It's Miller and Johnnie Rose Etheridge!

Courtesy Melissa and Tammy Etheridge for use on CBB

After a scary encounter with the paparazzi over the weekend, rocker Melissa Etheridge and actress wife Tammy have chosen to share their own snapshot of their 2-year-old twins, daughter Johnnie Rose and son Miller Steven, and have been kind enough to allow CBB to post it here for our readers. How adorable are these two, in their Polo sweaters and cute caps?

“I am my own ‘razzi,” Tammy explains. “I don’t like the chase … so I am hoping that posting a [photo] will deter them from spooking the hell out of us in the future.”

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Comments

Beautiful big blue eyes!!! So cute! Love their outfits!

- kelly on January 27th, 2009

It’s too bad that paps think it’s OK to scare the heck out of people in order to get a shot of them with their kids.

These two are absolutely gorgeous. What adorable outfits and hats. They look a lot like Tammy to me.

Thanks Melissa and Tammy for sharing this photo with us.

- Beverley on January 27th, 2009

YAY! This is so exciting. I love Melissa, and I hope that nothing too horrible happened to them this weekend. And yeppers, these kids are definitely Tammy’s! They look just like her. How cute is that?

- Emily on January 27th, 2009

What gorgeous little ones!

- SM on January 27th, 2009

Adorable! Love the hats! Melissa is one of my favorites, so this is great to see!!! : )

This is the kind of photo I would love to see more often — one that is actually parent approved/submitted! As much as I love seeing celebrity babies, I feel for the parents. I can’t imagine how I would feel seeing or hearing of my kid’s photos being plastered all over the web.

- Bri on January 27th, 2009

those caps are too cute!

- Amber on January 27th, 2009

What a gorgeous photo! Isn’t it amazing the difference you can see, when you compare paparazzi pictures to pictures taken by their parents? That’s why I love parent-approved pictures – the kids really shine through their parent’s eyes!

- Nicole on January 27th, 2009

Thank you Melissa & Tammy for sharing. Your kids are adorable. And shame on the paparazzi for scaring you. That’s terrible.

- Leslie on January 27th, 2009

They’re adorable! It’s lovely that Melissa and Tammy shared a photo, but it’s horrible that they felt forced to do so.

They’re such a beautiful family.

- girlJordan on January 27th, 2009

They are gorgeous! Too bad the paps don’t care about the persons they are chasing and especially the kids who can be scared.

- Stéph on January 27th, 2009

Does anyone know what the ‘paparazzi scare’ was?

- Mandy on January 27th, 2009

Too cute! I love their hats, and like other commenters have said, they both look just like Tammy.

- Corrie on January 27th, 2009

I love Johnnie’s hat! Anyone know where it’s from?

Thanks Melissa and Tammy, for sharing such a cute picture with all of us!

- MZ on January 27th, 2009

I’d say this duo is pretty picture perfect!!!

- HeatherR on January 27th, 2009

Aw, beautiful kids. They look very much like Tammy.

- Mia on January 27th, 2009

As much as I enjoy photos of celebs and their kids, its a shame the lengths the paparazzi goes to get them. Thank you Melissa and Tammy for sharing a picture of your adorable children! You two sure are blessed.

- Kim on January 27th, 2009

They are beautiful! Thanks to Tammy & Melissa for sharing the photo.

- Colleen on January 27th, 2009

Mandy, you can read about the paparazzi ‘scare’ at Tammy’s blog:
http://hollywoodfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2009/01/little-gnats-at-cafe.html

- Colleen on January 27th, 2009

Cute kids.

- countdoon on January 27th, 2009

those two are just adorable and their hats are so cute!

- dara on January 27th, 2009

They are so cute! I think they look just like Tammy!!

- erin h on January 28th, 2009

They are absolutely beautiful!!

- jessica on January 28th, 2009

I could not imagine the horror that those paprazzi could cause a child. I don’t blame you for wanting themto leave your babies alone. I understand that people say “Well, they are famous and they know what comes of that kind of hollywood lifestyle” To a point being a celebrity will get you stalked but when it comes down to just having breakfast with your family, I wish ther were laws to protect some celebs. I really do like looking at all of the beautiful babies but I hate it when there are pictures where the parent are trying to shield their children and they just snap away.

That being said, Tammy & Melissa, your children are gorgeous and we are all sorry that you were pretty much forced to release photos of your precious cargo.

- Mom of Boys on January 28th, 2009

Beautiful in Blue

- Kelpy on January 28th, 2009

God Bless your beautiful children!

- finefitandfifty on January 28th, 2009

So adorable!

- skipsie on January 28th, 2009

What beautiful kids! Hard to believe they’re already 2. Time flies!

- Kelly on January 28th, 2009

I read Tammy’s blog, and given that Britney has moved into their neighbourhood then they can kiss goodbye to the relative level of privacy they enjoyed. Then again, it doesn’t seem like any of the major celeb sites purchased the photos, so maybe they’ll escape the wrath of banal homophobic criticism on this occasion.

Very beautiful kids.

- Jen on January 28th, 2009

Beatiful babies!! those big blue eyes are to gorgeous!

God bless them

- XOXO on January 28th, 2009

What a couple of cuties!

- Alice on January 28th, 2009

They are absolutely adorable!! Hopefully the paparazzi will stay away. Thanks for sharing the pic, Melissa and Tammy! You have a beautiful family

- Sara on January 28th, 2009

darling darling children!

- Niki on January 28th, 2009

Something really needs to be done about the paps.

Hopefully now that more celebs are speaking out, something will. A set of quidelines to mould their activities around celeb children.

- taegan on January 29th, 2009

that girl is absolutely beautiful. the boy is beautiful too, but th look on the girl’s face is heart breaking

- camille on January 29th, 2009

i rememer wen i went to go c tam and melissa and johnny rose and miller at their rented lake house. they were so small them . lov themm .

- rileys on October 12th, 2009