Update: David Alan Grier welcomes daughter Luisa Danbi

Update: The couple have chosen the name Luisa Danbi Grier-Kim for their daughter. Danbi means "sweet rain" in Korean. Luisa weighed in at 7lbs, 6 oz and is 20 inches long. She was born by planned c-section, surrounded by family members in the operating room, at 1:04 pm on Thursday, January 10th. (Please note that this differs from the original report.) Christine says,

She’s amazing. Her looks evolve every moment, and she lookslike me and David. I’m feelingeuphoric, and David is ecstatic. He’s the perfect proud father.

Originally posted 7:23 pm: Actor and comedian David Alan Grier, 52, and his wife, Christine Kim, welcomed a daughter at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA, earlier this afternoon. David confirms the birth, saying,

Yes, it’s a girl! We’re very happy.

The couple has not yet chosen a name. No birth details were given. The couple, married since July, announced the pregnancy and sex of the baby in October. Christina had been due in early February.

Source: US Weekly

Comments

legemc on January 11th, 2008

Good Lord, this is getting ridiculous! All these celeb babies in one day! Is it a full moon? LOL! Anyone else due around this time so we can try to set a record for # of celeb babies born in one day? Not sure what the record is, but this is pretty close I’m sure!

Audrey on January 11th, 2008

Wow! There must be something in the water today!! Keeping my fingers crossed that we’ll add Xtina and Nicole to the list!!

meg on January 11th, 2008

that place is busy today with celebs!!

dana on January 11th, 2008

Damn CB this is a really busy day for you guys…Get i hope you guys get some sleep tonight.. DOn’t drink anymore coffee. lol

congrats to David.

amanda on January 11th, 2008

wow, cedars-sinai has been busy today

congrats to david and his new family!

legemc on January 11th, 2008

What about Julianna Marguiles? Wasn’t she due around this time also?

Sarah’s note: She’s due next week, from what we heard.

Annie on January 11th, 2008

haha. i agree with legernc. so far, it’s been Christina , Nicole , Christine, and Courtney Thorne.

Jen on January 11th, 2008

Man alive! Cedars Sinai is packed tonight…lol! Congrats to all the families.

Melanie F. on January 11th, 2008

Wow Congratulations to David “Leon Lonnie Love” Grier and his wife, on their bundle of joy. legernc, I wonder too if it’s a full moon. LOL

CBB & Cedars-Sinai both seem to be having a long day and looks like night. Thank you guys for all that you do.

adriana on January 11th, 2008

Every celebrity is giving birth today lol. Now I wanna hear my favorites, christina and nicole confirm their baby’s names and weight

yaosa on January 11th, 2008

What a great birth date to have! Congratulations to David and Christine!

And to echo other posters, there must be something going on with all these celebrity babies in one hospital on the same day and to all babies born today what a great date to have!

Brava97 on January 11th, 2008

I’m confused by the “earlier this evening” timeline. I’m on Pacific time and it’s only approaching evening now at 5:30 p.m.

Sarah’s note: I’m on the east coast and obviously tonight’s been crazy. My mistake.

Nita on January 11th, 2008

My goodness, love was definitely in the air around 9.5 months ago, lol. Congrats you two on your new blessing.

brannon on January 11th, 2008

pretty name I like that they hyphenated Grier-Kim in that order Very cute Lovely tribute to both parents

Lara on January 11th, 2008

Good for them for acknowledging both parents in the surname. That’s so refreshing to see.

Nicole on January 11th, 2008

Looks like they named her!!

Luisa Danbi Grier-Kim – Danbi means “sweet rain” in Korean – was 7 lbs., 6 oz and 20 inches long. She was born at 1:04 p.m. Thursday by planned C-section.

From http://www.people.com

CONGRATS TO DAVID & CHRISTINE!

Sarah’s note: Yes, the post was updated about 20 minutes ago. Is it not showing for you?

Ivey on January 11th, 2008

Hey is it Luisa or Lusa, you have it different in the title vs the text.

Hate to be nitpicky considering how busy you are today. But I was curious which it was

Sarah’s note: With the ‘i’! Let me know about any other mistakes you guys find tonight, I’m on hour 7 of straight CBB work, lol.

Nicole on January 11th, 2008

It wasn’t working for me, Sarah… I had to do a hard refresh, but I did just have to reset my modem, so that could be it.

Thanks!

Sarah’s note: We have a crazy amount of readers right now, I don’t know if maybe the site is just slow to update itself. Thanks for letting me know.

FC on January 11th, 2008

Aww, Luisa Danbi! Cute name! Congratulations to the two of them and their families.

legemc on January 11th, 2008

For some reason I thought it was weird when I saw the baby’s last name was Grier-Kim instead of Kim-Grier. Isn’t the mom’s name usually first and the dad’s last in a hyphenated name when they are married? Just curious. I guess they’re allowed to do it whatever way they want but I was thinking mom-dad was the more common way of doing it.

PSB on January 12th, 2008

legemc

It’s definitely that way in America, but I think his wife is Korean (or Korean-American?), so maybe they do it differently over there. In England, it’s common for a woman to hyphenate her own name the other way, his name-her name (though the kids usually have the dad’s name only).

I LOOOOOVE the name Luisa. So pretty and feminine. Reminds me of a Jane Austen character.

lg on January 12th, 2008

FYI, Luisa is a latin name, very popular in Italy and in spanish-speaking countries.

I loooooove that name!!

e on January 12th, 2008

“Kim says,”

Sorry, this is a pet peeve of mine, but shouldn’t it say “Christine says,”?

kemp on January 12th, 2008

great name! congrats to them! can’t wait to see a pic of the new little one.

Melissa on January 13th, 2008

Great name!! Its also my daughter’s name

Pam on January 13th, 2008

Great name, and I love that they switched the last names up a bit. I hope nothing was wrong since they planned a c-section 3 weeks early? Hopefully that was just what they wanted. I bet she will be beautiful, my Korean friend Addie and her African American husband have a daughter that’s a KNOCKOUT! Just a great genetic combination.