Jenna Dewan‘s daughter is over the moon about becoming a big sister.

“It was excitement all around. Everywhere excitement,” Dewan tells PEOPLE in the latest issue of sharing her happy news with her daughter and other family members. “[Everly] said she’s waited her whole life for a sibling. ‘I’ve waited my whole life for this, Mom.’ It is so cute.”

TheGracefully Youauthor adds that her little girl has even started sharing her excitement with strangers.

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Naturally, part of her happiness is due to her growing relationship with Broadway veteran Kazee, 43, whom Dewan praises as having been a “divine gift” in her life.

“It’s this electric connection that just works,” she says of her dynamic with the Tony winner, whom she has beendating for over a year. “It’s been one of the biggest blessings in my life that I never saw coming.”

The formerWorld of Dancehost adds, “The timing felt right. Expanding our family was something that was important to both of us and it just flowed.”

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Dewan says she’s feeling great so far — and trying not to leantoofar into her current “cravings for junk food.”

“I am a very healthy eater, so that’s a new thing,” she tells PEOPLE. “I’m like, ‘Why am I wanting those chips? Why do I want that, of all things?’ So I’m constantly curbing cravings, but allow[ing] myselfhere and there to have what I want. If I had my way, I’d be eating nothing but junk food.”

Dewan’s book,Gracefully You: How to Live Your Best Life Every Day, hits bookshelves on Oct. 22.

For much more about Jenna Dewan and her new book,Gracefully You, pick up the latest issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.

source: people.com