The last two months in pictures...

We are so exctied to have a new addition to the family! We are the proud Aunt, Uncle and cousin to Miss Kierstin Darlene Conner!! She is so precious and we love her so much! As you can see, Dillon and big brother Corbin can't get enough of her!

Dillon Loves to cheer for the Boilers! He even knows how to do the cheer we say Boiler up and he says "toot toot" and moves his arm! Its adorable! (He also loves driving his little golf cart around too)

Dillon can also say "Go Colts" now and loves to watch the games with Mommy and Daddy!

Darren just recently put in new hard wood floors in our Living room and hall way and Dillon spent the day at home helping Daddy! He was a big help and I have to say, I have two very handsome and talented Handy Men in my house! The floors are beautiful!

We took a weekend family vacation to St.Louis with Darrens side of the family in July. We had a blast and were so glad we got to go! Darren and Dillon and I went last year and Dillon, being a year older, enjoyed Grants Farm and the zoo so much more! This was the first time he ever rode the Carousel. He LOVED it! And Mommy did too!

Just a sweet little picture to show Dillon's cheesy little smile!! I just love looking at this picture! It makes me smile everytime!

At the zoo we made Dillon his first "Build a Bear". He picked everthing out (except the clothing, daddy helped with that! It ended up being a St.Louis Cardinal outfit). He loves his little Tiger soo much!

This is Daddy and Dillon helping dress, Bugga the Tiger in his Cardinals outfit! The name is different yes, but while filling out the birth certificate, Darren asked Dillon what his name should be and Dillon replied with "Bugga" so that is his name and it has stuck ever since! He sleeps with Bugga every night and Bugga has to have a blankie on just like Dillon!

We got to pet some stingrays at the zoo and Dillon didnt quite understand why he couldn't just jump in the water. It was fun to watch him touch in the water, but I dont think a ray ever got close enough to him.

This is Dillon at the County Fair. He had to get some special boots so he could help Aunt Key Key (thats what Dillon has named Kristen) with her sheepy. He absolutly loves these boots and to this day still has to wear them around the house.

He thought he was big stuff helping her trim and fit her lambs for show day! This is on show day and he is showing everyone that "they" got a blue ribbon!

He had to help Uncle Michael make sure everything was ready to go for show. I put this picture up because you can see the huge similarity in looks with these two! Its almost scary! He loves his Uncle Michael so much!

This is a picture of Dillon at the State Fair this year. We got to go for a couple hours one morning because thats all we could handle with the heat this year. It was at least 92 degrees every day of the state fair, so we decided to go one morning. Dillon loved looking at the John Deere tractors and he loved the baby piggies.


As you can see, we have been quite busy these last couple months. We loved our small vacation and keeping busy with all the activities of the summer but boy oh boy are we ready to slow down a little! We are getting ready for Fall and hoping that we get a litte down time before all the Holidays get started. They will be here before we know it! Dillon has grown and learned so much in these last couple months its unbelievable! He is talking and saying new things everyday! I abosolutly love this age and love that he can talk and start to tell me whats wrong and what he wants. He is very into Farm animals and tractors right now. Especially the Baas (thanks to Grandma Judy aka Mamaw Baa) and the Horseys (thanks to Pa and aunt Tina). He knows that the sheepy eat Corn and Oats and the Horseys eat Hay and Apples and they all sleep in the barns. He can also tell you what all the animals sound like. He also loves trains right now and loves watching and playing with Thomas the train, (thanks to Papaw). He loves watching Football and baseball with Daddy and he still loves to cuddle and watch tv with Mommy! Another favorite of his is going to church and playing with the kiddos. They have a little learning session with Pastor Randy at the begining of church and Dillon aboslutly loves to go up there and sit (most of the time) and listen to the story with the big kids! Its so precious and it means so much to me that he loves going to church and it will be a big part of him growing up like it was for me!

Coming up in the Hughes Household: In October we have another wedding that Darren is in and are looking forward to attending. I think this is the last one for this year! And I can't say that we aren't happy about that! :) Darren will also be celebrating his 30th birthday on the 14th of October and we are having a little party at our house in 80s style! We are also looking forward to a couple trips to the Pumpkin Patch with Dillon this year and hoping for alittle warmer weather than last year. We are also excited for Zoo Boo and trick or treating.

Stay tuned for more pictures of our events in October. I imagine there will be several~with hopefully some more family pictures and portraits of Dillon!