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Jessica Simpson’s Joy! She’s Expecting A Baby Boy!

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Jan. 18 2013, Published 1:52 p.m. ET

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Jessica Simpson is having a boy!

RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that singer-turned-fashion designer found out this week that her daughter Maxwell will have a little brother.

Jessica and fiancé Eric Johnson are both thrilled and are already thinking of names.

“It’s Jessica’s dream come true, she prayed she was having a boy,” a source close to the Simpson family tells RadarOnline.com.

“What with everything going on in her personal life, and her problems with her father, this has given her something to smile about.

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“She found out this week after a check-up at the doctor, who asked her if she wanted to know the sex of the baby.

"Jessica immediately said yes and when the doctor told her it was a boy she screamed with joy.

“She was so happy that Maxwell is getting a little brother because that’s something she always wanted when she was growing up.

“Jessica and Eric are so excited and have started going through names, but they haven’t settled on one just yet.

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“It’s just a pity their favorite boys name went to their daughter first!” the source revealed.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Jessica confirmed reports she was expecting her second child by tweeting the happy news with a super cute photo on Christmas Day.

Jessica posted a snap of her eight-month-old daughter Maxwell sitting on sand with the words BIG SIS scrawled in front of her. She captioned the pic “Merry Christmas from my family to yours!”

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