We made it through 2020. Kudos are in order. Of course, 2021 starting isn't going to magically cause life to suddenly become normal again. It's still going to be strange times for a while. I have high hopes for the new year. I have a lot of goals, personal, financial, equestrian, and family,[...]
It seems like just days ago she was born, and now she's hit another milestone - her first pony ride!!! She's been born in another way: introduced to the wonder of riding. Naturally, she has already been around horses, since she lives on a horse farm, but I have never let he[...]
It has been a busy few weeks. Grandma came up to stay and watch Bridgette, giving me time to get things done. We did some housework, I'm riding regularly, and we had family time! I ended up so busy, I didn't get to blog as much as I would have liked. Unfortunately I only get childcare sparingly, es[...]
She turned one! I can't believe it's been a full year since she was born. The time went so fast. We had planned on her first birthday party being last weekend, but we ended up canceling it due to the virus. I actually made the decision to cancel a few weeks ago, and it was hard at the time beca[...]
I continue to try to combine the baby and the horses. One day I'm going to get this to work. I bundled up Bridgette, and took her outside once again. This time she understands more of what's going on, and I'm pretty sure she remembers the horses. She was pretty happy to see them. "Hello, horses![...]
So, wow, I've come to the exciting time of having a mobile baby. She's past the "lay there and look cute" stage, she's got a lengthy agenda of things to do, and no time to just sit around. She is constantly on the move. She just learned to crawl. As in, yesterday. She was taking little bitty crawl[...]
We spent another holiday at the beach. This seems to be becoming a trend. I'm practicing my landscape photography and collected quite a few photos. Here are my favorites. Feels like going to summer camp! If only the horses could go... but the HOA says no horses. She[...]
Time slips away so fast... It's been so busy, I hadn't even noticed how long it's been since I posted! So I decided to share pictures from my Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is for family time, so we packed up the baby and the dogs and headed to my parent's new house on the Cheseapeke Bay. They ha[...]
She's become so big now! She weighs so much, and she seems to take up my entire torso when I carry her around. Man, they get big fast! So, here's what she's up to as a 6 month old: She practices her vocals a lot. Screeching is her current favorite. Sometimes it's one startling screech out of n[...]
This is the most exciting development since baby was born - I can now bring her down to the barn! I finally put up some fencing to make a little area where Bridgette can sit in her stroller and be safe from the horses. It's not complete yet, as it turns out it is harder to put up than I thoug[...]