Nicole gets to amaze us all over again with her incredible shrinking body! Joel Madden went onto the Good Charlotte blog last night and announced that he and Nicole are expecting baby numero dos!

“I am so happy to tell everyone that Harlow is going to be a big sister! God has truly blessed my family. Hope you’re all feeling as good as I am right now.”

I think this might be the final shovel of dirt on Nicole’s crazy past. I commend her, because if you look back just a few years, Nicole then, and Nicole now are completely different people.

I may not be a fan of all her headbands and sunglasses but I will say this:  Nicole Richie and Joel Madden actually do stuff other than shop.  We always see them being involved in different charities and that is so refreshing to see.  They give back which goes a long way towards forgiving her accessories.

Pics of Nic and Joel today at a party hosted by Beyond Shelter at Magic Mountain.  And listen, I know this is shallow while I’m applauding their philanthropy, but does anyone know where I can find that Clone Wars hoodie? 

Joel Madden and Nicole Richie appeared last night at the official launch of the Madden brother’s K-DCMA footwear line.  Nicole continues to look beautiful but I maintain my position that she’s getting scary skinny.

Also there, Benji Madden (of course!), Audrina Patridge and Tila Tequila. 

Do you think people in other countries laugh at us because Tila Tequila is considered famous here in the United States?  I knew that she liked to make out with chicks on TV but I just wiki’d her to educate myself on the back story of Tila.  Yeah, there really isn’t any.  She did release a book on December 2nd titled Hooking Up With Tila Tequila because she had so much advice to offer people.  Like, way more than could ever be typed out on a website.  “I can’t just write a blog on it, because it would be the size of a book.”  And it’s random but, a couple of years ago, she had a clothing line (!) with the slogan of “So hot you’ll just want to take it all off!”  How is it that tilafashion.com is out of business yet Lauren Conrad’s collection still limps along?

Miz Simpson-Wentz was all wrapped up in layers of black at the opening of Pete Wentz and Travis McCoy’s art exhibit at Gallery 1988 in WeHo. She also made damn sure the camera always caught her in profile — never face-on.

I guess I can appreciate her position — and it’s cool that she came out to support her hubby rather than hiding at home because she hadn’t yet lost the baby weight. But, seriously, Ash, you just had the baby like twenty seconds ago. If anyone dares to call you fat right now, I will personally bitch them out, and I’m a really mean blogger. Your “I’m fat because I had a baby” card is valid for at least a couple more months, sweetheart. Don’t sweat it.

Also there: Nicole Richie and Joel Madden. Nicole looks so much older lately. And I don’t mean that in a bad way. It’s not that she looks wrinkly or haggard or anything. It’s her eyes. There’s so much more maturity there these day. She looks peaceful for the first time since we were introduced to her. Nice to see.

Oh, this is absolute CUTENESS.

Joel Madden gets in some father-daughter bonding time with little Harlow in LA.

SO CUTE.

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden appeared last night at the 2008 UNICEF Snowflake Lighting in Beverly Hills.  They actually look very much in love here and I’m happy to see that.  I was starting to wonder about these two.  Long engagements with vague time frames and pushed off wedding dates make me nervous.  In love, engaged, have money, have baby.  What’s the delay?  Let’s have a wedding!  Oh, and does anyone think Joel Madden is starting to get…better looking?

There have been a lot of “yes, we are still together” public display of affection sightings of Nicole and Joel in the past few days.  You know their happiness is making Paris just want to yank out her extensions right now.

Nicole looks pretty sensational (giving birth worked wonders for her rack) and I’m relieved to see her sans headband.  But I do wonder, is she headed back towards scary skinny?  She’s really thin.  Glowing and healthy for sure.  But thin.

Her best frenemy may have just dumped his brother, but all seems well in the world of Nicole and Joel. They looked very much the couple as they headed out to lunch on Wednesday.

Every time I see these two standing right next to each other, I’m just like, “Wow, he must be so short in real life.” I mean, I’ve never seen Joel in person, but I’ve seen Nicole, and she’s, like, 5-foot-nothing. I mean, tiny. And Benji — whose shoes have more lift than Nicole’s here — is really not that much taller than her. Not that there’s anything wrong with that — you just picture these rocker dudes to be so big, when he’s really probably a lot shorter than I am.