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Patrick Dempsey Advises Michelle Monaghan on Parenting

Originally posted 06/06/2008 03:00PM

Before Michelle Monaghan went public with news that she's pregnant with her first child, her Made of Honor costar, Patrick Dempsey was already aware of her condition.

"It was a big secret, and I wasn't allowed to tell anyone, but I knew Michelle was pregnant, and I am thrilled for her," Dempsey, 42, told PEOPLE on Friday – as he prepared to race this weekend in the Six Hours of the Glen Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series at Watkins Glen International in upstate New York.

"She will be a great mom because she has a good head on her shoulders, a fine husband, and overall, she is a lovely woman," he said.

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Michelle Monaghan Expecting First Child | Michelle Monaghan

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Michelle Monaghan Expecting First Child

Originally posted 06/02/2008 07:15PM

Made of Honor star Michelle Monaghan and her husband Peter White, a graphic designer, are expecting their first child, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.

Monaghan's rep Jennifer Allen, who confirms the news, says, "They are very excited." Monaghan, 32, is due in late fall.

The Mission: Impossible 3 beauty started dating White after the two met in a New York bar, and the couple married in August 2005.

At the Made of Honor premiere in New York in April, Monaghan told PEOPLE that children were "in our future, for sure."

"I love children and it's something that I've always wanted, to be a mother and have kids," she said.

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