19 Kids and Counting stars Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald engaged!

Jessa Duggar engaged to Ben Seewald Instagram/JessaSeewald

Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald are engaged! The news of the engagement has been confirmed by People magazine. 

The newly engaged Duggar daughter shared, "We are talking about our goals and even just like future, with family, we both talked about adoptions. We are open to having children and both want to adopt, too."

Reality TV stars Ben Seewald and Jessa Duggar, featured on the hit TLC show "19 Kids and Counting," have been  showing the world that they are indeed deeply in love with each other after almost a year of being a couple.

Just recently, Ben sent a handwritten love note to Jessa, together with a special pearl bracelet as a gift. Jessa posted the gift and the letter on her Instagram account.

Seewald wrote:

My Dearest Jessa Lauren,

These elegant pearls looked quite majestic when I picked them out. However, they were a bit lonely... What good are such beautiful pearls if not to have the grace of being worn by one so elegant and majestic as yourself?

These pearls were lonely ... just like I am when we're apart; but not anymore! I love you my precious princess!"

The note ended with a drawing of a heart at the bottom of the page, where the initials "B + J" surrounded by smaller hearts can be seen. The signature says, "Your Man, Ben."

Y'all, my guy is seriously the most romantic ever! I love you @ben_seewald!!! jessaseewald's Instagram

Jessa is one of the favorites in the Duggar household, and fans have been glued to the show to see if Ben would make a wedding proposal anytime soon.

The couple started their relationship back in September 2013. Jessa was actually the first girl in the Duggar home to be in a relationship, but her sister got married first.

Her older sister Jill just got married to Derick Dillard, which makes two of the Duggar children married. The first one was the oldest child Josh, who is now 26-years-old, who married several years ago.

Viewers of the show know that the Duggars have a strict relationship rules for their children, requiring couples to have a friend or another family member as a chaperone whenever they are spending time together.

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