So I was watching "The Today Show", when the Duggar family came on and had an announcement to make.
In case you're not familiar with them, they are a nuclear family from Springdale, AR. They are headed by Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, and have a total of 19 children. That's right, 19!! Also all their children's names start with "J"; that must have been the "letter of the day" on Sesame Street.
Now, I'm not going to bash them or anything like that. It is a blessing that they are able to have that many children and provide a loving home and stability for them; when you consider that there are some couples out there who’d give anything just to be able to have one child, without having to adopt. Plus they named one of their children Josiah (namesake, yeay!!), and he also happens to be the 8th born (I’m the youngest of 8 children); I knew I had a twin somewhere.
The first time I had ever heard of the Duggar family, it was on the TLC show titled “17 kids and counting”. At the end of the show, Jim and Michelle were expecting child number 18. Then the sequel was “18 kids and counting” and it started with the family welcoming in the new addition, Jordyn-Grace. Then toward the end of that show, they welcomed their 19th child, Josie Brooklyn, who was delivered by via emergency c-section (in my own defense, I didn’t watch it that far; I just read the news).
So back to the announcement; Josh (Jim and Michelle’s oldest child) and his wife Anna - accompanied by the entire family - were on “The Today Show” to announce that they were expecting their second child. I hadn’t watched the show since the “19 kids” and whatnot, and I didn’t know they guy was married. Then again, when I saw them on the show, I knew that another baby was on the way. Congratulations to them and I wish Anna a successful pregnancy and a happy, healthy baby.
I’m going to go on a limb here; and say that maybe Vegas bookies need to get an “over/under” on the number of children by Josh and Anna. Personally, I think they’ll have six maybe 7, but not more than nine. That’s just me. You, on the other hand, are on your own.
We should also petition the State of Arkansas to grant them permission to start their own town. They could name it Duggarville, Duggartown, Duggarpalooza, Duggaritaville (the last one, I doubt, since they are a Christians), whatever have you. The Duggars’ 19 children are only rivaled by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie; only because they adopt any child in sight.
