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We had to make a decision on Paolo’s full name to get his ss#, and now it is official: Paolo Rafael Calabria.

As I mentioned on a earlier post, we started the “first name” hunt with “Leonardo”, but we eventually settled on “Paolo”. Since he turned out to be a Preemie, Since Paolo means “small” or “modest”, it became quite an appropriate first name.

Now, as for the second name, the Calabria’s “Reggio” was split down the middle. Ashley and Lorenzo preferred “Rafael” – a Brazilian (or should I say Portuguese) spelling of Rafaello — meaning “God has healed” , or “healer”; while Chloe and I were pulling for “Massimo” — Italian for “The Greatest”.

However, we didn’t have a chance. Given that Mamma did all the work, her vote most certainly carried more weight!

PS: I have been getting a lot of email about posting more picture. As a FYI, I did post more “public” photos on Flickr, which are linked to the “photo widget” to the right of our web site. However, you can see additional photos, if our you register (free) and login into the flickr web site and check the “Baby Paolo” folder.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/calabria/sets/72157605247596744/

I wanted to make sure some of the photos remained limited to “family and friends”. Let me know if you need help access them.