"Abuela, how much longer until Mommy has the baby?" questioned Mei-Li for the fifth time in an hour.

Maria looked over at her granddaughter and rubbed her hair, "I don't know amorcita. Sometimes, it can take a while for a baby to come out of its Mommy's tummy." For Maria, Gabi had come quickly, within twelve hours, but with Neil? Twenty-three hours of hard labor.

"But you said Mommy would have probably had the baby by the time I woke up?" said Mei-Li.

"Well, Daddy says your brother is taking his time coming out," informed Maria, "Now eat your pancakes, amorcita."

"Fine," Mei-Li sighed.

"How is Audrey progressing?" Mateo asked Maria.

"The last time Neil called about a half-hour ago, she was dilated six centimeters," Maria told her husband.

"Well it's taking forever because Mommy said at dinner last night she could feel the baby coming and then woke me up in the middle of the night because she had to go to the hospital with Daddy and the baby's still not here yet!" said Mei-Li.

"Tell you what, amorcita? How about we play some games together while we pass the time and as soon as Daddy calls and says Mommy has had the baby, we can drive you over. How does that sound?" asked Mateo.

"Mm. Okay," said Mei-Li, "Can we play Candyland?"

"Of course," said Maria.

After three rounds of Candyland, to which Mei-Li managed to win all three games, the phone rang at about 11 AM. Mateo picked up the receiver and answered, "Hello? Neil, how's everything going? I see. Okay, I'll tell them. Te amo. Adios," Mateo put the phone back in its holder and sat down in front of Mei-Li, "Well amorcita, Mommy had the baby. You're officially a big sister!"

Mei-Li grinned from ear to ear while Maria asked, "How are Audrey and the baby doing?"

"Neil says both Mom and baby are healthy. Carlos was born at 10:12 AM. He's 8 lbs., 3 oz., and 21 inches long," said Mateo.

"Can we go see him?" asked Mei-Li hopefully.

"Of course we can, amorcita," said Maria. The three of them drove over to St. Bonaventure and they stopped by the hospital gift shop where Mei-Li picked out a stuffed tiger to give to the baby. Maria, Mateo, and Mei-Li arrived at the labor and delivery ward and Maria asked the receptionist, "What room is Audrey Lim-Melendez in?"

The receptionist looked up the information, "Dr. Lim-Melendez is in room 507," she informed.

"Thank you," Maria nodded.

When they arrived at Lim's hospital room, Shaun was outside, so Mei-Li ran over to him and hugged him, "Hi Dr. Shaun."

Shaun squirmed a little in her embrace, but gently patted her head, "Hi Mei-Li," he finally said.

"We're going to see my baby brother!" she said excitedly.

Shaun nodded, "Yes, you have a new baby brother. His name is Carlos Samuel Lim-Melendez. He was born at 10:12 AM. He weighs 8 lbs., 3 oz., and he's 21 inches long. I helped deliver him and your Mommy did a good job. She was very calm and she didn't need any pain medication," Shaun reiterated, "Dr. Melendez and Dr. Lim-Melendez were spending some quiet time with the baby," Shaun abruptly turned around and went into Lim's hospital room. He came out a few moments later, "They want to see you."

Shaun led the three of them into the room and then silently left. Melendez was in the chair next to Lim's hospital bed and Lim had a blanketed bundle lying against her chest. She smiled when she saw her daughter and said, "Mei-Li, come here," Mei-Li hesitantly walked over to where her father was sitting and he stood and took her hand. He led her over to the bed and Lim moved the blanket a little so Mei-Li could see Carlos's face, "Meet your new baby brother, Carlos."

"Hi Carlos," Mei-Li smiled and gently rubbed his head after Melendez put some hand sanitizer on her hands. She handed the tiger to Lim and said, "This is for Simba."

Lim chuckled and took the stuffed toy, "That's very thoughtful, sweetheart. The baby got you something as well," she smiled at her husband.

Melendez also smiled and pulled a gift bag out of Lim's hospital bag. Of course, it had been the two of them who had found the present together, but they figured it would be more special if Mei-Li believed it was from her baby brother, "This is for you, mija," said Melendez.

Mei-Li pulled the gift out of the bag. It was a t-shirt with Elsa on it and it read 'I'm the Big Sister'. She smiled and turned to face her mother and brother again, "I love it. Thank you," she kissed Carlos's head.

Carlos began to squirm and root, so Lim guided him to her breast and said, "There you go, little guy."

"What's he doing, Mommy?" asked Mei-Li curiously.

"Honey, remember how we talked about the fact that the baby would nurse from my breasts to get the special milk I make for him?" asked Lim and Mei-Li nodded, "Well that's what he's doing right now because he's hungry."

"Oh okay," said Mei-Li.

"He's beautiful, Audrey," said Maria.

"Thank you, Maria," said Lim.

"A boy and a girl," said Mateo proudly.

"Stubborn ones if they're anything like the two of us," Melendez joked.

"I'm hungry too," said Mei-Li out of the blue.

Everyone laughed and Maria said, "We promised to take her to McDonalds after we visited the baby."

"Well, we'll let you go then," said Melendez.

"Does Carlos want McDonalds too?" asked Mei-Li.

Lim chuckled and shook her head, "No sweetheart, he just wants to nurse."

"It'll be quite a while before he can eat McNuggets and hamburgers," Melendez kissed her, "Te amo, mija."

"Te amo, Daddy," Mei-Li hugged him. She went back over to Lim's bedside and kissed Lim, "I love you, Mommy."

"I love you too, sweetheart," Lim smiled, "Don't worry; we'll be home in a few days."

Mei-Li kissed the top of Carlos's head and said, "I love you, Simba."

A few days later, Melendez and Lim brought Carlos home from the hospital. Mei-Li was more than willing to give Carlos a tour of the house before they laid him down for a nap in his Cars themed nursery (Mei-Li had unsuccessfully tried her hardest to convince her parents Carlos deserved a Mulan themed nursery. The compromise had been a Mulan themed bedroom for her and a Cars themed nursery for Carlos). Lim was just about to leave the room, though Mei-Li hung back and watched her brother sleep, "Honey, we need to let him sleep," whispered Lim.

Mei-Li followed her mother and said, "He sleeps a lot."

Lim laughed lightly and said, "I know. For the first several months, pretty much all he'll do is eat, sleep, cry, and poop. But you were the same way when we first brought you home from the hospital," she led Mei-Li downstairs and asked, "Did you want to watch a movie before I have to feed Carlos?"

Mei-Li thought about it and answered, "Brave."

Lim was thoroughly shocked Mei-Li hadn't answered Mulan, so she asked, "Brave? Are you sure?"

Mei-Li nodded and said, "Yes. She's a tomboy princess like you if you had red hair."

Lim chuckled at Mei-Li's observation, "Alright, Brave it is." Lim put the disc into the Blu-Ray player and snuggled next to her daughter on the couch. She knew it would take some time to adjust to being a family of four, but she loved her husband and kids more than anything in the world. Though she would be lying if she didn't admit that her Ducati was ranked high on the list of things she loved as well.