Celtic Classic

The past three years we have been trying to go to Bethlehem for the Celtic Classic. There are highland games, sheep dog challenges, Irish dancers, Celtic food and wares, and my favorite Celtic music (bagpipes and drums). www.celticfest.org
We finally made it there this year and it was a bit too crowded to see much of anything but we did get to see guys throwing a sheep's bladder over a pole and tossing a log. Daniel was sufficiently ogled by many and Kat was stopped by a reporter who said I caught his eye across the crowds for 1 of 6 interviews he wanted for an article (I'll get it Wednesday and post it for you). I guess it helped that Daniel was wearing an adorable outfit his Grandma Stallings bought for him.

Daniel napping in anticipation for the activity of the day.

Sunday we tried to keep it low key except for church in the morning and bible study in the evening. I thought I would just throw in some cute pics of Daniel in another adorable G. Stallings little man outfit. This is the first time I have seen him support his full weight on his hands instead of his elbows!

First Cereal

At his 4 month check up last month Daniel slipped from the 50/75% brackets of weight and height to the 25/50% brackets and he still does not sleep well at night so the doctor told me we could start him on rice cereal at night. It hasn't helped with the sleeping but he likes it!

Daniel is 4 Months Old!

Daniel is so big! He is working on rolling from back to front, he loves to play with his toys (and by play I mean eat) and he enjoys standing and sitting up (both with assistance still). Here he is playing in his Exersaucer (on loan from his good friend Tyler) and riding in the stroller face forward for the first time! We have a check up Monday so we'll get to see just how much he's grown this month.

I can get my feet in my mouth!

I don't care who you are, this is cute.

Not Rolling Over

Just after Daniel rolled over for the third and fourth time, I tried to videotape him doing it. This is how he responded:
Roxy was much easier to train!

Beach Vacation

We went to Cape Hatteras the first week in September with Jason's parents, grandmother and great aunt Carrie. Steve's sister has a house there on the sound that she rented to us for the week. It was lovely.

We drove down Saturday when the weather was beautiful and were able to enjoy the beach for a few hours on Sunday. Sunday evening saw the weather take a turn and we spent the remainder of our vacation mostly indoors as the wind was wild and the sky dismally cloudy and dense with fog or drizzle. It was nice to have time to spend with Daniel and the family enjoyed their time with him too.






Thanks to Steve, we managed to take a daily outing. If the weather permitted, we took a walk on the beach.


Tuesday we toured the tip of the island and visited some local museums and civil war markers. There is a museum dedicated to all the shipwrecks that happen there at the cemetery of the sea! Apparently Cape Hatteras has always had horrible weather that dash dreams to the rocks!
Wednesday Daniel had a few more firsts. He rolled over for the first time (he won't let me get this feat on video yet) and was on his first boat! We took a ferry to the next island and hung out at the lighthouse there for a bit.


Thursday the boys and I went to the Hatteras lighthouse. There is a whole visitors center and parks department for this lighthouse complete with a hourly video describing how they moved the lighthouse inland a bit to save it from being washed to sea.


Friday we decided to give up and drive home. Of course, the wind died down and the sun decided to show up. I cried as we packed the car. We stopped and had lunch on the beach and then two and a half hours later, we stopped again in Nags Head to feed Daniel and enjoy the last beach before we hit the bridge to the main land.


We spent Saturday and Sunday enjoying the Marquiss's pool and the wonderful weather PA had been having while we were gone.