Announcement - For unto us a child is born; unto us a son is given

William Manley Maxwell Reno (7 lbs. 10 oz. 20 1/2 in.)

It is with great joy that Mr. and Mrs. Reno announce the birth of our new son: William Manley Maxwell Reno was born on December 28 (his due date), a day historically known as Childermas or Feast of the Innocents, the day the church remembers Herod's slaughtering of the first "martyrs": all the sons in Bethlehem two and under.

William ("Great Protector") - after his late cousin Will Reno, father-in-law's middle name, and Shakespeare, of course.

Manley ("Man's Meadow") - after Gerard Manley Hopkins, Victorian poet extraordinaire, one of Reno's favorite poets of all time (and one of Beniam's favorites, too). 

Maxwell ("Great Spring") - after my grandfather Max Reno, whom I never met but whom I wanted to honor. Max passed away when my father was nine years old.