We are so happy to announce the birth of Mark James Mercier. Born Saturday, March 19 at 11:33 am. Weighing 8 lbs, 20.5 inches long! It all started on Friday when I started to get contractions throughout the day. In the middle of the night, the contractions started coming at a consistent pattern and were getting very strong. We knew it was getting close! We arrived at the hospital around 8:00 am and at 11:33 am Mark was born! We couldn't believe how fast it went (although for me it did seem like an eternity). In fact, it was progressing so quickly that by the time I was begging for the epideral, it was too late and they couldn't give it to me. Now that it's all over, it's hard to believe I had an 8 lb baby with no pain meds!! It was all worth it for the beautiful baby boy we now have!!
Mark's very first visitors. His Nana and Papa and Grammy and Pepe and, of course, his sweet, loving sister!
When Belle walked through the door it brought tears to my eyes. She had the biggest smile ever and had a present for baby Mark. She ran right up to him and was so proud to see her new brother. She has been so sweet to him and loves to just stare at him and his little toes and fingers. She claims he is "too heavy" to hold for more than 20 seconds, but we have been able to capture a few shots of her holding him. I guess considering he is about one third her weight, he could be heavy to her.
Here is Mark settled at home in his first week of life. He is getting cuter by the minute and we are so excited to watch him grow and change in the next month. This has been one happy week for us as a family of four, well, really five with our sweet dog, Sierra! Welcome to the world, Mark! We love you!
Mark's very first visitors. His Nana and Papa and Grammy and Pepe and, of course, his sweet, loving sister!
When Belle walked through the door it brought tears to my eyes. She had the biggest smile ever and had a present for baby Mark. She ran right up to him and was so proud to see her new brother. She has been so sweet to him and loves to just stare at him and his little toes and fingers. She claims he is "too heavy" to hold for more than 20 seconds, but we have been able to capture a few shots of her holding him. I guess considering he is about one third her weight, he could be heavy to her.
Here is Mark settled at home in his first week of life. He is getting cuter by the minute and we are so excited to watch him grow and change in the next month. This has been one happy week for us as a family of four, well, really five with our sweet dog, Sierra! Welcome to the world, Mark! We love you!
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Congratulations! Mark is perfect and Belle looks like such a proud big sister. We are so happy for all of you!
-Katy, Tim, James and Cormac
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