Jessica Simpson had her baby shower this past weekend, and she invited People Magazine along because why not? I think she did that for her first baby shower too. And for both baby showers, Jessica pretty much threw them herself, and she organized them into family-friendly events with lots of food and activities for kids. I can’t believe I remember this, but Maxwell’s baby shower had an Alice In Wonderland theme, right? I believe it did. And for her son Ace Johnson, Jessica did a “Tom Sawyer theme” which is kind of cute-ish, I guess. I’m not one of those hard-and-fast rules of etiquette people when it comes to throwing parties. I think it’s perfectly acceptable for Jessica – who is extremely wealthy – to throw baby shower parties for herself to celebrate her pregnancies. You can see some photos of the arrivals for her baby shower here – Jessica Alba, Chelsea Handler (the hell?), Ken Paves (WHAT?) and Ashlee Simpson were all in attendance.
Since Jessica invited People Magazine, it was the perfect excuse to give People an exclusive interview about how her second pregnancy is going:
She may be a self-proclaimed girly-girl but at her Los Angeles baby shower Sunday, Jessica Simpson couldn’t help but gush over gifts she opened up for her baby boy.
“I’m so excited to have a son,” Simpson, 32, tells PEOPLE exclusively. “He got all these cute vintage cars and I got a lot of little leather jackets I can’t wait to try out!”
The Fashion Star mentor’s 11-month-old daughter Maxwell Drew got excited too. “She was taking over some of her little brother’s gifts!” says Simpson.
The mom-to-be — whose fiancé Eric Johnson later joined the celebration hosted by Simpson’s mom Tina and attended by sister Ashlee – celebrated her son’s impending arrival with a Tom Sawyer-themed bash created by celebrity event planner Mindy Weiss.
The menu included treats for kids (a grilled cheese station!) and Southern comfort food.
“I always love some fried chicken,” says Simpson, who has been working out three times a week with trainer Harley Pasternak. “This pregnancy I’m active. I’ve only gained half of what I gained in my first pregnancy.”
But she’s just as excited to meet her second child. “I didn’t grow up with a brother and I think the unknown is really exciting,” she says. “I can’t wait to have that connection with our little man.”
God, I love some fried chicken too. I had just-made fried chicken for dinner on Monday. And then I had cold fried chicken for dinner last night. Sigh… fried chicken is a weakness. I can pass by donuts, cakes and cookies, but I can’t pass by fried chicken (or French fries). As for Jessica’s statement of “This pregnancy I’m active. I’ve only gained half of what I gained in my first pregnancy” – I think that’s probably true. I think she went buckwild with slutty brownies for her first pregnancy and she genuinely thought the weight would just come off as soon as she had the baby. Now she’s learned that it doesn’t, so she’s taking better care of herself this time around. Lesson learned for Jess!
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
That baby is mugging for the camera; she’s too cute.
Binkie Face!! Love it.
Good for you Jess.
I love her.. Don’t care what she weighs! She owns it & could care less what anyone thinks! At least she’s not lying about every pound, or looks a different size all the time. Go Jess!
She looks great – good for her!
For some reason I don’t like it when parents call their son “my little man.” No idea why, but it has always bugged me.
Probably because they never seem to say “my little woman”. Weird.
Because at some point, the baby looks change and they resemble a little person. It’s something I’ve noticed with my son. I think for girls you say “little lady”.
There’s also the fact that this pregnancy wont result in a 4 million $$ pay off so she’s not trying to gain 80 lbs either.
she is still with WW to be continued after this birth.
Um, can we talk about Ken Paves being there?????!!!!!! I wonder why they really fell out. Someone mentioned papa Joe as a possibility on another thread if I recall correctly. Guess we’ll never know but does anyone care to speculate?
I think they fell out over her freeloader of a fiance.
I think Shade is correct, they fell out over her fiancé. Apparently Ken Paves was tired of Jessica ditching her friends every time she had a new man in her life, so he stepped back and said he wouldn’t be around to be used as a shoulder to cry on once this relationship ended. Looks like they worked things out, which makes me happy. Maybe Ken realized this guy is actually sticking around this time?
Jessica’s Fiance is only sticking around in hope of marrying her. ( He also reportedly refuses to sign a prenup).
The more kids he has with her the more money she will have to pay him if they get married or if they split up.
He does not have a job, He has not played for the NFL since 2008 (He was not some huge football star either) and he was still with his wife when he got with Jessica.
I know Jessica usually gets the blame for their fallout but I always felt Ken got jealous when she was in a relationship. I think he was rather possessive of her. When she got engaged so quick I’m sure he wasn’t happy and probably became less tolerant of her time spent away from him.
Also, he used to always talk about a pact they had to have kids together if neither had them by a certain age so when she got engaged I’m sure his hopes for that fell too. I always felt like he was invested in her being single.
best comment yet on this.. Bang on
Sorry to nitpick here, but beyond a certain age, lose the pink lipstick!
Never! Lol let us cool-toned girls have our fun 😉
I don’t understand what is wrong with a young 30something wearing pink lipstick. It isn’t florescent or anything. I think it looks great on her.
THIS is what I’d love to see KimK wearing during her pregnancy……it looks comfy, it’s feminine, it’s breezy and cute…………..can we get these two in a room together?
Yes! This looks great and comfortable. Kim always looks squished and uncomfortable.
ITA! Jessica Simpson looks really comfortable and relaxed – the total opposite of KK.
Jessica is thrilled to be pregnant and Kim is not.
She def. looks healthier and better than the first time around. A lot of it though is her overall physique, she’s just really tiny and man, those boobs…it adds to the illusion that she gained a lot. She looks great.
Okay, this bugs me. Baby showers are, traditionally, only for the FIRST baby. MAYBE you have one for a subsequent baby IF there has been a long gap between babies, like 10 years. The idea is to help the new parents get all the baby gear they need – cribs, car seats, clothes, blankets, cloth diapers, etc. These things are reused with each baby.
Ummm thank you!!!! I feel the same way. I did have a second baby shower but my kids were eight years apart and I had nothing.
Friends of mine had a housewarming party when they bought their first house…then a few years later when they bought another house they had another housewarming party!!! Even though they are good friends of mine I did not buy them a gift the second time!!
Ew! A housewarming party for a second house, not long after the first? How freaking tacky!! Not acceptable.
I don’t think anything’s wrong with having a housewarming party for a second house, but you could specify no gifts. That’s what I did when I moved into my house. And that is how I ended up with about a dozen bottles of wine!
I tend to agree. I get that jessica is wealthy, her friends are wealthy, and they can afford it just fine. but it is sort of bad form. Nicole Richie did it far better. She asked people who wanted to purchase stuff to donate to a women and kids’ shelter in LA. Much classier, imo.
That concept was long ago & not entrenched. I think this child has as much right to know he was being celebrated before his arrival too & people were excited to meet him. Why would you give one baby all that & not another if you can afford it. He needs to know that people were excited too so when he looks at his beginnings he sees the happiness not that he got left overs.. nothing wrong with left overs don’t get me wrong but times change also.. there are old rules , new rules & people that don’t follow rules. It’s life & we all try to live as one.
I agree. Especially since she was having a the other sex this time around. She wanted a shower with all new boy stuff. So what? As mentioned, these ppl can certainly afford a gift. And it sounds fun. Tom Sawyer theme? That is cute. I would go.
It’s not about having a “second” baby shower. It’s about getting together with friends and family, putting out some good food, socializing and having a great time. Of course Jessica doesn’t need to be given baby gifts but it would have added to the fun when she opened up a box and there’s a cute little boy’s leather jacket.
Relax. It’s nothing to get steamed up about.
See, this is what I think a Baby’s Birthday Party is for. Family and friends can ooh and aah over the new baby and give gifts to him/her. I see a “baby shower” as a way to help the new mother gather the necessities.
That concept is not “long ago” where I’m from. It’s unheard of to have a second shower, regardless of the sex of the child. As for feeling celebrated, I was the fifth baby and couldn’t give a hoot that my mom did not “celebrate” me with ANOTHER shower. I currently have a 3 month old who has no idea she was celebrated. She cares about food and a dry butt, not some party I had before she was even here. For Jessica, I guess it’s different for whatever reason but for us normals, it comes off greedy. Maybe it’s a cultural thing. I don’t know. But I won’t be having a shower for my second child.
Snort! I’m sure a boy would be so offended that there wasn’t a baby shower for him when he was a fetus. A shower is traditionally to outfit the new parents with gear. Another reason why baby stuff used to be gender neutral was so that it could be (gasp!) reused, not just because it predated ultrasounds.
“Baby showers are, traditionally, only for the FIRST baby. ”
Not where I’m from. Pregnant women here have showers for every pregnancy.
Me too and I was fairly well raised in terms of etiquette, this only one baby shower thing is news to me. I’ll be asking mother about this, she is the master when it comes to proper behavior.
Where are you from? Because she’s right. Baby showers are thrown by friends (never family, unless you’re out to cousins), for first babies only (unless there’s a huge gap).
Otherwise the the parents can just host a party for the heck of it, but if it’s a “shower,” that’s a request for gifts. No one does that for themselves.
One of my co-workers had a baby at the end of last year, her second child. Her mom put on a shower for her, but they said in the invitation no gifts as she already had everything from her first child and that she just wanted people to come and get together and have fun and celebrate the arrival of a new life.
Well, if the babyshower was in fact a shower as we know it, then it might be a bit tacky. But I don’t think Jess throws “that” kind of shower, she does not need the gifts etc., she is loaded. I think she just celebrates the arrival (well, soon anyways) of her son. I see nothing wrong with it.
Yes, very true. This is a Celebrate the New Baby Party, not an OMG, We Can’t Possibly Afford Everything We Need, Please Help! Party.
Considering recalls helping so frequently, that car seat and crib may be considered dangerous by the time the other baby comes around. I don’t think its our place to judge her wanting to get her friends and family together to celebrate. If they but her gifts, that’s their nevermind, not ours. Are we really judging other people on them wanting a baby shower fore their new baby? Really? Especially a different sex baby? Everyone i know has had a second baby shower, mostly because they want to eat cake and celebrate with family and have a fun theme, not to put others in a present stranglehold.
It’s on Celebitchy. I’m pretty sure we can judge here. And the only thing different you need for a different sex baby is clothes, and even then there’s some overlap.
True, but since the two are so close together she’s going to need baby things that the older one is probably going to continue to need for at least a year. Also, they are different gendered kids – she may not want to use a lot of super girly hand-me-downs for her son.
Even if they were the same gender, seasonal differences in birth times may make max’s hand me downs not work for an imaginary little sister. I see this with my sisters girls all the time, also different growth rates between kids make for different fits etc.with babies we can’t assume hand me downs will work except for ridiculous baby shoes that never get worn.
every girl that I know, has had a baby shower for each baby. i agree about not needing more than one, but apparently my friends see it differently.
I can see having family and friends over for a shower/party to celebrate, but inviting a magazine is just a little icky, IMO.
She seems to be doing a lot better healthwise this time around, and I think she’s really happy, so that’s great.
Please do you read tabloids. Most celebs allow magazines into there celebrations of weddings, babies engagments. Come on now.. lol
Glad she’s doing well but I’m surprised people still care about her. She’s so banal.
Maybe she’s only gained half the weight because she never lost all the weight from the first time around?
wrong she did lose her pregnancy weight what she didn’t lose was what she had gained before pregnancy.
What is it with the Simpsons and Alice In Wonderland? Jessica had an Alice themed birthday party on Newlyweds and wasn’t Ashlee’s wedding Alice themed?
She looks amazing, so pretty and glowing.
She also looks like she’s carrying high like I did. My babies heads were in my ribs the whole time and it was so uncomfortable and painful near the end – the picture of her hand on her bump reminds me of that big time… same side too.
And Oh yeah–you obviously noticed and were thrown off that Ken Paves was there, can we talk about that for a minute? Last we heard they split up…when did they become friends again???
I know!!!! When did these two reconcile???
What I heard (only a rumor from a friend who has a friend who does celeb makeup) was that he extended an olive branch after the whole Joe Simpson thing. He knew how much she was hurting and decided that the fight was over (she also says he started it so…).
All of this is 100% unverified, so take it as you will.
Thanks for that..Hope that is the true story, bc if so, that is a sweet friend who can get over whatever petty argument to really be there for their friend.
I doubt that story regarding Joe is true because Ken attended her birthday party last year before any of that stuff happened.
It might be about her Dad after all that was all brewing long before it ever hit the papers. Had to have been rough for the family, Jessica included.
there are still part of Hair Do together!
Chelsea was on Conan the other nite & was at the hotel but not at the event. She does not like Jessica never has. She got caught in the crossfire of people arriving but she did snoop inside the event when she found out. Chelsea has never been kind ever to Jessica. That’s is Chelsea problem
That’s pretty rude and tacky of Chelsea Handler to snoop around the party if she wasn’t invited, especially if she’s known to be mean to Jessica.
All class, that one.
She is a wretched human being.
Good for her, and I’m sure she’ll enjoy this pregnancy more for it, and it’s healthier. I can really sympathize with her in this, I did the same thing she did.
My first pregnancy I gained a whopping 60 pounds. I ate anything and everything, I justified it as eating for two, but I really had no idea what I was doing. By the third trimester I was so uncomfortable, and was having lots of problems with swelling and there were concerns of pre-eclampsia & other problems. It was really not healthy.
Not to mention how much work it was to loose all that weight after! I finally managed to do it, and with my next pregnancy, I gained less than half of that. the reality is, you only need an extra 200 calories a day, and that’s in the second trimester onward. 200 calories is not a lot. You don’t need to eat a ton more during your pregnancy than you usually do, but the quality of those calories really count.
It used to be normal for women to lose their figure from pregnancy and never get it back and it never had to be that way. Now we know so much more about health and nutrition and it’s better for Mama and baby.
That picture of her and Maxwell on the People link is adorable. Maxwell is such a cutie!
I think she’s beautiful and looks so much more healthy this time around, and Maxwell is adorable!
Nothing wrong with having kids before marriage, but before her marriage to her ex husband she used to proudly proclaim she was a virgin.I know people change, but that just seems inconsistent.
Well she’s no logician.
@ Pop! Agree with you,I have two girls,one born in the early spring,one in the late fall.Many things didn’t fit and had to give away and I turned down the offer to have another baby shower, I was to embarrassed.
Uh, that’s because she never lost all the weight she gained with the first one.