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"Pauly D has a special person to celebrate the holidays with this year -- his baby girl Amabella! The Jersey Shore alum (real name: Paul DelVecchio) recently found out that he he fathered a now 6-month-old daughter with former Las Vegas one-night fling, Amanda Markert. According to the reality star, holding his little bundle of joy for the first time earlier this month was an &amp;quot;exciting feeling.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I was nervous if she wasn&amp;apos;t going to like me,&amp;quot; the 33-year-old told Us Weekly at the F*ck Cancer NYC Charity Event in NYC Thursday, Nov. 21. &amp;quot;But the second I saw the baby her eyes just lit up, it&amp;apos;s almost like she knew,&amp;quot; he gushed. &amp;quot;It was amazing. I knew she was mine right off the bat too because she looks just like me. She came right over to me and put her arms right up to me.&amp;quot; He laughed: &amp;quot;[She] grabbed my hair! That&amp;apos;s the first thing she went for. And then she was biting my nose.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I didn&amp;apos;t know what to expect, and then you know, it&amp;apos;s almost like I knew what to do. I felt comfortable holding her. It was an exciting feeling [and] all the nervousness went away,&amp;quot; he added, boasting that his little girl bears a strong resemblance to him. &amp;quot;She has the same big eyes. Same forehead, [and] same mouth.&amp;quot; The star&amp;apos;s mom, Donna DiCarlo DelVecchio, also got the chance to meet the little girl.\r\nWhile the first meeting proved to be an exciting one, there&amp;apos;s seemingly still a long way to go with the mother of his child. On Oct. 24, former Hooters waitress Markert was spotted visiting Reynolds &amp;amp; Scheffler Law Offices in Atlantic City amid the parents&amp;apos; custody battle.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;That&amp;apos;s what we&amp;apos;re working out now,&amp;quot; he said of the custody proceedings. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m going to see [Amabella] as much as I possibly can, but there&amp;apos;s a process because of the way that everything happened. So it&amp;apos;s in the lawyer&amp;apos;s hands, but I just want to give the baby the best life possible. I want to see her as much as I possibly can.&amp;quot;\r\nAnd that means on the road, too. &amp;quot;I travel a lot, but when I&amp;apos;m in Vegas I&amp;apos;m going to have a nursery there, when I&amp;apos;m in Rhode Island I&amp;apos;m going to have a nursery there.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBut for now, Christmas shopping is a main focus for the DJ. &amp;quot;I got a ton of clothes. I&amp;apos;m big on sneakers so I got her a ton of Jordans already to match me. She&amp;apos;s going to be a fresh little girl,&amp;quot; he exclaimed.\r\nAs for any plans for baby No. 2? &amp;quot;One day, one day. One at a time though I just had this one!&amp;quot; he said. Another thing he won&amp;apos;t be pumping the breaks on? One-night stands! &amp;quot;Uh no,&amp;quot; he said of stopping. &amp;quot;Protection!&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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