She managed to get a hug and a quick kiss to his temple in before he slipped out of her arms, and she tried to ignore the empty feeling it left in her heart. She did miss when her lads were small enough to carry close to her heart, but she was so proud of what they were now, especially her North American lads.

So she simply tucked away these memories in that empty space, smiling down at him. "Ah, let's be seein'..." She knelt down to check a lower shelf, small, thin fingers slowly trailing over spines. "Ah ha, here we're bein'!" She tugged a rather thick leather bound book partway out, letting it hang there. 'Thinkin' you can be liftin' this, lad?"