Tuesday, May 22, 2012

25 Facts About Me!

Saw this idea on a blog I love to follow.  Haven't posted in ages (hoping summer helps me get back into the swing of things) and thought this one would be a great summer kickoff post.  Plus it was fun!  Hope you enjoy these 25 random facts you may or may not know about me!  :)


I once choreographed a dance to Joyride by Roxette.  The choreography was quite simple.
1) Stand in circle. 2) pick up hand weights 3) pass hand weights to next person 4) repeat
----this might by why Britney Spears never asked me to choreograph any numbers.

  • My babysitter growing up, Edna, made the best freaking Ramen Noodles ever. I swear.  And what was even better was the she let Trey and I eat them in my bedroom at my Playschool 2 in 1 kitchen/vanity.  So we would open the window and talk to each other about how freaking amazing our noodles were.

I seriously get so pissed off when Mustard wins the Hot dog Race at the Royals games.
I.DESPISE.MUSTARD

Growing up with an older brother was tough.  I would get so excited when he would actually play with me.  But, it wasn’t ever really what I had hoped.  Like one time we played “Find the unlocked door.”  This game entailed me running around outside trying to find the door he had unlocked {the rule was that one ALWAYS had to be unlocked but you could switch them based on where your opponent was around the house}.  Turns out Trey’s version of this game was to lock them all, play his Nintendo, and listen to me pant outside for hours.

I wore hoop earrings from sun up to sun down every day for 10 years until I had a baby who found it very fun to stretch out my holes {insert that’s what she said comment here}.

Every year around Christmas I miss that my brother doesn’t live in Kansas City anymore.  We always met at Tom Fooleries and got drunk on a weekday.   
Well crap, now I am double sad that Tom Fooleries North is closed.

  • I have always wanted to be a teacher…it was my calling in life.  Ask my Mom.  She will tell you I began scolding my imaginary students at a very young age and even had to put Tommy in the closet a few times to think about his actions.


I have the mouth of an effing sailor.  It’s part of the package so take it or leave it.

I still have a fear of jelly fish after watching Hobie get bit by one on Baywatch.  Apparently I don’t have to worry about this too much as I live in Missouri.  Who knew???

I often think that my dog Brinkley looks like many other animals.  {deer, birds, insects?}

  • I can’t stand it when people type in basic font.  BORING!  My favorite is Papyrus—if I am feeling crazy, I kick it up a notch and make it bold and in fuchsia.

Ava Maria makes me smile every time I hear it.  Then it makes me cry because I want to do my wedding day every year and I can't!

Repetitive noises are my kryptonite.

  • Vacuum lines in the carpet are my crack addiction.

I never wore sunglasses nor purchased them until I was 19 because I thought my face wasn’t appropriate for them.  

I.KILL.ALL.PLANT LIFE.

I eat more cheese in one week than one should eat in one year…and yet I don’t like cheese on my burgers.

I never thought in a million years that Daniel Allegri would know my name.  Let alone marry me and be my baby daddy! :)

I permed my hair until I was in 6th grade.  Then the perm stuck.  From that moment forward I would never have control of the mop on my head.
 I cashed in savings bonds to purchase a Chi straightening iron in college {this was like a huge deal!}.

  • I left my dog in the bathroom while I went to a party in college and he chewed through the Chi straightening iron cord.  I cried...for a VERY LONG TIME.
My dog Brinkley has the longest name ever.  Professor Brinkley Patrick Cunningham Allegri.  Daniel and I are pretty sure he has an English accent and studied and taught at a university in London before we adopted him.

My best friend Angela and I love to sing “Don’t Cry for me Argentina” from the Broadway musical, Evita.  I didn’t, however, say it was good singing, but we do put our whole hearts into it.

A perfectly sharpened pencil is the cats pajamas.

I really like Rage Against the Machine.  For what reason, I am not sure.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

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.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

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!!!

Thursday, March 22, 2012

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.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

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