PEOPLE has reported that Angelina Jolie gave birth to twins on Saturday, July 12. Knox Leon, a boy, weighed in at 5.03 lbs. His sister, Vivienne Marcheline weighed in at 5 lbs. This makes six children for Angelina and Brad Pitt who have a two year old daughter and 3 adopted children (ages 6, 4 and 3). The twins were born by c-section in Nice, France at the Fondation Lenval hospital.

This Friday, we decided to have a family movie night and took the kids out to the theatre. We decided to see Wall-E. I think what I enjoyed most about this movie was that is was a surprise. I hadn’t seen or heard much about it before, so I didn’t know much of the story line at all before the movie started. That doesn’t happen often, and it makes the movie a unique experience. As for the movie itself, I {Read More}

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are the proud parents of a new baby girl. Sunday Rose Kidman Urban was born on Monday morning, weighing 6lbs, 7.5 oz. Congratulations Nicole & Keith! Another new celebrity mom, Jessica Alba, has been taking parenting on with a lot of thought. She was quoted by Britain’s Sunday Express saying “Kids’ personalities have so much to do with the parents and their mentality, If you’re very paranoid and uptight and won’t let your child cross {Read More}

It’s official! July 7th is here, and Moms In A Blog has reached it’s launch date! Many many weeks of preparation have lead up to this day, and we are SO excited to be celebrating with you as we officially launch today! A special thank you to Kelly McCausey all the writers and contest sponsors who helped us get this going! Now – there is going to be a fair bit of information in this post, but it will be {Read More}

Since National Make Someone Smile week is July 20 – 26 this year but I thought it would be fun to put this into practice for the WHOLE month. I always appreciate an encouraging word, smile, sweet/silly gesture or action. It just makes my day when someone takes the time to be nice. So – for today why not let someone go before you. In a check out line? Let the person behind you go first especially, if they have {Read More}

Did you know that the beginning of July marks patriotic holidays on both sides of the border? Moms In A Blog is co-owned by two women on opposite ends of North America: one in Manitoba, Canada – and one in Florida, USA. So, we thought it was fitting to spend this week celebrating both Canada Day (July 1) and Independence Day (July 4). As the Canadian half of the partnership, I have the great honor of celebrating Canada Day with {Read More}

An article on Time Magazine’s website earlier this week literally left me speechless! A pregnancy pact has been uncovered at the Gloucester High School. The high school, which normally has 3-4 teen pregnancies per year, has 17 girls under 16 all expecting. The school nurse become suspicious earlier this year when requests for pregnancy tests jumped astoundingly and girls would be upset to learn that they weren’t pregnant. By May, the school nurse had administered more then 150 pregnancy tests. {Read More}

Two more celebrities became proud mama’s to little baby girls this past week. Jessica Alba, who married Cash Warren in a private ceremony last month, had her first child on June 7th. Her little girl, Honor Marie Warren, was born in a Los Angeles hospital. Tori Spelling and husband Dean McDermott also welcomed a baby girl on June 9th. 6lbs, 8 oz Stella Doreen McDermott was also born in Los Angeles and was delivered by C-section. Stella is the second {Read More}

Melissa Joan Hart, former Sabrina The Teenage Witch star, is getting ready to potty train her eldest son, two-year-old Mason. According to People, Melissa will be teaming up with Huggies Pull-ups with an online journal documenting the highs and lows. Should be some interesting reading! In other parenting news, Zac Hanson has once again joined a group with his brothers brothers – this time by becoming a father. Zac and his wife had a healthy 8lb 4oz little boy on {Read More}

I don’t generally follow celebrity stuff to closely, until it comes time for fashion shows, award shows and other red carpet events. I LOVE fashion, and I love seeing what everyone wore. I especially love checking out pregnant celebrity style and seeing who stars known for their stunning looks really shine in maternity wear. Some of my favorites recently were Angelina Jolie at Cannes, expecting twins with Brad Pitt – and Nicole Kidman at the Academy of Country Music Awards, {Read More}