Good News about Baby O

This will be the last Baby O update because we are very pleased to
announce:

Our precious little girl will be named Gillian Christine Osterberg.
We've setup a blog (a web log -- Todd explained this to Christy as a
kind of website...) to which we will be posting updates as her story
unfolds. We will also continue the email updates as well.. The
address for the blog is http://gillianosterberg.blogspot.com

More good news...

We got the results of the amnio today and there are no indications that
would exclude us from the MOMS study and possible prenatal surgery at
UCSF. The amnio showed Gillian is definitely a girl, she has normal
chromosomes, and she has spina bifida with some spinal nerve exposure.

On to our next challenge...

We have been in contact with UCSF and two day set of tests are
scheduled for February 15th and 16th. If we do have surgery, it will
be on the 17th (which is next Thursday - yikes!). T minus 10 and
counting... I am starting to get a bit nervous and anxious. I am
falling out of the comfort and rest that I have been enjoying for the
past two weeks. The realization of just how challenging this is going
to be has hit me like a brick.

Christy and I have been talking about the logistics and the 'what ifs'
if we are in the prenatal surgery group. It is looking like we might
not live in Fairfield after all. The UCSF people would be much more
comfortable if Christy stayed in SF rather than Fairfield. So, we have
a somewhat new plan: Jordan and I will live in Roseville, and Christy
will live in SF. The impact of this decision is that Jordan will
hopefully have a more "normal" routine, but we will need TWO caregivers
(one in Roseville and one in SF) to pull this off.

As we are praying and searching for people who can help, we've put a
calendar together that is available at
<>. The calendar only shows
info for coverage for Jordan here in Roseville. We need to find people
to help with Jordan on Tuesday afternoons, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

That about sums it up. More to follow..


Todd, Christy, Jordan and Gillian.