Horse Guilt

Well, it's getting closer! This picture was taken last week at about 31 weeks. Today I am about 32 weeks and 4 days (so far as they can tell). We had an appointment this morning with the doctor. Right now they are pretty routine but they are about to start happening a lot more frequently! What's crazy is that he could be born in 4 1/2 weeks and be full-term. YIKES! I am kind of hoping for another week or two to prepare. But...ask me if I still feel that way next month, I guess! He's sitting on my rib cage right now which is not the most comfortable thing I've ever experienced, so I can only imagine what it will feel like in another month when he's got another two pounds or so on him!

I am feeling a bit guilty since the horses have been so neglected the last few months. Hopefully when Jesika is here we can give them some love. I don't remember the last time I even brushed them, although I hav been trying to keep their stalls clean. Mo is so unsteady on his feet he makes me a bit nervous as it's harder for me to get out of the way these days. Maybe Jesika will hold him for me while I brush his mane and give him a good massage. He loves massages. Poor Mo, I know he falls down sometimes and/or runs into things because I have seen his injuries. He is such a good sport though and doesn't let it get him down.

Seamus misses the attention he used to get, I can tell. He stands by the gate every night and on the nights I actually feed (Charles is so helpful and always feeds if he gets home first or if I have to work late) he waits for me to scratch him and love on him a bit before going into his stall like the good boy that he is.

Norman is Norman. He comes when he wants to, is always the very last one to go into his stall, and sometimes goes into the other horse's stalls first (basically, he likes to pee in the tall grass that is in Mo and Seamus' runs so he goes in there to pee but that gets Mo and Seamus upset so it just turns into a big PITA). But he is a good boy and is going to be a great horse when he gets trained! Norman could REALLLLY use some mane and tail brushing. Hopefully Jesika will work on the dreadlocks that make up his tail when she's here!