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Kellie Martin’s Blog: Batteries Not Included

05/20/2013 at 10:15 PM ET

Kellie Martin Blog: Batteries Not Included
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Please welcome Kellie Martin for a one-time celebrity blog!

Best known for her roles on Life Goes On and ER, the actress recently played Army Captain Nicole Galassini on Army Wives.

In addition, Martin owns and operates ROMP, an online toy store, and is writing a book, set to be released next winter.

She and husband Keith Christian reside in California and are parents to 6½-year-old daughter Maggie.

You can find her on Facebook and @Kellie_Martin  on Twitter.

In an exclusive blog, Martin shares why letting your kids get a little bored is one of the best things you can do for them.
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Jamie-Lynn Sigler: My Heel-Wearing Days Are Dwindling

05/20/2013 at 05:42 PM ET

Jamie-Lynn Sigler New York Baby Show
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After a rough start ridden with morning sickness, Jamie-Lynn Sigler is full swing in the sweetest phases of her first pregnancy.

“[At] 12 weeks it’s like something happens — something clicks — and you’re back. I’m in the honeymoon stage of my pregnancy,” the actress told PEOPLE while visiting Drugstore.com at New York Family‘s New York Baby Show Saturday.

“I’m six and a half months now so I’m mobile. I can still move around. I can still put on heels if I need to — but I know summer’s coming.”

And for when those long days of summer officially strike, Sigler’s schedule will include time spent “floating in a pool somewhere” trying to beat the heat and keeping cool in her recently renovated home.
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Chely Wright Welcomes Twins George Samuel and Everett Joseph

05/20/2013 at 12:30 PM ET

Chely Wright Welcomes Twins George Samuel and Everett Joseph
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It’s blue times two for Chely Wright.

The country singer and her wife, music executive Lauren Blitzer Wright, welcomed identical twin sons on Saturday, May 18 in New York City, her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.

Although they weren’t due until this summer, George Samuel and Everett Joseph — who are named for their great-grandfathers — are thriving, the rep says.

“We are grateful for all the amazing medical care and the love and support of family and friends,” Wright, 42, tells PEOPLE.

The couple, who announced the pregnancy in January, revealed the sex of the twins in March.

“We’re having two little boys,” Wright said at the time. “They’re healthy babies … Everything looks good.”

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Catherine Bell’s Blog: Now Where Did We Leave Off…

05/17/2013 at 06:30 PM ET

Look who’s back – Catherine Bell

The actress — mom to son Ronan, 2½, and daughter Gemma, 10, with  Adam Beason – stars on Army Wives.

Bell, 44, can also be found online on Facebook and @reallycb on Twitter. 

In her latest blog, the actress fills us in on what she’s been up to since she last wrote in 2011.

Catherine Bell Blog
Courtesy Catherine Bell

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Tracy Morgan and Megan Wollover Celebrate Baby Shower

05/17/2013 at 06:15 PM ET

With their baby — his fourth, her first — on the way in July, Tracy Morgan and fiancée Megan Wollover celebrated recently with a shower. Held at Spasso in Cresskill, N.J., family and friends enjoyed a four-course meal that included flatbreads, sirloin sliders, veal marsala, chicken parmesan, pasta and more. The intimate crowd also indulged in cake and mini cannoli as well as a chocolate fondue fountain and candy bar.

Wearing white linen, the Billboard Music Awards host, 44, and Wollover, 26, enjoyed opening gifts brought by their guests.  Already father to three sons, “I am over the moon excited and just want a happy and healthy baby and a safe delivery for Megan,” Morgan told PEOPLE in January.

Tracy Morgan Megan Wollover Baby Shower
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Elisabeth Röhm’s Blog: Locked Down In Boston with Easton

05/14/2013 at 07:30 PM ET

Elisabeth Röhm Boston Bombing
Boston Common – Courtesy Elisabeth Röhm

Elisabeth Röhm, best known for her roles as Serena on Law & Order and Kate on Angel, has been blogging for PEOPLE.com for over two years now.

The actress, 40, currently stars as Taylor on The Client List, and recently wrapped filming on American Hustle, David O. Russell’s latest movie.

Her book, Baby Steps: Having the Child I Always Wanted (Just Not As I Expected), was released in April.

She can be found on Facebook, Google + and on Twitter @ElisabethRohm.

In her latest blog, Röhm — mom to 5-year-old Easton August with fiancé Ron Anthony — recounts her experience in Boston during the bombings, and its effect on her and her daughter.

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Morena Baccarin Expecting First Child

05/14/2013 at 06:00 PM ET

Morena Baccarin Pregnant Expecting First Child
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Another Homeland baby is on the way!

Actress Morena Baccarin, 33, and her husband director/writer Austin Chick are expecting their first child together, her rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.

Baccarin — who plays Jessica Brody, the wife of former marine Nicholas Brody on the hit Showtime series — is currently in production for the show’s third season.

Fortunately, the mom-to-be won’t have to worry about balancing a heavy makeup routine with a new baby. When Baccarin — who wed Chick, 41, in November 2011 — isn’t busy shooting scenes in front of the camera, she’s “pretty low maintenance.”
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