I have another niece!

Hi everyone. This morning I got another niece. Her name is Alena Johanna Frank. While Marit and Patrik rushed off to the hospital in the middle of the night I stayed behind to look after the kids. They kept on sleeping for a while but eventually Esra got up to go to his mum. when he found that she wasn't there he began to cry and this woke up Kilian as well. Kilian took the news well but Esra took another 20mins to stop crying which I have to say was a bit amazing because when he starts really crying and It's just me around then he doesn't tend to stop. After reading a book and having a small snack they both managed to fall asleep in my bed which was a relief. In the morning Patrik came home and told us the news. Then after breakfast we headed down to the hospital, Kilian and Esra were very excited and hand been repeating Alena's name ever since they had heard it. At the hospital Marit seemed to be fine although still quite exhausted and tired. Alena is so small!! And so cute!!
I haven't really given my impressions of Brazil so far. It's sort of has a lot of things that are similar to New Zealand (probably more so in the south because the people here are generally a bit richer) but also quite different. When I was picked up at the airport I just about hopped into the drivers seat of Patrik's car until Patrik asked me if I was sure that I wanted to drive. Everything is the wrong way round! Takes a bit of getting used to. I did the same thing with a Taxi one time and just realised my mistake in time. Also the other thing that is quite different is all the security. Every house has a high fence around it often with either spikes or a small electric fence running along the top of the fence. The Brazilians also seem very keen on fireworks and seem to let them off at all times of the day and night. They recently held the local elections and there were a lot of flyers all over the streets and in the evening lots of fireworks from people celebrating. The weather here is a bit strange. It is sometimes quite cold and then other times like the last 3 days it can be really hot.