On The Road With Drea de Matteo, Rocker Dad and Baby Daughter

In the new issue of PEOPLE magazine, on newsstands now, former Sopranos star Drea de Matteo offers a peek at her life as a new mom. Her, rocker boyfriend Shooter Jennings and their 7-month old daughter Alabama Gypsyrose are spending their days in a crowded — but happy — tour bus. Also sharing the space are the eight other band members of the .357′s, and "Bama’s" nanny (who also cared for Drea years ago). Says Shooter, 29, of the snug quarters: "I love waking up with her. I don’t remember a life without her."

The pregnancy, which took Drea, 36, and Shooter by surprise, left the actress feeling unprepared. "We took, like, 50 pregnancy tests. He was really excited, but I was crying, ‘I’m not ready!’" She quickly changed her tune after Alabama’s arrival by emergency c-section last fall. "[Now,] I can’t believe I waited this long. I want four!"

Pick up a PEOPLE to read more, including details on the birth, and for a photo of the family.

Source: PEOPLE, July 21st issue; Photo by John Sciulli/WireImage.

Comments

It seems that little ‘Bama should be older than 7 months, no?

- Chicki on July 20th, 2008

Nope Bama was born December 5th I believe. I cant wait to see pics of her. I love them and their family. SO cool that Bama and Drea get to share their nanny. A great thing to share. She can tell her stories about her mom as she gets older.

- michelle on July 20th, 2008

She was born Nov. 28 so she’s close to 8 mo.

- Linda Cauthen on July 20th, 2008

Chicki – Alabama will be 8 months on/around the 29th. It does seem longer though. I thought the same thing until I went back and checked.

- Chris on July 21st, 2008

OK, we have 3 different birthday’s on this post so I looked it up on Wikipedia and it says Alabama was born on November 28, 2007 (consequently, that’s my birthday!). So she’ll be 8 months next Monday.

- Stephany on July 21st, 2008

Does anyone know who is on the cover of the people magazine that this is being referred too. I would love to pick it up.

Thanks

- Keila on July 21st, 2008

Oh my favorit celebrity baby! I would love to se those photos of the family

- Marie on July 21st, 2008

It’s this week’s issue with Angelina and Brad on the cover. It’s a really sweet article.

- Lisette on July 21st, 2008