The event, which was low key, was attended by just 20 friends and family.

During an interview, that took place before the christening, the couple spoke about expecting baby #2, pregnancy cravings and Ruby.

Here are some highlights:

To Gavin: Were you shocked to find out baby #2 way on the way?

A little bit. We didn't plan for it to happen, but I am really glad it did. We like being young parents, so if we're planning on having quite a few then we needed to be started!

Pregnancy Cravings?

Actually just nice fresh salads, which is better than lasagna which is what I craved last time! Lasagna and spaghetti bolognaise.

Now that Ruby is Nine Months old, how is she doing?

She is such a good baby - she sleep from 8pm to 8am. She's and angel. I think that's why we've had another so quickly.

How do you think that you'll cope with two really young children?

C - All we can hope for is we have another one like Ruby. G - When Charlotte was pregnant with Ruby, everyone was say your life's going t0 change, it's going to be hard, but it's been Brilliant. Now they're saying: "Two under the age of two - it's going to be even harder." I guess we'll have to see.

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This is the third child for Ethan and first for Ryan.

*The baby rides in a Graco SnugRide® Infant Car Seat*

Zev Isaac Miller(his name means wolf in Hebrew) arrived Tuesday weighing 8 lbs., 7 oz. and measuring 21 inches long.

Marissa and Judah helped deliver the baby, who was carried to term by a surrogate mother.

"He is so perfect," the new mom, 35, said on Thursday. "My little miracle baby is here, and I can't believe it. I'd say he's got a Winokur face and a Miller body."

"One minute I'm totally fine, and the next minute I'm overwhelmed with emotion," a teary-eyed Marissa said. "I can't believe I am sitting here next to my baby. This is the one thing that's been missing from our lives. Now our house is really going to be a home."

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But just because you don't get a movie star paycheck or have a multi-million dollar house in the Hills, doesn't mean you can't outfit your nursery like the stars. Going green in your nursery isn't about blowing your baby's college fund: It's about making smart choices! As you're outfitting your newborn's nursery, consider the following for creating your own green nursery of the stars:

• Paint: Choose eco-friendly paints that are zero- or low-VOC. You can find fabulous colors in natural and milk-based paints.
• Crib:The most eco-friendly thing to do is get a hand-me-down from family & friends. If that's not an option, look for cribs made from sustainably grown wood and free of toxic finishes, like the Radius Maple Cribby EcoBaby.
• Mattress: Conventional mattresses are full of chemicals and toxins that you do not want your newborn exposed to. Eco-friendly crib mattresses use natural rubber, organic cotton and pure wool to create a supportive, naturally fire-resistant sleeping area.
• Bedding: Choosing organic cotton or bamboo crib bedding doesn't mean resigning yourself to blah colors anymore. There are plenty of hip, trendy designs out there that dress up your crib without funky dyes and chemicals.
• Toys: Fill your toy box with clean, non-toxic wood and organic fabric toys. Look for solid wood toys finished with a natural finish oil. Baby can happily cuddle, hug and chew on cloth stuffed animals, rattles and dolls made of organic cotton or wool.
• Cleaners: You’ve gone to a lot of work to create a safe, green haven for your baby, now don’t go ruining it all by using conventional toxic cleaners. Today’s variety of natural, non-toxic cleaners work better than ever and will leave your changing table sparkling, without the use of smelly chemicals.

US Weekly is claiming that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie conceived twins Know Leon and Vivienne Marcheline using fertility treatments.

"They conceived through in vitro fertilization," a well-placed source within their camp tells Us. "They both desperately wanted more babies soon."

Apparently, at Angie's age of 33, the chance of having fraternal twins is only 1 percent, whereas with in vitro the chances go up to 25 percent.

Who cares how they conceived their twins? I mean, really. Then again, I am posting it because I think people will care. Hah! Maybe US Weekly felt they had to try and one-up In Touch Weekly since they have the pictures and Brad, Angie and crew that are apparently worth legal action. Oh the competition!

Turns out Brad Pitt isn't very happy that photos of him and his family were taken and have made the magazine and Internet rounds!

The photos, which are in this weeks issue of In Touch Weekly, show a post-pregnancy Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Pitt's parents and four of the couples six children playing in the yard of their French chataeu.

A letter from Brad's legal team was sent out to publications warning them of legal action if the pictures were published. However, in In Touch Weekly's case, they had already gone to print before the warning.

There's no doubt that invasion of privacy laws could help Pitt, however, when someone is of such a celebrity status as he is, it becomes much, MUCH harder to actually prove the case and win it.

From The Smoking Gun:

The images, Pitt's lawyer contends, were "surreptitiously" taken by paparazzi with "highly powerful telephoto lenses," and, if published, would violate the star's privacy rights.

There have been PLENTY of "private" photos of this couple and their children taken, sold and published throughout the time they've been together - so why get all legal now? Is he trying to proove a point? I don't think the man or Angelina need the money. Unless he feels the publication of the photos will interfere with the bidding of the "first baby pictures." But the twins aren't even in these pictures, so why all the fuss?

Will be interesting to see what comes of this, if anything!

OK! Magazine has got the first pictures of Matthew McConaughey, girlfriend Camila Alves and their new son Levi.

Is it just me or does Matt look like he's trying a little too hard to look good for the camera? Might have looked better if he was actually looking at his son, like Camila is. After all, the main reason he's got a COVER and spread is because of his SON.

Go to OK!'s site to read the accompanying article on the couple and their new addition.

Thoughts?

“I just found out that she has a little attitude,” says Justine Simmons of her 10-month-old daughter Miley, who recently had her first temper tantrum. “I don’t remember the boys doing that at this age, so I don’t know if this is a girl thing or what.”

It doesn’t matter if she’s pitching a fit or being sweet as taffy apple pie, the amount of love that the toddler receives is unconditional from her famous rap pioneer dad Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons, her mom and her five new siblings..Related Articles:

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The magazine did a great job of capturing some great moments between the couple and their new angel.

In fact, it appears that Honor was so at ease she slept through most of the photo shoot!For a lot more pictures and the full interview please pick up a copy of the magazine. It is on news stands now.

The little fashionista steals Violet and Ruby's style by wearing Splendid Littles Toddler Blue Rugby Stripe Dress($51).

The first shots have been released of Halle Berry's daughter Nahla who was born on March 16th. Halle refused to sell photos of her daughter to the mags which is respectable and understandable. Boy the paparazzi are like navy seal snipers. These cats be in the bushes, trees, and just suspended in air just to get that exclusive shot. Here Halle was spotted chilling with Nahla while her mother accompanied her.

"OK! is reporting that Britney Spears has ended her battle to win back custody of her children, Sean Preston and Jayden James, from ex-husband Kevin Federline.

In an exclusive interview with OK!, Kevin's attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan says both Britney and Kevin reached and signed off on a settlement in their custody case today.

Kaplan tells OK!, "At about 8 p.m. PT, a final settlement in the Kevin Federline-Britney Spears custody case was signed. All parties have agreed to the following: Kevin will retain sole legal and physical custody of Sean Preston and Jayden James. Britney will continue to have visitation rights which may increase over time. The agreement will be presented to the court in the morning for approval by the commissioner."

Kaplan adds, "Kevin is ecstatic and the boys are thriving."

Britney, who remains under the legal conservatorship of her father Jamie Spears, lost custody of her sons to Kevin last October. At the time she had visitation privileges but they were severely restricted following her January hospitalization for psychiatric evaluation.

She currently has monitored visitation with her sons two days a week and one overnight."

I think the battle will continue when the conservatorship is over.

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Some backlash has prompted the star to explain her statement in a letter sent to the magazine's editor.

I wanted to address my comment in Cookie magazine that "parents who don't vaccinate their children are parasites." I believe in my heart that my use of the word "parasites" was mean and divisive; I completely understand why it offended some parents, and in particular, parents of children with autism who feel that vaccines caused their illness. For this I am truly sorry.

Now the catch...With that being said, the actress goes on to say that she still believes that the decision not to vaccinate our children bodes for a dangerous future.

Vast reductions in immunization will lead to a resurgence of deadly viruses. This is as indisputable as global warming. I know a lot of parents who secretly use as a justification, "Well, enough other people are vaccinating, so therefore, we don't have to."

The letter gets interesting or weird in the middle with talk about conspiracy theories, massive cover-ups and one sided reporting where vaccinations are concerned, with the whole thing closing up with some personal information:

My concern is for our children and their futures. In the fifties, vaccines were recognized as life-saving. My mom had polio and was quarantined when she was 6 years old. It's so hard to appreciate vaccines now that so few children are dying from preventable diseases today, but that could all change if we're not vigilant. There are currently multiple measles outbreaks in the United States. Hopefully children do not have to die before people start to realize the cost of withholding vaccines.

My best wishes to you and your families,

Amanda (and Frankie)

What do you think?

When you set out to read about Amanda and her daughter did you just want a great article about parenting challenges or did you want more education about vaccination?

Check out some other cute kids:
Here's Jessica Alba's Honor.
Check out Jamie Lynn's Maddie.
Little Liam, Tori and Dean's cutie.
No pics yet, but here's the scoop on the Jolie-Pitt twins.

Angelina Jolie just recently gave birth to twins, a boy named Knox Leon and a girl named Viviene Marcheline (after Angelina's mother). So, what do the stars have to say for this family? Previously, I already did a chart for Brad Pitt and I'm going to do a separate chart for Angelina Jolie but this particular prediction will solely focus on the twins.

Thanks to our friends over at AstroDynamics, we have a confirmed birth time of 6:27p.m. on July 12, 2008 in Nice, France. Now, I knew that she was going to have a boy and a girl. I'm seeing both of them with blonde hair but both of the babies hair will darken as they get older. Now, from an astrological perspective, looking at their chart (and I believe that the boy was born first), we can determine what they are here to learn about and what to expect for the coming year.

Okay, first I'm going to talk about what they are here to learn based on their natal chart, the position of the sun, moon and the stars at the time of their birth and then I'm going to talk about what's going on for the upcoming year and do a chart for the year 2008. Looking at their natal chart, the twins were both born under the sign of Cancer with Sagittarius Rising or as their Ascendant. Their mother, Angelina Jolie has Cancer Rising, so they are going to have a relationship filled with either love or hate. No in-between for the twins and their mom? Why? Because they are so much alike. Also, that she is a Gemini and their Rising Sign is Sagittarius, which is Gemini's opposite sign, means that their will be periods of rebelliousness when they get older.

What's interesting about their chart is that Mars in the 9th house is square Lilith in the 12th house. Lilith is known as the Dark Moon in astrology. Some say that Lilith was a night demon in Jewish lore and others say that she was a Goddess. The 9th house has to do with higher education, travel (particularly overseas travel), religion and my favorite, the mind. In this case, Mars is in the 9th house. Also, Saturn is in the 9th house as well.

A former friend of mine also has Saturn in the 9th house. These people have a tendency to, in my opinion, look at life through a bubble sometimes. They have a hard time truly understanding their place in the world in the sense of figuring out things on a spiritual realm, without being told what to think. These people have a tendency to believe in what everyone else believes and not really "questioning the status quo." On the flip side, they could be so far out of the box in their thinking that they have a tendency to jeopardize relationships and being too rigid in their thinking.

Remember, wherever Saturn is at is where the person can take things too seriously and no matter how hard we try, we just can't change things overnight. I've been learning that the hard way over the past 5 years in my own love life. But getting back to their chart, Lilith is a relatively new planet but based on my experiences with her, she tends to bring a mixed-bag blessing.

She doesn't "pack a punch" like Pluto but she still can wreak havoc, depending on how you treat her. That's why Lilith is a two-sided entity: one side of her is sweet and the other side is sour. But Lilith in a newborn chart's does suggest interesting opportunities for the future. We must let go of her sour side and embrace the sweet, in order to fully enjoy her. The 9th house deals with what's readily apparent, what we can understand and in some ways, the 12th house is the complete opposite. It deals with the unconscious, or with what we cannot understand.

Lilith in the 12th house can bring illusions and a strong fantasy world. Judging by this placement, the twins are not always going to have an easy time growing up under the spotlight. They may seek strange and unusual places for solace. On the plus side, this could make them great humanitarians who will continue on their parents' tradition of helping others. On the down side, they must be wary of hangers-on and wannabes as they get older. With Pluto in the 1st house, they will definitely have a personal magnetism toward them.

I see Knox, the boy, growing up to favor his mother, whereas Vivienne will grow up to favor her father. I believe that their other child will look like both of them. Also, with Lilith in the 12th house, the boy child will grow up with feminine tendencies and possibly grow up to be either bisexual or gay. I'm not judging anyone here; this is strictly from an astrological point-of-view. With Mars square Lilith, they must also be wary of foreigners giving them drugs and with Mars conjunct Saturn, they must especially be careful of losing themselves, of not having a clear purpose in life, which unfortunately, happens to a lot of children of celebrities. Venus in the 8th house means that they shouldn't have a problem with inheritances.

Jupiter in the first house, along with the Sagittarius Ascendant means that they will be happy, jovial children. They will grow up in comfortable surroundings and be happy, fat little children. What concerns me though is Lilith in the 12th house. Angelina and Brad must be careful not to have so many children that all of their needs are neglected. As the 9th house has to do with identity and any opposition from Lilith can make it very hard for the native (or in this case, the twins) to grow. There's also the possibility, with them being the same age and twins, that they may be so in tuned with each other, that they may possibly have a hard time relating to Angelina and Brad's other adopted children.

That Uranus in their 3rd house also gives them a propensity to speak before thinking. With Saturn in the 9th house, they may something but then, are not really sure what they mean? The twins could very well grow up so isolated, all in the parents' effort to shield them and give them a sense of "normalcy" that they could have a hard time differentiating between fact and reality. The problem is not arrogance but a tendency toward a devil-may-care attitude. One of the twins' life-long lessons is to think before they speak and to think about how this is going to affect the other person. Basically, they came into a life of luxury and privilege and must learn how to share, be considerate of others and think about how their actions will have a reaction on others.

Okay, for Part Two of this analysis, I will analyze what kind of relationship the twins can expect to have with Angelina and Brad and what, if anything, is going to happen for them in 2008. Also, I still have yet to do Angelina Jolie's chart and I will do that as soon as possible.