Two Duggar Birthdays

And the November birthdays continue for the Duggar family! Three days ago, they celebrated Spurgeon Seewald's 5th birthday. Spurgeon is Duggar grandchild No. 6. Today is Bella Duggar's 1st birthday. Bella is the 15th Grand-Duggar.

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Parenting Baby Bella

Family walk with Josiah, Lauren, and Bella Duggar

 

"I like coming home and saying, 'Daddy's home,' and then seeing Bella and her face light up."
-Josiah Duggar

Bella Duggar is eight days away from her five-month milestone. In a recent video from TLC, Josiah and Lauren Duggar share a few thoughts on parenting (link below). It seems like just yesterday they were talking about preparing for Bella's arrival.

Josiah and Lauren Duggar on Parenting

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Bella and Lauren

Bella Duggar and Lauren Duggar

We hope that all our readers had a wonderful weekend. Just wanted to jump on here and share a new mother-daughter photo of Lauren and Bella. Bella will be five months old on April 8th. Do you think she has more Duggar or Swanson features right now?

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New Photos of the Infant Grand-Duggars

Grace Duggar

With the coronavirus inundating news sources across the globe, we thought we would provide something to make our readers smile. The five infant Duggar grandchildren are growing quickly. Ivy Seewald is almost 10 months old, Addison Duggar and Bella Duggar are both four months old, Maryella Duggar is three months old, and Grace Duggar is two months old. For fun, here are photos of all five of these precious Duggar granddaughters.

Addison Duggar and Kendra Duggar

Bella Duggar

Maryella Duggar and Mason Duggar

Henry Seewald, Ivy Seewald, Spurgeon Seewald

Photos courtesy of duggarfamily.com, joeandkendra.com, theseewaldfamily.com

3 Baby Girls

The three Duggar granddaughters that arrived in November are celebrating their two-month milestones this month. Addison Duggar turned two months on January 2, Bella Duggar turned two months on January 8, and Maryella Duggar will turn two months on January 27.

Addison Renee Duggar

 

Lauren Duggar and Bella Milagro Duggar

 

Maryella Hope Duggar

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Bella's 1st Christmas

Bella Duggar, Christmas 2019

On our Bates blog, we posted a photo of little Willow Balka lying under Josie and Kelton's Christmas tree in East Tennessee, so we thought it would be appropriate to share a similar picture of Bella Duggar in Northwest Arkansas. Bella is almost seven weeks old.

Wishing all our readers a very Merry Christmas! May we take time to reflect on the true meaning of the holiday, which is Jesus Christ's birth.

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Watch Bella's Delivery

Lauren Duggar and Bella Duggar

 

Bella Milagro Duggar is already one month old! TLC just posted two short segments featuring her birth (links and recap below). Be sure to tune in tonight at 9pm ET/8pm CT for a brand new, hour-long episode of Counting On.

Josiah and Lauren's Baby Part 1
Josiah and Lauren's Baby Part 2


Recap
At 11:25am on November 7, Lauren, whose due date is still 10 days away, is having significant contractions, so she and Josiah head to the Swanson home to exercise (lunges and walking on the treadmill and stairs). They return home and then leave for the hospital later that night. Lauren is 3cm dilated and 80% effaced. Lana (Lauren’s mom) and Michelle arrive before midnight. Jill joins them as another support person. Unfortunately, Lauren is having back labor.

Around midnight, Lauren receives an epidural. She starts to feel faint and dizzy, so she lays down. After a while, she is still feeling back pain, so the doctor gives her another epidural.

By 8am on November 8, Lauren is still experiencing painful contractions, so the doctor gives her medication to help her relax and breaks her water. That helps her dilate more, but she is exhausted.

At 4:15pm, Lauren starts to push. Between pushes, she is able to relax well. Bella arrives at 4:24pm, weighing 6 lbs 5 oz and measuring 18.5 inches, after about two days of labor. Before long, Bella’s eyes are wide open, and she happily laying on Lauren’s chest.


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Meet Baby Bella Duggar

Josiah Duggar, Lauren Duggar, Bella Duggar

Josiah Duggar: "I think one of the most exciting things about having a daughter is you can shop for her. There's so many different shades of pink. I had no idea."

Lauren Duggar: "I actually think he's has had more fun dressing her than I have."

A few days ago, we shared the link to Joe and Kendra's newborn photo shoot with Addison Duggar, as well as the link to the first video featuring Addison. Now, it's time to introduce the world to Josiah and Lauren Duggar's sweet baby, Bella Milagro Duggar. In the video (link below), the parents show off their little blessing, share the meaning behind her name, and talk about live as parents.

Bella's Introduction Video
Bella's Newborn Shoot 

Photo courtesy TLC

7, Soon to Be 8

Josh Duggar, Anna Duggar, Marcus Duggar (2013), Mackynzie Duggar (2009)

Michael Duggar (2011), Meredith Duggar (2015), Mason Duggar (2017)

The first two November Duggar babies have already arrived. Joseph and Kendra Duggar welcomed Addison Duggar on November 2nd, and Josiah and Lauren Duggar met Bella Duggar on November 8th. Anna Duggar is due with the final November baby next week. This photo could very well be the last picture that Josh and Anna Duggar take with their kiddos before the new addition joins the clan. It was taken yesterday at Silver Dollar City.

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Josiah and Lauren Welcome Baby Girl

Josiah Duggar and Lauren Duggar

Weeks before Bella Duggar joined the family

Just six days after the arrival of Joseph and Kendra Duggar's baby girl, Addison Duggar, Josiah and Lauren Duggar welcomed a baby girl of their own. Bella Milagro Duggar was born on Friday, November 8th, 2019, at 4:24pm. She weighed 6 lbs 5 oz and measured 18.5 inches long. Photos of the new addition can be found on the TLC website.

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