Celebrity Parents Angela Simmons Introduces Son Sutton Joseph: 'I've Always Wanted to Be a Mom' "We thought we had another month to get the nursery ready," Simmons says of giving birth early By Patrick Gomez Patrick Gomez Patrick Gomez is the Editor in Chief/General Manager of Entertainment Weekly. Formerly at People magazine and The A.V. Club, the Critics Choice and Television Critics Association member has appeared on 'Today,' 'Extra!,' 'Access Hollywood,' 'E! News,' 'CNN,' and 'Nightline,' and can be seen frequently on 'Good Morning America.' Follow the Texas Native at @PatrickGomezLA wherever your media is social for all things 'For All Mankind' 'Top Chef,' and puppy related. People Editorial Guidelines Published on October 19, 2016 10:45 AM Share Tweet Pin Email Chris Veith Photography Angela Simmons couldn’t wait to be a mom, but she would have loved an extra month before diaper duty started. The Growing Up Hip Hop star — who is the daughter of Run D.M.C.’s Rev. Run — expected to give birth to her son Sutton Joseph in October, but he was actually born at 36 weeks and 4 days. “We thought we had another month to get the nursery ready,” Simmons, 29, says in the current issue of PEOPLE of what she and fiancé Sutton Tennyson, 35, had been planning to get done before baby Sutton’s arrival on Sept. 22. Want all the latest pregnancy and birth announcements, plus celebrity mom blogs? Click here to get those and more in the PEOPLE Babies newsletter. But now the nursery is complete — and PEOPLE has the exclusive images. “Angela and Sutton were such a pleasure to work with,” says nursery designer Vanessa Antonelli. “It’s so refreshing when both parents show tremendous interest in the design process. They knew they wanted the Nurseryworks Vetro crib for the little one, and I created a room around it using custom art like the tape art focal wall by Eric Klein and the DJ’ing Cookie Monster by Art of Perego.” Chris Veith Photography Though the nursery is complete, Simmons admits her little boy isn’t sleeping much in the crib. “He is a hungry boy,” she says. “He’s up every few hours wanting to eat. It doesn’t leave a lot of time to close my eyes. But it’s all worth it.” Simmons also says she’s relying heavily on the support of her family — particularly her fiancé. “He’s been so helpful, doing middle-of-the-night diaper changes and everything,” she says. Those diaper changes have proven surprisingly difficult for Simmons given her son’s preference to be constantly dry and clean, but disdain for the process of being changed. Chris Veith Photography “He hates being dirty but never wants to be naked,” says Simmons. “We try and get the new diaper on him as quickly as possible to calm him down.” Simmons is still working on planning her wedding, but at least for now little Sutton is taking priority. “I’ve always wanted to be a mom,” she says. “So I’m loving every minute of it.” For more from Angela Simmons, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.