Ethan was thrilled when some park workers let him sit in their truck. The best part was when one of their coworkers, who had been out at lunch, pulled up he screamed, "Bob the Builder!" 
We went to a nearby Farmer's Market on Saturday where we can get fresh cheeses and meats and ended up eating lunch there. 
We decided to head toward the characters to get our photos taken today since we always skip over that. Ethan was mad because he really just wanted to hug Elmo.
The bedrooms and study are upstairs, but since it may be awhile til we see people, here are some pics of our new place. (Ignore the messes:). We now have more room than we did in our Minneapolis house and it is very nice to spread out a bit.
We have finally gotten rid of our other place and now just have to focus on unpacking and getting more settled here. We love our new neighborhood and we hope to stay here for 2-4 years until we decide to stay more permanently or get an opportunity back home in which case we would get ready to buy another place.
The boys have had colds, which means Jayden is sick again. He got put back on oral steroids and antibiotics and hopefully will lick this one pretty quickly. He was wheezing like crazy yesterday, but seems to be a little more relaxed today.
He is not gaining weight like he should despite our best efforts with an extremely high-fat diet (which includes heavy whipping cream and butter in everything). He put on 6 ounces in two weeks, which was ok but he really should have put on at least 4- 5times that amount. The doctors are testing his blood for a variety of issues. We hope the tests will not reveal anything very serious, but if they do we just keep pushing through.
Please keep praying for him so he can get stronger for the winter, which is expected to be rough again.
Jayden is starting to crawl and clap his hands and is loving exploring everything around him. Ethan and Jayden are playing together more every day and having a blast!
Below are some pics of our moving. More pics to come.
We went to the doctor for Jayden's 9-month check-up and they are still quite worried about his weight gain. He is less than 16 pounds and gained less than a pound in the last three months.
Hopefully he is not allergic to dairy, because we are adding cream to everything for him to pack on calories and hope he gains some weight with that. Guess we'll see. The thing they are most worried about is if he doesn't gain enough weight and gets sick this winter and loses a pound or two, he could be in very serious condition.
I did look up how much I weighed at his age and was a pound less than him, which reassured our doctor a bit when I spoke with her again this evening. We are running a whole bunch of tests to make sure we aren't missing something and hopefully we won't find anything abnormal. They are running some additional cystic fibrosis tests because not all cases of cystic fibrosis are apparently picked up by the sweat test, but it is unlikely he has that.
He also has to see a kid eye doctor because one of his pupils doesn't retract in bright light like it is supposed to, which may be a side effect of the medicines. If it is though, I want to make sure and try to switch him on something else to try to prevent more damage to his eye.
As always, continued prayers are appreciated.
We had a blast visiting Jim's cousin Chris who lives in lower Manhattan. We found some city playgrounds, walked around the neighborhood, visited Central Park after church and went to The Museum of Natural History (Ethan loved the dinosaurs).
We had a really rough start though because the "B" - Ethan's Bear - managed to get lost somewhere on the platform at Princeton Junction. We of course didn't know this until already heading to NYC, so we had to find a last-minute replacement. Friday night was rough, Saturday was a bit better, but he was relived when we got home to find his "B" (Thank God we have a replacement).
We named his bear we bought in NYC "Bob the B" and although he was liking Bob the B, he was very happy to find his bear when we got home. We had to file a report with the New Jersey Transit lost and found, but they couldn't find it. We told Ethan the B went bye-bye in the train. He kept waking up Friday night and moaning, "Oh no! The B!" He was also confused what was happening to his eyes and his nose (he was crying). It was sad, but very cute too.
Here are a few pics:
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