I love consignment sales!

For a long time now, I have been looking at this super cute rocking horse from Pottery Barn Kids for Dylan. It's expensive ($100), but I have two $50 gift cards so really, I'd only have to pay for shipping (which is still like $30) because it is only available online. But then, at a consignment sale I found this beauty.


It is in great shape and it was selling for only $8. Now that was an opportunity that I could not pass up. I honestly think I like this one as much or better! So, I am very happy because now I can keep my gift cards for something else and I still have a way cute rocking horse for Dylan. I love consignment sale time! I think I already have Dylan pretty much set for the fall and winter, and I got it all for really great prices. I love the thrill of the hunt!

Dylan's 15 month appointment

Today was Dylan's 15 month check up. When my doctor was checking his mouth she saw something that looks like this in his mouth. This picture is not of him.

So, when she showed me I started freaking out. She told me that maybe it was from him hitting his gum hard on something or that the underlying tooth was decayed. How a tooth could be decayed if it has never been exposed is beyond me. So, anyhow after much research, I discovered what it has to be, eruption cyst. What the heck is that, you may be thinking. I tried to describe what that is in my own words but I can't do it too well and it's too late to try. So thanks to http://www.mchoralhealth.org/pediatricoh/mod3_6_2.htm for their definition.

Eruption cysts are associated with erupting primary and permanent teeth. They appear as bluish and translucent dome-shaped soft tissue lesions overlying an erupting tooth. An eruption cyst results from fluid accumulation within the space surrounding the erupting tooth. When the fluid in the cyst is mixed with blood, the cyst is referred to as an eruption hematoma. No treatment is typically needed, because the tooth erupts through the lesion, which disappears spontaneously.

So, thankfully it is nothing too serious. But it is enough to freak you out especially if you don't know what it is. I have been thinking of switching to a different doctor in the practice, and after the lady we saw today diagnosed him so poorly, I definitely think that I will not be back to her.

As for Dylan's measurements:
weight: 26.12 lbs (75%)
height: 33 1/2 in. (95%)
head circumference: 50.3 cm (95%)

Our Atlanta Vacation

Isaac and I had a difficult time trying to decide what we wanted to do for a summer vacation. Since going anywhere was going to end up being so expensive, we decided to take our vacation here. On Monday we went to the zoo. I was so excited about doing this because I was too young to remember the last time that I went. If the animals were far away and not moving much it was hard for Dylan to pick them out. We really liked looking at the Pandas. They were hanging out by the glass and chewing on some bamboo. At the end of our trip we did the train ride and rode the merry-go-round. We had so much fun!


Checking out the Flamingos which were smaller than I had imagined them!


Giraffes


Us with good old Willie B. It's too bad he is not alive anymore so that we could see the real thing!


I am not sure how easy it is to see this one, but it is a Gorilla. Most of the time they were far off and just showing off their backsides.


Dylan is testing out cotton candy for the first time. After this bite he didn't seem to like it too much!


An Alligator


Hanging out in the Reptile house.


The Panda


This picture is a little funny because I'm cut off and Dylan has a funny expression on his face, but look how cute the Panda is eating his bamboo!


Dylan the Panda Bear!


Tiger on the prowl


Elephant on the move



Having fun on the merry-go-round.


Riding on the train rode.


There are the kangaroos, my sister-in-law, Emma, told me that a couple of days before we went, one of the kangaroos attacked a zoo worker!


Here's a silly picture of me and Dylan.


I think this is my favorite picture of our trip. Just look at that expression!

I'll update again soon with pictures from when we went to the mountains.