Tate is 2!

Hi everybody! Once again, I am being harassed by my younger sister to update my blog. Sorry, I admit that I am lazy.

Tate had his second birthday (Feb 3) and it was really fun. He was very spoiled and had a good time with his cousins, Uncle Cody and Aunt Sarah, Hranac grandparents, and my cousins the Vogelaars. Tate is still entirely obsessed with Thomas the tank engine, and Grandma Debbie sent out Thomas decorations for the party, which Tate absolutely loved!! He also had a Thomas cake, as you can see in the picture.

Tate is really starting to grow up. He is putting short sentences together now, and pretty much talks all day long, even if we don't understand what he is saying. He cracks me up because all day long he says "dowstairs," because he wants to play with Thomas downstairs. It is also amusing to hear the variations of words he makes up; "please" went from "cheese" to "pease" to "wheeze." Tate is a ton of fun and is becoming more playful. He finally enjoys being tossed up in the air and being tickled by his "da-ya" and his uncles.

Tate finally likes the daycare at the fitness facility. They put a train table in the room and now he basically leaps out of my arms to go play. What a relief! It was a struggle at first. For all the fun that Tate is, he is definitely becoming more of a discipline challenge for me (and we all know what a pushover I am to start with). For example, I took him into McDonald's on Friday night before the wrestling match to sit down and eat together. He got mad at me in line because I wouldn't put him down while ordering, so he hit me and head butted me in the lip, which split and bled. Unreal. I also had to remove him from the play area at Jordan Creek after warning him repeatedly about not pushing the little girls over. The resulting tantrum was very embarrassing! However, Tate is very sweet for the most part and we love that little pumpkin.

Cael is doing well, in the middle of the wrestling season, so things are busy, but we get to be with him a lot more now than during the summer, so that is nice. ISU wrestles Tennesse-Chattanooga on Friday and then travels to Missouri for a match on Sunday.

Hope everyone is doing well!