Joe & Kendra: Looking Forward To Side Hugs

[queenanne]

35 minutes ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

Could this be them praying that their child will not be gay?  Because deep down they know that one is born gay and that it is not a choice?  Why else would you pray that your unborn baby finds the perfect heterosexual spouse.  I would be praying that my child would be healthy and happy.

Well, it’s never too early to lock in a virgin bride/groom/make sure they don’t show up as old chewed-out gum... raised from babies is best.

[Churchhoney]

3 hours ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

Could this be them praying that their child will not be gay?  Because deep down they know that one is born gay and that it is not a choice?  Why else would you pray that your unborn baby finds the perfect heterosexual spouse.  I would be praying that my child would be healthy and happy.

Interesting thought.

They clearly don't care about the happy. .... And actually their food habits and such suggest that they may not care much about the healthy, either -- especially if "healthy" might cost them more money. 

I wonder whether it's a general vision of having a kid who'll carry on their holy legacy and produce that army of Christian babies for them....In their world, you want to be the patriarch and matriarch of a horde of sword-wielding Christian fighters in the end times -- led by Jubilee on flying-horseback, probably, in JB's and M's world .... And these people who were the first in their own lines to become crazy-born-again and went into some cult like the Gothard one probably envision themselves as having founded the line and been the true patriarch and matriarch because you were holy enough to do that while your ancestors weren't....

And of course, Don't be gayyyyy!!!! is part of that. 

As usual, it's not at all about the kid. It''s what the kid will do for their all-important "legacy." (in this case, sprouting a bunch more little JB's and M's....because Jesus needs more of those. )

Edited January 29, 2019 by Churchhoney

[Ohiopirate02]

38 minutes ago, Churchhoney said:

Interesting thought.

They clearly don't care about the happy. .... And actually their food habits and such suggest that they may not care much about the healthy, either -- especially if "healthy" might cost them more money. 

I wonder whether it's a general vision of having a kid who'll carry on their holy legacy and produce that army of Christian babies for them....In their world, you want to be the patriarch and matriarch of a horde of sword-wielding Christian fighters in the end times -- led by Jubilee on flying-horseback, probably, in JB's and M's world .... And these people who were the first in their own lines to become crazy-born-again and went into some cult like the Gothard one probably envision themselves as having founded the line and been the true patriarch and matriarch because you were holy enough to do that while your ancestors weren't....

And of course, Don't be gayyyyy!!!! is part of that. 

As usual, it's not at all about the kid. It''s what the kid will do for their all-important "legacy." (in this case, sprouting a bunch more little JB's and M's....because Jesus needs more of those. )

I can see that.  Of course, I come from a religion where mothers would never pray for their unborn sons to become fathers when they could become priests.  Priest will always trump superbreeder for Jesus with a narcissistic Catholic mom.

[galaxychaser]

Tom Cruise was supposed to be a priest...

[Jynnan tonnix]

8 minutes ago, galaxychaser said:

Tom Cruise was supposed to be a priest...

Well, he's still way up in the echelons of Scientology...He might actually just be one of those people wired to respond to religious thinking, no matter how misguided it might be.

[Barb23]

Hoping they show the Joken family on the new season of Counting On.  We haven't seen much of them incl Garrett since they don't exploit themselves on social media like the rest of the siblings.  I was thinking back to when Kendra was pregnant.  IIRC, she didn't do the once a month pregnancy photos & we really didn't see her much while pregnant. They seem to have figured things out even though they are one of the younger couples. Good for them.

[Lunera]

Joe and Kendra have joined Instagram. Josiah and Lauren made it official on their page but it's strange no Duggar is following the page.

[BitterApple]

Garrett looks like a cute, baby mash-up of Joe and JD. 

[cmr2014]

1 minute ago, Lunera said:

Joe and Kendra have joined Instagram. Josiah and Lauren made it official on their page but it's strange no Duggar is following the page.

There is a discussion of the Duggar hairline over in the Ben/Jessa thread and here it is on full display.

Right now he's cute, though, and he looks clean and well cared for.

Hey, Jill -- look at how easy it is to take a cute picture of a cute kids without a ton of rubbish in the background!

Hey Jessa -- look how easy it is to take a cute picture of a cute kid without a pile of dirty diapers!

Kendra may still be "trying to figure out how it works" but her instincts are 1000x better than her SIL's.

[queenanne]

18 minutes ago, Lunera said:

Joe and Kendra have joined Instagram. Josiah and Lauren made it official on their page but it's strange no Duggar is following the page.

Hey, good-lookin'!  Nice to see you, cutie! 

I think he looks very Kendra, in some undefinable way (maybe the shape of his head?)

[Churchhoney]

He's a cute little guy, all right. But he does seem to have the hairline of Eddie Munster. Just pushed a couple inches farther back on his head. 

I assume that'll look different with time. Although given the Duggars' hairline issues, who knows?

Edited March 1, 2019 by Churchhoney

[awaken]

Let’s see how fast Kendra starts hawking shampoo, diet cures, and shlumpy clothes. I guarantee it’s just a matter of time, and they suddenly joined SM to further the brand. 

[Petrichor]

2 hours ago, queenanne said:

Hey, good-lookin'!  Nice to see you, cutie! 

I think he looks very Kendra, in some undefinable way (maybe the shape of his head?)

Cute! But...Anyone else notice one of his eyes is way bigger than the other?

Edited March 1, 2019 by Petrichor
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[BitterApple]

1 minute ago, Petrichor said:

Cute! But...Anyone else notice one of his eyes is way bigger than the other?

People in the comments suggested he may have an eye condition. I can't think of the name, but it was mentioned a bunch of times.

Poor Kendra though. Her first post and everyone's telling her about her kid's wonky eyes. Welcome to the Internet, lol.

[Jynnan tonnix]

Seems as though Israel has that same sort of thing with his eyes.

[DangerousMinds]

1 hour ago, awaken said:

Let’s see how fast Kendra starts hawking shampoo, diet cures, and shlumpy clothes. I guarantee it’s just a matter of time, and they suddenly joined SM to further the brand. 

Yes, I thought these two might just have the sense to stay off Sm. Sad.

[Marshmallow Mollie]

18 minutes ago, DangerousMinds said:

Yes, I thought these two might just have the sense to stay off Sm. Sad.

Right?! I liked that they stayed off social media. I am still hoping this isn’t a real account.

[Sew Sumi]

16 minutes ago, Marshmallow Mollie said:

Right?! I liked that they stayed off social media. I am still hoping this isn’t a real account.

Well, like with Joy and JD, I DMed this account and suggested they get authorized. We shall see, I guess, but SiRen are following the account, so I lean towards real.

[PikaScrewChu]

44 minutes ago, DangerousMinds said:

Yes, I thought these two might just have the sense to stay off Sm. Sad.

There's money to be made off social media! Kendra and Joe aren't making the babies fast enough to pay the bills.

Yes, that's assuming you think babies are made just like Ralph Wiggum thinks babies are made.

[DangerousMinds]

25 minutes ago, PikaScrewChu said:

There's money to be made off social media! Kendra and Joe aren't making the babies fast enough to pay the bills.

Yes, that's assuming you think babies are made just like Ralph Wiggum thinks babies are made.

There is also money to be made by getting a job.

[PikaScrewChu]

4 minutes ago, DangerousMinds said:

There is also money to be made by getting a job.

Job is a Biblical figure to them and things didn't turn out so well for him. Why would they get something that shares the same name? 😉 The Duggars are very pious dontcha know.

[Barb23]

57 minutes ago, DangerousMinds said:

Yes, I thought these two might just have the sense to stay off Sm. Sad.

Well so much for my  earlier post today about how nice it is they aren't on social media. 

Garrett is a cute little guy. He looks so snuggly & cozy in that onesie, like a baby should vs the tight dress shirt & jeans that newborn baby Waller wore. 

I also noticed there looks like a difference in the size of his ears as well as his eyes.  His right ear & eye are larger than his left. Maybe part of it is the camera angle.  I do remember someone commented on what looked like Garrett's lack of head control on the picture of Joy holding Giddyup & Kendra holding Garrett but that looks fine here.  I hope everything is OK with him. 

[ginger90]

If course Jill has to participate:

[BetyBee]

I hope the name "little duggar family" indicates that they intend to stay a small family!

[Churchhoney]

Welcome to the ship of fools, Garrett. 

[LongDenimFrumper]

12 hours ago, Petrichor said:

Cute! But...Anyone else notice one of his eyes is way bigger than the other?

I didn't want to be the first to point it out... It does appear his eyes are noticeably different in size. I wondered why they weren't sharing pictures of him. I thought maybe they were trying to watch out for his privacy but now I think there may have been a health condition they wanted to conceal. I knew it had to be something because if these people can make a nickle with a picture, they will sell it lickity split. 

He may have glaucoma. He's a cute baby and I hope whatever it is either clears up or is manageable and doesn't hinder his health.  

[madpsych78]

I'm wondering if Garrett is going to be a redhead as he acquires more hair...

[Churchhoney]

1 hour ago, LongDenimFrumper said:

I didn't want to be the first to point it out... It does appear his eyes are noticeably different in size.

Well, not that I know a single thing about him, and I don't even play a doctor (or even a medical receptionist) on tv. But it looks to me like he might have a moderate case of ptosis on his left side? -- Where the musculature in your eyelid and above isn't strong enough to hold the eye fully open. I hope they've had that possibility checked out.

It doesn't look like it would block his vision. But I gather even the moderate form can have consequences over time since your eyelid's kind of lying on the eyeball in an unnatural position, so a doctor should keep an eye on it, so to speak.

I always wonder what the money situation is with the Duggarlings and what their insurance copays are and such, though.

Edited March 1, 2019 by Churchhoney

[Sew Sumi]

6 hours ago, BetyBee said:

I hope the name "little duggar family" indicates that they intend to stay a small family!

Riiiight.

[galaxychaser]

Garrett got the duggar hairline all right. And poor thing has 2 different eye sizes to boot.  Did they take him to the doctor to find out why? I think not probably Jill diagnosed him with her medical thingies.

[FizzyPuff]

On 3/1/2019 at 11:34 AM, BetyBee said:

I hope the name "little duggar family" indicates that they intend to stay a small family!

Unless Joe has got a secret stash of condoms I doubt it. 

[Churchhoney]

10 minutes ago, Puffin said:

Unless Joe has got a secret stash of condoms I doubt it. 

And considering that Joe apparently voluntarily attended Clown College's how-to-be-a-better-god-botherer program, I doubt he does. That would constitute rebellion against the Lord for him at this point, I'll bet. ...

Maybe some years down the line when they've got five kids and don't know how to pay for them, that'll change, though. 

[Lunera]

I suspect they made the account because Kendra is already expecting the latest blessing and they need her to start posting ads because babies are expensive. 

[GeeGolly]

Maybe it's the angle but could it be http://www.plagiocephalyflathead.com/plagiocephaly_effects.php? Basically a flathead.

He's a strikingly handsome little guy though.

[louannems]

6 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

Maybe it's the angle but could it be http://www.plagiocephalyflathead.com/plagiocephaly_effects.php? Basically a flathead.

He's a strikingly handsome little guy though.

We didn't seem to have that problem when my babies were born in the 1980's.  I wonder if it's because the "back to sleep" theory wasn't popular yet and our babies slept on their tummies or sides.

[fonfereksglen]

11 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

Maybe it's the angle but could it be http://www.plagiocephalyflathead.com/plagiocephaly_effects.php? Basically a flathead.

He's a strikingly handsome little guy though.

The three Lewis girls and their mom, Cindy, from Season one and two of "The Last Alaskans" are textbook cases of congenetial ptosis. 

This cute little guy may have some issues that he could or will grow out of.  He looks nothing like the Lewis girls.  My guess you are close to the truth and hopefully this little one has been seen by a real Doctor.

Edited March 3, 2019 by fonfereksglen

[Spencer Hastings]

Garrett kind of looks like he has one of Joe’s eyes and one of Kendra’s eyes.  It sounds weird but my friend has one thumb that looks like her dad’s and one that looks like mom’s! 😂

[BitterApple]

1 minute ago, Spencer Hastings said:

Garrett kind of looks like he has one of Joe’s eyes and one of Kendra’s eyes.  It sounds weird but my friend has one thumb that looks like her dad’s and one that looks like mom’s! 😂

I just thought the same! It's like half his face is Joe's and the other half is Kendra's. It's especially noticeable in the pic where he's smiling.

[GeeGolly]

Maybe he's wearing a head shaping helmet most of the time and that's why there's few pictures.

[PikaScrewChu]

23 hours ago, Lunera said:

I suspect they made the account because Kendra is already expecting the latest blessing and they need her to start posting ads because babies are expensive. 

Has everyone placed their bets on the first ad or SWIPE UP! ?

I give it until March 7th.

[NotthebadVictoria]

1 hour ago, PikaScrewChu said:

Has everyone placed their bets on the first ad or SWIPE UP! ?

I give it until March 7th.

This is hilarious! I was just commenting to someone how they and the bates are out of control with their shilling, I give her 2 months. 

[Ijustwantsomechips]

Well bless his heart if something is wrong with his eye.  That has to be difficult for first time parents. He looks like he has his mom’s easy going personality.  

OTOH, he’s clean and appears to be well ared for.  And it could just be me, but he’s the first Duggar baby that ever looked like he has that sweet baby smell.  That soft, oatmeal cookie with extra vanilla smell that only young babies have.  I never got that impression from the other kids, even Anna’s and her kids are always clean.  

Edited March 10, 2019 by Ijustwantsomechips

[Christina87]

I think Gideon is a dead ringer for Kendra's mom. I look at his face and that's all I see!

[Sew Sumi]

That's Garrett. 😁

[Mojitogirl]

The Duggars must have gotten a great bulk discount from a social media consultant. All these curated, sponsored, new account posts are not a coincidence. 

[ginger90]

I enlarged the pictures.

[Churchhoney]

Well, like all their darn babies, he's a cutie. (I don't like hating on babies as a rule, but to the extent that their cuteness is keeping this damaged and damaging family on the air....Darn these babies...)

Also now I'm convinced he has a little bit of ptosis on the left side. In the first picture, it seems clear that that eyelid doesn't quite lift all the way up the way the other one does. 

[Thorkim]

5 hours ago, ginger90 said:

I enlarged the pictures.

Looks a lot like Izzy.

[queenanne]

13 hours ago, ginger90 said:

I enlarged the pictures.

Yup, he's a cutie!!  Cute hat, cute face, super-cute onesie... so far so good.

[Barb23]

On 2/28/2019 at 10:22 PM, DangerousMinds said:

^^^oops

I was rewatching last week's episode & on one of the TH's Kendra's hair was flipped to the back but there was still some hanging down framing each side of her face like a bob style.  It looked so cute. If only........