2/3 of a year old

Conner is 8 months old today! Where did the time go? I'm sure in 4 months when he's a year old we'll be even more shocked with how fast time goes. For now though we're enjoying every day with the little man. He's had a big month with his new teeth, waving and rolling over, among other things. We're pretty sure he'll be crawling soon once he figures out how to get his knees underneath him better.Conner had a big day today as Grandpa Hylton came for a visit to celebrate birthdays (mine, my dad's, Eliza's and Todd's all within a month of each other) and Father's Day a couple of weeks late.
And strangely Conner looks happier and much more well rested than the rest of us! More importantly though we're all dressed in patriotic colors to celebrate the holiday!

With Conner's new teeth, he's been chewing on his hands and tongue, but he's managed it all very well. It's the flipping over in the bed that he's had some trouble with. As you can see in the lower right of this photo, there's some Cheerios -- he LOVES Cheerios!

Milestone after milestone

It's been a while since our last update, but Conner's had a big few weeks -- he's cut his first two teeth with no major issues (they're slightly visible in the above photo); he learned how to wave with a little bit of help; he FINALLY rolled over; he's giving kisses; and he gives fives. He's laughing more and more, especially at Duke. All Duke has to do is walk and Conner laughs. Duke is also paying more attention to him as Conner eats Cheerios a couple of times a day, as seen below.

Conner also had to fight the flu a couple of weeks ago, but fortunately he got over it pretty quickly. Then cousin Eliza got sick ... I got sick ... then Christina got sick ... we're pretty much over it now and Conner seemed to have just one really bad day. We'd love to have someone come here and disinfect our house!

Yummy beans!

I've been trying to capture a photo of Conner making a bad face eating food he doesn't like, but he's learning what the camera is ... and the bad faces go away! Don't believe this face! He didn't like the beans ... really!
Here are few other recent photos:

The above photo is Conner on the day he turned 7 months old. The below photo is Conner testing out his new, and much more comfortable, car seat.

Lucky No. 7

Conner turned 7 months old today ... didn't he just turn 6 months old? It's been a big month for Conner as he's tried just about every food he can have at this age; he flipped from one end of the bed to another (still waiting on the back to stomach roll); he went to his first wedding; and he's fully sitting up on his own.

In the next month, we'll be upgrading his car seat -- he's almost past the requirements for the one we have, plus it's become more difficult to put him in it.

Not quite rolling over ...

Conner Almost Rolls from David Hylton on Vimeo.

A Day at Lewis Ginter

We visited one of Richmond's most popular spots yesterday -- Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden -- to see the Butterflies LIVE! exhibition. It was pretty cool to walk around with dozens of butterflies silently flying around. Despite being tired after a short nap, Conner was very observant while looking around at the butterflies and flowers.

We're looking forward to returning to Lewis Ginter for the holiday lights display later this year. But we won't wish away our time! For more photos from yesterday, click here to check out my photo blog.

Conner's first wedding

Conner had one of his biggest weekends to date with attending his first wedding. My cousin Shannon got married this weekend here in Richmond, so Conner got a chance to see meet some family members and to see some family members who have only seen him once.

Conner did well all weekend. He had a couple of late nights and has been in nap-recovery mode today, but I'm sure he'll get back to normal soon! His wedding suit fit fairly well, although we weren't able to button his top button for him to wear a tie. And, like all his shoes, he quickly kicked off his dress shoes and spent most of the evening in socks.

Congrats to Brad and Shannon!