Moms-to-be, keep your digital cameras close at hand during those jaunts to the park. Sometime in the next handful of years, American Idol’s Paula Abdul just might be joining you. Abdul has recently told interviewers that she’d like to have a child in the next three to five years, and she’ll be adopting. She will not go abroad to find the child, saying “I wouldn’t necessarily adopt from abroad like some celebs. I just want a healthy baby.”

Right now, Abdul’s “baby” is her comeback album. Many old Paula Abdul tunes, remixed, will be featured, as well as “five new songs” according to Abdul. Her latest single “Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow,” has been getting a ton of press…most of it unflattering. But there is no doubt that Abdul has found success in many entertainment ventures…so can motherhood be that far behind?