Jessica Alba, 28, and daughter Honor Marie, 1, were snapped at the Pumpkin Patch in West Hollywood, CA on Friday.

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Six weeks after welcoming their first son, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are showing off the latest addition to their family, Sparrow James Midnight Madden! Sparrow joins 21-month-old big sister Harlow.

“I couldn’t be happier,” Nicole told People magazine. “The only thing you want is for your kids to be healthy and happy, and they are. I’m right where I belong.”

In an interview at their home in Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles, Nicole, 28, and boyfriend Joel, 30, said they are deprived of sleep, but grateful their daughter Harlow is now fawning over a baby brother.

“I’m glad I had a girl before I had a boy,” said Nicole. “She just loves him so much.” Added Joel, “She’s very gentle with him.”

For much more on Nicole and Joel’s expanding family — including the decision to name their baby boy Sparrow, how Richie’s second pregnancy was different from her first, and how she’s losing her baby weight — pick up the latest issue of People magazine, on newsstands Friday.

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Will Ferrell, 42, was snapped with his expectant (with their third boy!) wife Viveca, 40, and two sons, Magnus, 5, and Mattias, 2, on the set of “The Other Guys” movie in midtown Manhattan.

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The Office star Amy Ryan, 39, and and her fiance, comedy writer Eric Slovin, have welcomed a daughter.

Georgia Gracie Slovin was born on October 15th in NYC.

It is the first child for Amy and Eric.

Congratulations!

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Jennifer Garner, 37, Violet, 3, and Seraphina, 10-months-old, were snapped visiting Ben Affleck on the set of “The Town” in Cambridge, MA on Tuesday. 

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Bethenny Frankel (of Real Housewives of New York) is expecting her first child. Bethenny recently got engaged to her boyfriend of 11 months, Jason Hoppy.

“I’m pregnant,” Bethenny, 38, Twittered Tuesday.

News of Bethenny’s pregnancy broke on Monday, though she hadn’t wanted to announce it yet because she is only two months pregnant.

But she Twittered Tuesday, “I had to be true w u but was unfairly forced to come forward early.”

Even her Real Housewives of New York costars were kept in the dark.

Asked about pregnancy rumors, Jill Zarin told Us magazine Monday evening, “It’s a rumor! I don’t know why someone started that.”

But she has no doubt Bethenny and her new fiancee, 38, will make good parents.

“They’re a great couple,” Jill told Us magazine. “He’s a very nice guy — very handsome and sweet.”

Best Wishes!

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Mayim Bialik (star of the television series Blossom!) sat down with Sierra Club magazine for an interview. Mayim, 33, and her husband have two sons; Miles, 4, and Frederick, 1. Mayim is also the celebrity spokesperson for the nonprofit Holistic Moms Network.

Q: So you’re ramping up your acting career again?
A: Yeah, I guess I am. I was on the path to being a research professor. I just found that it wasn’t going to be compatible to be away from my children all day.

Q: Many child actors seem to grow up into Hollywood’s materialism. What was your path to going the other way?
A: I come from a very poor background. My grandparents were immigrants from Eastern Europe, so I always identified with a modest lifestyle. My mom is hip, trendy, and loves shopping, but maybe I inherited the spirit of my great-grandmother and shtetl living. Even when I was 11, I always felt out of sorts getting dressed up. But I enjoyed performing and pretending and felt very comfortable on stage. I never thought I’d become famous. I just enjoyed making people laugh. I’m an old-fashioned performer. I like to sing, I like to dance, I like to have a script and make it come to life.

Q: Why is it important for you to be an environmentally conscious mom?
A: I feel a strong personal responsibility as a member of the planet to live this way. For me, it’s worth the effort, time, and research to make it work. We have a collective responsibility for the planet that I’m going to leave to my kids and their kids.

Q: What are the most important elements involved in green mothering?
A: Gentle discipline. Not hitting, not yelling, being a compassionate parent to your child’s needs. Raising sensitive, happy, secure children is the best gift we can give.

Q: How do you raise kids holistically when their friends are eating junk food?
A: I think when you’re with your child, a lot of these issues aren’t as scary. I know what they’re eating and I know what they’re doing. Their friends’ parents understand his vegetarian and no-TV needs. I give him age-appropriate messages. It’s just like most parents don’t allow alcohol or cigarettes. I tell him that everyone does things differently and that’s OK. It’s very important to us to raise nonjudgmental children who don’t go finger-wagging. When he’s driving himself around, he’s going to make his own decisions, but fast food isn’t something I’m gonna facilitate. Still, at some point he’s going to make his own decisions. You give your children wings so they can fly.

Q: Cloth or disposable diapers, and why?
A: Cloth when we’re out. At home, we use elimination communication, which is used in many places of the world. When I first learned about it I thought I was the craziest thing I’ve ever heard. But it’s being talked about a lot more. It’s a diaper-free movement that’s based on the fact that children give signals. It’s a really profound level of communicating with your child. My second son was dry by 11 months. It’s more potty-training the adult than the kid. And it’s not for everyone, that’s for sure. You need to be with your child all the time to learn the signals. My husband was so skeptical but he became a believer very quickly.

Q: There are those who would say that having kids at all is bad for the planet. How do you view that choice?
A: I do understand that statement. At two kids, we’re at replacement level. My husband and I never considered not having children. Coming from a traditional Jewish family, it was in line with our religion to create a physical representation of ourselves.

Q: You’re highly involved in L.A.’s Jewish community. How does (or doesn’t) Judaism coincide with green living?
A: I was raised in Reform Judaism, which is very focused on tikkun olam [a Jewish belief that individuals have a responsibility to, as the phrase translates, “repair the world”], so that was a huge part of my consciousness as a kid. So now as an adult, we clean up trash when we go to the beach and so on. There’s a traditional Jewish concept that every single thing we do does matter.
Q: Your name means “water,” right?
A: Yes, in Hebrew, and I think that spirit got passed on in my name. I feel very close to the water.

Q: The word “holistic” has a ‘70s feel. Why revive it?
A: When people hear “green,” they think mostly of the environment. “Holistic” evokes more about the way we care for our bodies, it’s more of a personal-health philosophy that encompasses medicine, cleaning products, and so on. It’s a more descriptive word of some of the personal impacts.

Q: Is it easy or difficult to live a sustainable lifestyle in Southern California?
A: There are a lot of contradictions in Southern California. On one hand, we’re on the West Coast so we have the liberal element. In parenting circles, though, I find it very competitive and judgmental. People are only accepting about what they like, and there’s a lot of variability in that. Southern California is so trend-driven and green is very in, but some of us who want to take it further are still seen as out there. Much as I feel that the green bar has been lowered, there’s still a ways to go in terms of tolerance and understanding the full scope of choices people make.

Q: Have you seen efforts to green the entertainment industry?
A: Yeah. Blossom ended when I was 19. Things are a lot different now. Recycling is a standard part of everyone’s vocabulary, which is significant because of the amount of scripts. The beauty products used aren’t tested on animals and are gentler on the environment. Green practices are becoming a much more accepted line of conversation. I don’t wear leather and that’s something easier to address now.

Q: A lot of people perceive this type of parenting to be reserved for the privileged class. Could you be a holistic parent if you weren’t a celebrity?
A: Most holistic parents are stay-at-home moms but are not by any means living a life of luxury. These kinds of decisions about parenting really come down to what you feel is important. I don’t know of any other actors who are doing this. I’m hoping that maybe just by me being honest, I’m going to make people feel like this is not something to be ashamed of. I don’t feel at all that most of the things we do, whether bedsharing or home-schooling, make my life easier. It’s labor-intensive. I know people all over this country who’d rather live in a less expensive house and work at home to be able to be their children’s primary caregiver. I happen to not live an extravagant lifestyle at all. I don’t have a nanny or babysitter. It’s us.

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Katie Holmes receives style guidance from Suri!

At Elle magazine’s Women in Hollywood Tribute Monday night in Beverly Hills, Katie, 30, confirmed to Us magazine that her fashion-forward daughter, 3, helped pick out her clothes for the night — as is usually the case.

“She did!” she told Us magazine on the red carpet. And what did Suri think of her Alaia gown, Hermes bag and Givenchy shoes? “She gave me a big thumbs up!”

“She loves clothes and picks out her own,” Katie said of Suri, who also takes after her mother’s favorite workout routines. “She loves running and she loves dancing,” Katie said.

Sources close to the family have noted to Us magazine that girly-girl Suri “hates jeans” and favors dresses (with heels!) from labels like Juicy Couture and Polka.

“Suri makes the rules and Tom and Katie go along with it,” a pal said.

Added another: “She is not a spoiled brat, but she is the center of their universe.”

Cute!

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On Monday, nearly three months after welcoming her third child, Isaiah Timothy, Elisabeth Hasselbeck returned to ABC’s The View. She couldn’t help but gush about her new son!

“He’ll never be able to spell his own name, but that’s fine,” she joked. “He’s almost three months or so. He’s good.”

Elisabeth, 32, also showed off a photo she took shortly after Isaiah’s birth on August 8th.

She then recalled a mishap she had while taking another picture on her iPhone.

“I had just been feeding him, so I took this photo … he had the cutest smile,” she said

It wasn’t until she got home and looked at the photo again that she realized: “No wonder he’s smiling — my nipple is in the photo!”

What’s worse, she said she had already sent it to her husband Tim’s family!

“Awkwardly, my father-in-law and my brother-in-law saw it,” she said.

Elisabeth warned viewers taking photos after nursing “is not something you should do. It’s worse than drunk dialing!”

Elisabeth and Tim’s latest addition joins big sister Grace Elisabeth, 4, and big brother Taylor Thomas, 21-months-old.

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Scott Baio, 48, and his daughter, Bailey, 1, were snapped at the Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch on Sunday.

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