This morning, David and Victoria Beckham became the excited parents (relatively speaking in Posh’s case, but word on the street is that she cracked half a smile) of a newborn baby girl. While the rumors of a Fourth of July c-section were off by a week, that certainly wouldn’t preclude all of the fittingly associated names that Kaiser suggested like “Firework” and “Philadelphia.” Of course, the couple has yet to announce the child’s name, but I’m sure that will come in time as will the predictably adorable photos of doting Daddy Beckham swinging his daughter around in the park; but first, the details:
Victoria Beckham finally has a little girl to dress up.
The pop star-turned-fashion designer and her soccer star husband David Beckham welcomed a daughter at 7:55 a.m. Sunday in Los Angeles
The parents of three sons – Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, 8 1/2, and Cruz, 6 1/2 – announced they were expecting a girl in March.
“Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz are excited to welcome their new baby sister to the family,” says Beckham spokesperson Jo Milloy.
The girl weighed 7 lbs., 10 oz., and was born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. No name was announced.
In order to get ready for the new addition, Victoria, 37, had a pink-themed baby shower in May.
As if this little girl would have been stuck wearing blue hand-me-downs.
“Obviously, having three boys, you kind of expect another one, so finding out a little girl is in there is surprising, but, obviously, we are over the moon,” said David, 36, after the pregnancy was announced.
[From People]
Congratulations to David and Victoria! What a relief it must be for them to finally welcome their little girl into the world. Another added benefit of all of this will be that now Victoria — who has kept a very low profile during this last trimester, only popping out for the royal wedding and Simon Fuller’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony — to finally step out again in full fashion regalia with her little girl all dolled up in a wardrobe that will put that of Suri Cruise to shame. Can you imagine how spoiled this girl will be? Ah well, her parents will probably preemptively knock her down a peg or two with one of their crazy place names. Personally, I’m voting for the kid to be called “San Fernando Valley.”
Update: Victoria and David have named their girl Harper Seven Beckham. Seems a little tame for their tastes, but that’s probably a good thing, right?
Photos courtesy of Fame and WENN
It’s about time she got her girl!!! Congrats to the family!
Congrats to this couple on their miracle of life.
But wow, my ankles are throbbing just looking at those Killer heels. In 40 years, she will have a posture worse than a 90 year old if she continues to wear those kinds of heels, especially while pregnant.
A baby was born. Not a dress up doll.
Congrats! She’s going to have a lot of fun dressing up her little dear, and some lucky moms who shop at consignment stores are going to have their daughters dressed to the nines! (If Posh can resist the urge to keep every little precious thing – it’s so HARD!)
As the mother of 3 boys and 1 girl, it has ALWAYS been easier to find girls clothes than boys (in my price range, at least). Once a little boy hits 6 months, you can forget about finding ANYTHING in a consignment store – little boys usually destroy clothes before they outgrow them. *ducks thrown objects* Please don’t be mad at me for speaking the truth.
@ Bedhead – Really? “San Fernando Valley”? *snickersandgiggles* you do know that’s the porn capital of CA, right? 😀 Why do you think Fed-X moved there?
I’m so happy for them. They seem to be very loving parents. I can’t wait to hear the name! All their kids to seem to be happy and well adjusted.
Wow almost 8lbs! Good job Posh, can’t wait to hear the name…
Aw, good for them 🙂
I can’t wait to see the cute little outfits she puts together for her baby girl.
Yes…but won’t it just be the final irony if THIS one turns out to be a full-blown tomboy and the best “football” player in the brood!
@sinder
thanks for saying that. All I read about the baby is what she will be dressed in. Sad that she is seen that way. And what a terrible thing.
I hope she will just be a beautiful child without all the pressure of how she dresses. So superficial.
I’m glad Suri is getting some competition. I’m getting a bit sick of Suri and her little mini-me get ups – nothing against Suri, I kind of feel sorry for her. She seems lonely to me.
Ironically, I don’t see Posh totally overdoing it. Her boys seem oddly normal for over-privileged kids.
I can’t believe the baby weighed that much. But yayyy for them. I bet the name will be “unique”
Folks on D-listed are saying that according to their FB page, this poor child’s name is Birkin. I so, SO hope this is not true. They’ve wanted a little girl for all this time to name her THAT?
Reminds me of a family we knew when I was a kid: they had 5 boys, finally had a little girl, and what did they name her? Dove. And their last name was Crowe. (No offence to any Dove Crowes out there.)
I am so sure they were surprised it was a girl, after it was genetically pre-selected. And those shoes are just stupid-looking. All the press here in Europe derided her for wearing stripper shoes to the royal wedding. Anyway, CONGRATULATIONS on…. Pippa? Pippa Beckham? I think so.
@12 – Birkin??? Oh, that would be so tacky. After a bag??? Given, I would LOVE that bag but naming a child after a purse is just ridiculous!
I’m surprised by the baby weight too!! Did Posh actually eat? And I cannot believe she was capable of putting those heels on in her last month of pregnancy. She’s super human!!
Congrats to them!! So happy Posh has a little girl!
Their long awaited little girl has arrived at last!I’m just ticked pink for them!
“.. excited parents (relatively speaking in Posh’s case, but word on the street is that she cracked half a smile)”
UPDATE: The Star is reporting that it was only gas…..or the relief there of.
Those are absolutely hideous shoes she’s wearing at that ceremony. And her poor abused feet look positively and totally wrecked, much like SJP’s.
They must be so excited to finally add a girl to their family. Although I too, hope they did not name her Birkin. That would be an ugly, stupid name. Congrats to them nonetheless.
I vote she names her maybe Angelina- after Los Angeles or … hmm Chico, or Maria, or Monica… or –no wait Cruz is already taken LOL- hmm Fransiska…
Edit: aw, no- Birkin? As in a hand bag? I wouldnt place it above Posh…
Congratulations! I hope she doesn’t get a stupid name like Birkin, but it’s better a name like that, than growin up with all that scientolocraziness.
Is she going to call the baby “Victoria”?
Don’t like this lady, never have, never will. Katie Holmes has more personality. What is with the robot expression in every photo? Is she concentrating on ignoring her stomach growling or what?
I know, I can’t believe that baby weighted almost 8 lbs either!
@Sinder, katnip, Jamie and Mouse: Cosign with you all 100%!
Congrats and please give the baby a normal name.
Good grief – I wrote a post for another story – don’t know how it ended up here!
Anyway – BIRKIN? Wouldn’t surprise me.
If they go with a city-themed name, they would go straight for the name, they don’t grasp subtle allusions like Angelina for Los Angeles. I think they’d name the kid Paris, possibly Manhattan, maybe Dallas or some such.
Am happy for them but am dreading what the name will be. Some horrible ghastly ‘unique’ name that only tasteless celebs could think up. Why can’t any celeb give their children normal human names?
Oh, lighten up! Dressing up a baby girl is one of the joys of having one for most women. It doesn’t mean they don’t take them seriously as human beings or will shun them for life if they have a lick of tomboy in them. It’s just fun! Little girl clothes are so cute.
Well, good for them! I can’t wait to hear the name. As a side note: just looking at her shoes on that last photo gives me foot cramps 😉
Oh btw, I think it’s plain stupid to wear heels like THAT when you’re pregnant – imagine if she had turned an ankle? She seems like an idiot.
@ the original bellaluna, I agree about the boys clothes. I also have 3 boys and 1 girl. After the 2nd boy outgrew them most of the clothes were all worn out! Although my daughter loved to wear their jeans, tshirts, sweaters and sweatsuits even if I had to patch them. But I don’t get why little girls clothes are so much more expensive. Congratulations on their healthy baby girl and good luck having a daughter, lol!
That’s wonderful the baby is healthy..
But still quite sad that this is how Victoria “deals” with a chronically cheating husband.
7 lbs, 10 oz.? I can only hope Posh doesn’t put the baby on a diet.
Cograts. Say what you will, but Vic seems like a great mom and David is hands on with those boys. This little girl will be loved.
Congrats!
@ the original bellaluna – agree! I have 3 boys and one girl, so I totally get it!
@ MollyB – yep, I agree. 😉
Congrats to new baby girl, but the Beckhams so used gender selection technique! Rightly or wrongly I’m not sure….
@Alix, lol! Brilliant comment!
Congrats to the Beckhams! And Victoria even waited to give birth when the royals were here!
8 lbs? That’s amazing, given that Victoria was a
f—ing bone rack during the pregnancy. I just can’t congratulate someone who puts vanity before her baby by wearing pencil stilettos and avoiding and insisting on being skinny while pregnant.
Hope her daughter doesn’t end up with Posh’s insecurities.
She must be so happy to finally have a baby girl. Girls can be tough when they’re in their teens. I prefer boys.
I don’t think they used gender selection. David said that at their first ultrasound, the baby was identified as male and was reveled to be a girl at a later one. He even said that Victoria was a little disappointed to not be having a girl. If they used gender selection, I don’t think they would rely on an ultrasound for gender ID.
Ugh…Victoria is one very unattractive person, IMHO. She looks like someone with a very unpleasant personality, and that ruins her appearance. Just my opinion.
She had to have ate well during her pregnancy or her baby wouldn’t be such a normal weight….unless they are fibbing in the weight….I don’t like or dis-like her, except when she wears 6 inch stilettos while pregnant….That must be a Spice Girls Thing because Mel B is pregnant and wears the same kind of stripper heels Posh does…a tad dangerous while you have a little baby in utero….
Poor child. I can only imagine what superficial torture she will endure with Victoria. This woman can’t even enjoy her pregnant body without using a handbag to cover her belly. But she isn’t the only one. David is also OCD. Actually, feel sorry for all their kids. They’ll no doubt pick up on their parents’ anxieties and incorporate them on some level, as most children do.
And I can imagine the strict diet she was also on to maintain her thinness throughout her pregnancy.
OK– so how dangerous WOULD it be to fall off those shoes while pregnant? Posh probably sleeps in those, I doubt she’s turned an ankle since she was 12. Provided you fall like a normal person (on hands and knees, and not flailing to impale yourself on a traffic cone) is it REALLY that dangerous to take a tumble?
I’ve known women who were doing triathlons well into their pregnancies, jumping up on tables, biking, and the kids came out perfectly fine. I just can’t think that evolutionary-wise we’d’ve been designed to lose a baby every time the mother sneezed.
I was surprised at the baby’s weight! Nice and healthy! I heard Posh only gained 14 lbs her first pregnancy…crazy. But all her babies seem healthy, thankfully.
I’m having a little boy and they’re so much harder to shop for. Don’t get me wrong, I hated all the pink with my little girl. But there’s so much more out there for girls! At the store I work at there’s 3 racks for boys, the rest are little girls. So when we mark stuff down for clearance you can imagine how bare the little boy’s part is.
Also, I imagine if she fell she’d probably catch herself on her hands and knees.
Her name is Harper Seven per the english papers
They have named the baby Harper Seven.
Remember the Seinfeld episode with George Constanza ranting about wanting ‘Seven’ as the name for his future child, after his friends ‘took’ the name from him for their new baby.
her name is Harper Seven Backham
Was her daughter born with that same miserable, catatonic frozen expression on her face as mommy?
Like mommy robot, like baby robot?
I love the name Harper. Wonder why they chose Seven?
Seven?!? Is that Beckham’s jersey number (seriously, I don’t watch soccer)? Even still…bleh. I like Harper though. It’s not too horrible.
Yea for her….they seem like a good family..you really don’t hear a lot of negatives…except the whole “nanny issue”. But they didn’t get divorced and worked it through..I like them…cue eyerolls.
Oh, thank God it’s not Birkin. *whew!* I can totally get behind Harper – it’s actually a lovely name – but not Birkin. (I mean, it’s great for a handbag, but not a baby!)
FYI – A pregnant momma doesn’t necessarily have to eat well to have a healthy baby. My daughter had me hospitalised for a full 10 days due to dehydration from morning sickness (from 4 a.m. until midnight every damn day – I lost 27 lbs); I drank sparkling mineral water and ate lemon wedges to help curb the nausea. She still managed to weigh 8 lbs 13 oz at birth. Apparently, providence was involved.
Posh is actually a lot more fun than she’s given credit for, she just doesn’t smile in photos because she thinks she has a funny smile (a direct line from her).
If you ever read interviews etc with her she’s got quite the dry wit and is a lot more astute than you’d think. It’s David who I don’t understand the appeal of to be honest, he’s as dumb as a box of rocks and skeevy to boot.
Still, congrats to both of them.
Maybe now the bytch will crack a smile for once.
Harper is not completely horrible. Surprising.
Seven? @@
seven???as in star trek’s seven?!! why can’t she get her own little ideas. why pinch ideas from a famous series. there’s only one seven! this bitch just couldn’t help herself could she? plus harper sounds like a man whereas romeo and cruz sound just too girly…
We took our baby to the public pool in one of the rich suburbs of our city. Seemed like every other mother was yelling “Harper! Finley! Harper!” I have a feeling she won’t be the only Harper in her kindergarten class.
I was thinking lucky number seven, but the jersey number is cool. Not a big fan of Harper for a girl, but it’s better than it could have been.
Congrats!
This is quite timely! Friday night David visits William and Catherine over at the British Consul-General’s home (he actually wasn’t on the guest list, just showed up as you know he’s BFF with William–texting and phoning all the time 😛 ). Then Saturday David’s doing soccer, and bam, Sunday the baby is born. Whatta weekend for David!
Now what’s up with Harper Seven? I agree with other posters about Seven from the Seinfeld episode, and also maybe it’s because of David’s soccer jersey number or because the baby arrived in the 7th month weighing 7 pounds.
And I’m surprised the baby was normal weight! I guess Victoria did eat something when she was pregnant or the baby fed off her body’s fat reserve cells? 😮
William and Catherine are so going to be godparents to little Harper Seven. How many godchildren does that make for William now? 50?
Seven is his football shirt number, when he played for Manchester United and England he wore seven, it’s a big thing at United especially considering past players who wore it like Cantona and George Best.
Harper Seven? Is that what time she was born?!
So instead of a birkin bag its a harper’s bazaar. Hmm.
I really can’t imagine they’ll go the crazy Suri route with this girl. For one thing they are experienced parents and their boys seem reasonably well-adjusted. Vic might indulge in some cute clothes shopping, but I think they’ll otherwise manage to preserve parenting sanity, unlike Mr & Mrs Sciento…
Congtrats! Am so happy they have a girl this time around> I hope she’s gonna be a beutiful as her mom (my name sake)
i hope Harper would look like brother Brooklyn… not the strong face like Romeo.
Lovely news. I like Posh n Becks as a couple…hope they continue to ride out the divorce and cheating rumours and Becks pull his head in if they’re true. The boys seem to be well-adjusted and rather normal – they seem to be good parents.
Wasn’t there an episode of “Seinfeld” where George Costanza wanted to name his kid Seven?
Congrats to the Beckhams on their new addition.
Didn’t read through all of the comments, so someone may have already said this but, aren’t Posh and Nicole Richie friends? I read somwhere Nicole was at her baby shower. Anyway, I’d be annoyed if my friend chose to name her daughter the same name as my daughter.
@the original Bella, @sassy, @ lucky charm, what’s the birth order of your children? I have 2 boys and will try once more. However, I have a feeling I will be the mommy to 3 boys.
@mollyb, there is a chance they could have used gender selection. Sperm sorting is around 80% effective in producing the desired sex. So they still could have had a boy. Therefore, even if one utilizes sexual selection, you would still have to wait until the 5 month ultrasound to see if the technique worked. If that’s what they did, I don’t blame them one bit. Although there are ethical issues surrounding the practice.
MorticiansDoItDeader – Except Richie’s daughter is named Harlow, not Harper.
@yeahyeahyeah, gotcha! I feel like I’ve heard that name a few times in Hollywood?
@ MorticiansDoItDeader… my 3 oldest are my boys and then my girl! Ages 24, 23, 15 and 11. 🙂
She’s gonna give that kid an eating disorder. And there’s quite a few celebrity kids called Harper already.
MorticiansDoItDeader – Possibly! I’m not sure. I always think Harper’s Bazaar and To Kill a Mockingbird. 🙂
One thing about the Beckham is they appear to be very hands on parents. Glad that they finally have their daughter.
And you picked the worst picture of David Beckham I’ve ever seen as your header shot!