Congratulations to my favorite celebrity couple!  Mom Jennifer, and Dad Ben, both 36, are surely ecstatic at the arrival of Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck .  A spokesperson has announced that Mommy and baby are doing well.

Violet Anne, who is 3 years old, is now a big sister to the darling who arrived Tuesday, Jan. 6th in Los Angeles.  Name and other details have yet to be released but stay tuned for updates.

Rumors about the actress being pregnant were confirmed in August, after months of excited speculation.

As for the first glimpse of the baby?  The couple has no plans on selling photos of Seraphina for first dibs to a magazine or tabloid.

You don’t have to follow celebrity news to know that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are expecting another baby. Their first child, Violet Anne Affleck, was born on December 1 2005.

The latest reports online state that Mr. Affleck will avoid the current trend in Hollywood of giving newborns unusual names. A source close to the actor reportedly said, ‘Ben put his foot down and said no way to trendy Hollywood names.’ Some of us are no doubt nodding their heads in agreement.

While it is the parents right to choose their baby’s name, it’s perfectly normal to be taken aback by some of the choices. Standouts include Penn Jillette naming his daughter Moxie CrimeFighter, Nicholas Cage’s son, Kal-el, as in Superman’s birth name, and Seven Sirius for entertainers Erykah Badu and Andre Benjamin.

Yes a few of these names may prompt a snicker or two, but celebrities aren’t the only ones who do this. Many average couple give their newborns names they hope will standout. A recent story online talked about a couple with the last name Jones, who named their children Dow and Indiana. And who can forget the story of the nine year old New Zealand girl named Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii, who won the right to have her name changed. Apparently it was getting so bad in that country, that the government was forced to ban names like Keenan Got Lucky, Satan, and Fish and Chips among others.

Interestingly, some people feel that names like these are bordering on abuse. At the very least, it could present a social handicap and expose the child to ridicule. One can only wonder if these parents do it for their benefit, or the child’s. I guess time will tell if any of the celebrity baby names mentioned will lead to court cases later on.

Bravo to Ben Affleck for trying to bring some sanity back to naming babies in Hollywood. Maybe it will catch on, but that is unlikely. In the meantime we can no doubt expect a few more Moxie CrimeFighters from the Hollywood set in the coming years.

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After weeks of speculation it is finally confirmed that 37-year old actress, Jennifer Garner is indeed pregnant with her second child. The confirmation came from Garner and husband, Ben Affleck?s pal actor & director, Kevin Smith.

Affleck and Garner are parents to Violet who was born on December 1, 2005. Smith told People.com that Affleck broke the big news to him when he visited him recently. The sex of the new baby is not yet known, at least, the public doesn?t know. The first reports of Garner?s pregnancy came from her Alias co-star and friend, Victor Garber, who also presided at her June 2005 wedding to Affleck. Garber however said in later reports that he didn?t know whether or not the couple was expecting another child and blamed the media for misquoting what he said.

It is believed that the newest addition to the Affleck/Garner household should make an appearance somewhere between late October to early November.

By all indications it would seem like 2008 may see the greatest number of celebrity babies making an appearance. Some celebrities who should be having babies in the coming months include:

• Ashlee Simpson & Pete Wentz
• Matt Damon & Luciano Barroso
• Gwen Stefani
• Minnie Driver
• Clay Aiken
• Laila Ali & Curtis Conway
• Rebecca Romijm & Jerry O?Connell
• Naomi Watts & Liev Schreiber

Which other celebrity births are we all anxiously awaiting now that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt?s twins are here and Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have their Sunday Rose?