Alexander the Great!
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The following images of AJ (Alexander James) are the most recent We've been gathering them since his birth, and they're sorted by month (see below the current images).  Various family pictures will also appear in these galleries.  Click on the thumbnails for a larger version of the image.  Also, the original writeup from November 29, 2004 is below.
CLICK HERE for pictures of my niece Isabella            CLICK HERE for pictures of my nephew Rory

Happy New Year!
(1/1/08)
 
Trying on daddy's new hat! (1/9/08)
 
Time to make some Thank You cards (1/10/08)
 
A relaxing evening with the Lamberty gang. (1/12/08)
 
Aunt Michelle and I at a hockey rink. (1/13/08))
 
Baths get my artistic juices flowing!  (1/14/08)
 
Mom is teaching me how to do laundry.  (1/14/08)
 
WHEEEEEE!
(1/17/08)
 
Bouncing around with one of my friends.  (1/17/08)
 
Cake...gotta love cake!
(1/17/08)
 
This canoe keeps going round and round... (1/20/08)
 
Yup, I wanna buy this boat!
(1/20/08)
 
Me, my mom and Kevin at a (bug) museum.  (1/21/08)
 
What the heck is Waipo making?  (1/24/08)
 
This snow is cold and kinda sucks now!  (1/27/08)
 
OK, take that back, snow is lots of fun!  (1/27/08)
 
Running around some sort of obstacle course. (1/30/08)
 
Lots of snow this year...helping daddy shovel.  (2/1/08)
 
See how long I am???
(2/2/08)
 
Alex "Minnesota Fats" McGonigal
(2/5/08)
 
House hunting for Aunt Missy...not this one. (2/7/08)
 
Call me the NEW King of Grunge Rock!  (2/9/08)
 
It's my buddy Luke's birthday!
(2/9/08)
 
Grandpa's counter is a mess with Bella & Rory here!  (2/11/08)
 
Playing some video games at JJ Twiggs/Cozzis.  (2/12/08)
 
Indoor hockey, anyone?
(2/13/08)
 
What an interesting find...
(2/14/08)
 
I like hanging out with Andrew, Jack and Luke!  (2/14/08)
 
Happy Valentine's Day!
(2/14/08)
 
Here I am with my cousin Baby Rory!  (2/15/08)
 
Better close my eyes and hope for the best!  (2/15/08)
 
I love my little cousin Rory!
(2/16/08)
 
A family pic, minus mom (who took the picture).  (2/25/08)
 
Ugh...more shoveling...
(2/26/08)
 
BIG PIG!!!
(3/1/08)
 
Time to be SILLY.
(3/1/08)
 
Badminton?  Interesting.
(3/5/08)
 
Polo?  Croquet?  Whack-A-Mole?  Whatever!  (3/5/08)
 
Kevin is teaching me to shoot the TV.  (3/6/08)
 
Here's my pillow fort!
(3/7/08)
 
Coloring a little bit of snow with Jessica.  (3/8/08)
 
Living Dangerously...indeed!
(3/11/08)
 
Wow...I've made this even taller than me!  (3/12/08)
 
Me and the Richels (Luke and his mom Kim)  (3/13/08)
 
OK, where the heck is the rest of my luggage???  (3/14/08)
 
BIG baby Rory!
(3/14/08)
 
What's down this canal?
(3/15/08)
 
Taking a leisurely stroll down the Walk of Fame.  (3/15/08)
 
Yup...we're in Hollywood!
(3/15/08)
 
It's a windy day near the ocean.
(3/15/08)
 
Our family at Venice Beach...and it's really windy!  (3/15/08)
 
Hey, Muscle Beach...dad, can we work out now?  (3/15/08)
 
The McGonigal boys...at church of all places!  (3/16/08)
 
Baby Rory's baptism.
(3/16/08)
 
It was a nice day, but Rory what's with the dress??  (3/16/08)
 
I hijacked Isabella's bike and helmet.  (3/16/08)
 
I got to touch a stingray!
(3/17/08)
 
This is MY Muscle Beach!
(3/17/08)
 
St.Patty's Day.  Daddy was not sober in this pic.  (3/17/08)
 
We're leaving California to go home?  Yuk!  (3/18/08)
 
Look at these cool chopsticks, they're red!  (3/22/08)
 
Batman finds an Easter Egg.
(3/23/08)
 
Some of my Easter booty.
(3/23/08)
 
Time to color a few eggs...
(3/23/08)
 
I can now do rowing with daddy's weights!  (3/25/08)
 
Did I mention I like to work out with daddy?  (3/25/08)
 
Me and "Peanut" Jenna.
(3/26/08)
 
SMILE!!!
(3/26/08)
 
Carrot peeling...fun but overrated.  (3/27/08)
 
A gathering for my cousin Shannon's birthday.  (3/29/08)
 
Look what I can do!  Whoops!
(3/29/08)
 
Spider-Man is very fast in his spider slippers!  (3/30/08)
 

 

Past Months:

* * *  2004 - 2005  * * * 2004 (11/27-12/31)
January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005
May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005
September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005

  2006  
January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006
May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006
September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006

  2007 (in two-month groupings)  
January-February 2007 March-April 2007 May - June 2007 July - August 2007
  September-October 2007 November-December 2007  

2008 (in quarterly groupings)
January-March 2008
(above)
     

 

Alexander James (A.J.) McGonigal (born November 27, 2004) surprised us a bit...though full term he arrived two weeks before the "official" due date of December 11th.   However, he was definitely ready to go as Laura started having contractions very early Saturday morning (11/27)...we ended up at the hospital (St. Alexius in Hoffman Estates) by 8:00 AM...and by 2:50 PM the baby was born.  Alex weighed in at 8 lbs, 4 oz and was 21" long...all the tests have come back fine, so we have a healthy and hungry baby.  Laura is sore.  Both of us are very happy and kinda tired... 

From November 27 - 29 I captured quite a bit of pictures, several of which are posted above...plus I got some cool video during my crash course of using the new camcorder (never owned one before and the first time I used it was Saturday morning).  As time goes on I'll add more pictures to make up a nice online gallery, and this gives me an excuse to update the site more often.  So far everyone who's seen Alex says he looks a lot like his old man, which I'm hoping they are saying as a compliment!  So, if you're interested in seeing what an Irish-Italian-Taiwanese-German kid looks like, now you know.

FYI, we opted to be surprised as to the sex of the baby (if it would have been a girl, Leah was the name).

How ironic is it that the last movie we went to see - three days before the birth - was "Alexander"!   

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