her baby is absolutely beautiful...what a pumpkin

Does anyone else think the way he's holding that baby wrong lol?

he's holding a doll - so it's fine how he's holding her.

anyway, i think that it's nice that she's got the little girl with her on set and i hope that they are able to make her transition here easy.

Haha, I don't think it's a real baby. Otherwise I would also be worried.

aww i love baby naleigh. i'm sure she's just getting used to the craziness of being a parent!

Amazing how any famous, wealthy person can just go buy a baby, with very little effort. Yet my husband and I have been trying to (waiting) adopt for years with no success, and it's a drain on our bank account. This makes me incredibly flustered. We cannot have children of our own. Can Katherine Heigl?

Either way, though sad and bitter - I'm happy for the baby.

Ronnie - So sorry you aren't able to have children. I can't even imagine how painful that must be and how frustrating it can be to see others have it easier than you do - especially someone with the kind of resources at their fingertips that successful actor must have. Saying a prayer for you and your husband.

Amesabelle , your comment is incredibly sweet, thank you. It's a really hard process to go through, when all we want in this world is to have children. So yes, I am bitter when I see it happen so easily for others. (that's years of lack of sleep from stress getting to me - lol)

I am really happy this baby has found parents, though. I looked at those other photos linked and she is a cutie, for certain! I wish them all luck!

Didn't she adopt a special needs baby? Kudos to her. I can't think of any other Hollywood celeb adopting anything but a "perfect" baby.

what a gorgeous baby, I hope they provide a happy life for her!

Those jeans are not flattering.

Also, I dont think they decided to get one last week and "poof" baby! They've been through the adoption process for a year or two, maybe even longer. It's just been kept on the "down low"-I guess until it was for sure that they were getting one. And also that it is "special needs" might have made it a bit easier to get one as most people that adopt dont want to get anywhere near a child that would have some difficulties. People want perfect little babies that look like them.

So happy for Josh and Katherine!

And a pic of Josh Duhamel doesn't hurt either

What exactly did she mean by "special needs"? I'd like to assume she meant that the child is physically or mentally challenged in some way. But knowing her, she's insensitive enough to imply that the baby being from Korea qualifies as "special needs."

Is that her hair for filming? Ick!

#14, that is completely insensitive. Wow...

Her sister was adopted from Korea and she has said publicly that she is passionate about special needs children. I expect that over time she will explain more about what type of needs this child has.

Whatever people's opinions of her may be, we should all appreciate that there are people in the world willing to adopt special needs kids. Celebrity or otherwise.

Let's try to keep the negativity to a minimum...

Special Needs can mean alot of things, Asthma, ADHD, Asbergers, Growth issues, Respiratory issues, Heart/ Liver/ Kidney/Gastrointestinal/Genetic disorder/ophthalmological.....there is so much.

While I am happy that a baby that needed a home now house one, I find myself also irritated at the situation.

My husband and I are in the process of adopting from Korea. We were put on the waiting list in Nov 2007. We were placed with our daughter 3 months ago. In two short months we will travel to Korea to pick up our sweet daughter. What many people do not know is that Korea has strict guidelines for adopting. The big one being that a couple MUST be married for 3 years before applying to the program. Correct me if I am wrong but Mrs Heigl and her husband have been married for 1 1/2 years? Like I said you have to be married 3 years to even be accepted, but to have a child placed having not been married for even 2 years is unheard of. This is very upsetting to people like myself who have waited and waited for our child. Just because someone has fame and money does not give them the right to "skip line" and get placed with their child before other parents who have been going through this process for years.

-Wendy

Wendy, I am sorry for your ordeal, but if you had read anything on Katherines adoption of Naliegh you would have seen that BECAUSE the child is special needs, they got to get her sooner than if she was "normal"

Cat Girl- I have read that and regardless it does not matter with Korea for "normal" people. Friends of ours recently adopted a special needs boy from Korea and they were hoping to get him sooner because of it. The process did go a little quicker but they still had to be married 3 years before applying. They actually applied on their 3 year wedding anniversary. My friend happens to be Korean-American as well so we really thought there was a chance she would have her child sooner than most.

I have been on this adoption rollercoaster for 2 years now. I know my facts about Korean adoptions, be it a special needs child or a "normal" child. In any case they most definitely got preferential treatment.

-Wendy

Ronnie221, I have exactly the same situation you have and I understand you perfectly and I agree with you totally.

CaterpillarGirl, thanks for schooling us all on what "special needs" encompasses beyond physical and mental challenges. Oh wait, your list was all physical and mental challenges.

This chick started complaining (in a non-joking manner) that she's now going to have to "forfeit" birthday for the rest of her life because she now shares it with her daughter. She's hardly the newly anointed saint of foreign adoptions.

She and her husband have been waiting for their daughter to come home to them for a LONG time. The news was just not made public. Im disgusted that anyone has the nerve to say negative things about this wonderful news. This sweet baby does have special needs and therefore the wait was shorter but still a long wait for someone who couldnt wait to have their daughter.
Also different countries have different adoption laws. Everyones situation is different.

All the best and good luck to you all who are in the process of adoption.

Katherine is finally getting some positive publicity. She uusually rakes in the negative comments.

Correction: Usually.

Geez this has become the great adoption debate. Money makes the world go round - is this really news to anyone. On another note...Josh is a cutie.

It took me a while to realize Josh Duhamel was holding a doll...

Actually, #23, you completely misquoted her. She mentioned that she thought it was cool that she and her adopted SISTER had birthdays one day apart but she finally came to the realization that because hers was the later of the two, she'd kind of always get the shaft. It was funny, not a complaint. Kind of like someone who's birthday is Dec. 26th.

My husband and I are also in the process of adopting. I broke down at the grocery store last night when I saw the picture of the beautiful family on the front of People magazine. We will celebrate our 3rd anniversary this week so we're hoping to get on the waiting list for Korea soon. I'm glad that Naleigh has a family. I'm glad that Kathering and her husband have a baby. But the bottom line is, it's not fair for those of us who have had to wait for YEARS to even qualify for a program to continue to wait while someone who has more money gets a baby WAY before they're supposed to. It just breaks my heart that we still have several years before we, too, can take that kind of family picture!