she hopped up and came to plop down in my lap , like she 'd done a million times as we sat in the rocker in the baby 's room , imagining what it would be like to rock him to sleep there . it was n't that bad last night . `` now there 's something you do n't often see . '' of course not , mary said , folding her arms across her chest . he knew they did n't have much of it to spare . 