We seriously haven’t discussed Christina Aguilera since last August, when she gave birth to her second child, daughter Summer Rain Rutler. Christina has been with Matt Rutler for several years now, and they announced their engagement around the same time they announced this pregnancy. Summer Rain is Rutler’s first child, but Christina has an older son, Max, from her first marriage. Anyway, Christina and Summer Rain cover this week’s issue of People Magazine. I was kind of hoping for a cover devoted to the Grammys, but I guess not.

As for the timing – because no one was really asking “What’s Aguilera up to these days?” – she’s rejoining The Voice after going on hiatus for a year with her pregnancy. My mom watches The Voice and my mom did not miss Aguilera at all. My mom loved Shakira and wants Shakira to come back. But I guess Christina wants all of those other ladies to know that The Voice is HER gig and she will shill for her gig with baby photos. As for this baby… Summer Rain is gorgeous. But did People Magazine Photoshop Summer’s eyes to make them bluer? Here are some assorted quotes from the cover story:

Aguilera on Summer’s birth: “I was speechless. She was literally like an angel … We had an immediate calm bond, and I felt unexplainably connected to her and her spirit.”

Working motherhood: “It’s definitely not easy juggling work and motherhood, as being a parent is a full-time job within itself. You just have to make it work for you. My life has so many different moving parts, but my kids are the center focal piece, and everything else shifts around them.”

Mom guilt: “It’s hard to know you won’t have all the right answers at the right times. And ‘mom guilt’ is the worst thing ever. But you have to surrender and let go, knowing you’re doing your very best and no one loves them, or wants what’s best for them more than you.”

[From People]

Christina also says Matt Rutler was there for the birth (obviously) and she’s got lots of projects coming up, like producing an ABC Family show and returning to The Voice, I guess. I kind of wonder if The Voice is really jazzed about her return? They brought in a lot of guest judges and many of those people were really popular. People loved Pharrell and Gwen Stefani and Shakira. I kind of wonder if the producers are going to look for a way to get Aguilera out of her contract.

Photos courtesy of WENN.