Celebrity Baby Blog / Kim Raver

Brooke Shields and Kim Raver talk playdates, pregnancy and more

Lipstick Jungle co-stars Brooke Shields and Kim Raver go way back –all the way to grade school. The actresses lost touch over the years,but have since reconnected and become best friends, and so have theirchildren.

Her [daughter Rowan, 4] and my son [Luke, 5] get along so well.

Good thing too, since the two often spend time together with eachother’s families in New York when they aren’t shooting. Brooke, 42, and husband Chris Henchy are also parentsto Grier, 16 months while Kim, 38, is seven months pregnant with herand husband Manu Boyer‘s second child.

[The pregnancy's] gone by so much faster because I’m busy with thefirst kid. You’re so preoccupied with getting your kid to school andbathing him that all of a sudden you think, ‘Oh, I’m in my thirdtrimester.’ It’s amazing.

As for Brooke, she’s thinking about her daughters’ futures. She hadpreviously stated she’s wary of them following her into show businesseven though she has a tendency to encourage them to perform for her.

I’ll let them do what they want as long as they get an education; that’s the one thing they can’t take away from you.

The former child star also thinks it’s important to teach kids respect,especially looking at the woes of current starlets today.

I don’t think that kids today have respect because it’s not taught tothem. I look at my kids and think, ‘If they don’t listen to me now, howare they going to listen to me when they’re 16?’

Source: OK!, September 10 issue, pg 62-63

Luke is wearing IKKS’ backstage bus tee ($26).

Kim Raver chooses Isabella Oliver dress for polo event

In an earlier post on CBB, we showed you Debra Messing and pregnant actress Kim Raver at the 2007 Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge at JetOne Jets Field.  When it came time for Kim to dress for the event, she looked no further than maternity designer Isabella Oliver, and her ‘absolutely favorite’ piece from the collection — the ruched tank dress (on sale for $112.50) in black.  With side ruching that can accommodate you from trimester to trimester, and built-in support so you can go bra-less if you choose, the dress is extremely versatile. 

Isabella Oliver is named after the two first children, Isabella and Oliver, born (just weeks apart!) to creators Vanessa Knox-Brien and Baukjen de Swaan Arons.  Since then — with five pregnancies between them — Vanessa and Baukjen only sell clothes they have "designed, created, worn and fallen in love with themselves."  Other celebrity moms and moms-to-be who wear the line include Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Marcia Cross, Heidi Klum and Bryce Dallas Howard.

Kim is expecting her second child this fall.

Debra Messing and Roman, Kim Raver attend Polo Challenge

Actress Debra Messing, 38, and her son Roman Walker, 3, attend the opening day of the 2007Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge at JetOne Jets Field on Saturday inBridgehampton, New York.

In the first photo, Debra is joined by 24 actress Kim Raver, 38, who is 6 months pregnant with her second child. She and fellow celeb mom Brooke Shields will be starring in Lipstick Jungle this fall.

Photos by Startraks.

Kim wears Isabella Oliver’s ruched tank dress in caviar black ($112.50).