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By Will Stroude

We’re not usually ones to get excited by the prospect of financial planning, but a touching new advert from US firm Allstate Insurance feauting quite possible the CUTEST baby of all time has got us sold.

The two minute video entitled ‘Here’s to Firsts’ follows new dads Danny and Andrew, as they recount how their lives have been changed since adopting their baby daughter Nora Alice a year ago.

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“The second we held her I knew that she was ours. Everything I think in our lives including the little girl has been meant to be,” one father says.

“Within our lifetime, we have gotten married and had a child,” his partner adds. “Twenty years ago, that wouldn’t have happened. So, my hope is that she does not face the same obstacles that we did. But I’m not wishing her no obstacles. Just ones that will make her equally as strong.”

Hold onto your ovaries and check it out below:

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