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Some Obsidian Sun characters I did as commission examples :•)

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What happend in 2024

An overview of all the things that got announced/discovered for Duggars, Bates, Wissmanns, Rodrigues, Kellers, Mortons, Bontragers, Maxwells and some more

January

Josiah was born to John&Esther Shrader (Keller)

February

Miles Kelton was born to Kelton&Josie Balka (Bates)

David&Priscilla Waller (Keller) announced they are expecting baby #7

Katie&Travis Clark (Bates) are moving to Tennesse

Trace&Lydia Bates (Romeike) shared they had a miscarriage

Brielle Grace was born to Jeremiah&Hannah Duggar (Wissmann)

March

Adeline Holloway (Morton) appeared to be pregnant

Lawson&Tiffany Bates (Espensen) announced they are expecting baby #1*

David&Priscilla Waller (Keller) announced their baby will be a girl breaking the BGBGBG strike

Rachel Morton (Smith) appeared to be pregnant

Andrew&Kennedy Morton (Decker) announced they are expecting baby #5

Marlin Bontrager announced he and his wife are expecting three more grandbaby's

Nathan&Esther Bates (Keyes) announced they are expecting baby #2

April

Lila Ann was born to Susanna&Drew Jerred (Wissmann)

Travis&Katie Clark (Bates) announced they are expecting baby #2

Derick&Jill Dillard (Duggar) announced the still birth of their daughter Isla Marie

Allison&Jeremiah Helferich (Bontrager) announced they are expecting baby #3

We learned the name of Duggar-Swanson #3, Ezra, and his uncle, Swanson #10, Dallas.

Carson&Carolina Bontrager (Bowers) had baby #4, a girl

May

Travis&Katie Clark (Bates) announced baby #2 is a boy

Lawson&Tiffany Bates (Espensen) announced baby #1 is a boy

Weston Slade was born to Bobby&Tori Smith (Bates)

Mitchelle&Bryn Bontrager (Leppert) had baby #4, a girl

June

Nathan&Esther Bates (Keyes) announced baby #2 is a boy

Jason Duggar announced he is in a relationship with Maddie Grace Jones

Samuel Rodrigues announced he is in a relationship

July

Lincoln&Susanna Bontrager (Helferich) apparently had a boy

Nathan&Nurie Keller (Rodrigues) had Naomi Christine

Jed&Katey Duggar (Nakatsu) announced they are expecting twin girls

David&Priscilla Waller (Keller) had Desiree Hope

Lawson&Tiffany Bates (Espensen) had William Daniel

August

Cleve&Lise Morton are expecting baby #7

Jana Duggar & Stephen Wissmann got married

Jason Duggar and Maddie Jones got engaged

Jill Rodrigues announced the courtship of Samuel and Brianne Hessert

September

Amelia Marie was born to Jeremiah&Allison Helferich (Bontrager)

Timothy Rodrigues and Heidi Coverett got married

Harvey Gray was born to Travis&Katie Clark (Bates)

October

Jason Duggar and Maddie Jones got married

Graham Alan was born to Nathan&Esther Bates (Keyes)

Jeremy&Jinger Vuolo (Duggar) annouced baby #3 is on the way

November

Chelsy Maxwell (Bontrager) appeared to be pregnant with baby #4

Samuel&Alyssa Morton (Campana) are expecting baby #7

Kord&Gracie Etbauer are expecting baby #3*

Cleve&Lise Morton had Thomas Ezekiel

December

Trace&Lydia Bates (Romeike) announced baby #2* is on the way

Watson Joe was born to John&Chelsy Maxwell (Bontrager)

Jer&Hannah Duggar (Wissmann) announced girl #3 is on the way

Samuel Rodrigues and Brianne Hessert seem to have ended their relationship

We learned that there are four Wissmann grandbaby's 'in the womb' including Hannah's

Elizabeth Wissmann and Zane Buhr are in a relationship

Isaiah Bates's girl, Sarah, got to go to Bates christmas&Gil's 60th birthday

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I have been a maternal child nurse for many years and have never seen a mom go through labor with heatless curlers and lipgloss like Josie Balka. Wild just wild.

this is how I learned josie went into labor lol

i always get chewed out when i comment on the Bates girls and the way they do full faces of makeup/curl and style their hair when they realize they're going into labor. and it's not that I think it's wrong to want to look "good" in labor/post labor photos or anything, and the Bates lives in particular revolve around visual media, I understand that.

there's just something so uncomfy about how they get ready for labor like they do for their constant photoshoots for me idk. like going into this wildly personal and life changing event with the content you're going to make about it at the forefront of your mind just feels like you're taking something from the experience somehow...... and I don't mean that in the sense that everyone should always have the same experience though you know?

again disclaimer in no way am I criticizing women who put on some makeup for labor photos or even just to feel more put together or something. that's not the same for me as someone like Josie who is doing this all as like, pre-production for her social media labor videos that she is going to make money off of.

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Miroslaw Balka, 260 x 9 x 9, 2019.

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Josie had the Baby

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This is ✨27 ✨🎂

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Fundie and Adjacent Families I Follow: October 2024 in a Glance

Weddings:

Maddie Jones (20) and Jason Duggar (24) married on Oct 3.

Births:

Esther (26) (Keyes) and Nathan (31) Bates welcomed Graham Alan on October 4. He joins his older sister Kenna (23 months).

Makayla (26) (Landrum) and Jonas (27) Thatcher welcomed Rayna Kay on October 16. She joins her older sister Sage (3).

Ariana (26) (Balka) and Joel Cape welcomed Kristy Mae on October 22. She joins her older brother Trip (2).

Pregnancies:

Vanessa (28) (Clark) and Jeff Weaver announced they are expecting their second child, a girl, in April. She will join big sister ScottieJune (21 months).

Jinger (30) (Duggar) and Jeremy (37) Vuolo announced they are expecting their third child in March. This child will join two older sisters: Felicity (6) and Evangeline (3).

Gender Reveals:

Deena and Dan Dillard announced their third child will be a boy. He will join 2 older brothers Jaxon and Brady in February 2025.

Allie and Danny Paine announced their twins will be boys. They join older sister Blaire in the summer.

Passings:

Donald Staddon passed away on Oct 8.

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Breaking News: Its a Boy for Josie

Josie and Kelton welcomed their 3rd child, first baby boy Miles Kelton into the world on February 21st of 2024. He joins Williw Kristy and Hazel Sloan.

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Bates Family October Wedding Anniversaries

Trace and Lydia Bates: October 1st 2022: 2 years

Josie and Kelton Balka: October 5th 2018: 6 years

Jackson and Emmerson Bates: October 14th 2023: 1 year

Nathan and Esther Bates: October 22nd 2021: 3 years

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Balka's through the years

engagement, spring 2018

wedding, october 2018

birth Willow july 2019

birth Hazel, june 2021

july 2022

announcement baby #3, august 2023

summer 2024

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Happy Independence Day: Bulgaria Celebrates 116th Anniversary since Declaration of Independence from Ottoman Turkey in 1908

This political cartoon on the cover of French periodical Le Petit Journal illustrates the Bosnian Crisis of 1908: Knyaz (King) Ferdinand (middle) of Bulgaria declares independence and becomes Tsar (Emperor), Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph (L) annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina, while Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid looks on. Photo: Cplakidas, Wikipedia Bulgaria celebrates on Sunday, September 22,…

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In other news, Josie confirms that she had an IUD up until last year. It was removed due to severe hormonal acne

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Josie Balka said, "You broke my heart, and I trusted you not to, I trusted love until I trusted you, and you ruined it," and I don't think I'll ever be okay again actually.