It's a girl!

We are so happy to welcome our new little one, Piper Rose Mercier, born at 1:27 and weighing 8 pounds, 6 ounces.

Catching Up

So, we've hit the due date and I haven't had a whole lot of time to post lately. That might have to do with a little something called nesting, but I digress.

Here's what the Mercier clan has been up to in our last few weeks of only-child life...

Heading out to Staten Island to take in a (Staten Island) Yankees game with the CU Alumni group:



Pal-ing around Central Park and taking in the scenes and kiddie rides at Victorian Gardens:



Mommy and Mason took one last big "adventure" as a duo -- heading out to Prospect Park to take in the zoo:







Then heading over to the carousel for a quick spin ... and some ice cream!:



A different kind of adventure -- heading to N.J. and Ikea to get a new big-boy bed for our soon-to-be big brother:



Our first visit to the *new* Yankee Stadium:





Never underestimate the power of the rally cap. Yankees are down, Mason dons his (again) and voila ... back-to-back eighth-inning homers propel the Bombers to victory:



And last but not least ... welcoming Grammy to the city and spending a fun day with her in Central Park (while Mommy was at her zillionth doctor's appointment!)



Hopefully the next time we check in, we'll have some big news about a new little one!

Surprise!

My girlfriends teamed up to throw me -- and the Bean -- a surprise shower last Sunday. We had a great time visiting, eating, drinking and eating some more at Jess' and Becca's place, but the highlight was the goodies I got to take home.

Here you can see the girls hard at work designing custom-made onsies for the Bean. I supervised from the couch while sipping on Courtney's delicious watermelon-mint punch concoction. Mmmm.



And here are the finished products all lined up and waiting for a little person to model them. Too cute!