The Richie-Madden's Funny Family Portraits

Call it the silly life. Nicole Richie squeezes next to Joel Madden and their daughter Harlow Winter Kate, 23 months, and new arrival, 3-month-old son Sparrow James Midnight, for this series of whimsical family photos posted on her Web site. Nicole, 28, has been recovering from pneumonia, and from the looks of things, bed rest is doing her some good!

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Comments

Wow, Nicole looks so different. I didn’t recognize her. I love her look with the great new haircut and dark hair. So pretty!

- Alicia on December 9th, 2009

I almost didn’t recognize Nicole with that short dark do. Such a cute family!

- carrie on December 9th, 2009

i love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- me on December 9th, 2009

wow!! adorable!!!!! so cute! all four make a picture perfect family!

- Shirab on December 9th, 2009

thats the cutest! hehe

- Milla on December 9th, 2009

cute! sunglasses?

- ritter on December 9th, 2009

Sooooo cute! I like her hair now! And Harlow is looking more like Mommy and Sparrow is still a little Joel!

- Jessi on December 9th, 2009

Great photos! Harlow’s face in them all is adorable Are we sure Nicole got her hair cut..or is it just pulled back in a loose ponytail?

- Brooklyn on December 9th, 2009

Is her hair actually short or is it just pulled back?

- Jen on December 9th, 2009

Awww!!! That’s so cute! Harlow looks just like Joel, I think, and little Sparrow doesn’t particularly resemble either parent, but boy is he gorgeous! Such beautiful children, and beautiful parents too.

- Sophia on December 9th, 2009

I love Nicole’s hair dark, she looks great.
Harlow totally steals the show here, she looks like such a great fun kid. I’m gonna guess that she is just like Nicole haha.

- selene on December 9th, 2009

These pictures are priceless. A beautiful family!

- Liliana on December 9th, 2009

Jen: looks like a loose ponytail to me. And I think Harlow is a 50/50 mix of her parents, Sparrow looks like Joel. Just sayin. Super cute pics!

- amsjl on December 9th, 2009

I love her hair dark too, looks like its pulled back.

- KMP on December 9th, 2009

Oh and I think Harlow is the spitting image of Joel! Adorable babies!!!

- KMP on December 9th, 2009

Has anybody else noticed that Joel looks EXACTLY the same in all four photos? Could he have been Photoshopped in? And if so, who’s hands are those holding Sparrow? VERY cute picture though, and both kids are adorable!

- Lola on December 9th, 2009

So cute!!!

- JMO on December 9th, 2009

cute family both kids look like joel….

- Jessi on December 9th, 2009

Those are some ADORABLE kids!

- Anna on December 9th, 2009

First thing I noticed was that Joel looked exactly the same in all four pictures. It’s eerie.

- Margaret on December 9th, 2009

And, look at his hands in proportion to the size of his head. Something weird is definitely going on in this series. It looks like something that the Photoshop Disasters blog should pick up.

- Margaret on December 9th, 2009

Wow! Look at Nicole with her dark hair. So nice! I think she still has long hair and it is pulled back in a very loose ponytail in that picture. That is a very nice family picture.

- eternalcanadian on December 9th, 2009

@Lola joel actually isn’t the same in each picture when you view the full size. there are very little differences though he looks like he didn’t much. the only differences i’ve noticed are the glints in his eyes are different in each and his head is slightly turned more in each one and the creases in his shirt are different.

- Anon on December 9th, 2009

Love this family!!!!!

- Lacey on December 9th, 2009

Tooo freakin’ cute!

- Hilda on December 9th, 2009

#16 I think Joel looks the same in every photo. and why is Nicole wearing sunglasses?? would have been a great family muck around family shot!! Still a great family thou

- Sharon on December 10th, 2009

Also is it just me or does she look like Natalie Imbruglia (hope i spelt her last name correctly) in these photos??

- Sharon on December 10th, 2009

Nicole’s hair is short now. She posted about it on Twitter.

Harlow is so adorable! She’s one of my favorite celeb kids!

- J.D. on December 10th, 2009

My guess is that this series of pictures was shot quite qickly. That’s why Joel looks the same.

- Hea on December 10th, 2009

I don’t know how anyone can say Harlow looks like Joel. She is ALL Nicole!

- CelebBabyLover on December 10th, 2009

SOmething weird abt JOEL in this photo, He looks excatly the same and his hand are too big……..but Nicole looks beautiful together with Harlow and Sparrow

- True on December 10th, 2009

Sharon, I agree with you regarding Nicole looking like Natalie Imbruglia. I thought it was Natalie when I first looked at the pictures.

I love this family. Harlow and Sparrow are my favourite celebrity babies and I like Nicole and Joel as a couple and as parents. Very nice family.

- Lisa on December 10th, 2009

on some cameras/cameraphones/webcams they have something called “burst” where it takes 5 or 10 photos at once. that would be my guess.
what an adorable family.

- jj on December 10th, 2009

You do know that pictures can be taken at different angles and the angle this was taken at make his hands look bigger it was obviously taken at a up-tilted angle..cute family.

- Chan on December 10th, 2009

I never liked Nicole until she got pregnant. She changed so much and by now I really like her and her little family. Harlow is such a little cutie.

- Blah Blah on December 10th, 2009

Joel looks so odd the way he is slumped. It makes him look like he is tiny and far away in comparison to everyone else in the photo.

- Kresta on December 10th, 2009

It’s funny how the only one who has the same face in all pictures is Joel!

- Allie-Rose on December 10th, 2009

yes that is funny about Joel. I think Sparrow looks just like him, and Harlow like Nicole with a tiny mix of Joel. cute fam.

- ritter on December 10th, 2009

OMG.. Harlow is soo adorable

- J on December 10th, 2009

umm…Joel looks “tiny and slanted” with his “hands too big” because they’re in BED and he’s laying back. Hence the pillow behind his head…

- Anon on December 10th, 2009

Harlow is just stinking cute.

- Kate on December 10th, 2009

I found it really funny that Joel doesn’t move his head once. LOL

- Lilian on December 10th, 2009

These pictures are so so SO cute, I love this family!!!

- Lady on December 10th, 2009

Really cute pictures

I’m liking Nic’s new ‘do’!

- Lola Marie on December 10th, 2009

These two little cuties are so adorable. A great mix of both parents, and Sparrow already looks like he might have a bit of Harlow’s fun personality.

My guess is the picture was taken on a setting where about 5 or 6 pictures are taken in a short space of time. Say a pic a second. Just guessing again, but when I looked I assumed Joel was looking at the comp screen like people do if they are taking a pic on a webcam.

- Dasiy1 on December 10th, 2009

harlow is legit the cutest thing ever

- mad on December 10th, 2009

what a cute bunch of pics!!!

- cassie on December 10th, 2009

That little boy looks exactly like his Dad. Harlow always look happy. She is so cute!

- Jane on December 10th, 2009

So cute! Little Sparrow is such a sweet chunky little monkey, and Harlow is a doll with that adorable grin!

- Shannon on December 10th, 2009

D’awwwww!!! I’m loving Miss Harlow’s facial expressions and her baby brother is equally adorable. It’s cute that he’s looking around at everything but the camera. I love Nicole’s story. How this gorgeous family changed her life and made her a better person is a sweet and wonderful thing.

- Bailey on December 10th, 2009

i adore this family!!! <333

- Raemona on December 11th, 2009

Harlow’s adorable. ITA with those that commented that she looks like her mum, while Sparrow resembles Joel more. Odd pics though but look a happy family. Nice to see her turn her life around as a family-oriented person these days. Good on her!

- Sam and Freya's mum on December 11th, 2009

Babies are funny!

- Blackrose on December 11th, 2009

harlow looks just like nicole, and sparrow looks like joel and his uncle benji.

- luciana on December 11th, 2009

They are such a beautiful family, so lucky to have each other.

I agree that Joel probably looks the same bc they are taken back to back, and he is at an odd angle bc they are in bed. I think Nicole possibly has the glasses on bc she has been sick and perhaps her eyes looked sleepy or swollen like most women get when they are sick.

- Rachel on December 13th, 2009