Stars with babies — and stars with babies on the way — showed up en masse Saturday for the Boom Boom Room’s Children¹s Gifting Wonderland at The Century Plaza hotel in Century City, Calif. The draw: a gifting suite stocked by 83 vendors of everything baby-related, including organic baby food, strollers, maternity clothing and breast-feeding gear.

Among the attendees: Anne Heche and her squeeze, James Tupper, who announced in December that they’re expecting.

And an insider tells Life & Style that Anne, who has a 6-year-old son with ex-husband Coleman Laffoon, was overheard whispering some news to a vendor: She’s having a boy!

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Anne Heche and her beau, actor James Tupper, are expecting their first child together, her rep tells Usmagazine.com exclusively.

“They are thrilled,” her rep tells Us.

The two first met in 2006 on the set of their short-lived ABC drama Men In Trees while Heche was still wed to husband Coley Laffoon.

“In that friendship, we kind of discovered we saw the world in a somewhat similar way,” Tupper, who was also married at the time, told the Vancouver Sun last year. “I think we both made decisions that were based on the relationships we were in.”

Shortly after Heche announced her split from Laffoon (with whom she has a 6-year-old son, Homer), the two stepped out publicly.

“I wish people could meet her in person,” Tupper told the Sun of Heche, with whom he shares a home in Vancouver. “She has such a sparkle and such a love for people, and she works so hard. She is so dedicated to all the good things.”

Heche told Extra last year that she was relieved that they can finally be open about their relationship.

“We’re so much more comfortable now that our feelings are exposed and everybody knows about them,” said Heche, who will be appearing with Tupper on an upcoming episode of Samantha Who? this season.

Asked whether she’ll expand her family, Heche said, “Gotta leave it open, ya know what I’m saying?”

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Happy couple Anne Heche and James Tupper grocery shopping at Bristol Farm in Beverly Hills, CA, using recyclable paper bags. Her son Homer (from her previous marriage with Coleman “Coley” Laffoon) enjoys a piggy ride on James’ shoulders.

I miss Men in Trees!

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When Anne Heche left her husband Coley Laffoon for her Men in Trees co-star James Tupper in 2006, ending his marriage as well, it seemed like just another crazy chapter in the actress’ colorful life.But in a segment set to air on Extra Wednesday night, Heche, 38, makes her new life with Tupper, 42, sound almost normal! “We’re so much more comfortable now that our feelings are exposed and everybody knows about them,” she says.

She says that being a couple makes working together easier. Heche tells Extra about love scenes with Tupper, “They’re less challenging…Usually when you’re doing a love scene with somebody you’re not in love with, it’s like you kiss and you kiss and then you think, ‘Oh, great.’ And then they yell,’Cut,’ and you just split apart right away and act like you don’t really like the person.”

But for Heche and Tupper, “When they yell, ‘Cut,’ we just lay there and wait for the next take to go!”

Will Heche, who has a five-year old son with ex Laffoon, and Tupper start a family of their own? The actress will only reply, “Gotta leave it open, ya know what I’m saying?”

And, if the past is any indication, when it comes to Heche, anything goes.

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