Sometime in the past hour or so, my sister gave birth to Claire Jane Smedberg (7 lb. 10 oz.) Thanks so much to those of you who kept Suzanne and Claire in your prayers; I am told that mother and baby are doing well. Suz and Ben and the family live a little farther away now, so I haven’t yet had a chance to visit my newest niece, but I am going back up to Pennsylvania this weekend, and you’d better believe I’ll be bringing my digital camera with me. Oh, and by the way, little Claire’s birthday is only three days before her mother’s. Quite the birthday present, no?