Brangelina Talk Babies, Benevolence

Most couples keep their baby talk within the confines of their own home. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie—who, needless to say, are not like most couples—prefer to take their baby talk to the nearest national publication.

The matriarch of the now four-strong Jolie-Pitt brood has spoken out yet again on the joys of mothering both biological and adoptive blobs, saying she and Pitt have yet to put the finishing touches on their ever-expanding family.

"Yeah, yeah," she told Reader's Digest on the prospect of increasing the world's share of Jolie-Pitts. "More biological, more adopted."

Expanding the family on both those fronts was a prospect that, pre-Pitt, Jolie says she never would have contemplated.

"Before I met Brad, I always said I was happy never to have a child biologically. He told me he hadn't given up that thought. Then, a few months after Z came home, I saw Brad with her and Mad, and I realized how much he loved them, that a biological child would not in any way be a threat. So I said, 'I want to try.' "

Viewing a new addition as a threat is something Jolie said she is acutely aware of, particularly in terms of sibling rivalry amid her brood. When the 31-year-old brought home the family's newest addition, three-year-old Pax, earlier this year, she said the transition, while not exactly seamless, was natural.

"We had a long talk with Mad about the fact that his brother is going to be scared and that Mommy is going to have to give him attention. And we've tried to figure out a lot of private time for each of them. When everybody goes to bed, we give Mad time. When everybody is at school, we give Shiloh time. In between, Z and Pax each get special time."

As for Pax, the mother of four said his first two days in her custody were filled with tears and translators, but that both eventually eased.

"The first night, I slept alone with him. I was expecting him to wake up and scream, but he woke and just stared at me. I handed him a stuffed animal, and we walked around the room pointing at things. By day three, he didn't want me to put him down. I think he got used to the reality that somebody loves you and that's what a mommy is."

As for what a daddy is, the Oscar winning thesp said that Pitt is "a strong father with the boys" and gives Zahara "pretty much anything she wants."

"Everybody seems to be safe in his arms. He makes everybody laugh. He helps everybody."

And even though production on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button prevented the 43-year-old from accompanying Jolie to Vietnam to pick up Pax, she told the magazine that the twosome "got together very quickly."

"I think Pax, after seeing how much Zahara and Mad and Shi love Brad, understands that he's his daddy."

As for the whens and wheres of the duo's next addition, Jolie isn't talking, though if history is any indication, it's likely Africa will be their next adoption destination.

Jolie copped to the fact that zeroing in on Vietnam as a location was definitely influenced by her desire for Maddox, 5, to share both a cultural and physical identity with someone in the house.

"Something changed for me with Shiloh," she told the magazine. "We had Mad and Z, and neither looked like Mommy or Daddy. Then suddenly somebody in the house looked like Mommy and Daddy. It became clear to us that it might be important to have somebody around who is similar to the other children so they have a connection. Mad's been very excited that his brother is from Asia."

However, Jolie said that her growing family does come with one fallback: less private time with Pitt.

"We hang out. We try to talk over the swing set. We'll have a date night once everybody is settled," she said.

A date night that's far away from the glitz and glamour—and prying eyes—of Hollywood, no doubt.

Jolie took time out from waxing maternal to discuss some of the decidedly less glamorous aspects of life in the public eye, including the omnipresent rumors that there's trouble in paradise for her and Pitt.

"Our first question is what paper is it in. The New York Times? If not, do we really need to worry?"

As for one story about Jolie that did make it into the Times, her perceived and much gossiped about frosty reception to E! News anchor Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet at the Golden Globes this year, Jolie says it was nothing personal—that is, nothing personal against Seacrest.

"That was when my mother was about to die," she said in explanation of her so-deemed dour behavior at the awards show. "We are people who want a good newspaper and television report, so when it lies about us, it makes us wonder what else are they not double-checking."

As it is, the first family of global do-gooding is doing their best to fill the papers with positive reports.

While the family is currently holed up in Prague where Jolie is filming her new action movie, Wanted, they are nonetheless reaching across the globe with their philanthropic efforts.

Thursday marked the New Orleans ground breaking of Pitt's partnership with Global Green USA to build environmentally sustainable and otherwise eco-friendly housing for families rendered homeless by Hurricane Katrina.

Though Pitt missed the opening, he issued a statement saying he was "crying out for one of our leaders to really make this a priority."

The twosome also announced this week that they would be donating $1 million from the Jolie-Pitt Foundation to a trio of humanitarian groups assisting the crisis in Darfur, including the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Rescue Committee and SOS Children's Villages.

Pitt's costars are also getting in on the benevolent action, with George Clooney, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle all partnering with the International Rescue Committee and the Website www.notonourwatchgroup.com to raise funds to aid the Darfur conflict by hosting several charity screenings of Ocean's Thirteen across the country next month.