Adorable!

Denise Richards perched daughter Eloise, 11 months, on her hip and strolled around her local outdoor mall, on Friday.

Daughters Sam and Lola stayed home, perhaps so Richards could have some bonding time with her adopted girl.

Recently, Richards has made headlines after rekindling her romance with rocker (and ex-hubby of her former BFF Heather Locklear), Richie Sambora. The pair have been inseparable recently and even hit the red carpet earlier this week at a charity event in Beverly Hills for Midnight Mission.

Sambora told reporters at the 12th Annual Golden Hearts Awards event Monday night, he admired Denise for adopting: "That is just a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful thing. When she did that, it just made me fall in love with her more for god sakes."

Denise Richards is getting her girls started young! The former Mrs. Charlie Sheen, who's now co-staring with her ex in his new sit-com Anger Management, took daughters Sam, Lola and baby Eloise shopping at the Malibu Country Mart Sunday.

Richards brought her dad along to help with the kids and the gang went to the playground and enjoyed the sunny Malibu Sunday.

The adopted Eloise seems to fit in perfectly with this feminine family ... and check out Sam's t-shirt -- she's promoting adoption, even if it is for pets. But still, how cute!

Denise Richards is rockin' stilettos for a good cause!

Charlie Sheen's ex stopped by The Grove to chat with Extra about a pink and gold peep-toe sling-back that she designed called the Eloise ... named after her daughter she adopted last year.

The pump, sold through ShoeDazzle, was created for the company's Celebrity Shoe Design Initiative for Charlity.

All of the profits will go towards the Kidney Cancer Association. Richards lost her mother to the disease in 2007.

See more of Ms. Richards and her stilettos in the gallery below.

It's amazing -- neither one of them seems to have aged at all since they dated in the late 1990s!

Last night Denise Richards and Patrick Muldoon had dinner at Madeo, and photogs on the scene observed that they showed up to the restaurant arm-in-arm and looked like more than just friends.

The duo have reportedly been spending quite a bit of time together over the past few months, and Muldoon even met Denise’s adopted daughter Eloise Joni over the summer. Of course, she went on vacation with ex-husband Charlie Sheen over the holidays, and back in November it was rumored that Denise had reunited former flame Richie Sambora, so it looks like the 40-year-old actress is keeping all of her options open!

Deciding to stay mum on Brooke Mueller's recent drug/assault arrest in Aspen Colorado last weekend, Denise Richards simply smiled as she shopped in Beverly Hills, on Monday.

The Wild Things star has publicly supported Mueller in the past, telling Extra in July, "I give Brooke a lot of credit. I know that she's struggling with her addiction and she wants to be the best mom she can be."

The celeb moms may share an ex-husband, Charlie Sheen, but Denise seems more interested in a quiet life raising her three daughters, while Brooke just can't seem to let go of her hard partying ways.

The troubled mother of two-year-old twins Max and Bob -- who were also in Aspen during the incident -- checked out of her most recent rehab effort in July.

Mueller was released from Pitkin County Jail for suspicion of assault and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, after Sheen allegedly posted $11,000 bail on Sunday.

A hearing is set for Dec. 19.

Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora and Denise Richards have rekindled their romance, according to Us Weekly.

The twosome have been seen going on several dates in recent weeks.

Sambora, 52, and Richards, 40, first began dating in 2006. They split back in 2007 after Richards was accused of breaking up Sambora's relationship with Heather Locklear.

A source tells the mag:

"They've always stayed friends, through everything they've gone through. He's had a rough patch, she's had her own stuff but they're both in a great place right now."

The source adds that the couple is "doing great and happy."

Their reps have yet to return our requests for comment.

There's no stopping Denise Richards! This busy mama of three is taking a break from mommy duty to film a stint on 30 Rock with a very affectionate white dog. Adorbs!

We all know Charlie Sheen's ex is gorgeous, but over the years she's proven that her comedic timing is top notch, too.

Dressed in a leather jacket with animal print, pink scarf and letting her hair flow free, Denise looked picture perfect on set alongside series regular Tracy Morgan.

Click thru to see who else was on the NYC set with Denise.

Denise Richards

Denise Richards announced that she'd adopted new baby girl Eloise in June, and now the actress is revealing the thought process behind her decision.

She explains on her new blog that she started the process two years ago, saying:

"I had always wanted to adopt and had always wanted more children. I needed to make a decision: Do I wait for the right partner or move ahead with my life and do it on my own? I decided to do it on my own."

Richards already had daughters Sam and Lola from her marriage to Charlie Sheen. She recalls that the two-year process was rough. " ... there were many times during that I felt discouraged," she says. "But I always had faith that the right baby would find us (my daughters and me)."