Our neighbors had a little girl, today! It sounds like random news, but this woman (Paige, her name is) has been over our house maybe---it started out once a week, but turned into almost everyday (mostly while you are at work, Alex) asking me for mothering advice and---well I could not resist! I am very excited for her! Or worried, because who knows if I gave any good advice?

But at least Zacharias will not have the oddest name on the street. Hermione is different, yes? That is what they named the girl (or at least, that is what they told me they had decided on). It is from Shakespeare, she says.