Big news out of Tontitown, Arkansas today, as the Duggar family has announced that their ever-growing clan is expanding once again!
Joseph Duggar and Kendra Caldwell announced today that they’re expecting their first child.
The couple shared the news with fans this morning via a statement to Us Weekly.
“During this season that we are celebrating the birth of Christ, we are so excited to share with you that we are expecting the gift of a child ourselves!” Joe and Kendra told the magazine.
“Wow, it’s so exciting!!! We’ve both always loved children and seen them as a real blessing from God. It’s so surreal to think of being parents and having our own little one. We cannot wait to see this new baby!”
In the grand Duggar tradition, the newlyweds have wasted little time in starting a family.
After meeting in church when they were both just kids, Joseph and Kendra got married in September of this year.
Joe proposed to Kendra in front of a massive crowd at his sister Joy-Anna’s wedding back in May.
Just five months later, they tied the knot at First Baptist Church in Siloam Springs, Arkansas in a ceremony officiated by Kendra’s pastor father.
There’s no word yet on Kendra’s due date, but it’s believed she’s roughly three months along.
Typically women in the Duggar family wait until the completion of their first trimester before announcing their pregnancies publicly, and it seems Kendra has followed suit.
Her pregnancy will likely be featured on the upcoming season of Counting On.
Viewers of the popular reality series have been eagerly congratulating Joe and Kendra on their exciting news via social media.
“Another Duggar baby is on the way!” tweetd one ecstatic fan.
“Joe and Kendra are expecting just three months after tying the knot!” exclaimed another.
Yes, several of the family’s followers have commented on the speed with which Joe and Kendra conceived, but it doesn’t appear that there are any “shotgun wedding” rumors, as there were when Joy-Anna Duggar announced her pregnancy.
Our sincere congrats go out to Kendra and Joe on their forthcoming bundle of joy.
Something tells us it will be the first of many.
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