What a month!

(picture taken at daycare this week)

Sorry I have not been great at posting these past few weeks, I had some of my family in town over Thanksgiving then I had finals for school. As of Monday, my semester is officially done - YAY. Today we are stuck in the house due to awful winter storm. We got about 12 inches of snow and now it is blowing. Three kids just came to the door asking if we wanted our driveway and sidewalk shoveled - both in shock, we of course said "sure!" So what better time to update my blog than today.

Well let's start at the beginning of the month. We had Tony's sister (Cindy), brother-in-law (Chris) and their two kids Alyssa and Bryce up for a Badger football game. The guys went to the game, but we got to tailgate with them beforehand. Here are pictures from the tailgate and of course Zander got to experience his first tailgate, even the band. He liked the noise until they began walking right by Zander that is when he didn't like the band so much! We had a great time seeing them as always!
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Then came my family arriving into town the following week. We had Thanksgiving with my Dad and his wife Bernita at our house, after eating a ton we ended up going to the park just up the road that was fun - by the way it was in the 50's. Then the following week we spent all of our time at my Mom's because my Grandparents and my Great Aunt and Uncle came up for Thanksgiving. It was a blast all being together, it went way to fast. My nephew Tyler went deer hunting with Tom and he shot a deer! Tyler also worked with Tony one of the days and helped build walls, used a nail gun, skill saw, staple gun and drove the skytrak. He is wanting to come out next summer to work. Thanks Ty, Ty for helping your Uncle Tony build the house.
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We had Vosberg Thanksgiving on Wednesday night. All 30 of us were there, we took family pictures. My Dad and Bernita came down with us and took the pictures. They turned out great. I will not let you preview those yet, as they aren't final. Stay tuned.

We booked our annual winter getaway to Puerta Vallerta for the end of January. There will be ten of us going so it should be a great time. Our friend Matt found the deal on Friday and we were all booked by Saturday afternoon. We typically do not decide that fast but on this deal we just couldn't pass it up. We are really looking forward to it, and I can’t wait to enjoy some fruity cocktails!! :-)

Last week, we were lucky enough to go to the Duke/Wisconsin men's basketball game with my Mom and Tom. If you saw the game or the score it was quite the game, not only to see Wisconsin beat Duke but also to see Coach Mike Krzyzewski (Duke coach, yes I had to look up how to spell his name!) but also see my HERO Coach Bob Knight. I kept telling Tony can you believe we are seeing legends tonight. Wow!!! We didn’t take Zander along to the game instead he got to spend time with Grandma Ruthie (Tony’s Mom). Thanks Grandma Ruthie
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Now for Zander's milestones, are you ready?
He got his first tooth over Thanksgiving, actually the Sunday before Turkey Day Aunt Kalli noticed the tooth!
He has forgotten about rolling over and has moved on to cooler things like sitting up on his own.
We have his six month doctor’s appointment next Monday the 21st so we will see how big he has gotten. Oh and he is not sleeping through the night but we are working on it, he is only getting up once a night but he has to work hard for the bottle - we are letting him cry for up to an hour before giving it to him. Since he is almost six months, he should be sleeping through the night. Will keep you updated on that. It's only been four nights and he has improved!

And last but not least, my great friend Liz had her baby shower last weekend. She is due in January with a boy - Landon. They are those ones who live about six blocks away so watch out for Landon and Zander!
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MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

The Vosberg's