newest addition to the Morgensen clan!

alexander kai morgensen

born friday, june 27 @ 10:27pm

approx. 7 lbs, 20"

son of sean & tricia morgensen

grandson of marilyn morgensen, and david & patty morgensen

nephew of jenny morgensen

cousin of autumn, ben#2, ben#1, kristen, meg, mike, nathan & joey

grandnephew of joe, diane, tom & jean morgensen

(great grandson of the late fran & peter morgensen)

actually, there are TWO new Morgensen's to celebrate, but b/c i didn't bring my flash card reader, we only have pics of ONE of the newbies. i will blog about the wedding celebration more effectively once i have some pictures to share. it is now the "morning after" the big affair in downtown los gatos last night, where yet another blushing young bride was officially inducted into the Morgensen hall of fame (what a lucky gal!)

but two Morgensen's (my cousin sean and his wife tricia) were noticeably absent from last night's festivities. on their way to los gatos from their home in Sacramento, tricia began having contractions (approx 4pm). in a typical male fashion, my cousin merely pulled over to the side of the road and "assured" us all that they were simply false contractions and they'd just be a little late to the ceremony. (of course, all of the women in the family were in the background screaming "TURN AROUND! GO BACK HOME!" hahahah.) well, thankfully they DID decide to return home, and during their return trip they realized these were the real deal contractions, so quickly changed their directions to drive straight to the hospital.

only a few hours later, at 10:27pm, little Alexander Kai Morgensen came into the world to a stunned father, an estatic mother, and screaming relatives on the other end of the phone (you could probably hear the shouts of excitement all the way to sacremento from uncle dave's house in scotts valley!) a massive game of phone tag and photo forwarding immediately launched into gear, as no one expected the baby to come THIS soon (tricia was due july 4th and had been to the doctor on wednesday for a check up, to get the clearance to make the trip down for the wedding)- the required contingency of relatives had yet to even make it to sacramento to join sean in his "baby watch: 2008" mission.

mom, dad and i are staying with the newly annointed "grandparents" (uncle dave & aunt patty) and "auntie" (jenny, my cousin) so the celebration quickly shifted gears from wedding to birth in just a short car ride home from the vineyard. we had all donned our pajamas and were saying our goodnights when we heard aunt patty screaming from the tv room- big news had broken! uncle dave broke open the liquor cabinet (if we had planned better we could have grabbed a bottle of champagne from the reception!) and passed around shots of bailey's (i abstained, but we introduced mom to the deliciousness of the beverage) while "ooooo-ing" and "ahhhh-ing" over the 1/2" blurry photo that came through to jen's mobile.

so it's my immense pleasure to introduce to you my newest little cousin, Alexander Kai - approx. 7 lbs. and 20" of pure Morgensen royal blood. grandma and grandpa would have been so happy that the whole family is together for both of these occasions- i wouldn't be suprised if they somehow orchestrating the timing.

*ps-consider this a fair warning kiddo: you're going to have QUITE the grandpa! (hee hee- i just called uncle dave a grandpa!) not to mention some loud, funny, rambunctious, TALL, relatives... and quite good lookin', if i say so myself ;)