If you can’t guess who the talented, lovely lady is, here’s a Tweet claiming that these recent photos were taken by surprise:

Yup, it’s Lily Allen! And these photos were taken outside of a recording studio late last week in London. Sources are saying that writing the music for the ‘Bridget Jones’ play only whetted her appetite to return to the studio. From AceShowbiz:

“Her life has changed so much since her last album and she now has a different perspective,” a source told the Daily Star about how she evolved since 2009′s “It’s Not Me, It’s You”. The source added, “Lily wants a more mature sound and is penning tracks about Ethel and Sam.”

“Lily has been in the studio trying different sounds and writing new tracks,” the insider furthermore testified. “She’s not at a stage where she can start recording but the new album is definitely underway and there’s a chance it could be released early next year.”

Talking about how the decision to return to music entered her mind, the source stated, “When Lily retired she honestly thought she’d never record again. But she started writing for the new Bridget Jones musical and that gave her the bug back.”

I’m so happy for the things that Lily’s accomplished. She had her baby, started her family, took a break from music to get some perspective on things, like she wanted, and now she’s back! I fully expect her new stuff to be even better than ever, because Lily Allen’s just f-cking awesome, point blank, and she’s always set in a soft spot in my heart.

Former (?) pop star Lily Allen has finally done it: she had a baby girl! (The father is Allen’s husband, London-based painter Sam Cooper.)

And some serious congratulations are in order, here. I don’t know if you remember all the crises Lily Allen has somehow lived through—celebrity gossip is a fickle mistress with a short memory—but there was a distinct phase of her stardom where she was out-Winehousing Amy Winehouse. It was actually kind of tough to keep the two straight for a minute there.

But once Allen domesticated herself—she has always been really open about wanting to get into a “family way”—she suffered, count ‘em, two miscarriages, all by the ripe old age of 25. And while I want to keep this blog light and airy, I can’t be too cavalier: for a woman who has issues with getting pregnant, a miscarriage is one hell of a way to have a dream deferred. Poor Lily.

But all’s well that ends well! In Lily’s own words, “Totes amaze.”

Did I miss something? How did I not know this? I mean, I know we’d speculated about it after she tied the knot back in June, but I wasn’t sure that it was an official thing. But hey. According to girlfriend‘s Twitter, she’s expecting, and she’s pretty far along, at least out of her first trimester, anyway:

“My husband just called me his ‘little Fat Controller’ – like off of Thomas the Tank Engine, so not LOL.”

This followed a comment made last week, also via Twitter:

“I can’t cross my legs any more, is that normal?”

Which is so funny, because I said the very same thing last night. Seriously. As I sat on the couch with a plate of pizza rolls, watching the Cowboys struggle to put a beat-down on the Redskins, I casually mentioned to my husband that I was no longer able to cross my legs, either. But that’s not because I’ve had too many pizza rolls (OK, well maybe a little bit), it’s because I’m almost twenty weeks pregnant as well. I’ve got little wiggle room left for these kinds of things, and apparently Lily’s in the same boat. I so hope she births this little baby; she’s been trying for so long, and there’s nothing – nothing – she’s been more serious about over the past few years than finally becoming a mama. Congrats, and good luck, girl!

I want nothing but the best for Lily Allen, and you should too. This girl had such a horrible time this past year, she deserves some happiness.  And boy, does she look happy.  Look at her, how adorable is she in these pictures?  Her little earmuff veil and her adorable smile?  I can’t handle all this adorable.

In addition to her wedding, she might also have another reason to be smiling, and that reason is a baby! According to The Daily Mail, Lily’s brand new husband, Sam Cooper, announced today at the wedding that Lily is pregnant again.  If that’s true, and judging by Lily’s choice in wedding dresses, it’s definitely a possibility, then this will be her third pregnancy – the first two ended in miscarriages. Let’s hope that if Lily is pregnant, everything goes well and everyone ends up happy and healthy and lovely, and if she’s not, then we can still hope the same.

And now for some pretty pictures!

Images courtesy of D-Listed

A lot of people were all broken up when Lily Allen said that she was taking a hiatus from her music career to start delving further into the fashion world by opening up a vintage clothing store, but now that sneak-peeks of her designs are emerging (and getting a pretty positive response in general), those die-hard fans of hers just might have another reason to be stoked over girlfriend’s talents.

Lily and company have opened a store in the UK called Lucy in Disguise, and apparently, business has been so good that it’s beginning to necessitate some rad homemade designs from the equally-rad Lily herself.

Check out the sampler of designs in the gallery. Would you wear this stuff? I’m pretty partial to the green dress on the bottom right, I gotta say … the one with the cacti and horses, though? Unless I’m stunt doubling on a Hey Dude remake, not so much.

Lily Allen suffered her second miscarriage this year, but her half-sister Sarah Owens says that she and her partner Sam Cooper are expected to try again in the New Year. In an exclusive interview with The Daily Mail, Sarah spoke openly about her sister’s troubles and her desire to not give up on being a mom:

“New Year, new start. Losing the baby has totally devastated her, she’s still grieving. I didn’t realise the impact something like this could have on someone, and as a sister it’s been painful to watch. Lily won’t let this stop her, she is absolutely determined to be a mum. This is what she wants more than anything in the whole wide world, more than her singing career. It’s always been her dream. Lily hasn’t been in a great place, but she’s getting there. It’s been a long, hard road. She is in the country with her boyfriend and doing wholesome things. They’re going to start trying (for a baby) in the New Year.”

My heart breaks for Lily, not only as a fan, but as a woman who never wants to see another woman go through this sort of pain. She’s so young and there are so many options to help with fertility that I doubt she’ll be without a baby for long, but it’s hard to imagine the depth of the pain she’s experiencing.