Like Hitchcock but less deadly

Kirsten and Ira are still on vacation, I had a half day, and the weather was nicer than it's been in weeks so we did our favorite thing - hung out with some animals. Looking back over the blog, it seems like all we do is travel to petting zoos. Well, yesterday we went to a real zoo not a petting zoo, though we did get up close and personal with a few birds. Two birds, to be exact. Watch this.



Some birds on shoulder from Jesse Morros on Vimeo.

Ira is crying at the beginning of the video, but that's some other kid screaming at the end.

We saw some other animals, too, and they weren't nearly as frightening as the those crazy lorikeets.



Like the nice, gentle giraffes.



And the fish that can't attack you or try to eat your hoodie because they can't breathe out of the water.



And these butterflies that are made of silk. Silk never hurt anyone.



You can't see the snake or lizard or whatever is in this case. I just thought the silhouette looked cool.



And, of course, we can't go more than a month without rubbing some goats.



Here's Ira with some kind of weird African duck-like thing that looks like a duck but isn't called a duck.

I forgot to mention . . .

There are a lot more holiday pictures at Picasa.

From Holidays, 2008

Christmas Adventures

This Christmas was a bit of a change for us; we stayed in Nashville, by ourselves, and had a small, quiet celebration. Kirsten couldn't wait for Christmas morning so Ira woke up to presents on the 24th. He didn't seem to mind.












After opening his presents, we went to the Loveless Cafe for Christmas Eve breakfast. Since everyone else in town had the same idea, it turned into Christmas Eve brunch. Ira really enjoyed the famous Loveless biscuits.



And so did Daddy.







The night of Christmas, we drove around looking at Christmas lights, something I heard is called a Twinkle Tour. The twinkliest twinkles on the Twinkle Tour were definitely at the home of the Possum, George Jones.







Don't forget it's still Hanukkah.

Happy Holidays

I've added new holiday themed pictures to our albums at Picasa. If you head over there you'll find pictures of Ira in the snow and our trip to the Opryland Hotel to check out Christmas lights, and I'll add more as soon as I can. I'll post more Christmas presents soon (maybe tomorrow), but tonight let's focus on Hanukkah.



We didn't feel like making latkes at home so we went to Noshville, the best pun in Nashville, to get our fill of fried potato-y goodness.



Here's Ira with our menorah. He liked the menorah, but he LOVED dreidel. Just watch these videos.



Ira and the Dreidel from Jesse Morros on Vimeo.


More dreidel with Ira from Jesse Morros on Vimeo.

Happy Hanukkah! We love all of you and hope you had a great Festival of Lights!

I know I just posted yesterday, and usually I'd wait another 3 weeks or more to post again, but I wanted to share a video and some pictures. We played around with the Photobooth on our laptop and opened a wellspring of cuteness.

First, a video of Ira showing off.

Ira Knows His Body Parts from Jesse Morros on Vimeo.

When we took these next few pictures, Ira got really upset. He didn't like looking at these crazy versions of himself.









After those, you might need a nice, normal picture of Ira in his PJs.

Thanksgiving

There are twelve days until Christmas so it's probably time to get my Thanksgiving pictures up. We went to Asheville, NC with my mom and had a great time. It was nice to get out of Nashville and spend some time in an awesome town like Asheville.



It was nice to see Ira spend time with my mom. Here they are reading together.



We had Thanksgiving dinner at the Grovewood Cafe, next to the Grove Park Inn. Pear and Gorgonzola Salad, Butternut Squash Risotto, and a dessert buffet.



This was in the Grove Arcade, downtown. Apparently everything is named Grove-something in Asheville. This guitar guy stopped playing fancy classical music and started playing kid songs for Ira.




A florist in the Arcade gave Ira a flower. He liked the way it smelled . . .



. . . and wanted Kirsten to smell it, too.

Other than the risotto, the highlight of the trip was the Biltmore Estate. We had to spread our visit out over two days because it was so busy.



This is at the farm on the estate. They had all sorts of kid-oriented things to do. Like playing dress up . . .




. . .croquet . . .



. . . and tea parties.



There was also a petting zoo, and you know how much we love petting zoos.









We even took Ira to the winery. Places like that can be a little stuffy, but Ira and Big G found a way to have a little fun.



We weren't allowed to take pictures inside the house so this is the best you'll get. It's really too bad that you can't see Kirsten carrying sleeping Ira all over the largest house in the US.

Fire trucks!

We had a great Thanksgiving, and I've got lots of pictures to post for you. But before I get to that I wanted to share some pictures of Ira at the Beulah Volunteer Fire Department in Beulah, FL. I'll get the Thanksgiving pictures up in the next few days.


Here's Ira driving the fire truck.



Here he is with his uncle, Luke, and his cousins, David, Holley and Jacob.


Ira in the driver's seat again. The Beulah Fire Dept calls themselves the Big Dawgs, thus the awesome window decals.



Ira with his Papa.

Happy Halloween

Ira loves Halloween. At least he loves dressing up like Elvis Presley and showing off. And he loves pumpkins and pointing at pumpkins and yelling, "Pumpkin!"



Pumpkin Carving from Jesse Morros on Vimeo.

This isn't Halloween. This is the night before, but Ira put on his Elvis suit to watch me carve my first pumpkin.

Like I said, it's my first jack-o-lantern so don't judge.



Here's a picture of Ira on Halloween with his full Elvis get up.



We loved the sideburns, but by the end of night Ira had black ink all over his face.






Ira came to pick me up from work in his costume. Believe it or not, he wasn't the first person dressed like Elvis I've seen at the library.



Here's Ira trick-or-treating with a man dressed in a Jesse costume.

New Videos

Some videos from the past few weeks.

First up is a little look into the sort of wacky fun we have during bath time. It gets crazy in that tub.


Bath Time Fun from Jesse Morros on Vimeo.

Here's a montage from our trip to the pumpkin farm. We didn't realize at the time, but Ira had an ear infection. That's why he looks a little unhappy. I don't know why I look so grumpy. We actually had a great time.


Ira at the Pumpkin Patch from Jesse Morros on Vimeo.


This video is from the Molasses and Music festival at the Ellington Agricultural Center, which is just down the road from our house. We've been hanging out at farms and zoos a lot lately. There are no animals in the this clip, though. Here, we see Ira dancing to poorly sung gospel music.


Ira Dancing from Jesse Morros on Vimeo.

And finally we have a video I made with Ira this afternoon. I started recording with the camera on our laptop, and Ira got excited watching himself. He's pointing at himself and saying, "Ira!"


Ira says, "Hi," to himself. from Jesse Morros on Vimeo.


I've posted pictures from our expeditions to the Pumpkin Patch and Molasses Fest on Picasa for you to browse at your convenience. Here's a few pics to encourage you to check out the rest.

From the pumpkin patch:









From the Molasses Festival: