Joel Madden couldn’t hide his happiness about becoming a father on Ryan Seacrest’s Los Angeles morning radio show Tuesday. Madden told Seacrest, “I’m excited. We are all really excited about it. Its the best thing that has ever happened to us. It’s awesome.”

Though Madden and girlfriend Nicole Richie don’t know if they are expecting an “awesome” boy or girl, they’re already tackling important pronoun issues — as a couple. “Right now it’s an it,” he said, before adding, “Which sounds wrong. We call it the baby. When we talk to it, it’s a you.”

Dad-to-be Madden assured Seacrest that marriage remains part of the plan for him and Richie. He told the DJ, “Obviously, marriage is in our future.” Still, he conceded that their lives don’t really permit wedding planning right now. “I don’t know when or where or how, but right now our priority is our family and the baby. That’s all we’ve been thinking about. We are in love and are really happy.”

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