The family isin town for Jennifer’s new Broadway show, Cyrano de Bergerac, whichopens on November 1st.

Photos by INF.

Violet is wearing Ecco kids glow in marine ($66).

Parade

Ben says that he considers Violet ‘the best thing that ever happened to me.’ He continues talking about Violet saying:

She is happy as hell and talks like crazy! She has the ability to make me smile and feel so good and be so charmed that, when I’m not with her for a while, all I want to do is go home, just to be around her again.

Ben’s own childhood wasn’t as stable as he would have liked it to be. He tells Parade that he dealt with feelings of loneliness when he was a child.

I grew up in a home environment where I wasn’t getting esteem for anything I did. I played sports, but I wasn’t great at them…There was alcoholism at home because of my father. I changed schools [at age 8], and I didn’t really know the kids at the new school. I felt alone.

Ben concludes his interview with Parade saying:

Life is very good. Am I a happy man? I am when I’m around my daughter. Then I’m a very happy man.

Source: Parade via People

[Ben] is the best. There’s nothing better than seeing your guy being a loving, tender, sweet [father] — It’s a roll of the dice.  Now [that Violet's] big enough…all of a sudden they get big enough that they can talk, and the guy all of a sudden is like, ‘Oh! Hi.’  They’re pals.

When I’m working, he’ll take her to the little class with all the moms.  It will be him at the gym class, I’ll go back the next week and say [to the other moms], ‘How was he?’  They’re like, ‘He’s great.  Didn’t talk to us, just focused on her.’  You’re supposed to talk to the moms, but that’s okay!

Source: Regis & Kelly; video in the extended post for those that missed the appearance.
 

Jennifer Garner

My husband [Ben Affleck] shot a movie in Boston called Gone Baby Gone. I went to Boston with him and I trained with the trainer from the Boston University hockey team.

What working mother has time for herself? I miss sitting down and reading the paper all in one go.

[He's] super involved, competent and loving. Ben will be there and the nanny is fabulous; Violet has known her since she was a week old and loves her.

I’m six months pregnant. No, but definitely some day.

Click below for the baby-related highlights — including marriage to Ben Affleck, nursing, Violet, and more — and photos from the shoot (which took place during the joint Affleck-Damon family vacation in Hawaii earlier this summer).

On pregnancy weight: I wasn’t a woman who stayed thin like I thought Iwould. I definitely gave myself the freedom to eat what I wanted. Ithought, ‘Oh, it’s going to drop away; I’ll have another cookie.’ Nexttime around I won’t go quite that hog wild. I did not have a huge baby[Violet was 6 lbs, 10 oz] and I was ginormous!

On being able to say no: It got a lot easier once I had a kid.

More on heat and nursing: Jennifer expounds on previous statements she made about filming The Kingdom in Arizona in summer ’06.

[The heat] made people crazy. It was like another character inthe movie. Your whole body is saying, ‘Go inside. Find somewherecooler.’ And there you are, just standing there, baking. The crew hadit worse than we did.

I checked with a pediatrician, I checked with my gynecologist, and they said, ‘Breastfeeding? You’ll be fine. Just drinkplenty of water.’ But the rules when it’s 138 degrees are different. Well, it sent me to the hospital a couple of times. I guess I was getting heatstroke. All my electrolytes weregoing to the baby — I wasn’t keeping any of the potassium in my body. Iwould never pass out or anything, but I just got so dizzy that Ithought, ‘I can’t pick up my daughter when I get back to the hotel.’ It happened twice. It was scary.

I made it through, though. I really didn’t want to give [nursing] up, and Ididn’t.

All in all, shenursed Violet for 14 months — pumping in the car on the way to the Oscars, and in airplane bathrooms.

I really loved [breastfeeding]. It gave me peace and a sense of purpose.

On Violet, now 21 months: She’s pretty awesome. We’re in that sweet spot before the terribletwos. She sleeps till 7! Yeah, we lucked out. Supposedly [when] youhave one that’s this easy and great, you’re screwed the next time around.

Jennifer says she is with Violet in the morning ‘four out of five workingdays.’

Then I put her down for her nap, I run out and have a meeting, Irun back. Sometimes I get home before she’s even woken up.

On the paparazzi: [The paparazzi] justnips away at anything you’re doing, the small pleasures. Iwould give just about anything to make it go away, especially for mydaughter. I feel like she has a right to her privacy, and it’s kind ofencroached on.

The family is still considering a possible move away from LA — Jennifer is from West Virginia, while Ben hails from Boston.

I can’t live in West Virginia and do what I do — I’m not going to get a lot of jobs there. We’re far from Ben’s family as well. It bums us out. We haven’t figured it out yet.

On marriage to Ben: I don’t know what makes it work. Butit does. One thing that makes it work is that we’re both pretty nice.He’s not someone who’s ever going to blow up on anyone. What I mean is,if he’s ever angry with me, he doesn’t act out on it in a weird way oryell at me. And I am the same. So we handle conflict in a very lovingand adult way.

On having more children: We definitely wonder what it would be like to have another — hopefully, knock on wood, someday. [raps table] My job is great to have as a mom. I get to take breaks and then work in a really concentrated way. During that concentrated time, it sucks, but whatever.

On Ben quitting smoking: Three weeks before we had Violet, he went to a hypnotist and has not smoked since! I so admire him, because it was so painful. But he is sick so much less often, and I don’t lose him every 15 minutes while he wanders around outside. He smells great. It’s a huge gift that he gave me — and our daughter as well. I probably annoy him, I celebrate it so much.

On her possible future talk show: I feel like women, and especially mothers, are disenfranchised from our families; we don’t have the same support group around us that we did a generation ago. All my girlfriends and my sisters were having these same issues, and I felt like, ‘Why isn’t this being addressed?’ There are tons of talk shows, yet there’s nothing that’s specifically for them. But I’ve never gotten the balls to go out and do it.

Source: Marie Claire, October issue, p. 86-91

We haven’t hit two yet. We’ve seen glimpses of terrible, but for the most part things are pretty smooth.

Getting Violet out and about is a top priority for Jen — she doesn’t allow Violet to watch TV. She jokes,

I want all the attention.

While we’ve spotted them at the park, library, and farmer’s market, storytime is another activity in which they partake. They were spotted ‘sitting front and center‘ at FAO Schwarz on Thursday for a reading of Where The Wild Things Are.

Source: People, People, September 10th issue, p. 26

Photos by Flynet.

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Violet is wearing Umi Kids Mathilda Mary Janes in pink ($55) and a skirt from Gap Kids — no longer available — check eBay.

In photos after the jump, Violet is carrying one of her many Max Daniel Rosebuds & Satin security blanket, in butter ($20 plus save 15% with code tinytot15).

Photos by Flynet.

Click below for more pics and the fashion, book, and gear roundup.

In the bag is Clip-Clop by Nicola Smee ($10).

Jennifer is wearing a Kula Klip ($7.99 CAD). They are available at these Canadian stores, this website, or through email.

Violet wears a colored stripe pocket dress in seashell pink by Splendid Littles ($64).

Violet wears Naturino’s 7477 pink glitter t-strap ($55).

The mesh pocket of the backpack is filled with Gerber Nuk silicone fashion pacifiers ($4.50 for 2).

Jennifer Garner

Do I look pregnant? Is it just because I don’t havethe flattest stomach in the world that people keep asking?

The ‘absolutely not pregnant‘ actress would appreciate an end to the belly watch, as she and husband Ben Affleck are not planning to add to their family anytime soon — ‘I’m going to work for awhile.‘

Next week, the work begins with a trip to Japan to start major promotion on The Kingdom — the first time Jennifer has been away from daughter Violet for more than one night since her birth (the first time was this spring, when she flew to NYC for Catch and Release promo and flew back to LA the next day).

However, Jennifer’s not worried about Ben, 35, who will be caring for 20-month-old Violet — ‘he’s ready,’ she says. Jen also confesses that it doesn’t hurt that he will have the assistance of a nanny on the weekdays — the nights and weekend are all on Ben though.

After the Japan sojourn, the Garner-Afflecks will be relocating to New York as Jennifer is set to begin rehearsals for her Broadway debut in Cyrano de Bergerac — which will run November 1st through December 23rd — and Ben begins press for his directional debut, Gone Baby Gone, which premieres in Boston on October 15th.

Source: Boston Globe’s ‘Names’

Photos by Splash News, splashnews.com, splashnewsonline.com

Violet wears a barrette by Leslie & Zoe — The Clip Fairies. They are offering CBB readers an introductory special of 3 clips for $10. Click here to shop their selection and order your clips.

Jennifer holds a Playtex 7-oz First Sipster ($4).

Violet once again wears her much loved Cayman Crocs Mary Jane style in Cotton Candy ($31).