BIG weekend!

I'm 22 weeks now and I don't want to hear another person tell me I'm not big! This is not a normal look for me. I'm feeling Baby Slease poke around in me and I'm starting to feel uncomfortable. With 4 1/2 months to go and about 40 degrees increase in temperature, that is worrisome.

It's been one week since we took Brody to the emergency vet and they told us we could put her to sleep if we wanted. She has been on a pharmacy of drugs this week and they seem to be helping. The steroid she is on has allowed her to regain use of her back legs (however stiff) and the pain meds are keeping her from shaking. She's getting her sassy attitude back and is able to go to the bathroom standing up. :) While we don't know how long these meds will remain effective, they are helping her to feel better and function more normally. Praise God!

This weekend Brad and our neighbor, Pat, tore down and rebuilt our mini retaining wall behind our house. Our yard was erroding away under the existing wall (with only 2 layers of railroad ties) so they decided they could fix it. They tore out the old ties, dug through the crazy, wet clay (it rained Friday while Brad was tearing down the old wall), and put together a fabulous, strong, massive wall. It is 5 layers of ties (one completely buried) and has a drainage system and fabric to prevent errosion.

Here is the start of the project after Brad and Pat did the digging.

Here's Brad and Pat (with Pat's dog, Marley, keeping watch) discussing the finishing touches on the wall.
Here is the finished product of the wall from the backside. We still have some finishing touches to put on the yard to put it all back together, but it looks great!