Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Counting On: Season Seven

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Sunday, July 7, 2019

Counting On: Season Six

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Counting On: Season Four

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Wednesday, June 19, 2019

A Baby Girl for Jessa Special

At Jessa and Ben's house, Jessa was making a breakfast smoothie when her water broke and baby is officially on the way. Jessa had been planning on a hospital birth with her midwife, but since she went into labor so early her midwife was out of town. The backup plan is to do a home birth with a different midwife. Guinn Seewald jumped in her car to come watch the boys.

Jessa's midwife has her take castor oil in a smoothie to try to increase contractions. Jessa says most of her family is at a wedding in Tennessee. Josiah and Lauren are flying Jana and Michelle back from Knoxville . There are some shots from Michelle on her phone filming them taking off in the plane and heading to Arkansas.

Jill and Jessa head to the big house to climb the stairs in hopes that will get her contractions going. Jessa climbs the stairs and says she is so out of shape and this is hard. This works, and the contractions pick up so they go back to Jessa and Ben's house.

Jill says the midwife came and the contractions are strong and  picking up. Teresa, the midwife, says she expects to see a Seewald soon. Around 5:20, Jill says Jessa feels "pushy" and the head is coming down so they might deliver in a little bit.

On the couch, Jessa takes a lot of deep breaths and Ben is right there next to her. Jessa delivers at 5:57 and cries when she sees the baby. The midwife tells her she is doing good and so does Jill. Ben holds his daughter for the first time while Jill and the midwife help Jessa. Ben says it was a special moment meeting their third baby for the first time. Jessa says the first few moments after the baby is born are the sweetest moments of your life.

After birth, Jessa's bleeding doesn't stop and they call an ambulance. The paramedics help transport her to the hospital. Ben and Baby will follow so Jessa can nurse and hopefully. Ben announces it is a girl, but says he will let Jessa say the name.

Jill heads to the hospital, and says Michelle and Jana didn't make it to the birth but should be there soon. Midwife is bringing the baby to the hospital, and said the baby is great. Jessa is given pitocin to help stop the bleeding and does not need a transfusion. Jill gets to hold the baby and Ben brings the boys in to meet their new sibling.  Spurgeon is curious and gets to hold her. Henry is a little confused but kisses her after their encouragement. Michelle, Jana, Josiah and Lauren arrive to meet the baby. Lauren says she is shocked it's a girl. Jessa announces the name: Ivy Jane. They both loved the name Ivy and it took a while to get their middle name which flowed. Ben facetimes Jordyn and Jeremiah to show them the baby.  Jessa asks them for their final guesses: Jer says " a baby!" and Jordyn says boy.  Jessa shows them the baby with a bow and says it's a girl and tells Jordyn to tell everyone the name: Ivy Jane. Jer walks out o the rest of the bus and announces it is a girl. Jer tells them its a girl and then Jordyn tells them Ivy Jane. Everyone is excited for them, and then Michelle holds Ivy.

After one night in the hospital, they are discharged and headed home. Jessa looks so totally in love with Ivy when she looks at her.  They arrive home, and the whole family will be back in town to meet the baby. Mary leads the family into the house, and Jessa says she gets to hold Ivy first.  Michelle takes a picture of Mary and Ivy while Jim Bob says they are birthday buddies. Jim Bob says he can't believe his little girl has a little girl.

The producers ask Jordyn and Josie if they like the name. They do. Jordyn says that when she asked James if he had held Ivy yet, he said "No, I'm allergic" which, honestly, 10/10 joke there.  Kendra hold her and says she is so precious and tiny and they are looking forward to holding their little baby. Lauren says she is a miracle. The family takes a photo all together with Grandma holding Ivy. Jessa and Ben say they are looking forward to getting into their new routine as a family of five. The special ends with a title card with Ivy's birth stats, and then one in memory of Grandma Duggar.

Saturday, June 1, 2019

Bringing Up Bates: Season Eight

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Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Bates Birthday



  • William Gilvin "Gil" Bates: January 1, 1965 
  • Kelly Jo (Callaham) Bates: October 26, 1966 
  1. Zachary Gilvin Bates: December 30, 1988 
    • Whitney Eileen (Perkins) Bates: September 21, 1993
    1. Bradley Gilvin Bates: October 29, 2014 
    2. Kaci Lynn Bates: June 20, 2016
    3. Khloé Eileen Bates: November 7, 2019
    4. Jayden Carl Bates expected June 2021 
  2. Michael Christan (Bates) Keilen: January 23, 1990 
    • Brandon Timothy Keilen: September 15, 1989
  3. Erin Elise (Bates) Paine: May 2, 1991 
    • Charles Steven "Chad" Paine III: April 18, 1987
    1. Charles Steven "Carson" Paine IV: May 14, 2015
    2. Brooklyn Elise Paine: August 6, 2016
    3. Everly Hope Paine: March 30, 2018
    4. Holland Grace Paine: November 26, 2019
  4. William Lawson Bates: July 27, 1992 
    • Tiffany Lian Espensen: February 10, 1999
  5. Kenneth Nathaniel "Nathan" Bates: August 29, 1993 
    • Esther Joy Keyes: October 14, 1997
  6. Alyssa Joy (Bates) Webster: November 9, 1994 
    • John Elliott Webster: November 21, 1989
    1. Allie Jane Webster: April 11, 2015
    2. Lexi Mae Webster: January 26, 2017
    3. Zoey Joy Webster: March 28, 2018
    4. Maci Jo Webster: February 9th, 2021
  7. Tori Layne (Bates) Smith: December 20, 1995 
    • Robert Ellis “Bobby”Smith III: February 16, 1995
    1. Robert Ellis“Kade” Smith IV: November 9, 2018 
    2. Kolter Gray Smith: March 25, 2020 
    3. Charlotte Raine Smith: Expected June 2021 
  8. Trace Whitfield Bates: February 1, 1997 
  9. Carlin Brianne Bates: April 11, 1998 
    • Evan Patrick Stewart: August 24, 1995
    1. Layla Rae Stewart: January 31, 2020
  10. Josie Kellyn (Bates) Balka: August 4, 1999 
    • Kelton Edward Balka: July 4, 1995
    1. Willow Kristy Balka: July 19, 2019
    2. Hazel Sloane Balka Expected June 2021 
  11. Katie Grace Bates: October 5, 2000 
    • Travis Clark: March 8, 2001
  12. Jackson Ezekiel Bates: February 17, 2002 
  13. Warden Justice Bates: May 19, 2003 
  14. Isaiah Courage Bates: October 16, 2004 
  15. Addallee Hope Bates: February 17, 2006
  16. Ellie Bridget Bates: April 28, 2007 
  17. Callie-Anna Rose Bates: August 2, 2009 
  18. Judson Wyatt Bates: September 15, 2010
  19. Jeb Colton Bates: February 1, 2012 

Duggar Birthdays



  • James Robert "Jim Bob" Duggar: July 18, 1965 
  • Michelle Annette (Ruark) Duggar: September 13, 1966 
  1. Joshua James "Josh" Duggar: March 3, 1988
    • Anna Renée (Keller) Duggar: June 23, 1988 
    1. Mackynzie Renée Duggar: October 8, 2009 
    2. Michael James Duggar: June 15, 2011
    3. Marcus Anthony Duggar: June 2, 2013 
    4. Meredith Grace Duggar: July 16, 2015 
    5. Mason Garrett Duggar: September 12, 2017
    6. Maryella Hope Duggar: November 27, 2019
  2.  Jana Marie Duggar: January 12, 1990
  3. John-David Duggar: January 12, 1990
    • Abbie Grace (Burnett) Duggar: April 16, 1992 
    1. Grace Annette Duggar: January 7, 2020
  4.  Jill Michelle (Duggar) Dillard: May 17, 1991 
    • Derick Michael Dillard: March 9, 1989 
    1. Israel David Dillard: April 6, 2015 
    2. Samuel Scott Dillard: July 8, 2017 
  5. Jessa Lauren (Duggar) Seewald: November 4, 1992 
    • Benjamin Michael "Ben" Seewald: May 19, 1995 
    1. Spurgeon Elliot Seewald: November 5, 2015 
    2. Henry Wilberforce Seewald: February 6, 2017 
    3. Ivy Jane Seewald: May 26, 2019
    4. Baby Seewald #4 Expected Summer 2021 
  6. Jinger Nicole (Duggar) Vuolo: December 21, 1993 
    • Jeremy Joseph Vuolo: September 5, 1987
    1. Felicity Nicole Vuolo: July 19, 2018 
    2. Evangeline Jo Vuolo: November 22, 2020 
  7. Joseph Garrett Duggar: January 20, 1995 
    • Kendra Renee (Caldwell) Duggar: August 11, 1998 
    1. Garrett David Duggar: June 8, 2018
    2. Addison Renee Duggar: November 2, 2019 
    3. Brooklyn Praise Duggar: February 19, 2021 
  8.  Josiah Matthew Duggar: August 28, 1996
    • Lauren Milagro (Swanson) Duggar: May 18, 1999
    1. Bella Milagro Duggar: November 8, 2019
  9. Joy-Anna (Duggar) Forsyth: October 28, 1997 
    • Austin Martyn Forsyth: December 11, 1993 
    1. Gideon Martyn Forsyth: February 23, 2018 
    2. Evelyn Mae Forsyth: August 21, 2020
  10. Jedidiah Robert Duggar: December 30, 1998 
    • Katelyn Koryn (Nakatsu) Duggar: July 29, 1998
  11. Jeremiah Robert Duggar: December 30, 1998  
  12. Jason Michael Duggar: April 21, 2000
  13. James Andrew Duggar: July 7, 2001 
  14. Justin Samuel Duggar: November 15, 2002
    • Claire Yvonne (Spivey) Duggar: February 27, 2001
  15. Jackson Levi Duggar: May 23, 2004 
  16. Johannah Faith Duggar: October 11, 2005 
  17. Jennifer Danielle Duggar: August 2, 2007
  18. Jordyn-Grace Makiya Duggar: December 18, 2008 
  19. Josie Brooklyn Duggar: December 10, 2009
    Ward: Tyler Wayne Hutchins: February 10, 2008

Bringing Up Bates: Season Ten

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