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Last year, a trip to Cancun during spring break would mean nonstop partying for Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi – but times have changed.
Instead, the pregnant Jersey Shore star, 24, is enjoying sober girl time with best friend Jenni "JWOWW" Farley in Mexico at a "family friendly" resort while the two film their MTV spinoff.
"She's having fun soaking up the sun with non-alcoholic drinks," a source tells PEOPLE. "She's not drinking alcohol; she's getting a lot of rest."
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Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi had an idea for whom she wanted in the delivery room besides fiancé Jionni LaValle when she gives birth to her first child: Paul "Pauly D" Delvecchio!
"She told me she wants me to deejay the delivery room," Delvecchio, 31, tells PEOPLE. "I told her I'll just deejay the baby shower."
His baby shower role will have to come in between his deejaying at Las Vegas's Hard Rock Hotel, where he is beginning a deejaying residency, as well as his show The Pauly D Project, which premieres on MTV March 29.
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People can say what they want about Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi's pregnancy news, but Deena Cortese says her BFF will be a natural at raising a baby with fiancé Jionni LaValle.
"I think Nicole is going to be a great mom," Cortese, 25, told Ryan Seacrest Friday on his KIIS-FM morning show. "She's a very genuine person and her heart's always in the right place. She always puts people before her."
Even though Polizzi, 24, has a reputation for being a party girl, Cortese says her pal has always imagined starting a family in her future.
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Can you spot a baby bump?
A pregnant and engaged Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, 24, got back to work and was photographed filming a scene for her Jersey Shore spinoff show in Jersey City, N.J., on Wednesday night – all dolled up in feline fashions including leopard-print tights and a black tiger T-shirt.
That outfit matches Snooki's apartment decor, as she and best buddy Jenni "JWoww" Farley were recently seen outfitting their new place with animal-print furniture.
The new MTV show is as yet untitled, but will reportedly focus on Snooki's transition from party girl to mother.
– Tim Nudd
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Who knew Jionni LaValle would be the man of Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi's dreams.
When Snooki started out on Jersey Shore, she said her "ultimate dream is to move to Jersey, find a nice, juiced hot tan guy and live my life" – and as the show's seasons have gone on, she has been able to do just that.
But it wasn't until August 2010 that she met LaValle, the guy who stood out from the others, and the one who has stuck around the longest.
"I'm like, 'I want to marry you!' " Polizzi, 24, giddily told PEOPLE a year ago about her man. "I know he's the one."
And now the two are engaged and expecting – certainly connecting the two for life.
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Just a few days after PEOPLE confirmed that Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is engaged and pregnant, her fiancé, Jionni LaValle, took to Twitter to share excitement for their big news.
"Thank You everyone!! Sorry about that wait but glad everyone's happy!!" he wrote on Wednesday afternoon, referencing the weeks of speculation about their bundle of joy.
"Nicole and I are real excited!! Our baby is going to be #ShortnTan."
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Newly engaged Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is still in the early stages of her pregnancy, but she already has a list of names in mind for her baby.
For a girl, the Jersey Shore star told PEOPLE in 2011 that she loves the names Gia and Isabella. In November, she told GQ she also likes the name Giana.
If her bundle of joy is a boy, Polizzi told PEOPLE that she would consider the names Tony and Frankie, but told the men's magazine that she'd also think about honoring her new fiancé, Jionni LaValle, by naming the child Jionni Jr.
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Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi demanded a big engagement ring – but is that what she got?
A few hours after PEOPLE broke the news of her engagement, the pregnant Jersey Shore star – who just said "yes" to a proposal from Jionni LaValle – was photographed wearing some fancy ring-finger bling that a source tells PEOPLE LaValle picked out himself.
"He knows it should be big, 'cause if it's small I'm saying no, like, 'Get another ring!' " Polizzi, 24, told PEOPLE in January, prior to her engagement.
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Not only is Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi expecting her first child with Jionni LaValle, but PEOPLE has learned that the happy couple is also engaged!
The Jersey Shore star, 24, and her now husband-to-be will welcome a baby later this year, a source confirms.
"I know he's the one so I know the ring's gonna come soon," Polizzi told PEOPLE on Jan. 12 – though at the time, she had no idea a proposal was coming.
"Well, not soon-soon. He knows it should be big, cuz if it's small I'm saying no. Like, 'Get another ring!' "
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Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi hasn't responded to the latest rumors that she's pregnant, but sometimes actions speak louder than words.
In a new photo, the Jersey Shore star seems to be using some tried and true tricks to mask a possibly growing belly.
Pictured out in Jersey City on Thursday, Polizzi is seen carrying a large purse in front of her belly and wearing a loose-fitting blouse. The style is a change from her usual body-hugging fashion.
Still, the evidence is far from conclusive: The reality star's leopard print top does not appear to bulge in the baby bump area.
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