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Jennifer LawrenceandCooke Maroneyare inching closer to becoming mom and dad.
On Friday, the couple, who is currentlyexpecting their first child together, was photographed sweetly hugging one another during lunch in New York City’s downtown Manhattan.
Maroney, an art gallery director, matched his wife in a white t-shirt, dark pants and a khaki baseball cap.
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Lawrence and Maroney were first linked in June 2018, and the pair wereengagedthe following February. The couple thentied the knoton Oct. 19, 2019, in Rhode Island.
A film source close to the actresspreviously told PEOPLEthat Lawrence is “looking forward” to becoming a new parent.
“She loves her work and that will continue,” the source continued. “Like other actors, she will balance her career and her life as a wife and mom. She will do it well. Jen is grounded and ready to be a parent because she loves family life.”
The source also explained that theDon’t Look Upstar is proudly “ambitious and craves her work,” adding, “she knows a fulfilled mom is better than one who gives up what she loves then regrets it. I doubt that would ever happen with her.”
source: people.com
