We went to Vynecrest Winery to do some wine tasting and buy some wine - Kathleen and Lisa really like the wine there. There was some nice live acoustic music downstairs in the wine cellar, so we hung out there for a while.
Saturday evening, we all had a nice dinner at Brewworks downtown. Owen had a good time playing with the menu, throwing all of his toys on the floor, and trying to get the attention of everyone that walked by.
When Kathleen went to pick him up at 3:30, he screamed when he saw her and made such a commotion that he upset the little one next to him. Owen came home with an "I made it through my first day of daycare" certificate, a nice smiling picture (see below), and his first accident report. It seems that Owen was having such a good time crawling around the playroom that he tried to crawl up something and fell on his face a little. So, he has a little bit of a black eye. But that didn't ruin his day, because he seemed to have a great time (just see the smiles in the picture).
After he was home, he was even in a better mood. He hung out with Mommy and Daddy and played with his toys without demanding to be held. And he ate all of his food for dinner without a fuss. He was such a big boy for his first day of daycare! We're so proud of him!
There was a small petting zoo at the festival. Owen enjoyed checking out the goats, sheep, and chickens. And Mommy made friends with a baby pot-bellied pig that liked to have it's back scratched.
There was also a lot of nice music at the festival. We knew two of the bands playing: Burning Bridget Cleary and Seven Nations. Owen had fun dancing around to Burning Bridget Cleary. He got a lot of attention from all of the audience members, who were watching him dance. And he especially liked the two cute girls in the band playing fiddles for him!
Owen also enjoyed rocking out to Seven Nation later on (electric guitars and bagpipes!), but by that time he was getting a little tired out and he fell asleep halfway through the show!
We grabbed some dinner outside on the sidewalk. By the time, that we stopped to listen to a jazz band playing on Broad Street, he was asleep!
However, about half-way through the show, it did start to drizzle a little. So, we huddled in the entryway of one of the nearby buildings and listened to the music and talked with some friends that we ran into. Rather than staying on stage, the band wandered around the crowd playing music. It's a good thing that they didn't need to be plugged in to play!
We thought the rain had blown by, but a dark cloud was approaching, so we decided to hurry and try to get home before the rain got here. But we got about half-way home when the thunderstorm blew in. So, we just huddled in the entryway of a building for about 5-10 minutes while the storm blew by. Owen seemed to be enjoying it all - he does love those rain sounds! He has been listening to a recording of rain while he sleeps since he was born.
Owen has 1/4 of one tooth through, and 3 others about to come through. The doctor said that we should be trying more solids foods with him, so we tried a few things out today. Kathleen gave him a piece of cheese earlier, which he gagged on as soon as it was in his mouth. But he did eat little of the the leftover manicotti from last night (which Kathleen now considers his first solid food meal). Later on, we tried some Cheerios, which he also gagged on, but those grew on him a little more quickly. He liked it when Mommy and Daddy were also eating the Cheerios and making munchy noises.
Finally, we tried out some stage-3 foods (that are more chunky) for dinner. He was trying really hard to eat them - but gagged quite a bit and even brought a lot of it back up for us. So, we just gave him his fully-pureed fruits that he really loves - and a little cuddle bottle before he went to bed!
But before too long, the music soothed Owen right to sleep!
Everyone enjoyed seeing Owen. The English department decided that Owen is a future man of letters. He is obviously a scholar! 
Events like this are nice because we always run into a lot of friends and neighbors. Owen had a great time! He loved jumping on Daddy, even though he was tiring Daddy out. Owen actually stayed out until the end of the show at 8pm, which is well past his bedtime. This was probably because Daddy was dancing around with him all night!
