Little Cowgirl

Addison had a great time at my dad and step-mom's house this week. She loves, loves, loves the horses and everything about the barn in general! For such a girly-girl, she has no problem hanging out in all the dirt and hay.

When we arrived on Sunday, my dad came out to the car to meet her. She didn't even say hello, just "Let's go see the horses". She had him headed to the barn with armloads of carrots within five minutes of our arrival. By the time I got out there, they were already working on saddling up, so she could have her first ride. She rode with Miss Debra at first, and then she was ready to try it on her own. She even gave little sister a ride.

They have several yearling babies that were born last spring. They are just like a bunch of little puppy dogs, and they followed Addison all over the pasture. If we were in the yard, they would come up to the fence, to be near us. They licked her and nuzzled her. She called them the "Rowdy One's".

Finally, it was so sweet, one of the mares had a baby while we were there. Addison got to see the new baby lying on the ground by the mother. She watched him try to stand up for the first time and nurse. Each morning and evening she went to check on him. She would go into his stall and love on him. I think there is still some debate, but initially she named him Franklin.

Aside from an unfortunate encounter with fire-ants and the fact that Addison couldn't bring herself to sleep past 5:45am because "I want to see the horses" and "Sleeping is boring", we had a great trip.