Danny Pudi is a dad — times two!

The Community star and his wife Bridget have welcomed twins, his rep confirms to PEOPLE.

Son James Timothy and daughter Fiona Leigh were born on Thursday, Jan. 12 — and are keeping the new parents on their toes!

“The ¼ Indian, ¼ Polish, ½ Irish twins are keeping us busy and we’re loving every minute of it,” Pudi, 32, tells Redeye Chicago.

The actor Tweeted Tuesday, “Daddyhood times 2! Thank you for all the well wishes. We couldn’t be more excited. Here’s to being pooped and peed on!”

The babies are the first for the couple, who wed in 2004.

– Anya Leon with reporting by Monica Rizzo

The songstress, 43, memorably sang the film’s theme.

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Zzzzz!

Tuckered out from being the “life of the party“, 8-month old twins Moroccan Scott and Monroe take a snooze while out with parents Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon on New Year’s Eve in Aspen, Colo.

“I had a really tough pregnancy,” the singer, 42, told Rosie O’Donnell recently.

“I was supposed to be on bed rest, but it was so bad that even bed hurt … I learned a lot being pregnant, watching my body change.”

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It will be a real winter wonderland this year for Jerry O’Connell and Rebecca Romijn‘s twin daughters.

The couple have settled with their girls — Charlie Tamara Tulip and Dolly Rebecca Rose, 3 — in New York for the holidays and the actor, who is performing on Broadway in Seminar, couldn’t be more excited.

“There is so much for kids to do, especially during the holiday season, here in New York. There’s the Rockettes [and] the Radio City Spectacular,” O’Connell, 37, tells PEOPLE.

“I grew up in New York and I just think it’s such a fun experience for kids. I’m so excited that my daughters are going to get to experience that.”

And while the sisters are sure to see snow during their stay on the East Coast, O’Connell reveals it won’t be a first for his California kids.

“While we do live in L.A., we took them up to the mountains once when it was snowing and we went tubing,” he shares. “They loved it so it will be a lot of fun for them to have a New York experience.”

Having raised the twins in “exactly the same way,” O’Connell is the first to admit that the stark contrast between their budding personalities has been truly “amazing” for the parents to witness.

“They’ve done everything together. I think once or twice, if my wife or I had to go to the supermarket, we said, ‘Who wants to go to the supermarket?’ and only one of them said, ‘I want to go,’” he explains.

“That’s the only time they’ve really been apart from each other, but one wants to be a cowboy, the other wants to be a princess.”

– Anya Leon

And, judging from the family photos, it was a very merry Christmas, indeed.

As her twin brother Moroccan Scott — in a cute costume — smiles for the camera in one shot, Monroe cuddles up with mom Mariah Carey and Santa Claus for a sweet picture-perfect memory in another.

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But while the big jolly man in the red suit was oh-so cheerful, 8-month-old Monroe seemed less than thrilled with her visitor.

Dad Nick Cannon, on the other hand? Well, he must have made the nice list this year, as the festively dressed singer and a surprised Santa are seen getting silly on the couch.

Before bidding the babies farewell, Santa even took time out to fulfill his duties: downing his milk and cookies.

Until next year, Santa!

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Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon‘s twins, Moroccan and Monroe, are only seven months old, but according to the pop star, they’re already relatable.

“It’s so funny … there’s a picture of the two of us together and we look identical and we have the identical smile,” Carey says in a new interview special, Mariah Carey: On The Record with Fuse, which airs Sunday.

“I recognize the joy that’s in him. There’s something that was always free about me, it just got stifled as things grew in my career.”

The slimmed-down singer adds that if you walked up to her son, whom she calls “the life of the party,” he would “just smile and be your best friend.”

As for twin sister Monroe, she’s got a bright personality of her own, too.

“We have Miss Monroe Cannon – that’s what I call her, Miss Monroe,” Carey, 42, says. “She’s very dainty and she holds her own bottle. She’s Miss Independent, definitely Miss Independent.”

– Dahvi Shira

Growing up fast!

Garcelle Beauvais kneels between her 4-year-old twins, Jax Joseph and Jaid Thomas, during the Los Angeles premiere of Disney on Ice: Toy Story 3 on Wednesday at the Staples Center.

“They started Pre-K and I was very emotional,” the Franklin & Bash star, 45, told PEOPLE earlier this fall.

“They were like, ‘Bye Mom!’ They were fine, more than happy to go and see the turtles and the bunnies. Unless I’m wearing bunny ears, there’s no competition.”

Jax and Jaid are Beauvais’s children with ex-husband Michael Nilon.

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Someone’s in a hurry!

Sarah Jessica Parker lets her adorable 2-year-old daughter Tabitha Hodge lead the way after a playdate on the Upper West Side on Friday in New York City.

The New Year’s Eve star, 46, and husband Matthew Broderick are also parents to daughter Loretta and son James, 9, but the busy mom gives credit where it’s due.

“There are millions and millions of women in this country that do it far better than I do with far less resources and far less support,” Parker says.

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Someone’s getting carried away!

Neil Patrick Harris keeps 13-month-old son Gideon Scott strapped in for an afternoon of errands on Friday in New York City.

The actor, 38, and partner David Burtka then headed to the airport and flew back to Los Angeles in time for Sunday’s Trevor Live at The Hollywood Palladium fund-raiser, where they performed.

The couple are also parents to Gideon’s twin sister Harper Grace.

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The family news continues for Mindy McCready.

On the same day she insisted that, despite reports, she did not kidnap her 5-year-old son Zander, a rep for the troubled country singer confirms to PEOPLE that McCready, 36, is in her third trimester with twins.

McCready’s spokesperson did not comment on the father of the twins-to-be, but the singer reportedly confirmed to the New York Daily News that the dad is David Wilson, her music producer boyfriend of two years.

Police say that McCready and her son disappeared after she picked him up from her father’s house in Cape Coral, Fla., on Tuesday.

The songstress, who has a history of suicide attempts, a jail visit and a stint in rehab, does not have custody of Zander, but she does have visitation privileges.

“I am working with lawyers to try to get all this straightened out,” she told Access Hollywood on Wednesday. “I did not steal my child, as it would be impossible for me to kidnap what already belongs to me! There never was any missing persons report and never an Amber Alert.”

– Dahvi Shira with reporting by Steve Helling