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Travis and Landon Barker Prepare to Rock!

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Travis Barker took his 5 ½-year-old son Landon Asher — perhaps a budding dummer himself? — along to tape a Blink-182 appearance for the Jimmy Kimmel show on Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles.

The drummer was glad to have Landon and little sister Alabama Luella, 3, in his company, tweeting that “my babies mama [Shanna Moakler] has decided [to] let me have my babies for Jimmy Kimmel tonight, very very happy man right now.”

Cubs' Ryan Dempster Opens Up About Daughter's Medical Condition

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For the first month of Riley Dempster‘s life, her dad — Chicago Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster — was with her just five days. Not only was the new dad suffering through a prolonged absence from his family as he traveled with his team, he was also dealing with the added stress of Riley’s diagnosis with DiGeorge Syndrome. Born without the ability to swallow and digest food, Riley — now 10 weeks — has undergone numerous procedures to correct the condition. “Has it been rough? Yes, it’s been rougher than anything I can imagine,” Ryan, who also has a toddler son named Brady with wife Jenny, admits in a new interview with the Chicago Tribune.

“April was as miserable as I’ve ever been, being away from my wife, my son, and my daughter’s in a hospital and she’s never seen the outside of anything except an ambulance ride to and from the airport to get medically transported from Arizona to Childrens in Chicago.”

Riley currently has a feeding tube in place as she continues to undergo treatment, which involves having her glands injected with a drug that stops the production of excess secretions. “Right now she has to be suctioned, in 24-hour care,” Ryan, 32, shares. “Even when we get her home, we’re going to have nurses 24 hours a day. But it’ll be nice to have her home to see her. You don’t have to go to the hospital, and it’ll be nice for Brady to have his sister home.”

Despite the obstacles Riley will need to overcome, the Dempsters consider themselves lucky. A neonatologist in Arizona suggested that Jenny’s preterm labor was brought on by polyhydramnios, leading doctors to order a DNA test which revealed the existence of the condition. “Some kids’ parents don’t find out till they’re two years old, and they’re making up for lost ground, whereas with us, we can take the early steps to help do whatever we can for Riley’s future,” Ryan notes. “By the time she is two, hopefully she’s as normal as any other kid.”

“Thank God she’s ours. We’re fortunate, both financially and professionally, where we can make an impact on her life, and hopefully the lives of others, and that’s what we’re trying to do.”

If all goes well, Riley should be home with her family by June 22nd.

Source: Chicago Tribune

Thanks to CBB reader Colleen.

– Missy

Kendra Wilkinson, Hank Baskett Expecting First Child

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What a month for Kendra Wilkinson! The former Girl Next Door star’s new show, Kendra, premiered to record numbers on Sunday and she and fiancé Hank Baskett will tie the knot on the 27th, but not before sharing their biggest news — a baby is on the way!

“Hank and I are thrilled to announce that we are expecting our first child together,” Kendra, 23, tells E!’s Mark Malkin. “We are touched by the outpouring of support by our family, friends and fans.”

No word on a due date for the baby, but names are definitely in the works! “My first initial is K and my middle name is Leigh, so we were thinking of Kaleigh,” the reality star told PEOPLE in February. “And he’s Hank Baskett III, so of course I’m going to have a Hank Baskett IV!”

Kendra and Hank, 26, a wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, were engaged in November atop the Seattle Space Needle.

To read Kendra’s blog post about her pregnancy, click here.

Source: E!