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Michelle Duggar on Kids Becoming Adults

FAMILY MATTERS on 05.31.13

Michelle Duggar19 Kids and CountingBIO

 

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Question from a "19 Kids and Counting" fan: How do you feel about Jana and Jill pursuing midwifery?

 Boy, it’s definitely been exciting. It’s very interesting to me. Jana from the beginning has just loved children. And being the first-born daughter in our family you would think as she becomes an adult she probably has had her fill with children around all the time -- that she’d probably want to do something with adults. But it is so interesting to see that any time she has an opportunity to do something in the community it always has to do with children. She wants to go to the children’s home. She wants to help mamas deliver babies. It’s just all about kids.

Jana and Jill both have been a team together working in midwifery. Jana really wants to be a doula and assist mothers in labor. She really has a good way about her when it comes to crisis situations. She can take the bull by the horns. Around the house, if Mama isn’t here at the moment and somebody has a boo-boo, Jana can fix it.

Jill is interested in the study of midwifery and taking full responsibility at the birth. I think it’s kind of neat to see the two of them work together. They’re gone for days sometimes delivering a baby; when a mother is in labor Jana and Jill are there for the duration. Whether it’s a hospital birth, home birth or a birthing center the team sticks together. So they get a call, and we don’t know when we’ll see them again. It’s been a very rewarding learning experience for the girls. I think Jill will continue her studies to get her accredited midwifery license. And Jana is piling up the hours in her doula training.

I see Jana now and I remember her personality when she was young. I would have never have thought that she would have gone the direction she did. She was very energetic as a little girl, but she’s very reserved and quiet as an adult. But boy, when she jumps into a crisis situation, she’s in charge, and she’s capable. I just encourage all of them. I tell them there’s absolutely nothing that they cannot do if God has called them to do it; he will equip you with what you need and you will be capable. 

Upcoming in June!

The family is growing by one more this coming June as Anna gets ready to have their second son. Michael celebrates his second birthday on June 15th. Anna is celebrating her 25th birthday on June 23th!

Less then two weeks!

The duggars will have a new grandbaby in less than two weeks.

Duggar book signing!

Duggar Book signing! Jim Bob, Michelle and their children. At the Billy Graham Library, June 8th from 2:00 to 4:00pm. Address 4330 Westmont Drive, Carlotte NC 28217. Free. Limit 2 items to be signed per person. 

Website found: newlife919dotcom/event/duggar-family-book-signing/

Grandma Duggar trivia answers

1. How many years was she married to Grandpa Duggar? about 50 years give or take
2. How many children do they have together? 2 kids; Deanna and Jim Bob
3. How many grandchildren do they have together? 20 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren and counting. Amy, Joshua, Jana, John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy Anna, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer, Jordyn-Grace, Josie, Mackynzie and Michael and the baby that is on the way.
4. How long has Grandma been living with Jim Bob and Michelle? around the time that Jordyn was born.
5. What room does she help in? Laundry room

Happy Memorial 2013

Happy Memorial day to all those have serve and gave their lives for our freedom and let's not take it for granted. 

Grandma's birthday Photos

Grandma duggar Birthday

Happy birthday to grandma duggar

Grandma's birthday trivia

It's time to do Grandma Duggar's birthday trivia. Her birthday is on the 26th and you will have until the 27th.
1. How many years was she married to Grandpa Duggar?
2. How many children do they have together?
3. How many grandchildren do they have together?
4. How long has Grandma been living with Jim Bob and Michelle?
5. What room does she help in?

Jackson's birthday trivia answers

1. Was Jackson the first baby born on tv for the duggars? yes
2. Who is he close to? Johannah
3. How many younger sisters does he have? 4 younger
4. How many older brothers and sisters does he have? 14 older brothers and sisters
5. How old was he when Mackynzie and Michael were born? 5 and 7

Grandma Duggar's birthday trivia will be posted tomorrow morning

Michelle Duggar on Healthy Changes for the Whole Family

CHOW on 05.23.13

Michelle Duggar19 Kids and CountingBIO

 

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Question from a "19 Kids and Counting" fan: Has Jim Bob’s change to a healthier lifestyle affected mealtime for the rest of the family?

Jim Bob is definitely eating a lot more fresh vegetables, fish and chicken and trying to stay away from fried foods. He’s really eating smaller portions and avoiding the junk food. The family’s food has changed a lot along with Jim Bob’s. My kids really love fresh vegetables and fruit. When we can keep it in the house and get it at a good price, we really stock up. Right now, we have our whole counter and refrigerator full of produce that we were able to get really reasonably priced at the store and at the farmers’ market. We’re trying to get healthier in our choices by eating more fresh stuff. Then if we can’t get fresh, I buy frozen because that’s next to the best in the fruits and veggies category.

Our new garden is another step in the right direction. We have tried to garden before and never managed to have it produce very well, but we are trying again. The planting process has begun: My boys have really been venturing into gardening; Jason leads the pack in that area. These boys are in the dirt having fun and following Jason’s ordersto “dig over here,” and “don’t do that” and “make sure you put that here.”

We’re trying to grow a variety of things, but we have some favorites. If we could, we would have nothing but cucumbers and tomatoes and some squash. We could just eat our weight in cucumbers! I don’t think they ever last long enough around here to turn into pickles (another Duggar favorite).

We started some of our sprouts indoors and the little ones love to watch them grow. We’re sprouting them in water and not dirt, so it’s a little different to watch the process. Those go on our salads, which we pretty much have every day for at least lunch, if not both lunch and dinner. Of course, some of the kids will pick off certain things like the bell peppers and onions. But they’re still there, and they’re offered as part of the meal.

They’re allowed to set them aside if it’s something that bothers their tummy or their tongue. I’m not a real stickler about making them eat – I will give small amounts, like a tablespoon, of new things on their plates. And I tell them what I put there is for them to eat. And then after that, if they don’t like it, then they don’t have to go back for seconds of that. I want their palate to be extended a little bit so they learn some new flavors and textures. I tell them out of graciousness to the cook, to always say thank you for the meal whether they like it or not. You should express gratitude to the one who labored to prepare it. And they’re not supposed to say “I don’t like this.” That is a major no-no. They can instead say, “I don’t think I would like more of this, but thank you.” It’s a whole learning process for the little ones.

Duggar #15 turns 9

Jackson is turning 9 years old. He was the first duggar to be born on tv.

Duggars visit Silver dollar city

New season!

Now that the season finale happen, people are asking about when the show returns for a new season. They are might be waiting for the baby to arrive since he is due any day now.

Baby Gender Reveal & the Final Weigh In

Mackynzie wants to know the sex of her new baby brother or sister before the big reveal and tries to get uncle Jim to tell her by giving her monkey but he won't tell. Jim arranges for the family to join the Restoration Church to find out what the baby is it. Josh and Anna learn that it's a baby boy. Anna reveals that she wanted another son and they got a name for him but aren't announcing it until he arrives.
The family sees how different the church and enjoy seeing the different ways of how they worship.
Jim Bob and Josh take their wives to meet with their doctor for update. Josh is still overweight but is not obese while Jim Bob's weight has improved and his triglycerides are still really high. Josh and Jim Bob are still going thou this journey. Steve gathers the family to divde them however Grandma is with Steve to even it out.

Team Jim Bob
Michelle
Joseph
Jana
Josie
Jeremiah
Jessa
Jordyn
Joy-Anna
Jason
Justin
Johannah

Team Josh
Anna
John-David
Jill
Michael
Jedidiah
Jinger
Mackynzie
Josiah
James
Jackson
Jennifer

The last workout with Steve is involved the whole family and Jim Bob wins by a second. Both Jim Bob and Josh get a four-pound weight loss advantage. Jim Bob ends up weighing 198 pounds but with the four pound advantage it weighs it down 194. Josh weights 202 but with his it's 198. Jim Bob is the winner. Josh arrives the next morning makes his dad breakfast along with Josie and Jordyn. Anna says that her husband is a good cook. The boys decide to keep going with their journey.

Josh and Anna gather the whole family to make the announcement if they are going to move or not. Josh and Anna decide to move DC and take the job. Josh says that Arkansas is always going to be their home but they are going to move to see what God has in store for them.
Jim Bob said that he and Michelle have allowed God to take them wherever he wants to be that is what he planned for.

The winner of the weight lost is.............

Jim Bob won the weight lost

Josh and Anna update

Josh and Anna are moving to DC sometime after the baby is born!

Jackson birthday trivia

Jackson's birthday trivia! Trivia answers will be out on Friday.
1. Was Jackson the first baby born on tv for the duggars?
2. Who is he close to?
3. How many younger sisters does he have?
4. How many older brothers and sisters does he have?
5. How old was he when Mackynzie and Michael were born?

Update: Growing Up Duggar

The book "Growing up Duggar" was written by the four oldest girls (Jana, Jill, Jessa, and Jinger) was original schedule to be hitting book stores in November is pushed back to March 2014. There will be more updates to come.

Duggars on tonight!

Don't forget to make sure that you check out tonight's episode of 19 kids and counting where we will learn the baby's gender which is a boy.

Also the trivia questions will be reveal on Saturday and summaries will be on here either Wednesday or Thursday!

Jim Bob and Michelle

Jim Bob and Michelle spoke at a graduation today. Here is a photo

Happy 22nd Birthday

Happy 22nd birthday to Jill Duggar! Jill is the second daughter of Jim Bob and Michelle and the fourth child. She is the younger sister of Josh, Jana, John-David and the older sister of Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy Anna, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer, Jordyn-Grace and Josie.

She is the aunt of Mackynzie and Michael and the new baby on the way! 

Jill's trivia questions

1. what is Jill studying to be when she gets older?
2. How many home births has she been part of?

Trivia questions

I have been getting this question a lot about when the trivia questions are coming back and the answers is that it will return on May 19 and will be a little different. 

Trivia questions schedule

1. Sundays: trivia questions for both recent episode and blog
2. Birthdays: The day before.

Duggar get a physical

In the Duggars get Physical, Anna starts off with getting Mackynzie ready and tells that what happen this morning and there is a bird in their house. Anna tries to get the bird out of the house while Mackynzie watches her mother. Josh arrives home to find the bird in the kitchen and they keep trying to get it in. The bird got out and the family heads out. Anna and Priscilla finally reunited and meet the new baby Paul. The kids got to hold their baby cousin.
Jim Bob is waking the kids up and getting them ready for church. Michelle says that he loves getting the kids up. Michelle is making breakfast since the oldest girls are getting ready for a mission trip and something happen with Josie dress and needs to get change. Michelle shows him when he needs to flip and the boys don't think that he is a good cook. The kids did not know that he could cook. Jim Bob says that he is not a good of a cook. The family is heading out for church on maybe on time.
Anna takes the kids to visit and she says that she got married and had kids first and encourages her about learning new things. They talked about Priscilla's labor and Michael's labor. Michael and Mackynzie give him kisses. The family sits down and eats pizza and reveal the job offer and it seems like they are going to take the job. Josh and Anna says that it's going to be different with a new baby and two kids under the age of five. Anna's parents encourage them to go for it. David and Josh head out for four wheeling and return cover in mud. David beats Josh but only by a couple of seconds. Anna and Priscilla are shocked to see that the boys are cover head to toe in mud.
The next day, Priscilla has Anna to watch Paul to help her understand what is going on and that Michael has to share with the baby. Mackynzie is a little gentle then Michael. Anna tries to get lunch ready and admits that it was hard and needs to work on it with Michael being gentle with the new baby.
The boys are going back with a physical and tries to get a longer time on there.  They get better results this time around. Jim Bob and Josh will get the information from their new physical on next week's show.

Decision and Deliveries

In the beginning of Decision and Deliveries, Josh and Anna announce that they might move to Washington DC and they decide that they need to talk to Jim Bob and Michelle about it. Michelle opens about their homeschooling and get a call from Josh and Anna to get information and seek advice about moving to DC. Both Jim Bob and Michelle agree that they will support their choice and encourage to pray about it.
Jill and Jana are going thou another home birth and they want to do a water birth. Jill has two years done with her mid wife study and only have three more. The labor is going almost 35 hours before mommy could start pushing but at the last second and the baby is a boy. They have to call 911 after noticing that there is something wrong with the baby cord. It's the first time that both Jill and Jana had saw it.  Jill says that they will find out what how he is doing tomorrow.
The family is heading down to see Joseph for his graduation and they are so happy to see him. Joseph explains what Alert stands for and the family tries to find their son. The family reunites with him and happy. The family could only stand behind the yellow line and see him that far. They describe how hard it was not to hug and give him a kiss. Joseph shows them what he learn in the past nine weeks. Michelle tells the viewers that they can't hug him until after the graduation. The family finally gets to give him a hug and kiss. The family breaks down in tears as they get reunited and Joseph is ready to go home.
After they got home, Jill and Jana are happy to see the family that they gave birth. They say that the baby is really healthy.

Author Note: the second part this week show will hopefully be posted tonight.

Upcoming on 19 kids and counting

Jim is ready to give the gender of the newest grandbaby to the family at Pastor Howard's church. He surprises the family by allowing the Pastor to reveal that the baby is a boy. Jim Bob and Josh are ready to find out who won their weight-loss challenge.

Duggars on tonight

Don't forget to watch 19 kids and counting tonight

Are Josh and Anna moving?

We have been getting this question a lot. Right now we are waiting for the family to confirmed it and not believe the internet.

Mother's day 2013

Happy Mother's day to Michelle, Anna, and Mary Duggar. We also want to wish all the mothers out there a happy mother's day as well.

Celebrating Three Generations of Mothers in the Duggar Family

FAMILY MATTERS on 05.09.13

Michelle Duggar19 Kids and CountingBIO

 

Photo: DCL

Mother’s Day is changing as our family changes and grows. Now, we celebrate with Grandma Duggar, who lives here at the house, and my daughter-in-law Anna. The children often make homemade cards for each of us, which are my favorite things. I have those treasures in my keepsake box, the special little hand-drawn ones. It’s a precious time for the children to share their creations.

Grandma Duggar – Jim-Bob’s mother, Mary – has always been really wonderful and helpful with the kids, even when she and Grandpa were busy with their real estate business. She has been an important spiritual mentor in my life. When I first met her I was applying for a job working for her at a yogurt shop, before I even knew Jim Bob. I was so impressed by her that I just remember thinking this is a lady I’d like to learn from. I had no idea that I would get that privilege from then on! I am just so grateful for Mary in my life because she has been such a godly influence. She and I have such a sweet relationship and she is a great grandma and mother-in-law. Now that Grandpa Duggar has passed away, she spends a lot of time with the children and they really cherish that time. The kids take turns helping Grandma with her business or just spending time together. At Mother’s Day especially, we try to really recognize Grandma Duggar and thank her for being such a great mom and grandmother.

At Mother’s Day, I also recall memories of my own mother. Mom died an early death and didn’t get to spend many days with my children. However, she was with us for our first baby Joshua, and we have special memories of that time together. He was the first grandchild here in Arkansas that she was really able to spend a lot of time with, since all of her other grandchildren were back in Ohio. She was there for his birth and she brought me all the things that I needed when I was recovering after the childbirth. She was there pampering me and loving on the baby and giving me a chance to catch up on my rest so I could heal. Mom was just enjoying every minute of it. In all the pictures I look back on from that time, I see Mom with a big grin on her face.

baby gender and surgery recap

Josh and Jim Bob are in 63 days into their weightlost and today they are running in the yard and getting followed by their trainer and giving them some hard drills. When they are finished Josh and Jim Bob get encouraged by their trainer for their job.

 Jordyn is getting her tonsils taken out and Michelle takes her to the market to get some ice cream and soft foods for her to eat. Jordyn is done with her surgery and gets to rest in her parents bed. Jordyn has a bed buddy by big brother Justin who injured his eye vessel while playing and needs to wear and eye patch while it heals. Josie lays down next to her sister hoping that she can get a popsicles. Michelle reveals that Jordyn is very much a daddy girl and normaly a happy girl but has moments where she is not. While Jordyn is upstairs resting, it's time for lunch.

Josh and Anna head to get an ultrasound to find out what the baby is. They chose Jim to find out what the baby is who is going to reveal it with the family members. Mackynize's reveal happen on the today show while Michael's gender was reveal thou airplane. So we can guess what the reveal is going to be.

Dinner for 40: Recap!

Tonight's episode of 19 kids and counting Anna encourages her children that they are best friends however they still fight. Anna reveals that she spends 40 hours a week with her little ones while Josh is making money. Anna decided that not only is Josh is going to eat healthier but so are the kids and herself. Mackynzie loves the fish as long as it had ketchup on it. Anna reveals that Michael is learning to talk and his favorite word to say is no. Michael is turning two and now that there is a new baby on the way. Josh and Anna move him into the other room with Mackynzie. Michael is not having it all by climbing out of his crib and finally both children fall asleep.
Joseph is still in the academy where he is learning both the physical and spiritual training that he needs. He writes a note to his family thanking them for praying and to send some of oatmeal cookies. Michelle reveals that she misses her son even though she has 18 kids at home while he is gone.
It's time for dinner and so the duggars invite Steve and his family and Steve's pastor who has six daughters. Michelle rejoices on having a house that can fill up 40 people. Steve decides to check out what they have and boy is Josh in trouble. Steve tells him that he knows that Anna is pregnant but he is not and doesn't need this much food.

Missing Joseph!

Jim Bob and Michelle sent Joseph off last week on 19 kids and counting to do some training. Michelle reveals that she misses her son terribly! Michelle reveals that they have been writing to each other.

Coming up on 19 kids and counting: Dinner for 40

The family invites Steve Conley with his family and his pastor and the pastor family to come over for dinner. Joseph starts his emergency rescue training boot camp.

Jim Bob and Michelle