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Ever since the news was broken that Alyson Hannigan was pregnant there’s been speculation on how that will manifest on the show. Will Marshall and Lily be having a baby? Will it be ignored? Will we only see Lily from the shoulders up?

In classic HIMYM style, the writers have thrown a curve ball. The pregnancy will be written into the show, just not in the way you might expect. Less babies, more ballparks.

TV Addict has the news that Lily’s larger belly size will be explained as the result of a hot dog eating contest at MacLaren’s. Unconventional? You betcha, but this is the same show that brought up licking the liberty bell and making it rain.

Look for the hot dog gorging during the episode on February 9th.

It’s official, there’s a little one on the way. Not on the show, necessarily, but in the lives of Alyson Hannigan and Alexis Denisof. People confirmed today that Alyson is expecting.

Congratulations to Alyson and Alexis!

This raises a lot of obvious questions in regards to the show. Will it be written into the plot? Will they film more now so they can avoid it? What do we think?

While I was patiently waiting my turn to meet and chat with the cast, I watched them give interviews last week. I didn’t realize those interviews were for TV Guide. Check them out:

Neil Patrick Harris:

Josh Radnor:

Alyson Hannigan:

Cobie Smulders:

Carter Bays and Pam Fryman:

Read more about that night, from TV Guide’s point of view and see all their How I Met Your Mother coverage.

The invitation came without solicitation. Well, that’s not entirely true. I had added Carter Bays and Charlene Amoia as friends on Facebook and, to my surprise, they not only confirmed but Charlene sent me a nice note thanking me for the site. I wrote her back and in a fit of confidence offered to buy her a beer the next time she was in New York. Proving how legendary she really is she did me one better: “How would you like to attend a party in New York tomorrow with Carter Bays, Pam Fryman, and the cast?” I would like that very much I told her.

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Alyson Hannigan turns 34 today. She’s had a lucrative acting career even before Lily Aldrin was one half of L.A.M.E. We first saw her as the band camp geek from the American Pie movies. Then she played Willow on Buffy the Vampire Slayer—one of her most memorable roles. She’s also appeared on Veronica Mars. With her film and television roster, and her girl-next-door charms, Hannigan has set geek’s hearts swooning for many years.

In Alyson’s honor, here is a short bio:

Date of Birth

March 24, 1974, Washing D.C., USA

Birth Name

Allison Lee Hannigan

Height

5′ 6″ (1.68 m)

Trivia

• Was a clarinet player in junior high school.
• Played soccer until she got an injury in her early teens.
• Has a tattoo of tribal dolphins on her ankle, and a japanese kanji, for luck and happiness, on her back.
• She is a spokesperson for breast cancer, and appeared in a brochure to raise awareness about the disease.
• Married to Alexis Denisof. Denisof proposed during a trip to Northern California wine country during the 2002 holiday season. They were married in October 2003. We know Alexis Denisof as egotistical anchorman Sandy Rivers.
• Is of Irish-American decent
• Owns a mansion in Sacramento, California.
• Attended California State University in Northridge, California majored in Psychology
• Was Bob Saget’s babysitter in her teens. Once went on vacation to Hawaii with his family.

Editor’s note: I want to give myself extra-credit for the banner pic above. Do a Google Image Search for Hannigan and see how hard it is to find a good photo. There are some unfortunate Photoshop collages out there of her.