Nicole Richie may be having a baby boy. Nicole and baby daddy Joel Madden have been caught – blue handed – in their recent shopping expeditions. Now, girls can also wear blue and have blue bedrooms, but read on and see what you think…

More pictures of Nicole after the jump…

Nicole and Joel already have Harlow, who I’m sure has a pink bedroom. So what do you think about what InTouch Weekly has to say?

“Joel bought water-based paint for the nursery and — surprise, surprise — it’s blue,” reveals another pal of the couple, who adds that Nicole refers to the baby as “he.” “Plus, she recently ordered some plush animals and infant toys from FAO Schwarz, and everything just happens to be blue.”

Is water based paint really that big of a deal? Maybe in California. But he could also be doing a million other things with blue paint…coloring a picture for Nicole, painting cupboards, painting a fence, a birdhouse..yeah, I’m stretching here. Do yo think it’s a boy?