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"You have to find balance," the My Name Is Earl actress tells PEOPLE. "You have to make time for yourself and find 'me' time, whether that means taking a 15-minute bath or taking time to work out while someone watches the kids."
Taking a night off from parenting with fiancé Eric Cubiche – Dezi was with Pressly's mom in California – the pair stepped out at the Dec. 29 opening of Home St. Louis, a nightclub in St. Charles, Mo., and Pressly raved about her son's first Christmas.
"It was great. He didn't care about any of the toys. He only cared about the wrapping it came in-the tissue paper and the boxes."
Pressly says it took her 12 weeks to shed the 42 lbs. she gained after Dezi's May 2007 birth. "I did it the old-fashioned way. I worked out with a trainer and resistance weights, and I dieted. I did the cabbage soup diet twice."
Is she ready for another baby? "We definitely want more children. Just not right now," says the 30-year-old actress, who hasn't set a wedding date. "We're happy with things the way they are. Look at Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. They make it work [without being married]."
As for New Year's resolutions, Pressly vows "to keep a balance in my life between my son and Eric and work. If you don't," she says, "this business can get out of control."
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