Jionni LaValle

Jionni LaValle is Snooki's baby daddy and apparently her fiance too.

Despite the fact that the Jersey Shore star hasn't confirmed either life development, the cat's out of the bag that he got Snooki pregnant (a Jersey City baby store has already been tipped off) and she's engaged to Jionni LaValle (she's wearing a ring).

Anyway, here are a few things we know about the "lucky" guy ...

• Not a big fame seeker. Emilio Masella or Jeff Miranda, he's not. No tabloid deals, revenge hook-ups, no interest in Jersey Shore. Pleasantly surprising.
• Not a juicehead. Snooki even admits she "wasn't sure about him at first because he isn't the typical gorilla." Yes, this was a potential negative factor.
• He gets along with her family. Jionni went on a family vacation with Snook to Disney World and a road trip to Pennsylvania, fitting in with the Polizzis.
• He's studying to be a teacher. Seriously. Like his two older brothers, Jionni is studying to get his teaching degree. Contributing to society? Amazing.
• He cooked her pickle pancakes, she Tweeted. That may beat a diamond ring. Case closed - time to wife this guy up, Snooks. Talk about a keeper.

Not only is Snooki pregnant courtesy of Jionni LaValle, she's engaged to the guy.

According to People, citing unnamed, close sources, the Jersey Shore star and her now husband-to-be quietly got engaged and will welcome a baby later this year.

"I know he's the one so I know the ring's gonna come soon," Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi said earlier this year, though she said she had no idea a proposal was coming.

Snooki and Jionni LaValle have been together for over a year, despite her penchant for dropping her pants every time alcohol and Vinny Guadagnino are around.

Rumors first surfaced that she was expecting in late January / early February, but she denied it, telling GMA, "I definitely do want kids, but I'm not pregnant."

That was BS. To her credit, but still. Snooki reportedly did not want to make the public announcement until she passed 12 weeks ... or got a tabloid cover deal.

Snook's rep and MTV have not commented, but the cat is out of the bag. Not only have multiple sources let it slip, but baby stores in Jersey City were tipped off.

The 24-year-old hard-partying, GTL-loving star has reportedly turned over a new leaf and is determined to take pregnancy and impending motherhood seriously.

We'll believe it when we see it, but here's hoping.

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Looks like it's official: Snooki is pregnant. God help us.

We have Jionni LaValle to blame for getting Snooki pregnant. Having dated for about a year at this point, the tanned couple is expecting its first child together.

"She's about 3-4 months along now," a source tells E!'s Mark Malkin, as reliable a person as there is in the celeb gossip field. So why hasn't she confirmed it?

1. She doesn't want to jinx it
2. She wants to get PAID

The 24-year-old Jersey Shore cast memnber (real name Nicole Polizzi) is hoping to turn the pregnancy into money-making deals, according to the New York Post.

She's also deeply superstitious about adhering to the rule of reaching the 12-week mark before breaking the news. Now that it's passed, expect it imminently.

Earlier this month, Snooki shot down Star magazine claims that she was expecting. But she lied, according to E! and the Post, and is totally with child. Eeeek.

Snooki has always said she dreamed of being a mom one day. "I want two, a boy and a girl," she said in 2010. "I'm going to name them Isabella and Frankie."

No word yet on whether it will be Isabella or Frankie arriving this year, but the world's collective I.Q. may well drop a couple of points. Girl is not bright. Or sober.