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Jill Duggar, husband Derick Dillard celebrate at baby shower

The couple announced they are expecting their first child in August 2014.

By Annie Martin
Jill Duggar (R) and husband Derick Dillard. Twitter/Jill Duggar
Jill Duggar (R) and husband Derick Dillard. Twitter/Jill Duggar

ROGERS, Ark., Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard celebrated the impending birth of their first child at a baby shower Thursday.

The 23-year-old reality star and mother Michelle Duggar attended a party thrown by her husband's Walmart co-workers. Duggar and Dillard married in June 2014, and announced they are expecting in August.

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"Thank you to my awesome team at work for putting on an unforgettable baby shower for Jill and me!" Dillard captioned a group photo at the fête on Instagram. "#babydilly #19kids #firstbabyshowerexperience."

Duggar first met Dillard while he was working as a missionary in Nepal in 2013. The reality star took to Instagram to share a new picture of herself with her husband this week, and captioned the snapshot, "I'm blessed beyond measure to have the sweetest, most supportive, Godly man as my husband!"

Duggar and her family came to fame on TLC reality series 19 Kids & Counting, and will return for a 10th season February 17. The program follows devout Independent Baptists Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their 19 children, whose ages range from 5 to 26.

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