Posting from the road!

So this post is basically a test of technology for me! We're driving back from Aberdeen SD and I'm on my Blackberry.

We had a great time eating, shopping, seeing old friends, and even got out to see a movie!

You know that game High - Low,here are mine for the weekend:

HIGHS:
* Getting nearly 90% of my Christmas shopping done!
* Meeting Justin and Amy's children...Hey guys!!
* Seeing Aubrey get more adventurous with her crawling and walking!
* Hearing Molly babble more.

LOWS:
* Chris getting sick.
* Uncle Seth getting sick.
* Grandpa Gosch getting sick.
* Forgetting my camera's memory card.

Other than a nasty flu bug..this weekend was perfect.
I love the holidays and it was a great way to kick it off!

Now back to the 6 hour car ride!

Some Random Pictures

My mother-in-law just chastised me for falling behind on posting pictures!!

So - - this is for you Ardys:

Here are some pictures of Aubrey at Physical Therapy from last week. She's practicing her walking on a Rifton gait trainer.

In this picture you can see the small little ankle weights she has on - they seem to help her balance a bit.

Here's a cute one of Chris and Molly after a Vikings win and Molly showing off her skill of sitting up on her own!

We'll have to take and post a bunch of pictures this weekend!!

That's all for now!

Another ultrsound and set of blood tests.

Ultrasounds and blood tests seem to be the trend this fall for Aubrey. This morning she had - what I hope will be her final ultrasound this year. It's her 3rd in the last month following her hospitalization for pancreantitis.

But good news - - the nurse just called me to relay that everything came back normal!

She also called with last Thursday's blood tests - and her amalyse and lipase levels are finally down to a normal too. As a reminder - her lipase levels were once at 15,000 when she was in the hospital. This is compared to the normal range of 20 - 300. Just 2 weeks ago they were 1000, and now they are 292 and are therefore acceptable! YEAH!

Lipase is an enzyme that the pancreas creates that is used to breakdown lipids(fats). Because of her high levels - - Aubrey has been on a very restricted diet since leaving the hospital -- only allowing 5 grams of fat per day. It's been a little challenging to do this - and she has to be getting sick of eating the same type of food day in and day out. The nurse is going to check with the doctor to see if he will loosen up her diet to say 10-15 grams a day so hopefully we can bump this up in time for the holidays. That would be great - - but if not -- we have it down pretty well!

She has one final blood test the first week of December - and if that one comes back normal - hopefully Aubrey can avoid these for a long time!!

UNO Dance Competition - done and a success!

We just completed another busy weekend.

As you may or may not know - I coach the dance team at the University of Nebraska - Omaha in my "free time." I say that - as my free time is getting less and less by the day. But while others do book clubs or golf leauges - - I coach a college dance team. It's my creative release and it helps keep me somewhat sane.

Anyway- we hosted our annual dance competition yesterday. It was a long, busy day - but was a huge success. In one day we raised nearly 40% of our operating budget! This money will go towards funding our trip to NDA college nationals in Daytona Beach, FL in April 2009. Last year the team placed 5th in the nation - - and we hope to improve upon that this season! I have a wonderful group of young ladies that dance for me and I'm just glad that I can keep dance in my life while being a mother, wife, and a career professional.

Aubrey turned 2 on Saturday!!

We had a great birthday weekend...but I'll have to do the detailed post later! Chris and I are actually trying to watch a movie now that the girls are in bed -- but I did want to get a couple of pictures up.

For more pictures - go to this site: http://www.dropshots.com/egosch#date/2008

Late Night Laugh!

Aubrey was extra active tonight and we let her stay up about 2 hours past her bedtime (oops!).

Anyway - - she was standing at her play table as she always does and then all of a sudden we looked over and she had crawled up on it!! We've been working on crawling up the stairs alot - -I guess she took it one step further!

We're still laughing! The picture's a bit blurry - - but here she is looking so proud to be sitting on the table!

New Aubrey Video!

I captured some video of Aubrey practicing her walking tonight.

Here's the link:
http://www.dropshots.com/egosch#date/2008-11

It's so great to see her up and moving. It's amazing to me to see how much she's done in 1 year!

Have a good night and enjoy the clip!

Weekend Update!

I just got done watching SNL's Weekend Update and it reminded me of the fact that I've neglected to post for a while. So here goes...

It was quite the historic week. You probably think I'm referring to Obama's win. Historic as it is, nope. Instead - I'll forever link this week with the time the Gosch family all got sick on my birthday week. (Yes that's right I said week. I don't take just one day - I try my best to claim the entire week. I would try for the whole month - - but Thanksgiving starts to compete so one week will suffice!! ha ha.)

Anyway.

Quick Recap of the Week:

Mon
This was my actual birthday. 28 years old - crazy how time flies. We had some plans to go out to eat after work - but they quickly changed when I started to feel sick - I went to bed at 6:30 pm instead.

Tue
I stayed home sick and slept most of the day. I found enough energy to go to the doctor (ended up with a sinus infection) and I voted.

Wed
I still felt under the weather - but needed to go to work, however it was Chris' turn now - he stayed home sick with a fever, sore throat, and aches - fabulous.

Thur
Molly had to stay home from daycare because she picked up pink-eye and another case of thrush- yippee! Ironically Aubrey was the only one of us that didn't miss a day due to being sick. However - not sure if I'd really classify her as feeling healthy. She's still battling one heck of a cold!

Fri
The week did end on a high note though. Some old friends from high school were in Omaha for the weekend and we met up for supper at the Cheesecake Factory - -Yummy!

Jenni - this is for you - -since you check this quite often:
*** It was great to see you JJ, Justin, and Jamie - - wow that's alot of Js! Anyway - I'm glad you got a chance to see the girls. Give Cain a big hug and tell the rest of your family HI!

Sat
And here we are today. Today's big event - laundry and oh yeah - I finally broke down and joined Facebook. I swore I would never do it - - but I think it may be my next obsession - ha,ha. We also enjoyed the Huskers win over Kansas - a much better result than last year's embarrassment!

Well - - that's all for now.

Okay I lied - one more thing. It's Aubrey's 2nd birthday next week so I promise to have more pictures and videos to post -- in the meantime - enjoy the hilarity of last year's fete:

http://www.dropshots.com/egosch#albums/2007_Aubrey%201st%20Birthday

I have a feeling that she'll be just as messy this year - we'll see!

Okay - - now that's all - later!

Halloween Pictures

We had a pretty un-eventful Halloween - - it was fabulous! We went out to eat and then came home and played with the girls a bit before they went to bed. But don't worry - there was ample opportunity to dress up the day before at the daycare Fall Festival.

Here are a couple of pictures:

Aubrey's Class at Daycare. All the kids love her - -they all call her "Aubie"


Aubrey, Molly and Aubrey's teacher Miss Katie. Molly was zonked out for the costume parade.

Aubrey was so excited when Chris got there!

Aubrey and a friend from daycare - she's doing such a good job sitting balanced on the chair.

Molly the Duck! PS - Aubrey wore that last year at 1 year old and it fit Molly pretty well at nearly 6 months!

That's all for now - -I hear the kids getting up from their nap!