James Van Der Beek Tweets Baby News

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Former "Dawson's Creek" star James Van Der Beek is a new dad!

The actor tweeted the baby news Monday, writing: "Had the blessing of becoming a father over the weekend... Couldn't come close to describing this bliss even if I had 140 million characters."

He later took to his Twitter to spill the details about his new daughter, tweeting: "Olivia Van Der Beek, born 9/25. I apologize in advance for any obnoxiously precious new-dad tweets that may follow. I'm under her spell..."

The new dad is certain he can get his baby girl to be a sports fan, writing: "If I watch football w/ my daughter now, she'll like the sounds of the NFL & want to watch it w/ me when she's older #momdoesntthinkso."

Over the summer, Van Der Beek tweeted other big news, announcing that he married Kimberly Brook, the mother of his new baby.

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