A Few Ramblings

Hello all! My little sister Ann has been bothering me to update the blog, so here goes. Not a ton has been going on, mostly buying Christmas presents online for everyone and staying up too late watching movies with Cael.

Tate is being as funny and cute as ever, he is really starting to jabber alot. He is a pro at saying "hi dada" as well as "hi clock" "hi cat", etc. Today was funny, as Cael got home, we greeted him at the door as he came in from the garage. Tate said, "Hi dada, it's cold." He also asks "Where did dada (Thobas, caca, cat, etc) go?"

Tate is obsessed with "Thobas cuck" (Thomas the train) right now, and I am very excited for Christmas because he will finally get his own "Thobas." He also loves cars and trucks and is really proving to be quite the little boy.

I recently joined a fitness club in Ames, which I love, and I use their daycare service for Tate while I exercise. This has been disastrous so far, and I typically only leave him in there for 30-40 min! Today when we got to the door of the daycare, he started bawling before we even got in the door. Ususally by the time I peel him off of me and head for the door, I am trying not to shut his fingers in it as he screams, and then I hear a loud thud as he slams into the door bawling. The last few times have been hard to leave him, but when I returned, he has been playing happily with Thomas the train and is actually mad that we have to leave, so that is good. Now if only we could get him to be ok with me leaving.

The pictures in the slideshow are from my birthday when we gave Tate some cake. As you can see in one picture, he slid my plate over to his and helped himself to my cake as well. ;) Cutie!

In other news, ISU wrestles Iowa this weekend in Iowa City. Should be exciting. They are the defending national champions and ranked #1, while we are #2. I read an article that said they had already sold over 11,000 tickets as of Tuesday. They are trying to set the all-time attendance record, and Cael believes they will. I am not a Hawk fan, and I really don't care for the Carver arena atmosphere--I am usually very annoyed listening to all the Hawk fans tell Cael to "SitdownSanderson!" Check this out from the last time we wrestled in Carver-Hawkeye: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjBRpmraIHk Oh well, wrestling is a heated sport. I will be sporting cardinal and gold proudly on Saturday!

Hope you are all well!