We had great neighbors in the house directly behind us (their yard back up to ours)... however, they moved away last year when our LO was just a few months old. A young couple moved in, but we were lame and didn't really go over to meet them (it was also the dead of winter). We said hello over the fence once or twice. They had a party once and told us over the fence to let them know if it got too loud, etc. I noticed a couple months ago that the wife was pregnant, and then a few weeks ago saw a baby balloon on their mailbox. I wasn't sure if it was from a shower or whether the baby had been born.

Anyway, last night my daughter was running around the back yard and was trying to talk to the neighbor. He came over and asked how old she was, what her name was, etc. I asked if his wife had had the baby and he said yes, 3 weeks ago. We talked about life adjusting to baby and shared a few laughs. He seemed very nice and mentioned that maybe when his son is a little older, the kids could play together. This would make me really happy as they are the only couple with young kids that live anywhere nearby... most of the families have kids in high school.

So, now they we've finally had a real conversation with them (albeit, short), I thought the neighborly thing to do would be to stop by and bring them something for the new baby... maybe baked goods of some sort and some kind of gift? Any ideas? I don't know anything about them other than they seem quiet, both run a lot, and are neat freaks (that came up in our conversation when we were talking about baby gear).

In addition to gift ideas, anyone have advice for getting to know the neighbors in general?? I feel bad that we've lived in our house for 2 years and don't really know anyone. The only people we were really getting to know happened to be the ones that moved.