19 celebrities who'll be welcoming babies in 2016

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Not only are a number of celebrities gearing up to become first-time parents in 2016, there's a handful that are welcoming baby four into their brood!

Take a look at just a handful of those we can expect a birth announcement from in the new year:

Ronnie Wood and Sally Humphreys are soon going to have twins on their hands!

The Rolling Stones guitarist, who celebrated turning 68 in 2015, will add the twosome into his family line. He has four grown children — Jamie, 41, Jesse, 39, Leah, 37, and Tyrone, 32 — from his previous marriages as well as 10 grandchildren.

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Though Anne Hathaway has yet to confirm the happy news herself, it's believed the actress is going to become a first-time mom in 2016.

Opening up about the star and husband Adam Shulman anticipating a bundle of joy, a source told People in late 2015, "Anne is in her second trimester and feeling great."

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2016 will see the arrival of Soleil Moon Frye and Jason Goldberg's fourth child!

The little one will be welcomed into the family by sisters Poet Sienna Rose and Jagger Joseph Blue, as well as soon-to-be-big-brother Lyric Sonny Roads.

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Cat Deely is all set to give parenting a spin in the coming year. The Dancing With the Stars host is currently expecting her and husband Patrick Kielty's first child, and the pair "are so happy to be expecting our first child in the spring."

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The One Direction boys are growing up fast with Louis Tomlinson set to be the first of the band to become a father.

It was revealed in July that he and stylist Briana Jungwirth are expecting their first child. Although the pair aren't together, he plans to be a "hands on" dad.

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Jessica Capshaw and Christopher Gavigan are once again expanding their brood, and are set to welcome baby number four into the bunch!

Sharing a sweet photo in late 2015 the Grey's Anatomy actress wrote, "This year our family has reason to further broaden our smile … baby number four is on the way!! I am a lucky, lucky girl…"

The happy pair are already parents to son Luke Hudson, and daughters Eve Augusta and Poppy James.

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Actress Morena Baccarin is gearing up to welcome her second child, while her beau, actor Ben McKenzie, is about to become a first-time father.

A bit of gossip swirled when news of the pregnancy went public, as Morena is still married to estranged director/writer Austin Chick, but an insider assured the new pair are "very excited" about the baby they'll welcome in 2016.

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Kimberly and James Van Der Beek are also gearing up to welcome baby four!

In November she announced the pregnancy via Instagram, writing, "So grateful to share with you today that we’re pregnant with our fourth child!"

As of the end of 2015 their kids names and ages are Olivia, 5, Joshua, 3½, and Annabel Leah, 21 months.

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Kelly Clarkson confirmed her second pregnancy in dramatic fashion, in a reveal that even surprised her!

After being unable to get through an emotional song without tearing up on stage the mother of River Rose explained her heightened emotions to the crowd by saying, "This is not how I wanted to announce [that I'm pregnant]. My make-up artist is backstage hating me. I didn't want you to think I'm on pills or something."

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Jamie Dornan (known to many out there as Christian of Fifty Shades of Grey fame) is going to have 10 more tiny fingers and 10 more tiny toes to care for in 2016.

It's reported the actor's wife, Amelia Warner, is pregnant again. The two first became parents with the arrival of daughter Dulcie in November 2013.

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Michael Bublé and Luisana Lopilato confirmed they are expecting their second child with a little help from their firstborn.

Posting a video of their 1-year-old son, Noah, they let him do the talking by saying "Baby" while pointing at his mother's stomach.

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Chad Lowe confirmed in mid-December that his family is set to grown once again. The actor, who is raising daughters Mabel and Fiona with wife Kim, tweeted: "My wife @ikimlowe and I are thrilled to announce that our family is growing! Baby number 3 due this spring! #Blessed!"

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Seth Meyers and Alexi Ashe are stepping into parenthood for the first time in 2016.

"The couple was sharing the exciting news with friends and cast members at [a recent] event," a source explained while spilling the baby news beans to People. "Everyone was coming up and congratulating the couple and giving them hugs. Seth and Alexi were beaming about the news of their baby!"

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Chelsea Clinton is gearing up to have a very busy year, with both the arrival of baby two and the 2016 presidential election happening in her family!

The mother of Charlotte, 15 months as of the end of 2015, announce the pregnancy news by tweeting, "Next summer, Charlotte is going to be a big sister! Feeling very blessed & grateful this holiday season."

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While Eddie Murphy is gearing up to welcome his ninth child, his girlfriend, Paige Butcher, is on her way to becoming a first-time mom.

The 54-year-old actor is already dad to Eric, 26, and Christian, 25, as well as Bria, 25, Myles, 22, Shayne, 21, Zola, 15, and Bella, 13, his children with ex-wife Nicole Mitchell, and his 8-year-old daughter Angel with Melanie Brown.

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Heather Morris turned to a hashtag to announce her second pregnancy, sharing a photo of her midsection on social media and adding "thegrowinghubbels."

The baby will be welcomed by the Glee star and husband Taylor Hubbel's firstborn, son Elijah.

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Lisa Ling's pregnancy news went public in mid-December, as it was confirmed that she and husband Paul Song are set to welcome another bundle of joy.

The journalist lost a child in 2007 before their daughter, Jett, was welcomed in March 2010.

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Chrissy Teigen and John Legend are undoubtedly looking forward to becoming first-time parents in 2016.

Before learning their baby-on-the-way is a girl the famous pair shared, "John and I are so happy to announce that we are pregnant!

"As many of you know, we’ve been trying to have a baby for a while now. It hasn’t been easy, but we kept trying because we can’t wait to bring our first child into the world and grow our family."

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Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas are expecting baby two, which will be a little brother or sister for their son Oliver.

The proud dad previously gushed to People, "It’s extraordinary because she is, literally, the greatest mother that I know. It’s extraordinary to have your partner, who you’ve known all this time, blossom into this woman … who is so nurturing, so caring and just so cool. She’s so cool and she’s a cool mom. It’s great."

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We know 2016 will be the year of baby for these celebs, what will it be for our family?

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Justified? Russell Crowe angry tweets to airlines over kids' toys

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Russell Crowe has a bone to pick with Virgin Australia Airlines, and he isn't being shy about who hears it.

Taking to his celebrity-sized Twitter account the actor, who is dad to sons Tennyson and Charles, vented freely about his boys not being allowed to take their hoverboards on their flight. Take a look:

Ridiculous @VirginAustralia. No Segway boards as luggage? Too late to tell us at airport.Kids and I offloaded. Goodbye Virgin. Never again.

— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) December 29, 2015

@VirginAustralia why did you not inform me when I booked my ticket? Where is your duty of responsibility in this?

— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) December 29, 2015

A number of folks are siding with Russell Crowe, including one who wrote this message which the actor retweeted:

@russellcrowe thanks for the warning. we had our one a Christmas present packed to go away on holidays.

— chris murphy (@chrismurphys) December 29, 2015

Others, however, have no sympathy for the man worth a reported $95 million. Tweets left in the airline's defense read:

Russ, you are a zillionaire, does Australia not have these magical hover boards?!

They did [tell you when you booked your ticket], it's listed in their banned items list, you just didn't read it.

Russell they explode into fire — and at 30,000 feet that’s a match even "The Gladiator" would lose!

They cant predict that you were going to attempt to bring one of those non hovering hover boards on the plane.

Virgin Australia has joined the conversation as well, and isn't backing down. Replying to the star they wrote:

"Hi Russell, due to safety concerns over the lithium ion batteries in hoverboards, these have been banned on all major Australian Airlines and many around the world. We’re sorry you were not aware of this prior to check-in today. We hope to see you on board again soon."

In Russell's defense I have to imagine he flies internationally more often than most, and so probably went into this Virgin flight assuming he had a solid handle on safety practices and procedures (especially when flying with kids). That being said, I think what we're beginning to see more and more often is a lack of communication about changes to the policies from the airlines and security to the passengers.

I'm inclined to spread the blame here to both parties -- although giving the heft of it to Russell. It's quite possible Virgin put out a notice that he didn't bother to read, and most certainly have it listed somewhere in their terms and conditions before booking. No one can really read through all that, so the airline would be smart to put effort into educating their customers as product trends evolve.

Russell or the airline: Whose side are you on here? What's your reasoning?

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Member of the Brangelina brood goes down with a broken bone

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There's never a dull moment when you've got a large family like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie do. Proving even vacation time can be filled with unexpected twists and tumbles, word comes that one of the famous pair's kids spent part of the recent holiday in the hospital.

Pax, who is Brangelina's second-oldest child, reportedly broke his leg while jet-skiing during his family's otherwise dreamy-sounding vacation in Phuket, Thailand. Us Weekly reports an inside source revealed the 12-year-old is now on the mend, but for the time being has a big cast and is "hobbling around" on crutches.

Aside from the hospital visit, other highlights of the trip for the kids — Maddox, 14, Pax, Zahara, 10, Shiloh, 9, and twins Vivienne and Knox, both 7 — included jumping off a yacht and swimming in the ocean.

Just recently Brad Pitt gushed about his kids (Pax is pictured on the actor's right in the center photo), telling the outlet, "I can’t describe a father’s pride. I feel so much of it … there’s a lot of emotions. Maddox and all my kids are so warm and they take on more than anyone could understand, more than I could ever understand ... They absorb so much, and I love watching all my children grow and learn. And of course my wife is amazing, and I love watching her teach and grow with our kids as well, I really mean that."

Sounds like they're as close as ever, despite a few hiccups in the road.

To be honest (as I reach to knock on wood) I'm rather surprised I haven't yet found myself in Brad and Angelina's shoes. Though I've long prided myself on not being a helicopter parent, my two boys have managed to get through much of their childhood without any rushed trips to the hospital -- yet.

When my second born was little we spent quite a few nights at the emergency room due to ear infections, but there haven't been any serious falls or injuries to report in the first decade of my parenting. My own parents were a little less lucky, however.

They once had to find the ER in a town hours from home after I fractured an ankle during a soccer game, and then there was the time my brother got hurt. In high school he worked on set crew for the theater, and while underneath the stage trying to get a piece of the floor back in place got his middle finger stuck. A kid up top jumped on the piece that wouldn't go in without realizing what was going on, and my brother lost the tip of his finger in spectacular blood-spattering style. Talk about a weird injury, right? Here's hoping none of us ever have to deal with something quite like that!

What's you're family's accident and injury history like? How does your own childhood compare?

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My, how the Jolie-Pitt gang has grown through the years...

Chrissy Teigen's latest pregnancy side effect: Skin tags

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Not all that long ago I wouldn't have quite understood Chrissy Teigen's latest pregnancy problem. Then I turned 34.

The mom-to-be is only 30, but nonetheless is also finding out about a frustrating little phenomena called skin tags.

Venting on Twitter the beauty, who is expecting a daughter with husband John Legend, recently tweeted, "Well well well, it's almost like my new skin tag heard me making fun of the skin tag commercial I saw last week."

Hilarious commiserating ensued. Check out message sent in reply Chrissy Teigen's post:

@raych212: I had skin tags removed & new ones keep appearing like the kids game where gophers heads keep popping out of the holes

@megmahon22: the skin tag situation with my twin pregnancy is out of control. They look like bloated moles. Ugh.

@MJBoniMB: how do you get rid of those? Asking for a friend.

‏@mcboodles: omg I hope my Christmas dinner hemorrhoids riff doesn't come back 2 bite me in my hiney!

It's possibly not all bad news, however. A user by the name of ‏@tashkitty went on to say, "Yeah, fun prego side effect. They will (should) go away. 5 mos post partum and finally those are all gone."

Could it be true? I have no firsthand experience with pregnancy-induced skin tags, so I can't weigh in on this one. Sadly, I think I have to chalk my little armpit annoyance up to getting slightly up there in age, and there's no magic (like giving birth and a whoosh of hormone changes) to hold out hope for!

Have you had skin tags (from pregnancy or otherwise)? Any luck in getting them to disappear?

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More famous moms weigh in on changes they experienced during pregnancy:

Naya Rivera: I felt like "a tit" to my son

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It didn't take long for actress Naya Rivera to fall head over heels for her son Josey Hollis, but she admits that she did struggle to adjust to some parts of motherhood.

Take breastfeeding, for example.

The 28-year-old Glee star says that she wasn't prepared for the challenges of nursing.

"One minute there’s nothing going on with your perfectly perky boobs and the next a nurse is rolling yellow stuff out of your nipple and putting it in your baby’s mouth," Naya, who welcomed her son in September 2014, tells PEOPLE.

In the candid interview, she confesses that breastfeeding was far from the fulfilling, maternal experience that so many new moms describe.

"At times I started to feel like I was only a tit to Josey," she recalls. "There was many a time I would walk in the door to a crying baby and immediately have to strip and feed."

That being said, Naya, who is married to actor Ryan Dorsey, eventually did come to see the upside of breastfeeding: "There’s something amazing about the fact that you are sustaining a human life solely with your body," she says, adding, "The benefits of breast milk for babies far outweigh the negative side effects for Mom."

Now more than a year into her motherhood journey, the stunning star sees nursing as exemplary of parenthood in general. There are highs and lows, obstacles and incredible rewards. And in the end, she's happy to experience all of it.

"I think that’s how it will be for the rest of our lives as parents - taking the good with the bad, the easy with the challenging. And at the end of the day, when Josey smiles at us, it’s all worth it."

I love the honesty in Naya's story. A lot of moms do struggle, whether it's with nursing or pregnancy or childbirth or any one of a thousand other parts of parenting. I know I have, more times than I can count.

I think it helps to know that other women have gone through those same challenges, and have survived them.

How did breastfeeding go for you and your baby?

Tina Fey's girls may just end up on government assistance

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Sara McGinnis

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Tina Fey has a tough task on her hands. The mother of two, who often smiles for cameras on red carpet premieres, isn't quite sure how to get her daughters to understand the glitzy side of fame isn't what it's all about.

A peek at what the 45-year-old mother of two had to say to The Edit about Alice, 10, Penelope, 4, and her Sisters co-star Amy Poehler...

Tina Fey on beauty versus humor: “For me it was about hitting age 13 and realizing, ‘OK, I’m not going to glide by on looks. I’m a normal-looking person, but that’s not going to be where my bread is buttered.’ The desire to be funny – because you are never actually quite sure if you really are funny – is a coping mechanism, another way of ingratiating yourself. But when you’re 13 and trying to be funny around boys, you end up mocking them and it backfires. You terrify them.”

On daughters Alice andPenelope: “My daughters will tell you that I’m exceedingly dull – the fourth funniest person in the family. My four-year-old is rivaling my husband for first place at this point. The ability to be very cutting that I have – to size someone up and think, ‘This would hurt you, if I said this’ – she has it already at four. And it’s shocking to me. I secretly regard it as a sign of great intelligence, but it’s something that must be managed.”

Becoming besties with the cool girl: “I met Amy Poehler in Chicago in 1993, when we were both studying improvisation. She was the cool girl. I remember counseling so many guys who were just immediately in love with her. It was a phase that every Chicago improviser had to go through – ‘I’m secretly in love with Amy.’ ‘Of course you are, I know.’ Amy is very warm, a great person to have on your team in any capacity.

We work together best – on [their new movie] Sisters, or presenting the Golden Globes – by doing our own thing next to each other. I do wonder, if we tried to do five years on a series together, if it would be like, ‘Wait a minute, which one of us is the boss?’ Because, truthfully, I think we are two Alphas.”

Kids these days: “I try to show Alice and Penelope patience and generosity – patience I fall short on – and that they can be working women and have a family. And yet – I joke about this with my husband – we spend so much time in front of them complaining – ‘I wish I didn’t have to go back to work’; ‘I’m so mad I have to work tonight’ – that I feel like inadvertently they’re going to be layabouts on government assistance. When Alice was small, I would bring her to the 30 Rock set because I wanted to show her why being famous is the least important part of anything; it’s a by-product. The making of a story, creating characters, building sets – these are the really cool parts. Because this society is raising children who want to be famous for nothing, to just have followers.”

I both have concerns in line with Tina Fey's take on where things might end up going, and truly excited. I, too, wonder how my kids' work ethic will turn out when they've seen me help make our income from bed in my pajamas (only most of the time every once in a long while, I swear). My youngest has even insisted for years that my job is to "play video games" at home, despite me having explained otherwise.

It's never crossed my mind they won't work in some fashion, but I do have concerns they're not seeing the gravity of how important having a reliable income is to making a life. They're getting caught up in the fame of their favorite Youtube stars, and are already hatching schemes to get followers and star the ad money flowing in.

But I'm one of those people who has been lucky enough to make money while working at home, and this has allowed me an incredible mix of being there for my kids and contributing financially. I partly want my kids to try the traditional work-outside-the-home route, and I partly want them to find a little niche to work in on the web and not fall into the commuting, cubicle lifestyle.

How amazing would it be if, when our kids are having babies themselves, they and their partners have the option to arrange their lives in a way that eases the childcare conundrum and means more family togetherness? This technology thing isn't without worry, but I also se the opportunities as endless.

What do you imagine work will look like for your kids someday?

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More thoughts on parenting from fellow funny people:

Louis C.K.: "Be a dad. Don't be 'Mom’s assistant.' That's depressing, just waiting for her to write you a list, walk around a store staring at it, calling her from the cereal aisle to make sure you got the right thing. Be a man. Make your own list. Fathers have skills that they never use at home. You run a landscaping business and you can’t dress and feed a 4-year-old?

Take it on. Spend time with your kids and have your own ideas about what they need. It won’t take away your manhood; it will give it to you. I did that. I spent more time with my kids. And I found out that I’m a pretty bad father. I make a lot of mistakes and I don't know what I'm doing. But my kids love me. Go figure."

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Paul Rudd: “If I can walk around in my underwear and pull it up super high so it’s just gross looking and then try and be very serious with them. I like to do that … pretend to be very mad and have my underwear hiked up … really high.”

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Jimmy Fallon: "That’s what true happiness is right there. There’ll be nights when you’re sitting on your couch, and you’re with your beautiful wife, who you can’t believe married you, and your beautiful baby, who you feel endlessly grateful you were able to have. And your dog … You’re watching Real Housewives getting into fist-fights on TV. And you go, ‘How great is my life? I’m so happy right now.’"

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Ray Romano: “Having children is like living in a frat house -- nobody sleeps, everything's broken, and there's a lot of throwing up.”

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Michael Ian Black: "I really love my kids for about six minutes a day."

"I'm so conscious of not pushing my own agenda onto my kids that I let them walk around flaunting their terrible taste. As a result, I have become well-versed in the art of Miley Cyrus."

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Jon Stewart: “Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch.”

“The thing I love about them is their joy, their exuberance. My boy will dance when he sees something he likes. We’ll be walking down the street and he'll just start dancing and I’ll be like, ‘That's mulch.’”

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Jerry Seinfeld: "The bedtime routine for my kids is like this Royal Coronation Jubilee Centennial of rinsing and plaque and dental appliances and the stuffed animal semi-circle of emotional support. And I've gotta read eight different moron books. You know what my bedtime story was when I was a kid? Darkness!"

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Jimmy Kimmel: "I learn things from my kids constantly. Most of their knowledge comes from Snapple caps."

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Stephen Colbert: "My daughter said, 'Why are you yelling at us?' and I said, 'I’m trying to discipline you!' And then she looked up at me with her tear-stained eyes and said, 'This is how you teach children, by making them cry.' And it was such a clenching reminder -- she won not only the argument, but she won life with that statement. I just burst out laughing, and I think they were so surprised that I burst out laughing, that they did too."

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Kevin Hart: "I'm a fun dad until you don't do what you're supposed to do. But even the tough dad is still fun because I can't not laugh at myself for trying to be tough!"

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Chris Rock: "When I hear people talk about juggling, or the sacrifices they make for their children, I look at them like they're crazy, because 'sacrifice' infers that there was something better to do than being with your children.

I've never been with my kids and gone, 'Man, I wish I was on my stage right now.' I've never been with my kids and gone, 'Man, it'd be so great if I was on a movie set right now.' But I've been doing a movie and wished that I was with my kids, I've been on tour and wished that I was with my kids. Being with my kids is the best, most fun thing. It's a privilege. It's not something I call a sacrifice."

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Jim Gaffigan: “There should be a children’s song: ‘If you’re happy and you know it, keep it to yourself and let your dad sleep.’”

"Unfortunately, these narcissistic traits that made me a popular comedian do not work well for someone who truly desires to be a good husband or parent," he writes. "I’m not saying parenting cured my narcissism, but it changed me, and continues to change me every day. For me, parenting was literally a wake-up call from my own simple selfishness. In other words, I’m not quite as horrible as I used to be.”

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Will Arnett: "Two nights ago I had to bribe my 3-year-old, Archie into finishing his dinner with a King Cone. That thing is half his body weight, so he was going on chocolate and sugar until 10 p.m."

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Hank Azaria: "You know, there are things about it I love, and things about it I don’t. Mike Myers describes fatherhood as the kind of crush you had when you were 12—when you fell in love when you were 12 years old—but having that feeling over and over again every day. I do agree with that. Some days more than others, depending on how whiny or cranky they are. But it’s just this almost chemical, crazy, intense love, which you didn’t have since you were an adolescent. But you feel it, for sure!”

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Mike Myers: "Anyone who tells you fatherhood is the greatest thing that can happen to you, they are understating it. I am the happiest I have ever been in my life. I knew I wanted to be a father, I didn’t know it was going to be this awesome or that my kid would come out so beautiful and lovely."

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