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Cate & Ty Break It Down

Birthday Celebrations & the Ethics of Embryo Adoption

25 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

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I hope your guys' week's going well so far. It's hump day. That means we're halfway through. Hallelujah. Just a little update on our lives.

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Chapter 2: How did Veda celebrate her 7th birthday?

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This past weekend, February 21st was Veda's 7th birthday. Right now, she's all into that 6-7. Oh, my God, dude. If you know, you know. She's 6 turning 7. The 21st was her birthday. She had a cheer competition, her first ever cheer comp.

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38.843 - 66.557 Cate

um and they got first place on her birthday her first year count on her birthday first place yes i was like so pumped she was pumped i think too and i was shocked because they're like you know a little yeah they range from like five to seven like in between there listen you have you can't we can't do this you have hair um we are listen guys we are covered in cat hair um From these stupid cats.

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The Maine Coons.

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67.719 - 86.147 Cate

And I am the biggest idiot because... All you wear is black. My biggest pet peeve is actually not even just cat hair. I just don't like dog hair. I don't like cat hair. You just don't like hair. I don't like any animal hair in houses. And it's not a good thing for someone who likes animals.

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86.167 - 89.052 Ty

Yeah, and then your wife is like, let's get some Maine Coons.

89.072 - 91.836 Cate

Oh, you want to keep this invisible, right? Yes, I do. It's on the shot.

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That's okay.

92.757 - 93.859 Cate

Okay, fuck it. Whatever.

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But but yeah, so they got first place with their cheer comp. And yeah, they're they're younger. You know, it's like their first time cheering or whatever. And I was shocked. They blew me away. They got on that stage and I was like, holy crap. They remembered like everything they did really good.

Chapter 3: What were the highlights of Veda's first cheer competition?

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And so Veda was super pumped about that. We came home on our birthday, too, and then had our party on Sunday. And, of course, it was everything K-pop Demon Hunters.

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119.868 - 121.15 Cate

Oh, yeah. Gnu.

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Gnu and Rumi. And, you know, we listened to the whole soundtrack over and over. And she had a good birthday. She had a really good day. I think it turned out great.

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129.941 - 130.943 Cate

Oh, it turned out great. She loved it.

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131.103 - 138.953 Ty

Yeah. So other than that, it's just been practices, gymnastics, cheer, cheer comps. And, you know, her next cheer comp, though, isn't until, like, March.

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Yeah.

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So that's – we get a little bit of a break. But anything that you can think to update about this week?

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No, I mean I just – I mean a lot of beta updates. We had our IEP program meeting and she's just excelling like compared to last year when we took the test for her and us holding her back.

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the best decision we ever made yeah because she is like reading in full sentences now and she just like i mean she's doing amazing like i was shocked at her meeting i was like wow if people don't know like veda struggled like she was in speech for preschool speech for her first year kindergarten and she had other help too with like math and like all that kind of stuff and she got on an iep when she was in preschool

Chapter 4: How has Veda's IEP influenced her educational success?

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She got out of bed. She turned the light on. And then she wanted to feed him. So I gave her the four little pebbles and, you know, the little treat things and stuff. And she did it all. And so, yeah, she's in love.

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497.287 - 516.353 Cate

Yeah, she's got a fish. She's got a Tiffany costume. Oh, my God. And a hoverboard. She's riding this hoverboard. Dude, you guys, she's riding a hoverboard. Around the house. With a, you know, Chucky. Chucky and Tiffany, right? She has a leather jacket on, this crazy wig. The Tiffany wig and everything. With a fake butcher knife, like a fake plastic butcher knife on the hoverboard.

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516.694 - 521.32 Cate

Just rolling around the house with the knife up like just being a weirdo.

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And she was playing – she just tells – she asks Echo the most random things. So she's like, Echo, play the Chucky song.

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And it's this weird techno like Chucky. And it's his laugh. And she's like – She's on her hoverboard. And she's just running on her hoverboard with a really straight face. Just like – I'm like, dude, this kid is crazy.

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And then what else did she get? She got... Well, if people have seen our Facebook fan page, I've posted a couple of videos that Veda has created because she likes to take my phone and make these videos with her toys and her dolls and stuff. And honestly, they're hilarious.

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They are hilarious. So funny. We give her like 10 minutes to use the phone and she makes these crazy...

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yep so tyler was and she's always taking my phone to do it so ty got her like an unlocked super cheap like iphone versions yeah i don't know what version it is but it's an old unlocked iphone iphone because she likes to be able to like she likes the features of like pausing the i don't know what she does continue it yeah she continues the video after pausing it or whatever so i got all this stuff with no apps on it so all she can do is like do the camera yeah yeah and uh she was pumped about that you know how many videos she already has on that phone

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Did you look at it?

Chapter 5: What challenges do parents face when deciding to hold back a child in school?

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And she asked me every randomly, though. She's like, so when will I be able to watch? I'm like, you got to be way older. Way older, kid. Way older.

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681.044 - 691.153 Cate

Sorry. Well, she asked me, well, can Nova watch? I said, no. No. She's like, what? I'm like, yeah, Nova's not even allowed to watch it yet, dude. And she's 11. She's like, shit, I got a really long time. I was like, damn it. I was like, yeah, sorry, kid. I don't know.

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691.613 - 698.94 Cate

Honestly, when do you let kids, when do you let kids, okay, because my mom, maybe our parents were fucked up, but I remember watching The Exorcist when I was like probably nine.

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698.98 - 701.562 Ty

I was going to say, my mom let me, I watched rated R movies all the time.

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701.542 - 723.055 Cate

yeah right so i don't know i don't know i 13 but i'm gonna tell you something right now i watched the actresses when i was nine and that shit fucked me up rightfully so you're nine dude you shouldn't be watching it at nine no and i knew enough but i didn't know that much but we don't in the actress we were just like Jesus, fuck me, fuck me, and she's stabbing herself with a fucking cross.

723.155 - 739.12 Cate

I was like – I remember being in the room, and my mom was like, okay. I think my mom forgot that part was in the movie or whatever, dude. But I'm in the movie, and I'm traumatized watching Linda Blair stab herself in the fucking pussy with a fucking cross.

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Your fucker response.

741.029 - 767.458 Cate

do you see what i'm talking about yeah i was like nine i was like did your mom come in and shut it off no my mom was in the room with it oh because i was like i can handle it ma i can handle it so you cannot handle it yeah no and she was like you cannot handle this and i'm like yes i can you know what i mean so maybe my mom i think my mom forgot about that scene okay oh my gosh and i was like oh

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Didn't you say that was the only time your mom let you sleep in her bed?

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