Strollerderby : michelle duggar

The Best of FameCrawler: Week of June 13th

Whit Honea — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Jude Law Gets It

Jessica Alba Gives Birth!!

A Sad Time in the Marson Family

George Clooney and Sarah Larson: Boobs, Not Babies Blamed For Breakup

READER POLL: Strangest Celebrity Baby Names

Heather Locklear: Drunk, Sloppy and Busting Out The Inner Gangsta

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Are Freakin' Insane

Lionel Richie: I Survived Nicole

Psstt - Angelina Jolie Has A Secret!

Michelle Duggar Should Write a Book on Pregnancy

Mom Of 17 Celebrates Mother's Day With Big Announcement

Amy S.F. Lutz — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:04:00 GMT

Imagine celebrating Mother's Day as the mother of 17 kids.

That's A LOT of macrame pot holders!

But Michelle Duggar, 41, must be jonesing for more. Because the Arkansas woman recently announced that she's pregnant with her eighteenth child.

The baby, due on New Year's Day, will join seven sisters and ten brothers (including two sets of twins) - all of whom have names beginning with the letter J.

(One of the most unbelievable parts of this story to me is that this family has 17 J names and not one of the kids is named Jonah, my first-born's name! I guess I can hold out hope they'll make the right choice this time around.)

Oh, and as if this story couldn't get any more insane - all the kids are homeschooled. Because Michelle just has so much time on her hands.

When I hear about these extraordinarily large families, I always wonder: is it fun? Will the kids grow up to have large families of their own, because they had such a blast, or will they have one child only, because all they ever wanted when they were young was a little freakin' individual attention?

Because Womenfolk Like Babies, Not B-Ball

Amy Kuras — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:02:00 GMT

Does this sound like a ridiculous barking dog to anyone else? Yes, Discovery Health's Baby Madness, billed as the mom's alternative to basketball's Final Four.

Because of course I would never want to watch basketball. Because I am a girl. And I like babies. Ha! Ha! Babies! Cute.

Not basketball. Not like my husband probably decided I was the one for him due to my excellent trash talk the first year we were dating, when my school met his in the first round (the same year, I might add, I won a statewide journalism award for a sports story I worked on). Not like I spent much of last year's tourney several notches ahead of my best guy friend in his own tournament pool. And I'm not even especially a sports fan.

No, I forget my place, I am a woman and a a mother and so of course I would rather watch babies do cute things on television (because hanging with my own cute baby and his cute preschooler sister all day long is apparently not quite enough of watching kids. Ha! Ha! Chicks! We can’t get enough babies!).

Not only do we ladies like babies, not basketball, we also like "celebrities" even if they are so D-list I can't even use the word without the snarky little quotes. Because this gem of counterprogramming also gifts us with advice and observations from "celebrity" moms of multiples Kate Gosselin (of "Jon and Kate Plus 8") and, wait for it, Michelle Duggar (on second thought, not even going there).

But still. Is it too much to ask that we stay away from stupid gender stereotypes? From assuming that because you're pitching a program to, say, mothers that we're all cute and fluffy and girly and baby-crazy would sooner get advice from Michelle Duggar (oops) than watch hoops?

Duggar Family Prepares to Welcome 17th Child

Patti — Fri, 11 May 2007 12:01:00 GMT

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar have essentially made a career out of having kids (if you have somehow missed their Discovery Channel shows, try and catch one). Having said in the past that they'll continue having children as long as God continues to bless them with the ability to do so, they're now on the verge of adding their seventeenth child, a daughter who will be named Jennifer Danielle. That's right, seventeen kids, all with J-names, and they're JUST NOW getting around to "Jennifer". That may be the most amazing thing about this story, because the rest of it is pretty much just a family doing what's best for them.

The Duggars have been ridiculed up one side of the Internet and down the other, but I can't get it up to join the fun. Their hair is no more bizarre than mine was in 1987. They built their house with their own hands and they have no debt. I'm a little surprised they all seem so healthy considering their idea of dinner, but I'm hardly morally opposed to tater tots and cream-of-soup, ask anyone. And honestly, if I had enjoyed pregnancy even one iota, I would seriously consider having more kids myself. Maybe not 17, but I started later than Michelle Duggar. I've heard much made of the childhood-stealing practice of setting each older Duggar child up to supervise a younger sibling or two, but I spent a great deal of my childhood being fully responsible for my younger sibling and I still had a good time. I don't share their religious beliefs, but that's okay with me. I just can't really hate on them too much. Plus, they had the brilliant idea of storing all their clothes in a family closet adjoining the laundry room, and that has become the guiding principle of my life as I embark on remodeling a house.

If there's anything at all I feel judgmental about with regard to the Duggars' lifestyle, it's my suspicion that the girls in the family are going to get the short end of the stick when it comes to choosing their path in life. I doubt the Duggar girls are being raised to follow in Daddy's footsteps and run for office. But, you know, I could be wrong about that. 35 years from now, Jennifer Duggar just might be President (if so, am I bad for hoping her politics are a little more moderate than her parents'?)

(Oh, and I also find the picture at right hilarious, even though it's seriously outdated. I like to use it every chance I get.)

(via Celebrity Baby Blog)