Because I'm a glutton for punishment!!

We've scheduled a photo shoot with Lori Skalitzky Photography in a couple weeks. I really want to get a photo shoot with Makayla while she's still up and mobile and feeling good. So Lori will be coming out to our house for an outdoor photo session in our backyard. And for fun, I decided we should try to get a family photo out of it - we'll see if Grace cooperates and gets close enough to be in the same photo as Josh!!! If we do manage to get a nice family shot, I'd love to have a gorgeous 16x20 portrait to put in the living room with the pugs' portraits. And hopefully we'll also end up with more beautiful pictures of the stooges.

Or, I'll have a lot more gray hair by the time the shoot is over!!

Reality Check

Nothing like a trip to the vet for a little reality check. We took Makayla in for a checkup tonight because her leg spasms are still continuing and she's not sleeping more than 2 hours at a time through the night. We're going to try out Prednisone and see if that helps with the spasms, and if it does help, we will probably keep her on it long term. Here's the reality check - I asked Dr. Pat if we should be concerned about long term Prednisone usage. That's when he said we don't need to worry so much about long term side effects because, in essence, we're at the stage where we are more concerned with quality of life rather than quantity. Who knows how long we have left with Sissy - but we're going to make it the best we possibly can for her. So here's hoping the Prednisone works and we can get the spasms under control.