(June 14) -- NBC's 'Today' show began trumpeting early Monday morning that it had big news from the Duggar family, the Arkansas clan that includes 18 children. Were Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar about to announce that baby 19 was on the way?
Not quite. It turns out that the Duggars' first grandchild, the baby of their oldest child, Josh, and his wife, Anna, is going to be a girl. Josh and Anna, who wed in September 2008, announced they were expecting in April. Their baby is due in October.
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Anna Keller Duggar, who is about five months pregnant, said she has been "feeling great."
"We've been able to feel the baby move and kick, so that's been a lot of fun," Anna told 'Today' host Meredith Vieira.
The younger Duggars agreed to have Vieira tell them their baby's gender on air. She got the news from the couple's doctor, and then had a baker make a pink layer cake for the occasion. The Duggars learned the baby was a girl by slicing into the cake to see the layers.
The rest of the Duggar clan joined in from home via video link and cheered the news that the baby is a girl.
"We've been dreaming about having grandbabies," Michelle Duggar said. "We are thrilled for Josh and Anna. They're going to make great parents."
Josh Duggar and all his siblings have names that start with the letter J. Josh and Anna are considering using the letter M for their children's names.
The Duggar family's life is chronicled on the cable show '18 Kids and Counting' on TLC.
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