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Cinco's been moving lots and lots, and I hope what I feel up nearer my ribs is a little tush and not a head, which I'd confused with Ada back in '14. I kept thinking I was poking her hips; nope, it was her little noggin, poor dear.

My posting time has gotten off somehow, so while I'm at 34wks already, I didn't magically skip 33. So here we are. This week, working up to 34 wks strong, was very, very full. We baked, the boys finally got to wear something matching - Jack's request last time the girls got matching dresses from Nana & Pappy - we started school, we celebrated the Transfiguration of Jesus both with a field trip Mass with Ada's Little Flowers group to saint-of-the-month Angela Merici parish and sunshine cookies, got snoballs again at Sal's to introduce friends to this beloved stand, Dylan's been working practically full-time on our massive built-in bookshelf project to make it school ready (so close!)... and Mom & Dad have tested positive for Covid-19. The latter is such a massive bummer after being so careful for so long with groceries, church, isolation, masking, getting vaccinated, everything! And while their vaccination status brings great comfort that they won't suffer terrible symptoms, like what surely would've happened this time last year, the whole family's reeled a little from it; we've all tested negative so far but plan to test again before too long in case it was too early for detection. They were staying with Ginny & Ryan for 10 days, for starters, and then on the tail end of their trip, they came here to catch Ada's performance. Now, they did mask inside our house, and we didn't share a meal or even hug, but the chances of infection were/are still there; so we wait. We tested ourselves after 7 days, and now it's been a full 9 days since we've seen each other, symptom-free, so we're really praying and hoping we're in the clear already. Mom and Dad themselves have cold-like symptoms; not fun, by any means, but not unmanageable or, praise God, needing hospitalization. The hospitals are full.