The One and Only Tate

ISU vs. Iowa

Howdy all, just relaxing on the couch so thought I'd post on the old bloggy.

ISU wrestled Iowa last night, at Iowa. It is always my least favorite dual of the year, and even more so this year because it was at Iowa. The environment is a tad hostile, but luckily, the wins we had helped to keep the Iowa crowd from getting too frenzied and obnoxious, although there were Iowa fans picking a fight with my friends. Iowa State ended up losing 20-15, meaning if we had won one more match, we would have won the dual. ISU is perfectly capable of winning more matches, so hopefully we will meet Iowa again and stick it to them. Iowa set the dual meet attendance record--15,955 people, I believe. That is seriously about how many people (if not more) attend Nationals.

On another note, Cael, Tate and I will be traveling to Utah for Christmas. We leave the 20th and return home on the 26th. So hope to see you, all Utah Sandersons! :)

Not much else going on, just watching a movie and trying to figure out Christmas presents for the kiddies in the family.

Later! :)

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!