Katherine Heigl is a Mommy!
Monday, September 28th, 2009Yes, here is one that just came out of nowhere, makes it fun to gossip again when celebrities surprise the heck out of us. But this time we are talking about the ever so fabulous Katherine Heigl who has, not gossip, but a fantastic piece of news that is worth celebrating. And this gorgeous girl is seen here heading back to home after leaving her Grey’s Anatomy co-star, Ellen Pompeo’s baby shower. Heigl hosted the pre-birth party for Ellen at her own home, with Ellen expecting her first child, a little girl, any time this month. And though we weren’t aware, at the time of the shower, Katherine was well in the works of becoming a mom herself. Yes, Katherine and her husband Josh Kelley have just welcomed their newly adopted daughter, Naleigh, from South Korea. And though it is surprising news, its wonderful news and by all looks and accounts, Katherine and her new life seemed to have continued on just seamlessly. And she and her hubby couldn’t be MORE over the moon about it. Katherine says she knew that Naleigh was meant to be hers when she found out her birthday was just a day before hers.
“She was actually born the day before me in November, which I thought was really serendipitous and just kind of like a sign,” Katherine said when announcing the news of her adoption on The Ellen DeGeneres Show last week.
Naleigh received her beautiful name from Katherine’s mother Nancy, and her sister Margaret Leigh, and ALL members of the family just couldn’t be more tickled. Says the gushing daddy:
“We adopted a baby from Korea, me and my girl, and she’s awesome, dude! This girl is the bomb! It’s like I have Gerber all over my knee, and it doesn’t even matter, I love it.”
At his show at Miami University, Kelley introduced a song he had just written about Naleigh, singing the lines, “Just to see you in mommy’s arms is all I need.”
Josh and Katherine have been working on the adoption for six months, and only just welcomed 10 month old special needs baby Naleigh into their home. And it sounds like they are the happiest parents in Hollywood. Welcome to Hollywood, Naleigh, and congratulations to Josh and Katherine!
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