Looks like it's a boy this time! :)

I'm feeling lots better. I found out part of why I was feeling so awful - somehow the flu followed me across the country (I thought I was being sneaky but it was sneakier I guess) and finally caught me here. The last few days haven't been puking my guts out sick, but after much exercise I feel sore and achy and my skin feels all ouchy and I'm flushed and exhausted. So I've taken a little time to rest and am starting to feel better.

We're staying in this temporary housing for now, so I unpacked the few things in our suitcases and got some Christmas decorations to put up around the apartment. Going to Illuminations (oh, how I missed that store) and to The Body Shop and getting bubble bath, then getting a wreath and poinsettias really did wonders for my soul. I feel like life's moving on, at least a little. :)

Ooh, and look at these trees we got from Illuminations! We didn't get the containers to put them in or the ice crystal-looking things or the floating candles. I have it set up a little differently (and less expensively!) in our apartment. But the trees are GORGEOUS! They're blown glass.



Now for the reason for my title -

So I talked with my cousin (well, actually my cousin's daughter, so technically she's my first cousin once removed) and she's totally on board with the adoption and really wants us to have the baby. She was nervous when we first started talking but once we chatted about the openness level we were both looking for with the adoption and saw how similar we were, she sounded SO happy. She had an ultrasound to find out the sex of the baby *thinks* two days ago, and called me again to tell me that while the baby was being a little shy, the doctor thinks it's a boy. :) So it sounds like we'll need to get a different carseat *laugh*, but we're happy to do that.

She had a meeting with her case worker earlier this week and is planning to tell them she's chosen us, so we're looking forward to getting things up and running on that end as soon as possible.

I'm very happy. I'm also very scared. Once burned, twice shy as the saying goes. But I'm taking deep breaths and praying that things will work out if it's the right decision and . . . we'll see how it goes. :)