For A Second I Thought The Duggar's Were Having Another Kid

I read this headline in Kneepads and it stopped me cold. "Another Duggar Girl On The Way!" I thought to myself, oh please no. No more kids for these families on TLC. It turns out though it was just announcing the fact that the Duggar kid who got married found out on live television this morning the sex of the child he is having with his wife. Whew. I don't know why they had to do that on national television. Oh, wait a second. Yes, I do. I think the Duggar's might be feeling a little attention starved with all of the attention Jon and Kate are getting. I think that explains the reason why you had the married couple and his dad on television this morning plugging the heck out of their show.

Some very good news in all of this is that Joshua Duggar said that he and his wife will be happy with just two or three kids. I think she will even be more happy that she is not expected to try and have 18 kids. Of course unless they have like 10 or 11 they can probably kiss their television careers goodbye. Oh, wait someone who isn't going to have kids just to make money off them. That is a novel concept. To me as a television viewer I think I would be much more interested in a show about a day care center. That way those of you who want to watch 20 kids running around screaming can have that and the rest of us can watch as the cameras follow home some of the parents of the kids and the struggles they face everyday raising their one or two children on real paychecks and having to live a real life. Wait though. That is reality. We can't have reality on reality television. Reality is depressing. We would much rather watch some fairytale reality where two parents manage to raise 8 kids and yet have time to vacation all over the world live in a huge house and don't worry about anything except when they can get a spa appointment.

Here Come The Duggar's

When I first saw the Duggar family was expecting another baby, I said to myself doesn't that woman ever get tired of having kids. But, it turns out it wasn't them it was their oldest kid. Joshua Duggar got married back in October and he and his wife are expecting a kid in October. That means it was three whole months before she got pregnant. I'm sure he was yelling at her every night because she had not get pregnant yet and wondering how come she wasn't like his mom.

When Joshua's wife Anna took the pregnancy test she gave it to Joshua without looking at it which is the weirdest thing ever. It's like it is her job and he is the supervisor. That night at dinner he broke the news to Anna and his parents all at once.

Oh, and lest you think they are not going to have a million kids, when asked if they were going to keep the J tradition when naming their kid, Joshua said, "Discussions are underway. We are planning on a name theme, but we are not sure what it will be." When you start talking about naming themes you know there are going to be a bunch of kids. And discussion shmicussion, I think the only person he is discussing it with is himself.