Best Celebrity Baby Announcements


By Lily Rose for CupidsPulse.com

First comes love. Then, comes marriage. Then, comes a little one sitting in a baby carriage. In 2012, things may not happen exactly in that order - especially for our favorite celebrity duos. No matter the order of things, when the little bundle of joy does come, it is cause for celebration and for baby announcements. Celebrity baby announcements range from traditional to over-the-top.

Some couples opt to announce baby's arrival with a simple yet heartfelt press release. Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler, who welcomed Camden Jack Cutler on August 8, decided to go that route. So did Kelsey and Kayte Grammer, who welcomed daughter, Faith Evangeline Elisa Grammer, on July 13. Also taking a simplistic approach, Hilary Duff tweeted her son, Luca's first photo.

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But, why settle for simple and heartfelt when you can do it big and make it financially lucrative? From the date the press first learns a celebrity is expecting, to the date the child arrives, most publications are scrambling, begging and scheming to get their hands on the first baby pics. Some celebs, such as former reality star turned fashion designer, Jessica Simpson, chose to circumvent the rigmarole by simply selling the pictures. People featured the first snapshots of Simpson's son, Maxwell Johnson. Simpson was reportedly paid $800,000 for People's exclusive right to little Maxwell's first photos.

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Simpson isn't the only one to sell the privilege of offering the public its first glimpse of her child. Former American Idol judge, Jennifer Lopez, and Latin crooner, Mark Anthony, also sold the exclusive rights to the first pictures of their twins. As far as the price goes, Lopez and Anthony didn't do too shabby either. The couple reportedly sold Max and Emme's photos for a cool $6 million.

Of course, no one does it as big as Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. The public waited with bated breath to see the child produced by the genetically blessed superstars. Jolie and Pitt reportedly sold the photos of their twins, Knox and Vivienne, for more than $11 million.

Some celebrity couples chose a different, but still non-traditional route to announce their baby's arrival. For example, singer, Beyonce Knowles and her rap star husband, Jay-Z, erected a tumblr page displaying daughter, Blue Ivey's first photo shoot. The page was offered free to the public.