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

Here is the inside of Zander's mouth

Halloween

Sorry it took so long for us to post the pictures from Halloween. The winners this year were: Gubba (guy in white tux) and Amy (I don't think I need to point her out although those jeans are real Jordache!)

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Enjoy!

Zander's first Halloween

Here is Zander at daycare today, he is next to his girlfriend Jocelyn. She was the one a few weeks ago who was talking to him on the floor and they were holding hands before Tony got there. We found out today Jocelyn is movin' on up to the next room - Hippo room. So he will need to find a new girlfriend in the class, don't worry he has lots of choices as they just got two new girls last week.

The costume came all the way from Phoenix AZ. I was scrambling this week to find a costume because I was not going to buy him one just for a few hours at daycare. My boss was kind enough to send two costumes for us that her Mom made for her two kids. Thanks Peg, as you can see he loves it!

Alright tomorrow is our big 80's party. Check back on Sunday to see pictures!

Happy Halloween! Tony and I are off to Josh and Shawn's wedding now. Yes, Kalli we pawned Zander off with Dan and Liz tonight.

4 months and he is a genius!

We went to his four month appointment yesterday and he is 16 pounds, 6 ounces and 26 inches long. He is in the 80% tile for all. So as Dr. Trias's says "everything looks beautiful, really beautiful!"

As you know he started on cereal a few weeks ago. We began giving him baby food tonight. That was fun, his first taste of baby food - peas. I am not sure why I started with something I don't even like. His face was priceless, he kept giving a look like am I suppose to like this, he continued to eat it so that is good. We will continue with peas for the next 4-5 days. Tony is most excited about feeding him baby food because he can't stand the look and smell of the cereal.

They are impressed with his head control and the rolling over. He now rolls from his belly onto his back over and over again!

Here is a picture of Zander and I. Isn't he adorable!

Here is a picture of him from daycare yesterday. Look at that big ol' smile, now you see why I don't worry about him during the day!

This weekend we are going to the best show ever in Tony's eyes, the Food and Wine show. We have 10 friends going with us so that will be a lot of fun! Liz is taking the DD role from me this year since she is pregnant. Poor girl! And then next weekend is our big halloween party - this year's theme - 80's. I doubt I will have time to post between now and then but check back after halloween to see Zander's costume. Oh yeah, he is going to be in 80's!!!

Zander's on Youtube!

I finally downloaded some short videos of Zander. Enjoy!!



The First bite of food!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MTJtJWgxlw



The 4th bite of food:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erRq_qMwmrY


Zander giggling:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeTdZsNusEY





We broke out the jumparoo today and he loves it. He is getting his legs ready for playing basketball at Indiana basketball!

Zander loves his cereal!

Zander began eating cereal on Friday. He did great, on Saturday we were over at Amy, Erik and Grace's house and he was whinning because I was taking too long getting the cereal to his mouth. It was quite funny! I guess he is ready for cereal. We are hoping this helps him sleep longer than 3 hour stretches. So far it has not but we are still hopeful.

Another milestone that was met this week was he rolled over for the first time from his belly to his back. We were clapping and cheering after he did it and he was just so confused on why we were so happy. He hasn't done it since, I am sure he doesn't want us to act like that again, so he will keep to his back.

We went to Tony's cousin/good friends of ours KC and Julie's wedding last weekend (10-3). It was a blast. Julie (and KC) planned the wedding in three weeks, and it was beautiful. Who says you need a year to plan it? Just ask Julie! The wedding was at KC's parents cabin in Phillips WI, which is a little less than 4 hours away. It is amazing up there. His parents have a waterfront lot for sale, so you know who is eyeing that up. That's right Zander and I. Now we just have to get Tony on board with it. That won't take long with Zander's laugh, my smile and a few cocktails. haha. To see pictures from the wedding, click here: http://photos1.walmart.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=1273402005/a=24700081_24700081/

To view most recent pictures of the little guy, click here:
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Take care!