Thursday, January 27, 2011

27/365 Happy Daddy

For those of you who know Rob, you know that he LOVES wrestling. NOT the WWF ridiculous mess that is NOT wrestling, im talking about the SPORT of wrestling that is in high schools, colleges, and even the Olympics. Rob has always been an all around great athlete at several sports, but he always goes back to wrestling, the sport he loves. You would think at the ripe old age of 30 (haha) he would give up wrestling but that is NOT the case. Even after having surgery because of getting hurt, he is still out there coaching the high school kids, teaching them about the sport and helping them to be the best athletes that they can be. The only thing is now he comes home after practice, takes ibuprofen, and puts ice on his achy body.

Tonight was the City Championship. Although the school as a whole didn't do too well, a few guys individually did really well. There is a lot of talent on that team, I just think they got too nervous. I know you aren't reading my blog to get a play by play about a high school wrestling tournament so I will get to the point. The tournament was supposed to start at 5 and end by 7 but we didn't get out of there until 9:45. Surprisingly, Brendan did great and was so happy. I kept trying to leave but Brendan would cry, cry, cry for his Daddy and since Rob worked 24 hrs. yesterday and will work 24 hrs. tomorrow I gave in and stayed at the tournament so Brendan could see his Daddy. Rob is so passionate about this sport and he and I both hope Brendan will follow in his footsteps. By no means will we ever PUSH a sport on our children but we will encourage it; YES, there is a difference...I say that now but when we have a little girl, you better believe she will be in dance class as soon as she can walk!! :) Before Brendan was even born, Rob had already purchased a wrestling mat to put in the garage so that he can practice with Brendan when he got older. At the age of 3 months, Rob had Brendan on the mat rolling around. I brought Brendan to several of the matches this year so that he can be exposed to the sport and hopefully one day, when he is older, he will give the sport a try. Rob's face lights up when Brendan comes to watch the matches and Rob was beyond thrilled this evening. Rob was holding Brendan and as we walked to the car Brendan looked at Rob and said, "Daddy, I like wrestling!" Brendan has never said that before and Rob's jaw dropped and he got the biggest smile on his face! He was so excited that Brendan said he liked the sport that Rob loves so much! Up north, wrestling is a well respected, major sport but down south it isn't nearly as respected like it is up there, which is unfortunate and hopefully one day that will change. Rob knows that Brendan's mind can and probably will change a million times and tomorrow he might say he doesn't like wrestling, but for tonight Daddy is thrilled and I wouldn't be surprised if Rob has already purchased Brendan's first pair wrestling shoes!! :)

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