An Update....

We are so excited to be able to share this with all of you! We have
finally scheduled Gillian's dedication at our church (Adventure
Christian Church in Roseville) on October 29th at 9am. We know that
many of you live out of town, but we wanted to invite you all to come
celebrate with us. We will be hosting an open house after church that
day, and would love for you to come. Please let us know if you can
make it.

Gillie has been doing really well! She's even starting to stand
during therapy sessions with her braces on. We were also so excited
to watch her climb all the way up the stairs in our friend's house
the other day!!! Wow! God is good! As you know, she had a shunt
placed in her brain in June. We really think this has made a huge
difference in her development. She started crawling the day after we
brought her home from the hospital! She is also able to do things
with her hands that she had previously had trouble with (holding and
releasing objects, etc.). She started talking about a month ago too!
She loves to imitate words and sounds. She will even pause while
she's drinking her bottle to say a new word she's learned (today it
was... drink, drink, "bus," drink some more, "bath," drink again,
"elbow..." and on an on with a HUGE smile on her face). Feeding time
is taking a long time now!!

We also discovered during one of our UCSF visits that her bladder
hadn't grown since she was born. We were able to start a new
medication to help stretch it out and hopefully decrease the chances
of a future bladder surgery. We were having some trouble with night
wakings after staring this medication, but it seems to have leveled
out. Hooray!

We hope all is well with all of you. We thank you again for your
prayers and words of encouragement for our family! We would
appreciate your continued prayers for Gillian's motor development.

Love,
Christy, Todd, Jordan, and Gillian