'We all look forward to the arrival of our daughter!' Pregnant Anna Duggar and sex pest husband Josh share a BEE-themed gender reveal video for their sixth child - and third baby girl
- Anna, 30, and Josh, 31, are expecting their sixth child in November
- They threw a 'What’s It Gonna Bee' party with their kids, using a beehive-shaped 'volcano' to reveal the baby's gender
- Middle child Marcus poured vinegar in the hive, making pink foam come out
- Anna also revealed that it was Josh's grandma, who died last week, who suggested they do a gender reveal with their first child
- The couple already have five children, two of which were born after Josh's dual sex scandals broke
- In 2015, it was revealed that Josh had molested his younger sisters as a teenager, and then cheated on his wife and had an Ashley Madison account
Sex pest Josh Duggar and his wife Anna are expecting their sixth child this fall — and they revealed on Instagram today that they are having a girl.
Josh, 31, and Anna, 30, first revealed that she was pregnant on Instagram in April, sharing a home video of themselves surprising their other five children with the news.
And on Thursday, Anna uploaded their gender reveal video, in which they first told the other kids that they are getting a little sister.
Another one: Anna and Josh Duggar revealed on Instagram today that they are having a baby girl
Buzzworthy: The couple held a 'What’s It Gonna Bee' gender reveal party for their kids earlier this month
The couple held a 'What’s It Gonna Bee' party earlier this month to share the gender with nine-year-old Mackynzie, seven-year-old Michael, six-year-old Marcus, three-year-old Meredith, and one-year-old Mason.
The bee-theme fete included sweets, balloons, and a golden beehive 'volcano' that erupted with pink foam when vinegar was poured over the baking soda and paint mixture in the middle.
Marcus, who turned six that week, got to do the honors.
'Since Marcus is currently the middle child (and I was a middle child) I wanted him to have a special part in the gender reveal... so Josh and I pulled together a little “What’s It Gonna Bee” party for our kids!' Anna explained at the time, posting photos — without revealing the gender — on Instagram on June 7.
'The kids drew and cut out bumble bees and decorated our “beehive” for a “science project” not knowing we were to have a blue or pink “volcano” coming out of the top of the hive!
'Marcus was our “little scientist” and did an awesome job mixing the eruption of our colored volcano for the siblings,' she added.
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Involved: Middle child Marcus poured vinegar into a homemade volcano at the party
Surprise: Pink foam bubbled up and spilled over the top, revealing that the baby is a girl
Mama's boy: Seven-year-old Michael rushed to hug his mother
The news was just kept among family members until today, when Anna shared the final video online.
In the clip, when Marcus pours vinegar into the volcano, pink foam bubbles over the top — leaving his siblings screaming and exclaiming over their forthcoming baby sister.
'This is the 6th gender reveal for our little family and it always so exciting!' Anna wrote. 'Each child God has given us is unique and special — we all look forward to the arrival of our daughter / sister this fall!
'This morning Jessa sent over an article which mentioned our first gender reveal with Mackynzie on the Today Show as something that helped popularize gender reveal cakes 10 years ago,' she went on.
'A little behind the scenes story: When I was expecting Kynzie, Grandma Duggar excitedly told me of a “new trend” that featured baking a gender reveal cake. Grandma asked if she and Amy could bake one for us?!?!
Milking it: The couple have shared their pregnancy news on Anna's Instagram page
'Josh and I loved the idea and that was our plan...until our producers heard about the idea and it grew quite a bit! Buddy the Cake Boss ended up baking the first gender reveal cake for us! We were thrilled to cut into our pink cake with Meredith Vieira in NYC.
'All that to say, Grandma was the one who sparked this special tradition for our family and it sounds like a lot of other families have enjoyed the idea over the years as well!
'With Grandma’s passing last week, this 6th gender reveal is a reminder of her love — I’m so glad we were able to share the news of our third little girl with Great-Grandma before she went to be with Jesus!' she wrote.
Grandma Mary Duggar, Josh's paternal grandmother, fell and drowned in a family pool at the age of 78 on June 9 — the day, it seems, that Josh and Anna had their gender reveal party.
Big brood: They already have nine-year-old Mackynzie, seven-year-old Michael, six-year-old Marcus, three-year-old Meredith, and one-year-old Mason
Anna has made all of the announcements about the pregnancy on her page, as her husband Josh doesn't have a social media account (or at least not a public one).
He's kept mostly under-the-radar — and completely absent from the family TV show, Counting On — since 2015, when TLC's original show 19 Kids and Counting was cancelled as a result of his behavior.
That summer, InTouch magazine unearthed reports that Josh had molested four of his younger sisters and a fifth child back when he was a teenager.
Josh had admitted to his parents in 2002 that he touched the breast area and genitals of the other children, including sisters Jill and Jessa, several times. Josh went to Christian counseling for several months as a result.
But it was only the first of the scandals. That same summer — just a month after Josh and Anna welcomed their fourth child, Meredith — when a hacker released user information for the adultery website Ashley Madison and Josh was found among those who had used the services.
His profile included interests like 'one-night stands and 'experimenting with sex toys.'
Little: Anna and Josh married back in 2008 when Anna was just 20 years old
Dual sex scandals: The couple (pictured in July 2018) has been plagued by Josh's sex scandals
Josh admitted publicly to infidelity and having a porn addiction, calling himself 'the biggest hypocrite ever' in a statement.
'While espousing faith and family values, I have secretly over the last several years been viewing pornography on the internet and this became a secret addiction and I became unfaithful to my wife,' he wrote.
'I am so ashamed of the double life that I have been living and am grieved for the hurt, pain and disgrace my sin has caused my wife and family, and most of all Jesus and all those who profess faith in Him.'
Anna famously stuck by him, moving into his parents' house with their children while Josh sought out more Christian counseling treatment.
Since then, they had another child, Mason, and are now expecting again.
'We are so excited to announce that we are expecting a new little one!' Anna wrote in April, announcing the news. 'As we watch our children grow and thrive — we look forward to baby six joining us this fall!'
Surprise! Anna and Josh also involved the children in the pregnancy announcement
Announcement: The couple, who don't believe in birth control, made the big reveal with a video on Instagram
Getting a sibling: The video shows them sharing the news with their other give children
Tedious: The kids are tasked with spelling out a secret message about the new baby
'Yay mommy's having a baby!' Anna gushes, and Josh repeats: 'Mommy's gonna have a baby!'
Reproduction: Though he and Anna took some time apart after Josh's dual sex scandals, it hasn't slowed them down too much
In the video that Anna posted, she and Josh handed out pages with letters printed on them to the four oldest kids, while Mason sat on mom's hip.
The confusing task took a few minutes as the kids figured out where to put each of the letters on the floor in order to spell out the message.
At the end, it read: 'New baby coming this fall.'
The kidsed react with glee at the news, jumping up and down and screaming and cheering.
'Yay mommy's having a baby!' Anna gushed, and Josh repeated: 'Mommy's gonna have a baby!'
The couple is well on their way to at least getting close to catching up with Josh's parents, who have 19 kids total and don't believe in birth control.
The Duggar parents, Michelle and Jim Bob, have been outspoken against birth control, saying that they welcomed as many children as God saw fit to give them.
Bump times five! Two Duggar sisters and three sisters-in-law were pregnant at the same time until very recently, though Jessa (center) gave birth in late May
Happy family? Anna has continued to procreate with her husband, who admitted to cheating on her in 2015
They weren't always that way. Jim Bob revealed that initially, they thought they'd have just two or three kids, and Michelle went on the pill for the first few years of their marriage.
After having their eldest son Josh, Michelle went back on the pill, but got pregnant while taking it. They ended up losing that baby, and were so grieved that, through prayer, they decided to 'give that area of our life to the Lord,' letting God decide on when and how often they would have kids.
Now, at least four of the adult Duggar children are expecting babies: Josh and his wife Anna, Josiah and his wife Lauren, Joy Anna and her husband Austin Forsyth, and Joseph and his wife Kendra.
Jessa welcomed her third child, a daughter, at the end of May.
Just before Jessa gave birth, she, Anna, Lauren, Joy Anna, and Kendra all posed for a pregnancy photo together.
At the time, Anna also revealed that the remaining four pregnant women are all due in November, and said the order they're due is Kendra first, followed by Joy Anna, then Lauren, and finally herself.
