Jill Duggar ("19 Kids and Counting") has announced that she and her husband Derick Dillard are expecting a baby. Speaking with People, Dugger, 23, said "we're having a baby!"
"It was surreal," added Derick. "We were shocked. Both of us are so excited."
Jill and Derick began dating in August of last year, and were engaged in March. They wed in a ceremony in Springdale, Arkansas.
According to E!, the pair didn't hold hands until they got engaged in April, and kissed for the first time at their wedding ceremony.
"About 30 days after Jill and Derick got married they gathered everyone in the living room and shared the news," said Jill's dad, Jim Bob Duggar.
The wedding will be featured on the premiere of "19 Kids and Counting" on September 2 at 9 PM EST.
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