InstagramEvery moment is a milestone for the Duggars.
Jessa Duggar celebrated one month of marriage Monday by posting a PDA picture of Ben Seewald. "Today we're celebrating our 1 'monthiversary!'" the 19 Kids and Counting star wrote on Instagram. "@ben_seewald, you're amazing! I'm so blessed to call you mine!" Seewald shared the same picture on Facebook, writing, "Crazy to think we've been married for a month! I love you Sweetheart!" He Instagrammed a wedding portrait: "One month ago today, I married my best friend! I love you, Baby!"
After a two-and-a-half-month engagement, Jessa, 21, and Ben, 19, got married on Nov. 1 at the First Baptist church in Bentonville, Ark. The TLC reality stars exchanged vows in front of nearly 1,000 guests. They chose not to have their first kiss at the altar, though they later shared a PDA pic with fans. "They wanted their very first kiss ever to be in private," Pastor Mike Schadt said. "It was important to the both of them." So people could say they'd "seen a Duggar kiss," Schadt instructed Jessa's parents, Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar, to kiss. (They later recreated the newlyweds' PDA photo on Instagram.)
Actor Kirk Cameron also attended the wedding ceremony. He wanted his teenage daughters to see a marriage where the couple hadn't even kissed before committing themselves to each other before family, friends and God. "I want them to see that and go, 'That's what I want for my marriage,'" the former Growing Pains star and born-again Christian told People. "Nobody does this. And as a dad, it thrills your heart. I want a guy that honors and respects my daughters like Ben is respecting Jessa."
"While I normally wouldn't fly that far for any old friend's wedding, my daughters will very rarely get the chance to see a wedding where a husband and wife saved their first kiss for the altar," the Saving Christmas star, 44, continued. "I want them to see this, because I don't know that they ever will again."