This is one of the weirdest things I’ve ever read from a new parent attempting to describe his or her babies. Nick Cannon was at some event last night in NYC, and he was asked by the press what life was like with little Moroccan and Monroe. Two outlets got a series of odd comments about the seven-week-old infants:

Nick Cannon had his and Mariah Carey’s 8-week-old twin babies on his mind at the Mercedes-Benz Manhattan opening on Tuesday night.

“My son is a tough guy,” he told us of Moroccan Scott. “He doesn’t cry, he’s already got muscles, so Moroccan was a perfect name for him.”

He seemed to be comparing his daughter, Monroe, to his wife.

“Monroe’s a diva. She always has to get her way, and she loves being held,” he said.

“My son is laid back like me,” Cannon, 30, told Us Weekly Tuesday at the Mercedes-Benz Gala opening in NYC. “My daughter’s a diva like her mom!”

How can the first-time dad tell already that his baby girl is a diva? “When my daughter wants something, she’ll let you know immediately,” he laughed. “With [our son], you kind of feed him when you get around to it, and he’s okay with that.”

The America’s Got Talent host said he and Carey, 42, split diaper duty pretty evenly. But Carey is much better at the dirty task! “My diapers tend to leak,” Cannon admitted.

So just how is Cannon’s Grammy-winning wife adjusting to motherhood? “She’s amazing,” he gushed. “She’s the best mother ever.”

[From Us Weekly and Page Six]

They’re six weeks old! And Moroccan is deemed “a tough guy” with “muscles”? The most bizarre? “…So Moroccan was a perfect name for him!” What does that mean? How many dudes named Moroccan are there, and are they all tough guys with bulging muscles, even when they’re infants? Moroccan better grow up to a be a tough kid, though. You know he’s going to be teased like crazy for that name. Maybe he’ll just go by “Rocky”? “MO-Rocky”?

As for Monroe being a diva like her mom… yes, expected that. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Considering Mariah Carey sold multiple nude or semi-nude pregnancy photos to Life & Style and OK! Magazine UK, it’s been surprising that as of yet, no tabloid has managed to get the first photos of babies Monroe and Moroccan. Mariah gave birth in on April 30 - usually, with most celebrity babies, we would have gotten the first photo before now. So what’s the problem? Well, Page Six claims that Mariah and Nick were and are prepared to sell their baby photos, but it’s all coming down to money, and how “tasteful” the photo spread is. What’s kind of funny is that Mariah honestly thought she would be fielding multi-million-dollar offers for baby photos, like Brangelina:

Mariah Carey is shopping shots of her newborn twins, Moroccan Scott and Monroe, but the pop star will have trouble getting the millions she initially wanted for them, sources say. Multiple mags including People and OK! are jockeying for the photos of the 7-week-old twin boy and girl, which will likely fetch a more modest $200,000.

But sources close to Carey and husband, “America’s Got Talent” host Nick Cannon, say the couple is more concerned with how tastefully the shots are presented than any giant price tag.

“Mariah and Nick are more concerned with doing the right thing than going to the highest bidder,” said a source close to the couple. “They’re talking to a number of publications about doing it in the best and most tasteful way. Nick has said on radio he doesn’t feel entirely comfortable selling pictures of his children. But the first picture remains very valuable to the paparazzi.”

Carey has already landed a few covers with her long wished-for pregnancy. She did a “My Baby Miracle” interview with Us Weekly in November. She then posed naked while pregnant on the cover of Life & Style in April, prompting Cannon to joke on his radio show, “My children are going to have to see these pictures . . . It’s a little weird.”

The twins were born in an LA hospital on April 30 but have not yet been seen in public.

“She is still deciding when and if she’s going to [do the pictures],” said a rep for Carey. “She is enjoying being a mom, and there’s no rush. It’s not about the money.”

Sources say Carey had hoped at first to get much more for the photos, possibly rivaling the most expensive of all time. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie got a reported $14 million for Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline in 2008, although it went to charity.

But, “There’s not much movement going on right now,” said a source. “Everyone wants them, and everyone is putting in offers. But times and budgets have changed from the Brangie baby years.”

[From Page Six]

While I wouldn’t expect Mariah and Nick’s baby photos to fetch anything like Vivienne and Knox Jolie-Pitt (some say around $14 million), I would have thought that they could at least go for a cool million, right? Nick isn’t some big star, but everybody loves Mariah, and she’s a superstar. We want to see her babies! I have a question about this too, and it’s just something that bothers me personally – is this a racial thing? Do weeklies like People Magazine and Us Weekly NOT want to put Mariah and her babies on their cover because she’s mixed race, because she’s married to a black dude, and because her babies are mixed race? God knows, the tabloid covers are almost always a sea of white, and it’s depressing to think that only white babies make weekly covers – but if you look at the history of baby-oriented covers, that‘s the way it goes. It would also explain why Mairah had to go so “downmarket” with her pregnancy photo shoots – she’s a big enough star for those photos to have ended up in Us Weekly or People, but instead they went budget, to Life & Style. It’s just a thought, a theory, please don’t scream at me.

Mariah’s previous pregnancy photos, courtesy of Life & Style, OK! UK.

We finally know the baby named for Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon’s twins. They are (drum roll)…. Moroccan Scott (for the boy) and Monroe Cannon. Little Monroe doesn’t get a middle name, because Mariah doesn’t have a middle name, and she didn’t want her daughter to have one either. I don’t have a middle name either, but I do have an Indian nickname that my family uses that I HATE, so kudos to Mariah and Monroe. Here’s the explanation behind the names:

Mariah Carey and her husband Nick Cannon have finally revealed the names of their twins who were born in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Their son is named Moroccan Scott Cannon, with the nickname “Roc”. Scott is Nick’s middle name, as well as his grandmother’s maiden name.

The top tier of Mariah’s New York City apartment is called the Moroccan Room, because of the Moroccan-inspired decor. It’s also the place where Nick proposed to his wife, overlooking Manhattan!

Their daughter’s name is Monroe Cannon. Mariah’s rep says she does not have a middle name because Mariah herself does not have one. Monroe was named after Marilyn Monroe, who has been an inspiration to Mariah her whole life.

In fact, Mariah purchased the Hollywood icon’s white piano from Christie’s auction house and it is in Mariah’s will that the piano will one day go to the Smithsonian.

Mariah’s rep, Cindi Berger, tells CNN, “It has been a long, emotional journey for this family, and I couldn’t be happier for all of them.”

[From CNN]

Oh, I had forgotten that Mariah has Marilyn’s piano. For some reason, that makes it a little bit better, although I generally hate the trend of naming your baby after a long-dead celebrity. No Peck Cannon or James Dean Cannon, and please, nothing with Marilyn Monroe. But whatever. As for Moroccan… UGH. True, it’s totally not as bad as it could be (Sparklepony Blueberry Razzle Cannon), but it still kind of sucks. Poor babies.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

We still don’t have the baby names, so I’m just sticking with Princess Sparkle Glitter and Blueberry Cannon. Princess and Blueberry were born on Saturday, as I already wrote about on the day of. It turns out that the twins’ birthday was Mariah and Nick’s third wedding anniversary (they were married in 2008), The High Holy Day of Sparkle Glitter Pony Butterfly Action. Many people thought that Mariah had scheduled a C-section for their anniversary, just to be cute or whatever, and perhaps to distract from the royal wedding stuff. According to Mariah’s rep Cindi Berger, not so much: “No, not even Mariah could plan that. I spoke to both of them… and they are both completely overjoyed.”

Nick’s version of events seem to indicate that this was less a planned C-section and more like Mariah going into labor and Nick rushing her to the hospital. According to Nick (and Mariah’s rep), Nick rushed Mariah to the hospital in their Rolls-Royce Phantom and both Mariah and Nick assumed it was another false labor incident. Also, apparently Nick was so nervous that “he went to the wrong unit in the hospital, and had to be guided to the maternity ward by a nurse.”

After the births (the girl was born first!), Nick tweeted: “My wife just gave me the most incredible anniversary gift ever in life! I won’t ever be able to top this! I’m in the happiest place I’ve ever been in my life. I never had more amazing things happening. I am humbled by God’s Favor!”

And that’s not all! It seems that after Mariah gave birth, Rev. Al Sharpton came to the hospital and renewed Mariah and Nick’s vows. FOR REAL.

It’s been a busy week for Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon! One day after the singer, 42, gave birth to twins, the couple renewed their wedding vows with a hospital ceremony conducted by Rev. Al Sharpton on Sunday.

“We just had a wedding in the hospital!” Cannon, 30, confirmed via Twitter.

“Mariah looks great, and the babies are beautiful,” Sharpton, 56, added. “I am so moved by the sincere spiritual commitment of Mariah and Nick. They have not let success separate them from God. I am so proud.”

According to Carey’s rep, the baby girl was born first, weighing 5 pounds, 3 ounces, measuring 18 inches long; her brother followed, weighing 5 pounds 6 ounces, and was 19 inches. Carey and Cannon have not yet named their children.

[From Us Weekly]

It’s just too, too, TOO MUCH. But that’s Mariah. And God bless her. I’m really and truly happy for Mariah and Nick, and I’m so glad the babies are healthy and everything. I tend to believe that Mariah went into labor rather than went in for a scheduled C-section. I think if Mariah was going to schedule it, she would have made sure the hospital was painted pink and that there was a swarm/rabble/flutter/kaleidoscope of butterflies in the delivery room.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Yay! Mariah Carey gave birth to her twins just a few short hours ago. Guess what today is? Mariah and Nick’s anniversary! Only Mariah’s uterus would have it planned this way. Now Nick and Mariah get to celebrate their love all over the place on April 30! Aw, I’m really, really happy for Mariah and Nick and the babies. I love the way Mariah handled her pregnancy publicly, although I know not everybody enjoyed her TMI. I thought it was wonderful – she wanted us to celebrate. So, YAY!

April 30 is double the pleasure for Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon. Not only did they welcome twins, but the couple celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary, too!

Carey, 41, delivered the babies Saturday at 12:07 p.m. EDT at an undisclosed hospital in Los Angeles. Carey’s representative, Cindi Berger, confirmed the births to The Associated Press, saying the baby girl was born first, weighing 5 pounds, 3 ounces, and was 18 inches long; her brother was next, at 5 pounds 6 ounces, and was 19 inches.

And it was just as Cannon predicted. “I’m not trying to be a psychic, but we renew our vows every year so … It’s probably going to be in the hospital this year. I can feel it,” Cannon said Thursday when he guest-hosted The Talk. “We got the minister coming in, so this gown will not be a wedding gown, but a hospital gown.”

Berger says they were listening to Carey’s “We Belong Together” after the children were born.

Long before the births, the couple made no secret of their desire to have children. Last October when they first made Carey’s pregnancy public, Cannon said that “the greatest gift on earth is a child.”

Throughout Carey’s pregnancy, the parents-to-be were cautious about revealing too many personal details since the couple had a “long journey” to parenthood, Cannon said in December.

That the singer was expecting twins was chattered about for months before Cannon finally confirmed it in December.

As for the origin of their babies’ names, Cannon told PEOPLE in January that the couple had aimed for unique but not wacky. “They won’t be crazy names like Carburetor or something,” he promised. “But they’re definitely unique.”

[From People]

Well, congratulations to them, and I can’t wait to hear the names. You know that Mariah’s idea of a “not wacky” name is totally different than our idea. Fingers crossed for some variation of Sparklepony, Blueberry, Princess Glitter, Nickalicious, Butterfly Sequin and/or various gemstones. Ruby, Sapphire (for a boy), Diamond, Aquamarine, Emerald, Garnet, whatever. Congrats, MIMI!!

Photos courtesy of Life & Style and OK! Magazine UK.

So Mariah Carey gave Life & Style exclusive access to her nursery, all decked out and ready for the royal twins to grace it with their presence. Normally this would rate a full cover, but instead Mariah is on the sidebar and the unsurprising news of the latest bachelor breakup gets higher billing. That’s kind of sad for Mariah, only I bet her Life & Style cover didn’t sell that well, and we just saw Nick clutching her pregnant boobs on the cover of OK! UK. She’s overexposed in several meanings of the word and people are kind of shrugging at her at this point.

I mean I wish her well and everything, and I’ll coo over those babies when they arrive, but this is the route Mariah should have been going all along – show the nursery, give an interview fully clothed saying she’s looking forward to being their mom. Instead she’s overselling, getting half naked and talking to every outlet like a Kardashian. I get it, she’s excited, and I bet that Nick has a lot to do with this because he has that radio show and is just a very affable, talk to the press kind of guy. She needs to give it a rest already, though. Here’s some of what she told In Touch:

Soon, Mariah Carey won’t be the only one wailing high notes at home! Mariah and husband Nick Cannon give Life & Style an exclusive first peek at their newborns’ breathtaking nurseries—one in their luxe Bel-Air, Calif., estate and the other at their NYC apartment! Both rooms are filled with comfy chairs, plush stuffed animals and the parents-to-be’s personal touch!

“I wanted to create a beautiful, tranquil, cozy environment for the babies,” Mariah tells Life & Style in an exclusive interview. “Everything matches, but pieces are individualized to celebrate the twins as separate entities.”

Separate — but equally glam! “Designing the LA nursery with Gail Sedigh of AFK Furniture and world-famous decorator Mario Buatta was so challenging because I had such specific ideas I wanted implemented. I feel like I’m bringing two individuals into the world, so I wanted to do more than cookie-cutter styles in blue and pink.” And dad Nick agrees. He wanted the twins’ side-by-side cribs accented with pink and green bedding instead of the traditional pink and blue.

Mariah’s favorite part of the twins’ LA nursery? The cloudscape, star-speckled ceiling. “The ceiling has orangey-pink clouds in a blue sky with golden stars twinkling. It’s based on two songs I wrote that are fan favorites: ‘Underneath the Stars’ and ‘Close My Eyes,’” Mariah tells Life & Style. “Sometimes I just sit in the nursery and stare at the ceiling because I love it so much. To me, it symbolizes wanting my children to dream as big as possible and to let their imaginations be unbridled.” Mariah also incorporated her favorite winged insects, butterflies, into the nursery and super-soft stuffed-animal lambs, what the singer endearingly calls her fans.

Mariah has also been busy coordinating a nursery for the twins at her NYC apartment. “I prefer the East Coast schooling over the West Coast,” Nick tells Life & Style. “But there are other things that come into play, like work.”

While Mariah has enjoyed her pregnancy, she and Nick are certainly ready for the arrival of their son and daughter! “Being a mother is probably the hardest job in the world. I feel like, in a lot of ways, children come into the world to teach us,” Mariah says. “It’s going to be a delicate balance between raising them around glitz and glamour and keeping them grounded. One thing I’m sure of is that I’ll be grateful for the twins every day, no matter what.”

[From Life & Style received via e-mail]

Why is Mariah hustling so much? She’s reminding me of J.Lo a little, in that she has to tout her lifestyle to afford that lifestyle. I mean I know she’s made millions as a recording artist and from her perfumes but does anyone else get the sense that she’s overextended?

Maybe she’s just really overjoyed to share every detail with her fans, though. She also seems to be in a very stable relationship with a guy who adores her. Nick just gushed about her for the umpteeth time, telling People “I’m in awe of my wife. She is the most beautiful, strong person I’ve ever met. Seeing her go through this and have to literally just relinquish everything that she’s always been, and sacrifice her being for her children, is just the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.” I never expected these two to last this long and now they’re going to become parents. Good for them, but they should still tone it down a little. Nothing they do is understated on any level. Look their nursery has a little chandelier in it and mini placesettings for two. That tiny table just slays me.

Last week, we got to see Mariah Carey’s epic, naked pregnancy photo on the cover of Life & Style. Many criticized Mariah for giving (selling?) the photos of L&S, one of the most budget tabloids, but considering she also gave L&S the exclusive on the babies’ genders, I think Mariah probably has an existing relationship with someone at the mag or something. Anyway, this week’s gem comes via the British OK! Magazine – even more naked pregnant photos, this time with Nick feeling up his lady. Oh, Mariah. I LOVE YOU.

There are a few excerpts from the OK! Mag piece, and of course it’s all Mariah:

Mariah says: “You can tell the personalities a bit. In viewing our ultrasounds, our boy is all ready like Nick, like, ‘Here I am, take my picture or don’t, and our girl is coyly facing the other way, like, ‘No pictures,’ waiting for a proper debut. I took some ultrasound footage of them in the womb that I think they’ll definitely find interesting later in life.”

[From OK! Mag UK via Dlisted]

Look, I know some of you might think these photos are cheesy and gross and weird and creepy and all kinds of wrong, but you know what? It’s Mariah, bitches. She wants us to celebrate her love and her babies and her life, and I for one am celebrating. She’s magnificent. Budget and magnificent.

Photos courtesy of OK! Magazine UK, Life & Style, and MariahJournal.

Mariah Carey has given yet another exclusive to Life & Style Magazine, this time letting them do a “pregnant photo shoot” plus cover interview. A few months ago, she also confirmed to L&S the sex of the babies – one boy and one girl. Now, these are not the first photos of Mariah’s massive bump that we’ve seen – she also tweeted a photo of her bump with a butterfly painted on it. Obviously, because “Butterfly” is going to end up in at least one of these baby names, right? Raspberry Butterfly Cannon Blueberry Butterfly Cannon. Anyhoodle, in this interview, Mariah makes it clear that while she has issues with everybody all up in her womb, she also feels like she owes it to her fans to enjoy every second of her pregnancy. I love her.

Mariah Carey has posed for her fair share of portraits, but none has been as personal or emotional as these exclusive belly-baring snaps. Mere days away from welcoming her first and second child, Mariah proudly showed off her pregnant body to Life & Style.

“I was feeling very vulnerable about taking pictures at all right now, but then I didn’t want to miss this opportunity to document this once-in-a-lifetime experience,” Mariah exclusively tells Life & Style. “My ultimate goal was to share this incredibly personal moment with my true fans.”

And the twins — a boy and a girl — were clearly ready for their closeups.

“The babies were kicking almost the entire time; it was unbelievable,” Mariah tells Life & Style. “Especially the girl — clearly she’s a diva in training! We didn’t start shooting until 1:30 a.m. because I was in the hospital from the night before until the day of the shoot with contractions five minutes apart!”

Indeed, although Mariah’s not due for a few weeks, the twins could be making their grand entrance sooner rather than later. Contractions sent mom to the hospital on March 27. But for now, Mariah and soon-to-be-dad Nick Cannon are simply reveling in their twin bliss! And Nick says he is more attracted to his wife than ever.

“I thought I couldn’t love Mariah more,” he tells Life & Style. “But I have a whole new appreciation and admiration for her.”

Mariah adds, “Now I have so much respect for mothers everywhere, especially those who’ve had difficult pregnancies or given birth to multiples. We need to have Mother’s Day once a week!”

[From Life & Style]

How did she know the girl was kicking? The boy could be destined for show business too, Mariah! Especially when they name him Royal Butterfly Cannon.

Is anyone else genuinely pleased with Nick’s devotion to Mariah? I am. I didn’t think this junk would last, but they seem to “get” each other and have a surprisingly solid marriage. I hope Mariah and Nick and the babies stay healthy these last few weeks, and I hope everything goes well for Mariah in the delivery room. I’m starting to feel itchy from anticipation!

Photos courtesy of Life & Style, Mariah’s Twitter.

You may have already heard that pregnant Mariah Carey went to the hospital on Sunday after suffering contractions. Mariah is pregnant with twins, and from what I can tell she’s due soon so it might not have been that dangerous to the babies if she had them at this point. Mariah was sent home, though, which is good news, and she celebrated by having her belly painted (with a blue and red butterfly, natch) and tweeting the photo above. On Mariah’s belly over the butterfly was written “Dem Babies.” It turns out that Mariah went to the hospital right before her third wedding anniversary with Nick. (Wikipedia has their anniversary as 3/30, but she’s tweeting anniversary wishes already so it could be earlier than that. Update: It was her 41st birthday – thanks BiteMe for pointing that out!)

Mariah Carey, who in October announced that she is pregnant, was hospitalized on Friday night with contractions.

“So #dembabies really wanted 2 celebrate w/us/share the anniversary! I started having contractions last night..went 2 the hospital-” Carey tweeted on Saturday. “Finally they said I could come home after they got it under control but.. They almost came on 3/27- happy anniversary in deed!!! We have a few more weeks 2 go but- wow!!!: ) #soreadyallready!”

The singer… tweeted a photo of a butterfly painted on her belly on Monday. Along with the photo, she wrote, “My attempt @ festiveness on 327! For ATLITL thank u + I♥U! Comin soon #dembabies! LYMA+thanx 4 making me happy:).”

Carey announced in October that she is pregnant; she’ll be having twins, one boy and one girl.

[From Huffington Post]

Those babies can’t come out on Mariah and Nick’s anniversary Mariah’s birthday! Don’t they know that date is sacred and that their birthday will cut into Mariah’s Disney and Hello-Kitty themed parties?

Mariah has since deleted that tweet and photo from what I can figure out, so I guess she’s kind of embarrassed by it and regretted putting it out there. Either that or Nick told her to take it down because it was too personal.

I know Mariah is excessive as all get out, but that’s part of the reason I really want to see a photo spread of her with the twins. She’s sure to have one of the most elaborate and expensive nurseries that was ever made. Mariah’s twin baby photos will put J.Lo’s poser couture spread with the twins to shame.

Photos from Mariah Carey’s twitter and WENN.com

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon had a baby shower for the soon-to-be-born girl and boy twins this weekend in Beverly Hills. Like everything these two do, it was excessive to say the least. Their shower registry included $10,000 crib sheets, a $350 car seat cover and a $1,200 stuffed giraffe, of which they received two.

The Conservatory Grill at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills was transformed into a blue-and-pink wonderland Sunday, as Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon celebrated the upcoming arrival of their twins with an elegant baby shower.

The parents-to-be arrived at 7 p.m., with Cannon, 30, behind the wheel of a black Rolls-Royce that he gave Carey, 41, as a Christmas gift. They were joined by friends including American Idol judge Randy Jackson.

The adults-only shower had a warm and romantic atmosphere with small cocktail tables that were decorated with pink roses and blue hydrangeas. (They are expecting a boy and a girl.) Pink and blue balloons also dotted the private event.

“Mariah has been anxiously awaiting her shower, and she was very excited when she arrived at the hotel,” says a source. “She couldn’t wait to celebrate her baby twins with her friends.”

Carey and Cannon received many pink-and-blue-wrapped presents and several lavish gifts, including two almost life-size stuffed giraffes and two chairs hand-made for the twins.

Guests nibbled on gourmet appetizers and sipped Angel champagne.

“Mariah had the best time at her shower,” says the source. “She was very touched by how nicely everything turned out and excited about all the generous gifts she received. She has been feeling a bit tired and worn out lately, but the shower was an event that she really enjoyed and that made her very happy. Now she can’t wait to meet her baby twins!”

[From People]

When Lainey ran this story, she basically said it was gross and included this link for helping Libyan refugees. This is what some celebrities do, though, they have huge parties for major events in their lives and they request presents that are fit for the outrageous lifestyles they live. What makes Mariah’s excessive baby shower any worse than any other day in her life, or in the life of any other celebrity or rich person throwing money around like it’s nothing? There are plenty of places in the world where the way we live as “average” Americas would seem ridiculously foolish and luxurious.

In lighter news, Nick has said that he and Mariah have some potential names picked out for the babies but that they “don’t know until you actually see them in person. Maybe we’ll come up with something new. We’ll know on the day they are born.” He previously joked that all their future children would be named Mariah “no matter if they’re boys or girls,” like George Foreman’s kids. It’s better than “Butterscotch Bomb Pop Cannon,” and “Sparklekiss Minnie Marshmallow Cannon.” (I stole that bit from Kaiser. She should invent a Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon twin name generator website. You know whatever they come up with is going to be more inventive than we could anticipate though.)

Photos are from December, 2009 and January, 2010. Credit: WENN and Fame