My Family

Now that you know a little about me, I thought I'd introduce you to my whole family. Yeah, you've met my cool parents, but have you met my dog, my grandparents and my aunt and uncle?

First, I'd like to introduce you to my Grandma and Grandpa Herrick (Mommy's parents). They live in Novato, CA (about 20 miles away) in the house where my Mommy grew up. They are going to be living in Las Vegas in the winters, and back here the rest of the time, so I'm really going to miss them when they leave.

Here is Grandma showing me what I look like in the mirror. I think I'm about 5 weeks in this picture. She's really nice and even stayed with us after I was born, to help out. She would take care of me early in the morning, so Mommy and Daddy could sleep in. Apparently I cried a lot because I was either hungry, gassy, cold, or I went potty in my diaper, so they didn't sleep much.


Here is Grandpa Herrick at the hospital, however Mommy said she didn't have any pictures of him holding me. We have to change that!! The first time he held me, at my home, I peed on him!! I'm sorry Grandpa!!! I didn't mean to!!! Really!!!!


Now I'd like to introduce you to Grandma and Grandpa Inciardi. They too live in Novato, CA in the home where Daddy grew up. I just visited them today, and I had lunch and took a nap for an hour or so.

Here I am with Grandma Inciardi before I fell asleep. She loves me to death and thinks I am the cutest most sweetest baby in the whole wide world! WOW!!!!! Thanks Grandma!!! What about Daddy and Uncle Scott when they were babies??

Here I am with Grandpa Inciardi, today. He held me for a little bit before he went to work, and before I made a present for him and had to be changed.

Now, to introduce you to my Uncle Scott, who is Daddy's brother. He is pretty cool, and if I knew how to laugh, he'd always be making me laugh! Here he is the day I was born. He is in a suit because he is a lawyer and he got off of work early and drove from San Francisco to Santa Rosa, just to see me!! It was nice to meet you. Wow...I'm so tiny!!!Here is my Aunt Maureen, Uncle Scott's wife. She was also my Daddy's partner at his old work, and he and Mommy set the 2 of them up, and they got married!! She is so cool, and Mommy says she is so happy to finally have a sister (Aunty Maureen and Mommy are both only children). She gave me some cool gifts including a Snoopy Rattle that I like to have rattled in front of me. I'm able to follow Snoopy and the sound of the rattle around the room!! Below is a picture of me and Aunty Maureen in Sausalito at 2 weeks old, when we all met her for lunch!

And, last but not least, here is my doggy, Mick! He is a sweet doggy and he gives me lots of kisses. He is my big brother and we were brought into Mommy and Daddy's life exactly 1 year apart!!! Mommy and Daddy adopted him from the Marin Humane Society on July 2, 2006, when he was about 6-9 months, and I was born July 2, 2007. Pretty cool huh??


Well, that is about it for my immediate family. I have lots of aunts and uncles and 2nd and 3rd cousins, but unfortunately Mommy doesn't have any pictures of them to share with you all. Most of them live far far away, but I can't wait to meet them all sometime in the future!!

That's it for now! I need to get to sleep! Zzzzz. Bye Bye!

I'm 6 weeks old!!

Hi Everyone! Well, another week has gone by, and I am now 6 weeks old. Where did the time go?? It's been a week full of sleeping, crying, eating, and pooping, and I'm having fun. I also had a lil milestone this week, as I cracked my first smile for Dad, and then Grandma Herrick. I still haven't smiled for Mom yet, even though she's with me almost 24/7, but her time will come....I think she's a lil sad though. Once they can catch me smiling on camera, I'll post it on here for you all to see. =)

I had a pediatrician appointment last week, and I gained some weight, and I grew some!! Yeah! When I was born, I was 9lbs and 20.5 inches long, but now I am 10.4lbs and 22 3/4" in long!! I'm a big boy now!!

Mom an Dad took me to Sears to get my 1 month pictures done. Since our appointment was late in the evening, before they closed, and I was very fussy during the shoot, they didn't have time to look at the pictures, so when they go back to choose the ones they want, I'll post them here for you all to see. While we were at Sears, the photographers all thought I was VERY cute, and they also thought it was hilarious when I peed all over their photo drape, twice, when I took naked pictures. That's what they all get for making me pose nude!! I showed them!! The photographer wished she had gotten it on camera, but I was too quick for her. HA HA! When we got home after the photo-shoot, although exhausted, Mom and Dad took a few pictures, which I think came out pretty cute!

Here I am with Daddy. Boy, he is tall! I look so tiny when I'm up against him! I hope to be big and strong like he is!!


Since Mom is the shutterbug, there aren't too many pics of the 2 of us, so Daddy took a few pics for Mom. Here I am wondering what she's looking at!

And here she is showing me off.

Here is a picture of all of Mommy's boys!! Aren't we cute??? Our dog Mick likes to give Daddy hugs, when he is sitting on the couch, and he even gives me licks on my feet, my hands and sometimes my head...He's so sweet!! When I first came home, Mick didn't know who I was, or what I was, so he would hide behind the chair, or he'd run upstairs when I was crying. I'd do the same thing because I tend to have a high pitch cry that can break your ear-drum!

Here I am sitting on Daddy's tummy. This isn't exactly what I meant when I said I wanted "Tummy Time"!!!


This is more what I meant!! Mommy bought me a new "tummy time" mat. I'm not really into it yet, but it was nice to not be on my back like a turtle who can't roll over!!



So...what are you looking at? HUH??



Yesterday Mommy dressed me up in a funny onesie that has a saying that is "so true". Here I am modeling it off, while sleeping. If you can't read it, it says, "Nothing's wrong. Just testing you!"

Mom bought another funny onesie that I wore a few days ago. Here is as closeup. If you can't read it, it says, "Stud Muffin seeking cute babe. Must have own crib and loves to rock. whiners need not apply. Call 555-BABY". If you know of any cute babes, let me know. I may be 6 weeks old, but I've got my game on...but I ain't no player!!

Yesterday, my Great Grandma Morgan (that's her last name) came over to visit from Yuba City. She is my only living great grandparent. It was nice to meet her, but I think I slept the whole time she was there, which I felt bad about. I was wide awake right before she got there. Great Grandma Morgan has visited all 4 of her great grandchildren in the past month. She just visited Mommy's cousin Matthew's kids in Oregon (though they live is Missouri). I think their names are Ainsly (she's the oldest and is like 4yrs old or so), and then twin girls Brianna and Christina who are 2yrs old. I'm the only boy so far on Great Grandma Morgan's side.

(Speaking of 2nd cousins, I think I have at least 8 2nd cousins!! WOW! I have one 2nd cousin on my Daddy's side, so far. His cousin Allison has a baby girl named Isabella, who is about 3 months. Then Mommy's other cousin Matthew has a boy named Dylan who is turning 4 this November, and then Matthew's brother Robert has 3 girls, Amber who is around 12, Ashley who is about 7, and then Allison who is around 2. There seem to be lots of girls!! Dylan and I gotta represent the boys!!)

Back to (Great) Grandma Morgan. When she was here, she gave me some cool presents. She gave me some cool rattle booties by Lamaze, that have a bunny and a bear that rattle each time I move my feet.

She also gave me a very nice pewter Noah's Ark piggy bank, and she even filled it with some cool money - quarters, 1/2 dollars, gold dollars, etc!! I'M RICH!! Thank You (Great) Grandma!!

This morning, Daddy brought in a gift for me, that had been in his car for a few days. He stopped off at Mommy's old work (Bank of Marin) a few days ago, and Irene had a gift for me!! She is so sweet. She gave a beautiful blue and white checkered blanket for my crib, by "Ten Bears Inc". Thank you Irene!!

That is it for now. I'll tell you more about what I'm doing in the coming days/weeks! Talk to you soon. Feel free to leave me a comment, I'd love to hear from you!! Bye Bye!!

My New World

Hi! My name is Morgan James, and welcome to my world! I came to this world on 7/2/07 weighing a whopping 9lbs and I was 20.5 inches long!! Mom said that I was supposed to come visit on 6/26, but I chose 7/2 instead. I didn't like the idea of being born in June, I liked the thought of July better....Grandpa Herrick was born 7/14, and my 2nd cousin Matt was born 7/10. They are both cool, and I thought that if I made my appearnce on 7/2, that I'd be cool like them, but had I known I was making mommy uncomfortable, I would have come sooner.

Now that I am a month old, I thought I'd go back to the last month or so, and show you what I've been up to!

First off, this is what I looked like before I came to this world. Okay, so it is really a pic of mommy, but I'm in that big belly of hers! I think that was 2 weeks before I came to this world, so I think she got even bigger (I'm sorry Mom!!)

On, 7/2/07 at 9:10am, I decided to make my appearance. Mom said she had to push me out of her belly which was a pain, but she doesn't know what kind of experience it was for me. Goodness, it was pretty traumatic!! Here is a picture of me after I came out, and after the nice nurses gave me a bath. Actually it is a picture that Dad took of me, close up, once he held me for the first time. Dad said I totally spazed out on him, but hey, I was only a few minutes old and I saw a bright light!! (Mommy and Daddy think I look like one of the alien guys in the movie Caccoon!)

Here is a picture of me right afterwards with Mommy and Daddy. Mommy doesn't look to pretty here, but it's our first family portrait

Thanks to Aunty Maureen, here is another family picture at the hospital, after Mommy got to freshen up a bit. Daddy looks exhausted, but why?? He didn't have to carry me for 9 months, nor did he have to push me out! Oh wait, from what Daddy said, he had to deal with Mommy for 9 months!! Beyond the obvious exhaustion on their faces....aren't we cute? Mommy and Daddy took me to my new home on the night of 7/3, and my first real day home was the 4th of July. Here is a pic of me on one of my first real days home....I don't recall much, I just remember sleeping a lot. Goodness, I was small a month ago!

Mommy took this picture of me on the couch, and she thinks I look like a turtle in my green striped shirt. Aren't I cute??

Here I am with Daddy, getting my first sponge bath. I hated it!!! :( I cried my eyes out (sniff sniff).

Once my umbilicle cord fell off, Mommy and Daddy could give me a real bath. I love baths, they remind me of being in Mommy's tummy....like being in a hot tub. It is very relaxing.

So, tell me, when you look at this next picture, does it make you yawn?? Mommy tells me that each time she looks at this picture of me, she can't help but yawn. HA HA. She's funny! :)

One evening a few weeks ago, Mommy and Daddy took me to the Sonoma County Fair, and we met up with Uncle Scott and Aunty Maureen. Mommy dressed me up in the cutest sweatsuit ever. Mommy said that Daddy's Uncle Kevin and Aunt Jean sent me the outfit as a gift. They are so nice....and I'd thank them if I could talk!! :)

Here is another family picture while we were at the fair. Too bad I'm sleeping, but we look cute...even though Daddy is making a funky face. Mommy says he does that in most pictures! He's funny! Hey, did you see the cool Blue Frog on top of my wheels?? Daddy won that for me when he Whacked some Moles! He actually won twice and even won a cool Green Snake, but it didn't make the picture. Daddy is pretty good at those games. He'll have to teach me how to play them when I get older.

Several days ago, mommy took this scary picture of me. It looks like my head fell off!!!!! When I fall asleep in my swing, I always feel comfy with my head to the side, but I didn't know I looked like this...this is scary!!!!

Well, that's about it for now. Mommy will be taking more pics of me in the near future, so I can post them on here for you, but till then, I'm off to sleep for the night, and to wake up Mommy and Daddy multiple times! OOH What Fun!!! I love to see them squirm when they are half asleep!