Apr. 22, 2006 - Tom and Katie (and family)
I was so happy to hear about the arrival of Suri to the Cruise family.
Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise "joyously welcomed the
arrival of a baby girl, Suri, today," Cruise's rep said in a statement
after PEOPLE first broke the news Tuesday afternoon.
"The child weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and was 20 inches in length. Both mother and daughter are doing well."
Suri was born in an L.A.-area hospital – just down the hall
from where Brooke Shields gave birth to her daughter Grier on the same
day.
The birth went so smoothly that Holmes left the hospital
within 24 hours. Holmes, Cruise and baby Suri are back home now and
doing well.
Suri "has lots and lots of dark hair and big, blue eyes," says
a source close to Holmes's family. "She's going to be a beautiful
baby."
Adds Cruise's friend Kirstie Alley: "Tom does everything 150
percent, and fatherhood he does 300 percent. They're going to have a
great kid."
The name Suri has its origins in Hebrew meaning "princess," or in Persian meaning "red rose."
 CREDIT: SETH BROWARNIK / WIREIMAGE
Immediately ahead for the new dad: the May 5 release of Mission: Impossible 3. Holmes stars in the recently released satirical film about Washington politics, Thank You for Smoking.
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