Congratulations to romantic comedy actress, Katherine Heigl and her musician husband, Joshua Kelly, on the successful adoption of their new daughter, Nayleigh of Korea.
Heigl and Kelly have been in the process of adopting Nayleigh for 6 months now and they are delighted that she will join their Hollywood family.
Such a cute story today. Children are our future ya’ll. Heigl will be a great mother and a dad who sings on a guitar, that’s pretty rocking for baby Nayleigh too.
Heigl has already nicknamed Nayleigh, “Leigh” for short. Perhaps as a nod, to the great Hollywood actress Janet Leigh, who Heigl is the modern day equivalent of in film. Janet Leigh was Jamie Leigh Curtis’ mom. Heigl also follows in the tradition of Grace Kelly, and unsurprisingly, her daughter’s name is Nayleigh Kelly. A clever nod to Hollywood history!
Although Heigl, tells Ellen DeGeneres that Naleigh is a family name, she’s coined. This is her explanation: “I am naming her after my mother and sister Nancy, Leigh. So we call her Naleigh. She was actually born the day before me in November, which I thought was really serendipitous and just kind of like a sign. I realized just recently that I basically forfeited my birthday for the rest of my life. I wanted to tell everybody so you don’t think I stole a Korean baby.” I guess she had to say something quirky-funny at the end. She is a romantic comedy girl after all.
Look out Pax Jolie-Pitt, baby Nayleigh is coming to Hollywood.
[top image: via Grey'sAnatomyInsider]
