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Start your engines — there’s another Gordon on the way!

Jeff Gordon and wife Ingrid Vandebosch are expecting their second child in August, the NASCAR star announced on his Web site Thursday.

“Ingrid and I wanted to be the first to tell you … the exciting news that Ingrid is 12 weeks pregnant and expecting our second child,” the racer, 38, wrote.

“We’re very excited and can’t wait to expand our family to four. Ella is also very excited and can’t stop talking about how much she’s looking forward to being a big sister.”

Jeff and Ingrid, a model and actress, wed in Nov. 2006 and welcomed their daughter Ella Sofia, now 2 ½, in June 2007.

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Her third pregnancy was “a huge surprise” for Alicia Coppola and her family.

Taken aback when she discovered she was expecting a third daughter in March, the actress admits the idea took a bit of getting used to.

“Once we all got over the shock, the awe set in,” she reveals in the March issue of Pregnancy.

One of Alicia’s greatest supports has undoubtedly been her daughter, Mila Rose.

The 7-year-old, upon hearing the news, offered her mother wisdom wise beyond her years, leaving Alicia to marvel at the child’s insight.

“When we told my eldest, Mila, she was thoughtful for a bit and said, ‘You know, Mommy, sometimes God gives us something we are not prepared for.’ Truer words were never spoken.”

Not to be outdone by her sister, soon-to-be big sister Esmé Marlena, 14 months, has also stepped up to the plate! “[She] points to my belly, then hers and says, ‘Baby,’” notes Alicia.

Thrilled to see her daughters already adjusting to baby girl’s impending arrival — revealing that they “all can’t wait to meet this little girl” — Alicia, 41, suggests older children should strive for a similar attitude.

“My advice to any older child welcoming a sibling is to love that baby … he or she might, one day, be your best friend.”

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The NASCAR season is already shaping up to be quite a year — at least off the racetrack!

Joining fellow drivers Jimmie Johnson, Elliot Sadler and Carl Edwards in what appears to be a NASCAR baby boom, Juan Pablo Montoya, 34, took to Twitter to reveal he and his wife Connie will welcome a new addition to the family this July.

“By the way the wife is pregnant with our third child!!! Very happy about it!!!!”

Baby-on-the-way will join Sebastian, 5, and Paulina, 3.

Jimmie and his wife Chandra will also welcome their first child in July, while Elliot and his wife Amanda will become first-time parents to a boy in March. Carl Edwards and wife Kate expect a daughter in mid-February.

Source: Juan Pablo Montoya

– Anya

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There’s a baby on the way for The Bold and the Beautiful star Jennifer Gareis!

The 39-year-old former beauty queen — who has portrayed Donna Logan Forrester on the CBS soap since 2006 — is expecting a son with fiancé Bobby Ghassemieh.

In a statement to Soap Opera Digest, Jennifer confirmed the happy news, adding:

“It’s a very special time in our lives. Bobby and I would like to thank everyone for all of their support and warm wishes of congratulations.”

Baby boy is due in early summer.

Source: Soap Opera Digest

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There’s another baby on the way for Diego Luna and his wife Camila Sodi.

“We want to confirm that Camila and I are expecting our second child,” Diego, 30, said in a statement given through his manager Jorge Mondragón. “We’ve celebrated the news and it has brought great joy to our lives.”

The couple, who married in Feb. 2008, are already parents to son Jerónimo, 17 months.

The Y tu mamá también star and Camila, 23, are currently in Utah where Diego is promoting his latest film, Abel, at the Sundance Film Festival.

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James McAvoy is poised for first-time fatherhood. The Atonement and Wanted star, 30, is expecting a baby with wife Anne-Marie Duff.

“We are happy to confirm that James McAvoy and Anne-Marie Duff are expecting their first child,” rep Rupert Fowler said in a statement. “We have no further comment or information at this time.”

Married since October 2006 to Anne-Marie, 39, who is best known for her role in the British television drama Shameless, James and his wife are currently costarring in The Last Station with Helen Mirren.

Next up for the actor? A role in Robert Redford’s The Conspirator.

Source: The Press Association

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Sean Patrick Thomas and wife Aonika Laurent are expanding their family, the actor’s rep confirms to PEOPLE.

Aonika will deliver their second child early this summer. “All is going well and they are due in June,” says rep Karen Samfilippo.

The new arrival will join big sister Lola Jolie, 20 months.

The couple, both 39, wed in New Orleans in 2006.

Sean, who is best known for his role opposite Julia Stiles in Save the Last Dance, recently appeared on the FOX series Lie to Me as a Secret Service agent.

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Regularly included on “most beautiful” lists, actress Monica Bellucci is glowing even more than usual these past months. She is due with her second child at the end of spring, a family friend tells PEOPLE.

Bellucci and her husband, French actor Vincent Cassel, already have a 5-year-old daughter, Deva, named for the Hindi moon goddess. The former model, 45, currently appears in the Golden Globe nominee Baaria as well as costars with Nicolas Cage in the upcoming summer flick Sorcerer’s Apprentice.

Vincent is familiar to American audiences through appearances in Ocean’s 12 and Ocean’s 13 as the balletic burglar Francois Toulour. The actor, 43, also portrayed Jennifer Aniston’s partner-in-crime in Derailed and is currently at work finishing The Black Swan with Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman.

The couple, who met on the set of 1996’s L’appartement, have been married since 1999.

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Claudia Schiffer and her husband, film producer and director Matthew Vaughn, are expecting a third child, her rep confirms.

“We are thrilled about the good news and can hardly wait to have a bigger family,” the couple, who wed in 2002, said in a statement.

The supermodel, 39, is due in May. The baby will join siblings Clementine, 5, and Caspar, 7 this month.

Source: AFP; Press Association

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There’s a baby on the way for General Hospital’s Rebecca Herbst, Soaps in Depth reports.

The soap opera star, 32, and her husband, former General Hospital actor Michael Saucedo are expecting their third child together. Rebecca is due Aug. 9th, and the pregnancy will be written into her character Elizabeth Webber’s story line.

The couple, who wed in June 2001, are already parents to Ethan, 8, and Ella Bailey, 5 ½.

Source: Soaps in Depth

Thanks to CBB reader Nicole.

– Anya