought we all should have babies until we drop. That’s the interesting thing about these people. They talk about how godly and Christian they are but the women aren’t supposed to refuse the guys sex. Which means that this is basically a cult where guys can have sex whenever they want as long as they have babies for Jesus. Just a bunch of oversexed people hiding behind the Bible. Goodness knows I love sex as much as the next person but I don’t try to hide behind a book and deny it. I also have no interest in having the first kid let alone 19.
How can I change my World of Warcraft paying method to using a game card as opposed to credit card?
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