Nicole Ari Parker "so in love" with her children

Since becoming a mom to Sophie Tei-Naaki Lee , 3, and Nicolas Neruda, 19-months, Nicole Ari Parker says that she’s become increasingly concerned about "our spiritual well-being as a human race."  Her children with husband Boris Kodjoe help to not only keep Nicole grounded, but also to remind her "what really is [the] priority" despite her burgeoning acting career.  She recently told Essence,

I’m just so in love with my children and I feel like they have stretched me places where I never knew I could go. I’ve got so much responsibility now with my marriage, my children and my career. I feel like a better person because I have to be. 

One thing Nicole said she definitely is not is pregnant.  Recent rumors that the 37-year-old actress was expecting the couple’s third child were dismissed by Nicole, who lamented "I have one little pooch-y stomach in a picture and all of a sudden I’m pregnant."  She added,

I’m like, ‘This is how women become anorexic.’ Can a sistah not suck in her stomach for one moment, please?

Source:  Essence; Photo by John Shearer/WireImage.

Comments

I really like Nicole and Boris. I read a little more of the article on another sight and she seems like someone that I can relate too. I can’t say that often about celebrities.

I think that people should really get off of this baby watch thing. I can only imagine how insulting it is for people to spread rumors that you’re pregnant when you’re actually not. I think that it would bother me a little more than it seems to have bothered her. Anyway, they have absolutely beautiful children, to no surprise. I wish them success in everything.

- Destiny on June 21st, 2008

my but she does looking fetching in that outfit

- Kudzu Fire on June 21st, 2008

destiny you can read the entire interview on essence.com

- CM on June 21st, 2008

Both Nic & Boris are great looking, love and respect each other. Congrats on all their successes. Sophie & Nicolas are lucky.

- csc on June 21st, 2008

Thanks for the link to the interview. I’m a big fan of both Boris and Nicole. And those kids of theirs are absolutely beautiful.

- Mary on June 21st, 2008

They seem like great parents! Loving to each other and with their children.
Boris and Nicole are also doing a lot of great work with Spina Bifida Assn (Little Sophie has birth defect).

- SweetDiva on June 23rd, 2008