Mariah Carey and some guy named Nick Cannon who has, evidently, done some stuff, recently celebrated one year of blissful matrimony.  They chose to celebrate in true Mariah-style: in Las Vegas.  After exchanging wedding rings in a surprise ceremony in the Bahamas last year, they decided to make the anniversary party a major event, taking over the Palms Casino Resort for an evening of fine dining and blissful trips down memory lane.

After a dinner of surf ‘n turf, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, chocolate chip cookies and, inexplicably, crème brulee, the party moved into the Palms’ famous Moon nightclub.  Guests were treated to a video montage created by Cannon to commemorate their year together—him carrying her dog at Sundance, him carrying her dog in LA, him carrying her dog to a limo in New York.  The 39 year-old songstress was brought to tears, gushing that, “I have the best man in the whole wide world.”

Mariah, You Are Not A Size 2. Almost No One Is. Deal With It.

Mariah, You Are Not A Size 2. Almost No One Is. Deal With It.

Cannon DJ’ed the party, which featured 1,000 balloons dropping from the ceiling and an elegant four foot, five-tiered Duncan Hines yellow cake.  Nick definitely knows how to please his woman—three desserts is an idea Mariah can always get behind.  Wearing a floor-length, but—of course—low cut and skin-tight white dress for the event, the Cannon-Careys made sure it was a classy event all the way ‘round.

At the time of the engagement, rumors circulated that Cannon, in order to buy a suitably-gigantic ring, went into huge debt.  There was also talk that he had put the ring on lay-away.  He finally addressed the rumors in a post-party interview, when he said, jokingly, that he wished he could put something that big on lay-away.  He apparently makes a lot of money, although he seemed to only appear on everyone’s radar after he married Mariah Carey.  He is generally referred to as an ‘actor’ in articles. 

So the ‘actor’, when asked what he could possibly get for the woman who can buy herself anything twice, gave the only possible logical answer: a Jack Russell terrier.  Now she has two hyperactive youngsters to feed.  And her other dog, too.

Lamenting that the couple had not gone on a honeymoon, even though they married in the Bahamas, Cannon revealed that they would be taking a vacation.  After spending some time in the Maldives, they returned to LA, where Mariah has been seen looking especially zaftig and even a little jowly.  Naturally, pregnancy rumors abound. 

We have watched the roller coaster ride of Mariah Carey’s weight since the beginning of her career, so it is hard to know if the rumors are true.  With Nicole Ritchie, a baby bump is obvious.  With Mariah, it’s a little different.  She might just be chubbing out.  It happens.  Unless she has a gestation period that rivals that of the elephant, we simply cannot judge whether Mariah Carey is pregnant or not based on her weight.

Either way, congrats to the happy couple and their yipping, jumping new bundle of fur, Cha Cha.