's little baby bump made its red carpet debut this week. The pregnant star glowed as she stepped out in New York for an awards ceremony, showing off her
new curvesin a stretch tulle gown by Michael Kors.
Blake, 27, announced that she and husband
Ryan Reynoldswere
expecting their first baby togetherearlier this month. And at the event she told E! News that she feels she has "always been a mama"."
I came from a big family, a big family of Southerners," the
Gossip Girlstar said. "I feel like I've always been sorta… I'm the youngest of five, so I never raised any siblings below me, but I'm always the person who's taking everyone else's kid and putting them on my hip, so
I've kinda always been a mama."
A
fashion favourite, Blake will have the chance to
showcase her maternity styleover the coming months. And at Thursday's event – the God's Love We Deliver, Golden Heart Awards – she
shared her secretwith
US Weekly: "I'm going to amp up my style by wearing things that are stretchier, cause that's all that fits!" she joked.
Blake revealed she was pregnant earlier this month via her
lifestyle website, Preserve. It is the first child for Blake and 37-year-old Ryan, who met on the 2010 set of
The Green Lantern, and surprised friends, family and fans by
marryingin September 2012 in a secret ceremony.