The “Zoey 101″ actress celebrated her seventeenth birthday yesterday, April 4th and she has a lot to be thankful for. Baby daddy/fiance Casey Aldridge who is renting his parents old house with a friend has had Jamie Lynn staying with him for the past week, giving themselves a chance to practice living together… Aldridge comes home at 5.30pm, after a long day on the jobsite and heads out with his bride-to-be around 7pm. The couple makes a quick stop at Jamie Lynn’s relatives and then goes for some birthday shopping at “Wal-Mart” where they pick out a new bed for Jamie Lynn’s puppy. After the extravagant shopping spree the two grab dinner at “Ruby’s.” This may not be the typical birthday celebration for someone rich and famous, (stripping in a glass of champagne comes to mind) and it’s frankly amazingly refreshing with some wholesome modesty. Hollywood’s got to try much harder to squeeze the ‘country’ out of this girl!

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After a long day of construction work, Casey Aldridge met with future wife/baby’s mother to help her celebrate the night before her 17th birthday. Casey was clad in his dirty work boots and Jamie Lynn in a fluorescent green sweatshirt covering her growing baby bump. The junior-sized parents-to-be kept things quiet and casual with a trip to the local JC Penney and a sporting goods store before a quick stop at a convenience store and then back home.

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Pregnant teenager Jamie Lynn Spears has a diamond ring on her finger, but there are still obstacles to overcome before she and Casey Aldridge, 18, can be married. Her mother, Lynne Spears, has insisted that the couple sign a prenuptial contract to protect the Zoey 101 star’s assets. “The contract is already drawn up and ready to go,” an insider confirms to In Touch. “Lynne’s not sure marriage is a good idea, but she’ll go along with that if that’s what Jamie Lynn wants — as long as Casey signs the contract.” A Spears family confidant says that Lynne, who flew home to Kentwood, La., to celebrate Jamie Lynn’s April 4 birthday, is worried about Casey. “He doesn’t seem as committed to the relationship as Jamie Lynn,” says the confidant, adding that the family is aware of the rumors that he’s cheated. “Lynne is keeping an eye on him.”

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Pregnent Jamie Lynn Spears shows off what appears to be an engagement ring near her Louisanna home.  Jamie Lynn will celebrate her 17th birthday on Friday.

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Mom-to-be Jamie Lynn Spears is sporting some sparkling new jewelry – an engagement ring from fiancé Casey Aldridge.

Spears, 16, has been flashing the rock to friends and family around Louisiana and Mississippi, a source close to the family tells People.

“She’s got an engagement ring,” the source says. “She’s been showing it off, talking about it.”

Spears and her 18-year-old fiancé are expecting the baby this summer. No official word yet on a wedding date for the couple.

As Jamie Lynn Spears nears her summer due date, more and more well wishes are coming her way, including one from Nickelodeon buddy Emma Roberts.

“I think she’ll be a great mom and I wish her all the best with everything cause, you know, that has to be, hard,” Emma tells OK!.

Though the media has presented the two teen starlets to be close friends, Emma claims that’s not the case.

“I’m not really good friends with her,” she says. “I know everyone thinks I know the inside, [but] I don’t even talk to her. I saw her a lot for Nickelodeon and she’s a very sweet girl and really nice.”

If the 17-year-old gets to meet Jamie Lynn’s new bundle of joy, she’ll certainly have much experience being around babies. Her aunt, Julia Roberts, is mom to twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, 3, and 9-month-old Henry, with whom Emma spends a lot of time with.

“I just hung out with her and the twins and the new baby,” she reveals. “We’re just family…She’s a really good mom. It’s really cute to see her with the kids.”

But despite all the family time together, the Unfabulous star concedes she probably won’t be baby-sitting the tykes any time soon even though aunt Julia would let her.

“I don’t know if could handle them, the twins. They are a lot of energy, but they are so much fun.”

With less than three months left before she becomes a mom, Jamie Lynn Spears is living it up — shopping, hanging out with her friends and behaving like any other normal teenage girl.

Even though the paparazzi have invaded her hometown of Kentwood, La., Jamie Lynn seems to have a better handle on them than her big sis, Britney Spears, did. “She has such a level head on her. She is handling this situation with a maturity that is surprising even her own family,” a friend of the Zoey 101 star says.

On March 9th, Jamie Lynn attended a local baseball game. A few days later she went on a coffee run with a girlfriend, and on March 13th, she hit up one of her favorite local shops, Connie’s Jewelry & Gifts, for a few trinkets. “She’s behaving like a pretty normal teen,” the friend says. “She’s not even worried about how much weight she puts on or doing any special exercises. At her age, her body will bounce right back and she knows it.”

As far as her relationship with her sister is concerned, the friend says that Britney and Jamie Lynn talk at least every couple of weeks, and are working to re-establish the closeness they once had.