Jessa (Duggar) Seewaldis a mama — x3!
TheCounting Onstar gave birth her third child with husbandBen Seewald, PEOPLE confirms.
“She feels so tiny compared to her siblings!” the couple said in a statement,adding that their sons Spurgeon, 3, and Henry, 2, were born at nearly 10 pounds and close to 9 pounds, respectively. “We’re so grateful to God for this precious gift. She is already so loved. Her big brothers adore her!”
Jessa and Benannounced the pregnancy exclusivelywith PEOPLE on Jan. 9.
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Jessa, 25, and Ben, 23,tied the knotin front of more than 1,000 people at the First Baptist Church in Bentonville, Arkansas, in November 2014.
A year after saying their I dos, the pair welcomed their first child,Spurgeon Elliot, in November 2015. And in February 2017, they became a family of four when they welcomed sonHenry Wilberforce.
Jessa Duggar Seewald and her family.TLC/duggarfamily.com
“Ben and I still have a deep desire to adopt, and it’s something we continue to look into,” Jessa told PEOPLE. “We’ve also talked about fostering to adopt.”
While they have plans for “many future babies,” Jessa said at the time that they’ll have to switch up their living situation before they do.
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“We’re already going to have two babies in a two-bedroom house,” she explained about her Arkansas home. “So I’m thinking, we’ll have to upgrade to a three-bedroom.”
In celebration of Ben’s birthday last May, Jessapenned a loving open letterto her husband on their family blog, in which she wrote, “When I think about what you mean to me, it’s hard to put into words.”
“You’re one of a kind. You’re a gem. You’ve influenced my life in ways you probably don’t even know, and have helped me to be a more well-rounded person,” Jessa wrote.
“There’s is just so much more that I could say,” she continued in the conclusion of the letter, and added, “but I shall close for now with this: I know that I married up.”
Us Weeklyfirst reported news of Ivy’s birth.
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source: people.com
