Washington, Jan 1 : Rumours are abuzz that actress Jennifer Garner is going to ring in the New Year with a new baby after she was spotted checking into a California hospital on New Year''s Eve.

The actress, who is nine months pregnant with her second child, was spotted with husband Ben Affleck entering Los Angeles'' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on December
31, 2008.

Until she was five months pregnant, Garner was reluctant to reveal she was expecting, reports Contactmusic.

However, her thrilled mother-in-law and her former `Alias' co-star Victor Garber let the baby news slip in July (08).

At that time, the actress told People magazine, "It always makes me laugh when people say ''Is she? Isn''t she?'' It''s like, ''Eventually you will know, so just chill out for a minute."

Garner and Affleck have a two-year-old daughter called Violet. (ANI)