It's a boy--2 days before his due date.

Last night Jean Louis moved in with us. Sure, he's bunking the next two days on the couch since we're not in the new place until Tuesday and don't have a room for him... but it was time. He was having some trouble figuring out where he fits in and having trouble sleeping at Nixon and Sandra's house. They said he cried all night long the night before last and slept in the shower because he was scared. Last night when we went to take him back there after spending the day with us, he just laid on the couch crying. For like an hour. Nick and I realized that he needed to be with us so we decided he could come last night. That seemed to rally him a bit. Then we went over to pack up his stuff and say goodbye (and thank you) to Nixon and Sandra and the boys. And he collapsed into tears again before we'd left.

We got him set up on our couch (and Nick next to him on the floor since he didn't want to be alone) and I said prayers with him. And he was still kind of whimpering. And then we had our first real breakthrough. He let me sit next to him and stroke his head and kiss his cheek and tell him how happy we are he's in our family. This is huge. This is the kid that won't let me touch him. I just sat there for maybe 20 minutes doing that as he drifted off to sleep. He's been sleeping like a rock ever since. Nick's out there just in case he needs anything, but I keep waking up to go check on him.

We already love this kid like crazy.