![EXCLUSIVE: "Counting On" star Josiah Duggar has proposed to Lauren Swanson after just six week of courtship. The couple was spotted getting quite hands-on with each other - breaking the strict "no touching for unmarrieds" rule the family are said to have - while on holiday with his family in Waiouru and Lake Taupo in New Zealand in January 2018. Young Josiah helped Lauren down from a tanker at the NZ Army Museum in Waiouru, before sharing what looks to be a kiss on the shores of Lake Taupo. 27 Jan 2018 Pictured: Josiah Duggar, Lauren Swanson. Photo credit: MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342 (Mega Agency TagID: MEGA154182_058.jpg) [Photo via Mega Agency]](https://hollywoodlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/josiah-duggar-4.jpg?quality=100&w=440)
The gang’s all here! Lauren Swanson and Josiah Duggar will be getting married in just a few in this EXCLUSIVE preview of Counting On, and it’s time for Lauren to find her wedding dress! She’s brought along her bridesmaids to the White Dress Boutique, including Jinger, Joy, and Kendra Duggar. Duggar matriarch Michelle Duggar also comes along, as well as Lauren’s mom and dad.
“When I shop, it’s usually… I have a purpose,” Lauren says in the EXCLUSIVE preview. “I go in there. It’s 15 minutes, and I’m out. And so, I did my homework on my dress shopping. I want crepe material, no lace, beads. I want a high neckline, something very modest, which is very hard to find.”
Jinger knows that it can be “stressful” to find a wedding dress in such a short amount of time. “I mean, if you don’t find something within a couple weeks period, you could end up in something you just don’t like,” she says.
Usually, the father of the bride doesn’t come wedding dress shopping, but Lauren really wanted her dad to be part of the process. “Before Josiah came into the picture, my dad was my very best friend,” Lauren explains. “He was someone I would always talk to about anything, if anything was wrong. I really value my dad’s opinion. I really wanted him to be a part of it.” Joy adds that she thinks it’s “really sweet” that Lauren has brought her dad along for the special moment when she says yes to the dress! Counting On airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on TLC.