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A Baby for Brad & Angelina

Thursday January 12, 2006 06:00 AM EST

In Santo Domingo, Jolie (with Maddox) chatted with Yéle Haiti rep Henri Dominique, who asked the key question: Was she expecting? Photo by: Courtesy Yele Haiti Foundation
A Baby for Brad & Angelina| Pregnancy, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt
The news – on the heels of last month's announcement that Pitt had petitioned to adopt Maddox and Zahara – was not so much a bombshell as a natural progression for a pair who have put nest building on the fast track.

"It's the idea that you love one another and you want to create a family together," says the friend. "What's beautiful is you can do it by birth [or] by adoption. There are many families who do this both ways, and the kids are all loved the same. It's just a family."

The baby news caps a life-changing whirlwind during which the couple went from costars (in last summer's Mr. and Mrs. Smith) to supercouple to, finally, Mommy and Daddy. Whether celebrating Thanksgiving in Pakistan on a humanitarian mission or shopping for Super Soaker water guns with Maddox at an outdoor goods store in Oxnard, Calif., it's apparent that Jolie and Pitt are focused on a future together.

"You can't love someone fully until you really feel they embrace your children," says the source. "He loves the kids. When she wanted to adopt in Ethiopia, he was up for it. He's up for the whole thing."

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