The Duggars: Who Knows How Many in Counting...

Part 27

A/N:
written from outside point of view

*Christmas Day*
It was silent in the house. Josie woke up, snuck out of the room and peeked over the railing.

Presents!

As much as Josie had seen presents under the Christmas tree she was still excited. She thought it also looked better with her presents under the tree. One for each person in the family. She had done multiple chores throughout the year to earn enough money for each present.

Then Jordyn was behind Josie.
"Do you see the presents!" Jordyn whispered.
"Yes! Too bad we have to wait for everyone to get here to open them-"

"Girls." Josie and Jordyn turned around. It was Jim-Bob. "Merry Christmas!"

*later*

Soon everyone was up and were eating breakfast around the table.

*Christmas Afternoon*
Jill had arrived first along with Derrick, Israel, Sayla and Izabel.
"Hey y'all!" Jill said excitedly as she entered the house, carrying Izabel.
"Merry Christmas!" Michelle said sweetly, greeting them.
Jessa and Ben followed with Spurgeon and Erin.
"Merry Christmas!" Jessa and Ben said with a smile as they entered, Spurgeon on Ben's shoulders, Erin hiding behind Jessa's legs.
"And next Christmas Thomas will be here to celebrate with us!" Jim-Bob said with a smile.
They were going to go and get Thomas in March to bring him here to meet everyone.

Josh, Anna, Mackynzie, Michael, Marcus, Madison and Matthew showed up, all the kids wandered off to play.

Jeremy showed up with a bouquet of roses for Jinger. "Merry Christmas everyone!" He said politely. "Jinger these are for you." Handing her the flowers.
"Awe thank you babe. I love you." Jinger said, completely in love.

Austin who is Joy's courting partner showed up with his Mom, Dad and younger sister.
"It's nice to see you again!" Jim-Bob said welcoming Austin and his family into the house.

Juanita who was courting Jedidiah arrived, along with their families.
"Welcome! Welcome! Come on in! Merry Christmas!" Michelle said smiling as they arrived.

Lastly, Dawson showed up.
"Hey, everyone, this is Dawson." Jana announced. Dawson blushed.
Everyone suspiciously looked at Dawson. They all introduced themselves, one by one. Dawson looked a little bit overwhelmed with all of the new names and faces.

The party was in full swing for quite a few hours!
The younger kids were outside sledding when Michelle called them all in. "Alrighty! It's time to open presents!"
The stampede of children raced towards the house, carrying gigantic snowboards and sleds.

Secret Santa went as planned. Each family got their own kids a gift, and each sibling got the other a gift.

It was time for everyone to open Josie's gifts. She had gotten variations of different coloured tops for each of the older girls along with a necklace or earrings, a dress shirt and tie for the older boys, a small remote control helicopter for each of the younger boys, dolls for Erin and Izabel, a pair of wedges for Johannah, a long brown pair of boots Jennifer, a friendship ring for Jordyn and a decorated frame along with a collage of photos of Josie, Michelle and Jim-Bob throughout her lifetime for her Mama and Pops. "Josie this is amazing, thank you! Awe Jim-Bob, look at her in the incubator! It seems like yesterday that she was that small!" Michelle said.
"Thank you Josie!" Everyone chorused.

Then someone gasped. Everyone looked around and eventually all eyes fell on Jana. Her eyes were wide.

"Jana, are you alright?" Jim-Bob asked her.
"Ya," Jana replied "but my water just broke."