Jimmie Allenis about to give second-time fatherhood his “Best Shot”!
“I’m headed into the girl-dad club!” Allen tells PEOPLE of his bundle of joy on the way, who’s due to arrive in March. “I’m happy and nervous and so excited to meet her. I hear daughters make dads better people, and I’mready to meet my little princess andgive her my love.”
“It’s going to be great watching her and her big brother Aadyn grow up together,” Allen says. “And of course she’s going to have custom Disney Princess dresses.”
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Jimmie Allen (L) and fiancée Alexis Gale.Ed Rode/Getty
“The crazy thing is, I’ve always wanted to have a reason to go into theBibbidi Bobbidi Boutiqueat Disney’s Magic Kingdom, and now I’ve got the best reason: my daughter,” the musician adds.
Allen and Gale attended the SESAC Awards together on Sunday evening at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee, where the mom-to-be walked the red carpet alongside her fiancé.
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“Mom & dad 🖤,” shecaptioned a pair of photosof the couple from the event.
Jimmie Allen & Alexis Gale.Courtesy of Disney Photopass
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Allen proposed to Gale during a July trip to Disney World, PEOPLE confirmed exclusively at the time.
After exploring the park, the “Make Me Want To” singer — an avid Disney fan who has visited Disney World 49 times —got down on one knee to pop the questionin front of the castle at Magic Kingdom. And the proposal was a family affair, as both of their parents, their sisters, his cousin and a friend were on hand to help celebrate.
The couple, who met through Allen’s cousin’s wife, actually share the same hometown of Milton, Delaware, and began dating this past spring.
“With Alexis being from my hometown, it is like always having a piece of home with me. We had an immediate connection,” Allen told PEOPLE of Gale, a nurse. “Itwas like we’d always known each other.”
source: people.com
