Monday, September 3, 2018

Recap: A Birth-Day and a Birthday

Jessa invites Jinger, Joy and Kendra over to her house for brunch. Jinger reveals that her sister is a great mentor and friend to all of them. Jinger is 17 weeks while her sister is nine months pregnant and Kendra is about five months. Kendra is excited because she just started to feel the baby move.
Jessa reveals that the girls seem to have big babies because of their heads. Jinger reveals that she is nervous about that.
The Duggar family is about to celebrate Henry and Tyler. Tyler is the family's great nephew and is apart of the family. They love him so much and are thankful to have him. The birthday theme is construction. The family experiences a little bit of bad weather that forces them to move it inside which makes it a little chaotic atmosphere.
Jim Bob and Michelle gather everyone together so they can share some positive traits about Tyler while Jessa and Ben share some of Henry's milestones.
Josiah and Lauren bring Tyler to meet Jim Bob at the Baylor house. Jim Bob and Michelle brought the house three years ago and current plan is Josiah and Lauren will live there until it sells. Josiah reveals that he will live here for a little while because he will spend the rest of the year trying to find Lauren in the house.
A few weeks before the birth, Michelle, Jana and Jessa head over to help Joy make freezer meals with Austin's mom, Roxanne.
Around 7pm on Joy's due date, she goes into labor. Michelle, Jane, Johannah, and Joy's midewife gather at their house along with Austin's mother and sister. Austin has a hard time seeing Joy in pain. Austin has been a EMT for the past four years.
After 19 hours in labor, Joy is sent to the hospital since the baby is breech. Jim Bob arrives at the hospital just in time for the expectant parents to learn that they need to have a C-section. The couple is ready to do whatever to deliver the baby.
Joy reveals that meeting the baby for the first time was incredible. Both she and Austin were crying. Austin reveals the gender to Joy and it's a boy. Jim Bob calls Jennifer to reveal the news. She tells John so he can share it with the confetti cannon.
Gideon Martyn had a larger head circumference (15 inches) than Michelle's largest baby which was 14.5 inches.
The new parents head home and settled in before Joy's parents bring her brothers and sisters to meet their new nephew. Joy reveals that it's more responsibility and amazing. She could not imagine not having their little one around.

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