In the novel "Elsewhere" by Gabrielle Zevin, the people in Elsewhere are waiting for the arrival of new babies. However, these babies are not typical newborns. Elsewhere is a unique afterlife realm where people go after they die. In Elsewhere, individuals age backward instead of forward, starting from the age at which they died until they reach infancy, at which point they are sent back to Earth to be reborn.
So, the people in Elsewhere eagerly anticipate the arrival of these "baby souls" who will soon be sent back to Earth to start new lives. The novel explores the concept of reincarnation and the idea that life and death are part of an ongoing cycle in this unusual afterlife setting.