1/2 of a Year!

Gia Therese you are doing amazing and growing up right before our eyes. You are the light of Mommy and Daddy's life and you have brought us more joy then you will ever know. You are now 6 plus months and here is an update on you!!!
16 lbs 10 oz 26 inches
You sit, roll, babble, laugh and smile!
Eating 6 ounces
Transitioned beautifully from Mommy's milk to formula
Reaches and plays with toys
Still loves bath time
Loves going for jogs with Mommy in the stroller
Adores your Daddy
Can hold your own bottle for a bit
Bed time of 7:30, dream feeds around 9:30-10
Wakes in night if very wet or needs a bink inserted, no more middle of night feedings
Getting back into the swing of eating baby food---had a rough go when you got sick a few weeks ago. Night time routine: Baby food Bath Book Bottle Bink Bed
You're a B baby!

Love you to the moon and back baby.

What?!?! You're 5 months old??

Gia Therese Allegri is 5 months old!!!

Likes:
bath time
smiling from ear to ear
grabbing her feet
rolling over from back to front
sleeping on your tummy
Nuk binkies--no more Soothies
Watching your hands move around


Updates:
We have tried rice cereal, squash and green beans, and you seem to like all of them so far!!!
Wearing mostly 6-9 month clothes
Wakes one time for a feed around 2 a.m.
Bedtime 7:30
Wake time 6:30
16 lbs 6 ounces

Here are some fun pictures of our big girl!!!

Where Am I?

Thoughts at 4 a.m. the past few mornings:

Did I let Brinkley out to pee or am I just standing at this door staring blankly at my deck?

Did someone purposely put the effing ironing board in a spot that I would walk DIRECTLY into it?

Why does Daniel hear Gia cry all day long and all night long when she ISN'T crying...yet when she is...somehow it's all me?

Who needs an alarm system in this house when a burglar would have to meet me in the hallway looking the way I do at this exact moment in time.

Exhausting
adjective  (ig-zaw-sting)
              ~producing or tending to produce fatigue, weariness, or the like
                     ~synonyms:  debilitating depleting draining fatiguing sapping taxing tiresome wearing wearying

Yep---that sounds just about right doesn't it babe?!

I've been working with my 2nd grade students this week on using a thesaurus and jazzing up our words to become better writers.  So here it goes....

I am freaking depleting. 

Damn I am good writer.

My fear:  In the wee hours of the morning I shall awake to realize I am nursing my dog Brinkley...and waiting at the door for Gia to do her business in the backyard.  All while Daniel brews a fresh pot of coffee and reaches for my breast milk for his creamer.  Then, while rubbing his eyes as they burn---he places his cup of joe on what he thinks is a coaster, yet in reality---it's a breast pad.

Yes, you can see how....at times, it can be debilitating to parent a new baby!

Yet I wouldn't change it for anything.

Here's to hoping we get some sleep in the next few days or Momma ain't gonna be looking so hot.

What's Happening???

To say my life has changed would be an understatement.
Do I stand back sometimes and have out of body experiences?
Duh.
What do you do? Smile, laugh, and blog about it.

Welcome to the world of parenting....Allegri style.

Fact:  My night stand used to house ibuprofen, water, Sex and the City books, remote control.  

Now it houses freshly pumped breast milk, prenatal vitamins, a video baby monitor, and books that remind me to have safe sex in the city so I don't get knocked up again.

She Said:  Babe, will you assemble exersaucer?

He Said:  The what?

She Said:  The exersaucer...

He Said:   Isn't that the same thing as the Johnny Jumper...nevermind, I can't believe Johnny Jumper is now a part of my vocabulary.

Who knew the baby bjorn serves double duty...hands free baby carrier, and also an adult bib--Gia's head catches my salsa so it doesn't get on my clothes!  SCORE! :)

Setting~Friday night

Plan~Dinner at Margaritas 7 p.m. then renting a movie and drinking wine.

Reality~Dinner at Margaritas at 6:30, one beer/margarita, no movie, in bed by 9 p.m.

What the hell is that?  Oh...no biggie...I just found Gia's missing sock...static cling attached it to my underwear....I found it at 10:30 a.m.---I got dressed at 7:30 a.m.

Daniel used to hum to The Black Keys or Beck while cooking dinner...

Daniel now hums Twinkle Twinkle.

PRE-BABY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION: Hey Reagan, what are you guys doing this weekend?

POST-BABY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION:  You going to pump and dump that?

We are in our element! Stay tuned.

M I Z.... G I A !!!!

The cutest Tiger fan on the block baby!

4 Month Baby

From mile wide smiles and eating her hands,
To rolling over and splashing in the tub...this girl of mine is so incredible!
Gia is doing so great and we are having the time of our lives watching her grow everyday.

4 MONTH STATS:
~eating 5 oz
~size 2 diapers (still blows through them!)
~3-6 month clothes
~14 lbs 4 oz
~24 inches tall (that's 2 feet!!)
~ swaddling with one arm out (sometimes we still need both arms in for comfort)
~bedtime between 7-8 p.m.
~eats at midnight and 4 a.m.
~wakes between 6-7 a.m.


Gia LOVES...
~bath time
~car rides
~making Mommy do laundry every night by having to wear 3-4 outfits a day
~her exersaucer (for about 20 minutes)
~Johnny Jumper (for about 15 minutes)

Gia rolled over from front to back for the first time February 11, 2012
Gia laughed for the first time on February 3, 2012

3 Months Old!!!

Gia Therese you must stop growing...it's happening to fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3 month update:
~found your hands and love to shove both of them in your mouth
~you smile ALL the time!
~grasping at things (necklaces, rings on play mat, blankets)
~eating 4 ounces..and sometimes more---you never miss a meal dear!
~ready to roll over any day now
~we are anxiously awaiting your first laugh---you are so close, but haven't found anything funny enough to laugh about yet!
~graduated to 3-6 month clothes but we still squeeze into some 0-3 b/c they are so darn cute!
~sleeping about 6 hours straight through the night, but waking up for a small feeding around 3 a.m.
~you love your babysitter Julie
~could happily bathe every night!
~starting to focus on books during our reading time at night
~your neck is SO strong!

Our goal before next months update: Get your sleeping schedule on track!  You were sleeping through the night a few weeks ago but that was because Mommy and Daddy weren't getting you to bed before 9 or 10.  You would wake around 5:30 or 6.  Now we are trying to back that off and get you to sleep earlier (by 8 or 8:30).  Every night is a trial and error!  But you are such a good baby!