It seems like there are plenty of birthday candles still waiting to be blown in the Duggar household in the coming days.
This month alone, two members of Jim Bob and Michelle's brood have added another year to their age, with one more member to turn a year older. The first Duggar grandchild and Josh and Anna's firstborn daughter, Mackynzie Rebee, celebrated her fifth birthday last Oct. 8. On Oct. 11, 16th Duggar child and the fourth youngest offspring, Johanna Faith, celebrated her ninth birthday. Her older sister, Joy-Anna, who happens to be the ninth Duggar kid, will turn 17 on Oct. 28.
But the parties do not stop there. Jessa Lauren, the fifth Duggar child and soon-to-be Mrs. Ben Seewald, is going to be wed on Nov. 1; then on Nov. 4, she will turn 22. Justin Samuel will then turn 12 on Nov. 15.
December is also a month of celebration for the popular TLC reality series household. The youngest Duggar baby, Josie Brooklyn, will turn four on Dec. 10, while the second-to-the-last daughter, Jordyn-Grace Makiya, will be six years old on Dec. 18. On Dec. 30, twins Jedidiah Robert and Jeremiah Robert will turn 16.
The 49-year-old Duggar patriarch, Jim Bob, and 48-year-old matriarch, Michelle, have a total of 19 children since being married 30 years ago.
One of their daughters, 23-year-old Jill, recently married Derick Dillard and will soon have a baby of her own sometime in March next year. Her offspring will be the fourth Duggar grandchild; the first three are Josh and Anna's.
The Duggars are featured in one of the longest-running reality series in TLC. The show, entitled "19 Kids and Counting," deals with Jim Bob and Michelle's challenges of raising a large family with a strong Christian background. They are known to have strict dating policies, which forbid the children to date without a chaperone and to be physically intimate with the opposite sex before marriage.
Just recently, the show was criticized for blurring out the pro-life quote printed in one of the t-shirts worn by a family member. Known for their deep Christian faith, viewers are familiar with the Duggar's pro-life stance. But when TLC decided to blur the t-shirt print, fans took their reaction to social media.
The show producers have not yet provided any statement about this controversy.
