Dempsey, who met wife Jillian in 1994 when he turned up at her L.A. salon for a haircut, gifted her with diamond studs after the birth of their sons. "She's never been more beautiful to me than she is now," Dempsey (here at last year's Emmy Awards) says of his wife during her pregnancy.
For more on Patrick Dempsey's twins, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.