Even before Lauren (Swanson) Duggarbegan her courtshipwith now-husbandJosiah Duggar, she was already considered a member of the family.“Lauren is such a sweetheart and we already consider her as one of the sisters,”Jessa (Duggar) Seewaldshares in a PEOPLE exclusive sneak peek at Monday evening’sCounting Onseason premiere episode.Josiah and Laurentied the knotat the end of June, six months after they announced theywere courtingin January. Before the couple began their courtship, a few of the Duggar daughters — Jana Duggar,Joy-Anna (Duggar) Forsyth,Kendra (Caldwell) Duggarand Seewald — took Lauren out for a girls dinner, where her forever future with Josiah began.TLC/Andy Henderson Photography/duggarfamily.com“I don’t think that Lauren has a clue what is coming tonight,” Seewald, 25, says in the clip, hinting at her brother Josiah asking Lauren to enter into a courtship.“We’re definitely glad to have y’all closer,” Seewald tells Lauren, whose family moved from a different state. “And I know that one particular person especially is glad to have y’all closer.”“Josiah was pretty excited whenever he knew that there was talk of y’all moving here,” Seewald tells Lauren. “He really, really thinks a lot of you.”Four months before the couple began their courtship, the pair hit it off around the time ofKendra and Joseph Duggar’s weddingin September 2017, when Lauren first noticed that her now-husband was interested.“I noticed when Josiah was interested in me probably, I think it was Joe and Kendra’s wedding,” she says. “We were both working together a lot, trying to get everything accomplished and I had noticed, oh, he would do anything for me. Always, anything. He was always available,” she says with a smile.After spending time with Lauren one-to-one, Josiah was attracted to multiple character traits — but there was one in particular that stood out to him.“What attracted me to Lauren was really just seeing her. She had a head on her shoulders, working on college, stuff like that,” shares Josiah, whopopped the question in March. “She loves getting out of her shell and just encouraging others. That’s the biggest thing for me — she focuses on others. She’s from a family with lots of kids, so she knows how to handle all that. There’s a lot of character there that I see in her life and really someone I’d like to learn more about.”And although Josiah had not yet begun his courtship with Lauren at the time of filming, their relationship already had a firm foundation.“We feel like we’re ahead in our relationship more than what we are,” Lauren tells Seewald of where she and Josiah stand.Counting Onpremieres Monday at 9 p.m. ET on TLC.
Even before Lauren (Swanson) Duggarbegan her courtshipwith now-husbandJosiah Duggar, she was already considered a member of the family.
“Lauren is such a sweetheart and we already consider her as one of the sisters,”Jessa (Duggar) Seewaldshares in a PEOPLE exclusive sneak peek at Monday evening’sCounting Onseason premiere episode.
Josiah and Laurentied the knotat the end of June, six months after they announced theywere courtingin January. Before the couple began their courtship, a few of the Duggar daughters — Jana Duggar,Joy-Anna (Duggar) Forsyth,Kendra (Caldwell) Duggarand Seewald — took Lauren out for a girls dinner, where her forever future with Josiah began.
TLC/Andy Henderson Photography/duggarfamily.com
“I don’t think that Lauren has a clue what is coming tonight,” Seewald, 25, says in the clip, hinting at her brother Josiah asking Lauren to enter into a courtship.
“We’re definitely glad to have y’all closer,” Seewald tells Lauren, whose family moved from a different state. “And I know that one particular person especially is glad to have y’all closer.”
“Josiah was pretty excited whenever he knew that there was talk of y’all moving here,” Seewald tells Lauren. “He really, really thinks a lot of you.”
Four months before the couple began their courtship, the pair hit it off around the time ofKendra and Joseph Duggar’s weddingin September 2017, when Lauren first noticed that her now-husband was interested.
“I noticed when Josiah was interested in me probably, I think it was Joe and Kendra’s wedding,” she says. “We were both working together a lot, trying to get everything accomplished and I had noticed, oh, he would do anything for me. Always, anything. He was always available,” she says with a smile.
After spending time with Lauren one-to-one, Josiah was attracted to multiple character traits — but there was one in particular that stood out to him.
“What attracted me to Lauren was really just seeing her. She had a head on her shoulders, working on college, stuff like that,” shares Josiah, whopopped the question in March. “She loves getting out of her shell and just encouraging others. That’s the biggest thing for me — she focuses on others. She’s from a family with lots of kids, so she knows how to handle all that. There’s a lot of character there that I see in her life and really someone I’d like to learn more about.”
And although Josiah had not yet begun his courtship with Lauren at the time of filming, their relationship already had a firm foundation.
“We feel like we’re ahead in our relationship more than what we are,” Lauren tells Seewald of where she and Josiah stand.
Counting Onpremieres Monday at 9 p.m. ET on TLC.
source: people.com
