Nicole Richie is pregnant with baby #2. Her and boyfriend Joel Madden just celebrated the first birthday of Harlow – who will be a big sister in the late fall.  This announcement comes as kind of a shock for a few reasons.

More pictures after the baby bump…

The first shock is that the media didn’t get a chance to speculate about it first.  Usually a star has to dodge the media for a few weeks until she is ready to announce she is pregnant.  So this was good for Nicole. Second, Harlow is only one, so it isn’t like Nicole had a lot of time to potentially be pregnant, like Katie Holmes who is expected to be pregnant any day now.

Joel announced the news on his blog via OK! Magazine:

“What’s better than winning an Oscar? 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…”

Congratulations!!  I wonder what Paris Hilton thinks of this news!