Life & Style can exclusively report that Scrubs star Judy Reyes gave birth to a baby girl at 7:11 p.m. on Nov. 27. Little Leila Rey Valencia weighed in at 6 pounds, 7 ounces and was 19 inches long. This is the first child for Judy and her partner, George Valencia. “It’s been a very unique and pleasant experience, but it’s an amazing journey,” Judy told Life & Style last month at her baby shower. “Lelia is absolutely beautiful. Both mom and baby are very happy.” Reyes’ rep Patrick McCarthy tells Life & Style.

Sarah Shahi & Son, William Wolf

When Sarah Shahi looks back on 2009, she’ll likely remember it as the year she added tons of new roles to her résumé. Besides landing a starring part in thenew USA series Facing Kate, the Life and L Word alum eloped with actor Steve Howey in Las Vegas on Feb. 6. Then, five months and two days later, she and her new hubby welcomed their son, William Wolf.

“In a matter of seconds, you’re handed this life that you’re responsible for, and I was totally nervous,” the 29-year-old told Life & Style during an exclusive interview at the family’s LA home on Nov. 11. “It’s a lot of trial and error. I still feel like a child myself!” But she’s happily adjusting to life as a grown-up. “Wolf is delicious,” Sarah gushes. “Everything he does is adorable — even his little farts in the bathtub. The tiny little bubbles that come up? They’re so cute! I am such a mom.”

At one point, though, Sarah cringed at the thought of having a baby. “I came from a single parent household,” she explains. “And I had a bad example of what a husband and father could be and how irresponsible a father could be. So because of that I didn’t want to get married or have kids.” But a negligent dad is something she never has to worry about with hands-on, protective Steve, 32, who delivered Wolf during Sarah’s at-home water birth. “When I look at him as a father, he’s so sexy to me,” she says. “It’s such a turn-on to watch him with the baby.”

For more from Sarah and adorable photos of her new baby, pick up the latest issue of Life & Style, on newsstands now!

Since news of Kourtney Kardashian’s pregnancy first broke over the summer, the baby’s father, Scott Disick, has remained noticeably silent. Now with just weeks to go until the baby is born, he’s decided to speak out. Making a dramatic surprise appearance at Kourtney’s baby shower, he lovingly sat next to his expectant girlfriend and opened up to Life & Style.

L&S: Are you grateful this happened?
Scott: The pregnancy was a blessing. It’s our time to be together and start sharing a new life.

L&S: How has it changed you?
Scott: I was a bit young when I met Kourtney. Now I know that I’ve grown as a person. I’m much more productive with my time and my life. Kourtney’s family knows I’ve changed. They know I treat her well and that I’m here for her in every way. Now the trust is all there.

L&S: Is marriage a priority?
Scott: Neither one of us wants Kourtney to walk down the aisle while she’s pregnant. We know we’ll be together forever, so getting a legal document isn’t the biggest deal in our life.

For more from Scott and all the details inside Kourtney’s baby shower, pick up the new issue of Life & Style on newsstands now!

Kourtney Kardashian - Expecting Celebrity

Standing in her mother’s backyard, surrounded by a sea of blue balloons, blue cake and blue cotton candy, Kourtney Kardashian, looking stunning in a Diane von Furstenberg dress and Movado jewels, greeted guests as they arrived at her glamorous baby shower in LA on Nov. 14. Kourtney spent the afternoon enjoying bite-size burgers and mini pizzas from LA restaurant Chinois and dessert, flown in for the event from New York City’s BCake NY with 84 of her closest female family and friends. And making a surprise appearance was Scott Disick, Kourtney’s boyfriend and the father of the baby, who was greeted like family by the entire Kardashian clan!

But as anyone who follows E!’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians knows, Scott’s relationship with Kourtney’s family hasn’t always been so chummy. “We’re obsessed with one another,” Kourtney tells Life & Style. “If someone does something wrong to one of us, we’re all down their throats.”

“When Scott came back into our lives, it was like Kourtney was asking us to forgive and forget everything she’d said about him,” Kim explains. “We were really confused. We had to readjust our feelings about him, and sometimes we had a tough time with it.” Scott’s hard-partying behavior did little to ease their concerns. “I think he was just trying to have as much fun as possible before the baby came,” Kim tells Life & Style. “All he wanted to do was hang out with his friends. He needed to realize that Kourtney and the baby had to come first.”

“It was hard,” Kourtney admits. “There was so much negative energy. But this is the father of my baby — I needed everyone to just get over it.” In the end, Kourtney’s pleas for peace didn’t win over her family — Scott did. “He just started trying so much harder,” Khloé tells Life & Style. Case in point: “He put the crib together — no one asked him to,” Khloé says. “He’s not a manual labor kind of guy, but for him to put the crib and changing table together meant so much to Kourtney.” The transformation isn’t lost on Kourtney. The tension “was really intense for a few months,” she says. “But I feel like if that stuff hadn’t happened, things wouldn’t feel as good as they do today.”

For more from the Kardashians PLUS exclusive photos inside Kourtney’s baby shower, pick up the new issue of Life & Style on newsstands now.

Instead, Marley and her husband, producer Beau Flynn, welcomed one sweet angel. “West is just full of smiles,” Marley, 35, says. “I could watch her smile for ages. She’s amazing.” As for the unusual name, well, it has an unusual story. “My husband actually dreamed seven years ago that we had a daughter, and he was calling her West,” Marley recalls. “I immediately said, ‘If we ever have a daughter, we’re definitely naming her that.’”

And the star of the upcoming films Untitled and Women in Trouble certainly feels happiest around her little girl. “I love everything about West,” Marley gushes. “She’s just scrumptious.”

For more adorable photos of West and her nursery, pick up the latest issue of Life & Style, on newsstands now!
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Talk about a dose of reality! Kourtney Kardashian moved to Miami earlier this year to film a show, Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami, about her and her younger sister as sexy singles in the city. But by the time they made the trek back to LA, Kourtney was carrying a little extra baggage. “It wasn’t something I expected or planned,” Kourtney tells Life & Style in an exclusive interview. “It was just meant to be.”

Now eight months into the pregnancy, Kourtney, 30, is eagerly preparing to welcome a bouncing baby boy with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Scott Disick, 26, in December. “My pregnancy has been wonderful,” she gushes. “I love being pregnant. I’m excited to be a mom — but I’m nervous.” And viewers will get to see her take on the new role — and maybe even get a peek inside the delivery room — during season four of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. What they won’t see, however, is Kourt complaining about her burgeoning belly. “I’m totally excited to gain weight, and I’m embracing it,” she tells Life & Style. “I run around naked all day at home! I like that my body is changing. It’s a beautiful thing.”

And like a good teammate, Scott’s making every effort to redeem himself in the eyes of Kourtney’s family. In the past, she’s accused him of cheating, which he adamantly denies. “Scott and I have been going to different parenting classes,” Kourtney tells Life & Style. “They made me nervous at first, putting all kinds of information into my head, but they’re helpful. They’re a fun thing for Scott and me to do together.” But being a perfect father doesn’t mean Scott will necessarily make Kourtney an honest woman. “I’m 30, but I never was that girl who was like, ‘I need to get married,’” she says. “I never had a plan. Now I have so much to think about for the baby. I’ll worry about myself later.”

For more from Kourtney on her pregnancy, parenting and marriage, pick up the latest issue of Life & Style, on newsstands now!

BS: How did Chickadee Prints come to be?
CP: In 2006, I had the idea to start a custom stationery shoppe called Rainy Day Memories. Everything would be custom…each order treated individually, no two designs alike. It was just me, sitting at my home computer, working lots of hours, for basically no profit. But, I enjoyed what I was doing…I liked creating art. I continued at this part-time pace until 2009, when I realized that I wanted something more. I wanted to take myself more out of the picture so that I could serve many more clients and provide many more designs.

So in June of 2009, I set out to rename my company to Chickadee Prints. My vision was for customers to be able to fully edit their text and upload their photos to the card design of their choice. My website would have cards for almost everything…baby announcements to moving announcements, and Christmas cards to theme party cards. Oh, and I also wanted my cards to be printed on recycled cardstock and my packaging to be recyclable, if not made from recycled materials. That wasn’t too much to ask, was it? Apparently, it was. Starting your own business and starting on a grander scale is a much bigger deal than just me.

I hired a website design company who could do what I was looking for, but there were so many obstacles with even that. They were a relatively new company, featuring a new concept. So, there were ideas that still needed to be completed, which meant that my target for opening in August 2009, was pushed back to September 2009. Tears flowed regularly as I felt I wasn’t in control of my vision and my dream…my timeline was affected by someone else…another part of a larger business. We did, though, find a wonderful printing company who could handle my tall order of using recycled paper and recyclable packaging materials, so that was a shining moment for me. I felt good that Chickadee Prints would do what we could to help the earth…being that we are a stationery company using paper…I couldn’t let us be completely unaware of our impact. I chose a printing company who uses FSC Certified paper which means that for all the trees affected by becoming paper, more trees are immediately planted in their place. As I waited for the website to work out all the kinks, I hired more people to work with me on my design team. We are now a team of four, designing all styles to fit different tastes.

September passed, and still no site. More tears, more empty promises, and more frustration. All of my time was getting sucked into making this dream become a reality. I was constantly on the computer, fighting with the website company, emailing back and forth with my designers, uploading products into the cart…just working all hours to get everything in place for when we could finally launch. My family suffered. My husband said my computer was more important than the family. My kids didn’t understand how I could be home and not playing with them. Balancing working at home and a family is not easy by any means. I feel guilty when I’m working because I’m not playing with them, and I feel guilty playing with them when I should be working. I knew though, that one day, all of my hours and effort would pay off, and I would soon have more freed up time, once all my chicks were in a row.

Finally, on October 19th, I was told that we are essentially ready for launch! The website company needed a 2 day notice to launch, so I said let’s do it! I am happy to announce that Chickadee Prints will be open for business on October 22nd, 2009. While I am excited beyond belief that this is really happening, I am, at the same time, completely scared at starting something so big…a real company. I am thankful though, that I had support all along the way, because without it, I don’t think I would have continued on after all the setbacks along the way. Support is key. Now that I’ve made it through the first step of setting up the business, I am excited about the next step…running it!

BS: Thank you Heather for your inspirational story that goes to show that no matter what obstacles are thrown your way, we all have the power to keep moving forward towards our goals and dreams.

Plainfield, Il – October 23, 2009 – Actress Katherine Heigl and her Musician husband, Josh Kelley welcomed their first child, 10 month old daughter, Nancy Leigh. The couple will nickname their daughter, Naleigh which is blended after Heigl’s mother Nancy and Heigl’s sister Margaret Leigh. Katherine is best known for her role as Dr. Izzie Stevens on Grey’s Anatomy and her starring role in the movies Knocked Up, 27 Dresses and The Ugly Truth.

Baby Swags was started in 2006 as a way to help promote work at home moms and the products they create. Since then, Baby Swags has grown leaps and bounds from hosting gift suites, providing silent auction gift baskets to charities, talk show audience member giftings, local media coverage for their clients, national print exposure with celebrities using/wearing client products and more with a primary specialty of celebrity gifting. Baby Swags primarily provides exposure to new and small businesses who have limited marketing and advertising budgets. All products included are made out of love and passion, of course while maintaining the utmost quality.

The following companies provided gifts to new mom Katherine Heigl:

* Love Bug Kids – www.lovebugkids.com – Provided their “Lexie” hat which is a black crocheted hat adorned with a gorgeous red silk flower. In addition, they also provided purple swirly flower clippies and pink rhinestone flower clippie.

* Mixology Makeup – www.mixologymakeup.etsy.com – All natural, handmade, vegan mineral makeup. Contains no chemicals, no preservatives, and no junk!

* Libraknits – www.libraknits.com – Adorable Swingset Caps are the perfect mix of sun protection and fashion for babies on the go. Handmade from 100% organic cotton yarn, the Swingset Cap was specifically designed to keep your baby warm while you’re at the park, the beach or just strolling.

* Starlet Goodies – www.starletgoodies.com – Dazzling handmade products that add sparkle to mommies and their growing super star. Unique hair candies have a no slip clip that can be used in any hair type.

* Puddlefoot – www.puddlefoot.com – Originally designed veggie tees for babies and toddlers. Non PVC, Phthalate free inks, soft and stretchy with a wonderful vintage feel.

* On The Fly – www.ontheflybottle.com – On The Fly™ bottle warmer was designed for mothers and fathers ‘on the go’ that desire a functional and chic product for their baby. Whether parents are running errands, traveling, working, or playing this product offers a simple solution and better alternative for heating baby bottles.

* Hoity Toity Baby – www.hoitytoitybaby.com – The Boca Set: Resort Wear for your Hoity Toity Baby. Made of 100% breathable cotton and cotton twill. Your little jet-setter can go from brunch to beach and never skip a beat.
“It was a true honor to provide this one of a kind gift basket for Katherine and her new baby girl.” Stated Phyllis Pometta, owner of Baby Swags. “On behalf of Baby Swags and my clients, we wish her nothing but continued good health, happiness and success in the years to come.”

Baby Swags prides itself on providing excellent services to help gain recognition to fellow work at home moms and their products by providing celebrities with VIP gift bags, assisting in selecting products for celebrity event gift bags and placing products into the hands of celebrities and influential people. If you are a work at home mom and would like to see your products in an upcoming celebrity baby basket or if you have a teen related product and would like to get it in the hands of celebrity teens, please contact Phyllis at www.babyswags.com for more details.

INTERVIEW CONTACT INFORMATION

Phyllis Pometta
Baby Swags
815-342-6739

Three time celebrity new mom, Elisabeth Hasselbeck welcomed a son, Isaiah, into her family and Baby Swags clients share in her joy by sending a basket full of mom-made products for the newest addition, as well as helping to raise awareness for CPSIA laws that are causing concern for many small business owners. Elisabeth Hasselbeck is best known for Co-Hosting ABC’s daytime talk show, “The View”. Elisabeth is married to former NFL football quarterback, Tim Hasselbeck and they have two other children, Grace and Taylor.

Baby Swags was started in 2006 as a way to help promote work at home moms and the products they create. Since then, Baby Swags has grown leaps and bounds from hosting gift suites, providing silent auction gift baskets to charities, talk show audience member giftings, local media coverage for their clients, national print exposure with celebrities using/wearing client products and more with a primary specialty of celebrity gifting. Baby Swags primarily provides exposure to new and small businesses who have limited marketing and advertising budgets. All products included are made out of love and passion, of course while maintaining the utmost quality.

* Delicate Statements – http://www.delicatestatements.com – Hand Stamped Layered Necklace – Necklace is hand stamped using the names of Elisabeth’s children on various size sterling silver and gold plated discs beautifully strung on a sterling silver cable chain.

* Mixology Makeup – http://www.mixologymakeup.etsy.com – All natural, handmade, vegan mineral makeup. Contains no chemicals, no preservatives, and no junk!

* Suetables – http://www.suetables.com – Circle of Life – This necklace with the names of Elisabeth’s children hand-stamped on it represents the circle of life. Designer Sue Henderson adds, “It is the perfect baby gift for Elisabeth who clearly cherishes family.”

* Starlet Goodies – http://www.starletgoodies.com – Dazzling handmade products that add sparkle to mommies and their growing super star. Unique hair candies have a no slip clip that can be used in any hair type.

* Jet Set Babies – http://www.jetsetbabies.com – A Gift certificate from Jet Set Babies was provided. Jet Set Babies makes travel with young children easier by shipping ahead all your supplies to your travel destination.

* m Bretts – http://www.mbretts.com – m Bretts totes combine style, simplicity and function, creating a must have bag for every woman. Want to look like a put together mama and BE one? The interior sections bring sanity to today’s woman and keep her bag from turning into a jumbled mess. Become organized and turn heads, all while toting the kids.

* butt-ums up baby – http://www.buttumsupbaby.com – butt-ums up baby diaper changing pad is a proud recipient of the Award for iParenting. All products are hand made in the USA. Provided matching changing pad, personalized burpie and receiving blanket.

* Hot Mommy Next Door – http://www.thehotmommynextdoor.com – The Hot Mommy Next Door is a must-read for all moms wishing to drop their baby weight and achieve their personal best body after pregnancy. Just one of the moms herself, other moms are able to identify easily with Alison and to realize that they, too, can achieve incredible results on their quest for excellent health and fitness-if they put their minds to it and commit to themselves and the process.

* The DIL Rules – http://www.thedilrules.com – Whether you’re at the beginning of your marriage or you’ve spend years trying to make peace with your mother-in-law, The Daughter-in-Law Rules provides a revolutionary set of strategies, making copacetic coexistence possible at last!

* Sun Chics – http://www.sunchics.etsy.com – Providing reversible, interchangeable wall art, that also offers to inspire fond memories of childhood. All work is hand painted and designed.

* Beautiful Bowz – Sadly, Beautiful Bowz has closed it’s doors, however, they provided hand crafted flip-flops and personalized bottle cap hair bows to our gift recipients.

* Frogs And Fairy Dreams – http://www.frogsandfairydreams.com – Hand-made tooth fairy pillow, story and tooth chart. Frogs And Fairy Dreams specializes in handmade tooth fairy pillows and other unique, personalized and one of a kind gifts for children. Truly special gifts for memories that will last a lifetime.

* Itzy Bitzy – http://www.itzybitzy.com – Squeak and soft soled shoes for infants and toddlers were included along with head-wear for girls from newborn to teens.

* Adorable Diapers – http://www.adorablediapers.com – Personalized disposable baby diapers created with your design.

* Danielle Elizabeth Designs- http://www.danielleelizabethdesigns.com – Diaper clutch with removable changing pad.

“It was a true honor to provide this one of a kind gift basket for Elisabeth and her new baby boy.” Stated Phyllis Pometta, owner of Baby Swags. “With Elisabeth’s background as a designer for Puma, we believe that she is the one who can appreciate the hard work that goes into being a creative mom-entrepreneur with quality products to share.” Pometta adds, “On behalf of Baby Swags and my clients, we wish her nothing but continued good health, happiness and success in the years to come.”

Baby Swags prides itself on providing excellent services to help gain recognition to fellow work at home moms and their products by providing celebrities with VIP gift bags, assisting in selecting products for celebrity event gift bags and placing products into the hands of celebrities and influential people. If you are a work at home mom and would like to see your products in an upcoming celebrity baby basket or if you have a teen related product and would like to get it in the hands of celebrity teens, please contact Phyllis at www.babyswags.com for more details.

Our first Mom-Entrepreneur is Lindsay. She is from Toronto, Canada and the mom of two beautiful daughters, ages 2.5 and 10 months. She had been a stay-at-home mom until she started her company, Glow Baby. Here is her own, personal story of how Glow Baby came to be and how she simply, gets it done.

BS: Hi Lindsay, please start by telling us a little bit about yourself.
LH: I had been a stay-at-home-mom up until recently when I started Glow Baby. Prior to having children I worked in Human Resources for a large Canadian Bank but once having my first daughter when it came time to go back to work I decided to stay at home for a few years. My life is very busy with raising my two girls and starting a company. For fun I love going on family outings. My girls are a wonder to me and I can’t get enough of them. For relaxation, I love to read and have a weakness for reality TV, Twitter and Facebook.

BS: What is the nature of your business?
LH: Glow Baby is dedicated to providing functional and sophisticated products for families. Our first product is “Baby’s First Journal” which is a baby care log book that is essential for parents of newborns.

BS: How did your business come to be?
LH: I decided to start Glow Baby after being frustrated by the lack of savvy organizational products for parents in today’s market. There are so many products out there for babies yet when I tried to find a functional baby care log book I was at a loss. The newborn stage is the most difficult for parents as they are trying to get to know their new baby at the same time sleep deprivation reduces your ability to remember the important details. I found tracking the feeding, sleeping and diapering of both my children to have been instrumental in easing my way into parenthood and feel very strongly that this product needs to be available to all parents.

BS: What are some of your successes? Toot your horn if you will!
LH: I am most proud of being able to get my company up and running while looking after my two daughters with minimal help. My biggest success to date it that “Baby’s First Journal” is now in 30 stores across North America and this has been accomplished in 3 short months. I am proud of myself that I have been able to take a concept and put it into a functional yet beautiful product that will be a wonderful keepsake of their child’s early months. I am also proud of the way this product has been embraced by other moms and the media. One of our stores featured “Baby’s First Journal” on their website and a mom commented that they had been hearing about the journal everywhere and that they thought it would be the “Baby Shower Gift of 2009/10″.

BS: How do you balance mom/work life? What is a typical day like?
LH: My typical day is non-stop start to finish. My first priority is my girls so business is done during nap times and after bed time. My typical day is get up, get the girls dressed after my husband feeds them breakfast (I have a wonderfully supportive husband who I could not do any of this without). Take Ainsley to nursery school then come home and put Juliet down for her nap. Work. Get Juliet up from her nap and give her a snack. I then play with Juliet until it is time to pick Ainsley up from school. Feed the girls lunch, play, put them down for their naps. Work until the girls get up from their nap. Then its snack time and play time until my husband gets home. Make dinner, have dinner, then my husband will play with the girls while I work for a bit. Then its bathtime and bedtime. Then I work again. I am the queen of multi-tasking. I use lists and spreadsheets to keep track of everything I am doing so I don’t forget anything. It also helps that I can type like a madwoman!

BS: How do you organize your time?
LH: I organize my time around what my girls need from me. I then prioritize based on urgency. Customers always come first and then everything else.

BS: What has been the one thing that you wish you could do differently with your business?
LH: I wish I had started my business sooner!!!

BS: What tips can you share with our readers about starting a business?
LH: The most important tip is to reach out to other mompreneurs and ask questions about anything you don’t know or can’t find information about. I have connected with a number of fabulous mompreneurs who have gone through what I am going through or are in the same boat as me and the knowledge sharing has been extremely helpful.

BS: If you have any employees or if you are considering hiring, how do you or how do you think you would handle delegating responsibilities?
LH: I wish I had it in the budget to hire help in things like accounting but right now I am a one woman show.

BS: What is in store for your business for 2010? Any new products launching, expos exhibiting at, etc…?
LH: In the next month I will be launching a medication pad for tracking medication and dosage information. This will allow parents (or anyone) to keep track of the medications they give their children and ensure that they are getting the appropriate amount of doses as prescribed and not miss any doses. I am also adding a shopping list to my line which will help parents plan their meals for the week and will be a great complement to “Baby’s First Foods”.

BS: Is there anything else you would like to share with our readers?
LH: I am planning on launching “Baby’s First Foods” in 2010 as well as doing a second print run of “Baby’s First Journal” on eco-friendly papers. “Baby’s First Foods” will allow parents to keep track of what foods they are introducing to their children and if they like the food and whether there is an allergic reaction. It will also include a menu planner and pages to jot down recipes. This book is necessary for making sure that caregivers and both parents are on the same page with regards to what their child can and cannot eat. I will also be focusing on spreading the word about my product and I hope to add additional sales representatives to cover all of North America.

Thank you Lindsay for your time and answering our questions.
If you would like more information on Glow Baby, visit www.glowbaby.ca