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Katherine Heigl and her husband Josh Kelley were spotted out and about with their 10 1/2-month-old daughter Naleigh in Los Angeles on Sunday (October 18).

The Knocked Up actress and her daughter are just about to celebrate their birthdays at the end of November:

She was actually born the day before me in November which I thought was really serendipitous and just kind of like a sign." The 30-year-old Grey's Anatomy star said. "I realized just recently that I basically forfeited my birthday for the rest of my life.”

Katherine Heigl’s Ugly Truth costar Gerard Butler has nothing but praise for her in her new role as a mother.

“She will be an amazing mom,” Gerard tells PEOPLE at the Law Abiding Citizen premiere in New York on Wednesday (September 23). “She’s incredibly responsible, smart and loving. This is a huge deal for her and she’s going to take to it like a duck to water.”

He goes on to say that, on the set, Katherine honed her maternal instincts with him: “She mothered me,” says the 39-year-old Scottish actor. “Anytime I was feeling under the weather or was having a hard day, that’s when she was amazing. She would always come and check on me. I think she’s naturally a caretaker in the best way.”

Katherine, 30, and husband Josh Kelley, 29, recently adopted 10-month-old Naleigh from South Korea. A process which took only six months.

“It’s great that she did that,” says Gerard about Katherine and Josh’s decision to adopt a baby with special needs. “It’s just a testament to her character and to her personality that she went out of her way to do that. It’s a beautiful thing.”

New mom Katherine Heigl was seen leaving her hotel in Atlanta, Georgia with her daughter Naleigh, 9 1/2 months, on the way to the set of her new movie Life As We Know It.

Katherine recently opened up about adopting baby Naleigh.

She is a special needs baby and because of that it all moved so much faster. They wanted to get her to us as quickly as possible.” The "Knocked Up" star went on to say that adopting a child from Korea has always been a dream of hers. “It’s been a big part of my life and my family. My sister is Korean and my parents adopted her back in the 70s and so I just always knew that this is something I wanted to do.”

We caught our first glimpse of the happy Heigl-Kelleys yesterday. Motherhood looks amazing on the 30-year-old Grey's Anatomy star!

Sharon Lawrence has nothing but high praise for Grey’s Anatomy costar Katherine Heigl following the news that she will be adopting a baby girl.

“It’s so inspiring,” Sharon tells People at the Governor’s Ball following the Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday. “I know she’ll be a great mom.”

Sharon believes that Katherine, 30, has many qualities that will make her a natural when it comes to being a mother: “When I was working [on Grey’s], I watched her multitask, creating the career that she wants and supporting her lovely husband [musician Josh Kelley], who was on set, and her connection with her own mother. Katie is a very modern woman who will pursue her passions and not feel limited by anything, and I think that bodes well for her motherhood."

Sharon adds: “Katie as a mom is the kind of gal that makes me feel good about the future. She is smart and happy and free of constraints of 'Oh, I should do this, I shouldn't do this.' For her, motherhood's [going to be] like knife in butter. She'll [set] a great example for that little girl.”

Katherine recently confirmed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that she and hubby Josh Kelley are adopting a 10-month-old baby girl named Naleigh from Korea. Little Naleigh is a special needs baby whose birthday happens to be the day before Katherine’s.

Katherine hasn’t given a date for her new daughter’s arrival but states that she will be coming “real soon”.