Photo courtesy People Magazine


The Duggars are having baby number 18

The Duggars are an evangelical Christian family from Arkansas who have 17 children with names starting in 'J.' They appear in various documentaries in which their kids all dress alike. They are about to have another child, bringing their total up to 18. And they are inviting you to watch!

I am politely declining that invitation.

People Magazine reports:

Sure, Angelina Jolie has her hands full raising six children. But she's got nothing on Michelle Duggar: She and husband Jim Bob are about to welcome their 18th child – and they're inviting viewers to watch.

The Tontitown, Ark., family, whose show 17 Kids and Counting airs on TLC, are inviting the network's cameras to capture their next child's grand entrance in January.

Michelle and Jim Bob, who are part of the evangelical Christian movement called Quiverful, currently have seven girls and 10 boys – and plan to continue to expand their family.

Apparently 18 will not be enough to satisfy their loinish longings.


In related news: Taiwan now has a Hello Kitty maternity hospital


Photo courtesy of Reuters

via Reuters:

Hello baby! Kitty welcomes Taiwan newborns

Newborns get everything Hello Kitty but a set of whiskers, including pink or blue receiving blankets, nurses dressed in pink uniforms with cat-themed aprons, cot linen and room decor.

In the lobby, a Hello Kitty statue in a doctor's uniform greets patients, and twice a year people in feline costumes visit mothers and children.

The cat's likeness even shows up on birth certificate covers.

Does Hello Kitty soothe newborns and moms? "Unlike traditional hospitals that are mostly white, I feel this one is pretty good," says brand-new mother Chen Shing-chiu, 38. "I like Hello Kitty very much myself."