This afternoon, Ryan Reynolds was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame—an extraordinary event that called for two extraordinary guests to join him. Alongside his wife Blake Lively—dressed in her Serena van der Woodsen finest—were his two daughters. Two-year-old James was especially excited about being at her first red carpet event.

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Reynolds and Lively have not posted any photos of their children before. This marks the girls' first public appearance.

At the ceremony, Reynolds called Lively out in his speech. "I want to thank my wife, Blake, who is sitting right there, who is everything to me," Reynolds said, via

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People.

"You are the best thing, the best thing that has ever happened to me—second only to this star. …You make everything better, absolutely everything in my life better. You've made me the father of my dreams when I thought I only had fun uncle potential." The. CUTEST.

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