Timing

Last Friday, Anni sneezed a couple of times.  Had a couple small coughs in the night.  With most kids, these things seem inconsequential.  But a mother knows, right?  Anytime she gets a cold, it starts this way, and the next night we're propping up her mattress, suctioning her nose and desperately trying all of our tricks to help her stop coughing long enough for all of us to get some sleep.

Oh, and changing my prayers to a, "Maybe tonight would *not* be the best time to go into labor..."

We had constant nose wiping, sad sick eyes and lack of sleep for a few days, but the last couple of nights have improved enough to where my hopes of heading into labor with this little munchkin have returned (three nights of braxton hicks has only encouraged that).

We still have a bit of the nose wiping and sick eyes, but we were able to make it out today for Ash Wednesday Mass up at my husband's office (major advantage to my husband being a missionary at a Catholic organization with a chapel).  Anni was extraordinarily talkative (which can be a little disconcerting in such a small space), but luckily everyone there is sweet and patient about her sweet noise.  Well... some of it was sweet.  The screaming "No, no, I don't want to!" every time we asked her to use her church voice/ whisper was less than sweet. 
  

However, it was lovely to get showered, dressed, and see hubby in the middle of the day.  In fact, here are my favorite reasons for going to daily Mass at the DSC:


1. Everyone is so patient with our noise, despite the fact that someone's noise seems to increase with the smaller size of the chapel.

2. We get to see Daddy... which makes our whole day a whole lot better.

3. We have a reason to get ready and dressed in the morning (but, thankfully not too early since Mass is at noon). When would I otherwise have an excuse during the week to get Anni all adorable in a cardigan and pearl necklace (she told me it was just like Baba's)?

4. I get to talk to adults in the middle of my day... sometimes even other moms who have their own littles there: it's a great break for Anni *and* I :).

5. We make it to daily Mass.

Tonight has been quiet.  Hubby and I discussed our Lenten plans, enjoyed the fact that there have been no coughing fits from the sweetheart in the room next to ours and fired up the contraction counting app for what is probably just another few hours of braxton hicks (though my back is aching just a little... so... maybe?)