OK, so this is not such recent news since she is now a little over 3 weeks old. But it has taken me a little bit to get organized enough to get to post.
First of all, thanks to everyone who voted- we stayed loyal to the poll (and also our preferences) and the top 2 names are what she ended up with.
Anyways, Lili arrived like clock work- 13 minutes before her official due date. All of it was very fast- we arrived to the hospital at 10:30 and she was born at 11:47 pm. I should have listened to the midwife who told me it was going to be fast. Well, I started having regular contractions around 8 and I called the doctor at 9. He said in nice calm german fashion ' well, Dr Stadler, why don't we wait an hour and you can call me at 10'. We called him at 10 but we were already in the car. Everything in the hospital was super speedy and efficient (not true to Italian fashion), although the electricity did go out for a couple of hours the next day (right in the middle of my shower leaving me in a pitch dark bathroom). We came home the day after and all has been well.
Mikael's parents were in town for 2 weeks which was a great help. They did all the mundane chores like walking the dog ( no offense to Lexi) and washing the dishes, which was really nice and truly appreciated. Miki has taken to his sister well although it probably helps that she is a good baby so he still gets tons of attention. His first words when we arrived home from the hospital and he saw her in the car seat were 'Mama, ez mi?' ( Mama, what's this?), but he seems to have accepted the fact that we have a new family member. Mikael and I are also getting used to being a 2 kid family. It took me 2 hours to get the two kids and myself ready to go to the pediatrician yesterday morning and Mikael calls her Miki and Lexi more often than Lili but we are all happily adjusting :-). Ok, better try to post some pictures!
