"All About Jill" Recap

19 Kids and Counting "All About Jill"

• As Duggar Wedding #2 approaches, the family shares their thoughts about Jill and the memories they have shared with her. 
• Jill was Michelle's first all-natural delivery. "She was so sweet," remembers Michelle. "The sweetest, easiest baby ever."
• "She's like a little angel," adds Josh, who says he never remembers Jill doing anything wrong.
• Jim Bob calls Jill "the ultimate best friend."
• What words come to mind when the Duggars think about Jill?
• Grandma Duggar: loving
• Jim Bob: delightful
• Michelle: sweet
• Jackson: energetic
• Jason: bubbly
• James: giver
• Michael: fun
• Jill looks back on her favorite family memories, including the "perm phase" she and her sisters went through several years ago. For a period of time, the girls would regularly perm each other's hair. Looking back, they say the perms made their hair very poofy. Now that they are older, the girls prefer to use curling irons. (Click here to watch our Duggar Hair Tutorial.) 
• Who will lead Jill's buddy team (Joy, James, and Jennifer) when she moves out? Joy says it's her turn to take over. 
• "Jill has really always had a servant's heart," says Michelle. "She is very giving." The Duggars define "having a servant's heart" as "finding joy in serving others."
• When they were in their late teens, Jana, Jill, and John received first responder training. Jill had the opportunity to put her skills to use when Jason fell into an orchestra pit at a church in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2011. Jill was the first one to find her little brother, and looking back, Jason says Jill knew just what to do. 
• When Josie was born at 25 weeks gestation, Jill was there to encourage her family and to help Michelle care for her "latest, precious edition." This experience sparked Jill's interest in midwifery.
• "It has been a miracle watching Josie grow from such a tiny little baby...to a healthy and strong little girl with an attitude," says Jill. 
• Derick's mom, Cathy Byrum, tells viewers about her son: "Derick was born March ninth of 1989. He was ten days late. When he was growing up, I never thought that he would marry into a family with 19 kids."
• Derick has only one sibling, a strong contrast to Jill's 18 brothers and sisters.
• "For the most part, Derick and I got along, but we were your typical brothers," says Derick's younger brother, Dan. "We had our moments."
• During Derick's freshman year of college, his father, the late Rick Dillard, passed away. Derick says he learned what it truly means to lean on God. "I really knew that God was in control," he shares.
• After college, Derick headed to Nepal to do mission work for two years. Before leaving, he reached out to Jim Bob to be his prayer partner because he knew the Duggars had a heart for missions.
• Jim Bob mentored Derick for a year and a half before introducing him to Jill. At first, Jill remained guarded because she was unsure whether she wanted to pursue a relationship with Derick.
• Many Skype conversations and phone calls later, and Jill had fallen in love. You know the rest of the story!
• Tune in next Tuesday for a two-hour special of 19 Kids and Counting featuring Jill and Derick's wedding. 

Jill's Pregnancy: Gender of the baby

In five months, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar will have four grandchildren, three grandsons and one granddaughter. The family announced today that Jill Dillard is expecting a boy.

"I was really excited," Derick Dillard told PEOPLE. "As a new dad, to have a firstborn son to be our first child and be the leader of his siblings, it is very special."

Before her ultrasound appointment last Saturday, Jill indulged in a sugary breakfast of waffles with syrup and whipped cream, fruit, chocolate milk, and lemonade. She wanted to make sure Baby Dilly would be active for his big debut.

"He stretched out his legs full length," said Jill. "He was trying to be like Dad."

Jill and Derick brought three Duggars--Joy-Anna, James, and Jennifer--with them to the appointment. Jill said there was "screaming in the room" when the gender was revealed.

Jill had predicted that Baby Dilly would be a girl, but both she and Derick agreed that, boy or girl, all they wanted was a healthy baby.

Both the Duggars and Dillards were thrilled to hear the news.

"We could have a giant," said Jill. "I called Derick's mom, and she was telling me that when Derick was born, he didn't fit into the newborn clothes, and his shoes were a size two."

According to Jill, her parents were "just elated."

"My mom and dad both thought it was going to be a boy and my grandma did, too," said the expectant mother. "They are all really excited,"

Jill and Derick don't plan on following a letter theme for their children's names, but they might choose a different theme, such as family names.


Photo Credit: People 

Jill's Wedding Planning

In honor of Jill's Wedding and tonight's episode.... We thought that we would post a few segment 

videos of her wedding planning.

   

Here  is Jill's Bridal Party

Here Jill explains her proposal

In this video Jill Skype's with Derick (In the pre-courting days)

In this video Jill, her sisters, her Mom and Derick meet with the wedding coordinator.

The Girls go shoe shopping

And lastly... The Girls try out hair styles for the wedding

Last Night's Episodes

19 Kids and Counting "Wedding Countdown!"

• Jill and Derick have been meeting with Jim Bob and Michelle for weekly marriage counseling leading up to their wedding. Jim Bob says he is "checking Derick out" until the day he says 'I do.'
• The Duggars recommend the Getting Ready For Marriage by Jerry D. Hardin and Dianne C. Sloan.
• Jim Bob and the kids visit an auction to buy furniture for the Stonybrook house, which Jim Bob and Michelle have fixed up over the past two years and will allow Jill and Derick to live in temporarily.
• "I trust Jill; she has a better eye of what will look good in our home," says Derick, who stops by the auction after work.
• "These are the last few days, hours, moments that we are going to be able to spend with [Jill] before she's married," says Jana.
• "We only hold hands right now, and within the span of a day, we are going to be living in the same home and being a married couple." says Derick.f
• Jim Bob and Michelle give Jill and Derick a tour of their new home. "There's definitely enough room to start a family," remarks Derick. 
• "Their first home compared to our first home are two total opposites," says Michelle, who lived in a tiny fixer upper when she married Jim Bob thirty years ago. "I know that Jill is excited to start a home of her own. She is such a homemaker anyway. She is just going to love it, and she will do great at it."
• After the tour, the rest of the Duggar family, including Ben Seewald, comes over to help move furniture.
• "Ben's very sweet about taking directions," says Jessa. "He's always like, 'Yes, how would you like that done?'" Jessa says she envisions a much smaller house for her and Ben when they get married.
• Later, Michelle supervises the kids as they film a reenactment of Jill and Derick's engagement, starring Jackson and Johannah as Jill and Derick, Jenny and Jordyn as the chaperones, and Jeremiah as the musician. Four-year-old Josie makes an appearance as the police officer who mistakenly asked Jill and Derick to use a different sidewalk as they entered the park just before getting engaged. He didn't realize that the "documentary" that was being filmed was their engagement!
• Jill picks up the first wedding "guests"--Josh and Anna and their kids--from the airport. "This wedding is happening," says Jana. "It is going to be here before we know it.
• Josh visits his old car dealership, now owned by a friend, to borrow a getaway car for the wedding. Jill has asked her siblings to refrain from trashing her getaway car, but Josh admits he might not honor that request.
• The older girls help Jill decorate her new house, which includes hanging approximately 130 picture frames.
• Two days before the wedding, Jill and her mom and bridesmaids get their nails done by one of Jill's friends. "These are some of the last things I get to do with my family as a Duggar," says Jill.
• The bridesmaids try their dresses on one last time, and Jana finishes sewing 11 ties for the groomsmen and ushers. Jill packs her belongings into boxes, while friends start arriving at the house

Happy 9th Birthday Johannah!

Happy 9th Birthday Johanna!! We hope you have a wonderful day!!