After weeks of speculation, Ashlee Wentz (nee Simpson) and her husband, Pete, confirmed they are indeed expecting a baby. The announcement was made on Pete’s blog, and said, “While many have speculated about this, we wanted to wait until after the first trimester to officially confirm we are expecting our first child …”

While some think the couple was just waiting until, say, they were married, some sources close to the couple say that the baby was blogged about because none of the weeklies wanted to run an exclusive (i.e., pay for photos) for a big story about the couple’s bundle-of-joy-to-be. “Their wedding story didn’t do well on newsstands, so everyone passed on the baby story. And of course, it wasn’t like it was news (that they were expecting) anyway,” said a source close to the couple.

In unrelated Wentz news, Pete and Ashlee are shopping around a reality show, according to a source who spoke to OK! magazine. While rumors of a reality show have been reported previously, this source shed some light on the show itself, namely that that Ashlee channels her inner Jessica Simpson and dumbs herself down, at least in the footage that’s been presented to television outlets.

“One scene is at a dinner and everyone is toasting to business ventures and important things like that,” the source told the magazine. “But when it came to Ashlee, she toasted ‘to jewelry,’ and Pete just shook his head.”

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