Daddy Dawson

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James Van Der Beek has had lots to celebrate in his life. With a hit television show (Dawson's Creek) under his belt and a new (second) marriage to wife Kimberly going strong, the man we know and love as Dawson Leery became a daddy. Baby Olivia Van Der Beek was born on Saturday, September 25 weighing in at 7 lbs. 2 oz.

Using social networking rather than a publicist to announce the news, James tweeted, "Had the blessing of becoming a father over the weekend...Couldn't come close to describing this bliss even if I had 140 million characters." Also on his feed, "Olivia Van Der Beek, born 9/25. I apologize in advance for any obnoxiously precious new-dad tweets that might follow. I'm under her spell." Send a Twitpic of Olivia and we'll let it slide, James.