Katherine Heigl and husband Josh Kelley have just released their first ever family portrait with their adopted daughter, 10-month-old Nancy Leigh — or Naleigh for short — from Korea. Katherine recently opened up to Ellen DeGeneres about their decision to adopt the little girl.
“They sent us a picture. They told us that it was a little girl and who she was and the information about six months ago,” she revealed on the Sept. 11 Ellen DeGeneres show. “It was meant to take a long time. This sort of thing can take years.”
However, Katherine says, their new daughter has special needs, which sped up the adoption process.
“She is a special needs baby and because of that it all moved so much faster,” she told Ellen. “They wanted to get her to us as quickly as possible.”
As for her name, Katherine explains how they arrived at Naleigh.
“I am naming her after my mother [Nancy] and sister [Margaret Leigh] — Nancy, Leigh. So we call her Naleigh.”
Katherine’s spokeswoman tells the Associated Press both parents and Naleigh are together and doing well. The couple is putting photos of their daughter up on www.jasonheiglfoundation.org, the Web site of Katherine’s animal-rescue foundation.
Nancy is gorgeous! Congrats for the new family!!!!
Naleigh is absolutely beautiful. Congratulations to you and your husband, for your beautiful little daughter.
I was adopted from korea when I was 8 mos. old. I would of loved to have adopted a little girl from there, to give back what I was given. But the costs are so much we could’t afford to do so. Congratulations on your new little one she will give you much joy. I am envious …..
Congratulations to the whole family! Nancy is truly a beautiful little girl. And also a very lucky girl. She now hasperfect parents in Katherine and Josh. Some people have critized celebrities for their foreign adoptions. Angelina Jolie and Brad PItt, Madonna and many others have gotten their share of this unnecessary critisism. They can give a child a better life so why are some mean people saying these things about adoption. I´m pretty sure that Katherine and Josh will one day have children of their own too but right now they enjoy of Nancy and want her to have a good life. Nancy will be very much loved and she´ll grow up to be a beautiful young lady inside and out.
OMG she’s sooo cute