It’s been a crazy few weeks in the Baker household; my hubby was gone for 10 days, we’ve had some weddings and some traveling, we’ve been finalizing stuff with the house (check out pictures of our house here), packing to move to said house, prepping for a week vacation, and keeping tabs on my lame horse.

Ace is doing well. He’s not completely sound, but I’d say he’s 90 percent of the way there. I’ve been grooming him, loving on him, and lunging him just enough to see how he’s moving from day to day.

He does better outside in the grass than in the sand. As of today, he looks completely sound probably 85 percent of the time. The pasture where I check him is on a slight slope, and he gets just a bit gimpy on the downhill side. There is still the occassional clicking in his stifle when he’s trotting to the left, but it’s not as frequent or as loud as it was. And as I encourage him him to move out and really stretch under himself, the better he moves. And the longer he goes, the better he gets.It’s the kind of “off” that only his mom or someone with a really good eye would notice.

So, while we aren’t completely out of the water yet, we are really close.

It’s a good time to go on vacation, because I won’t be tempted to push Ace too fast too soon. I’m feeling confident that by the time I come home he’ll be back to normal.

In the meantime, Ace has greatly enjoyed having me come around just for grooming and loving and treats. I think we’ll both be ready to get back to work though!

Ben and I head out on Saturday to be counselors at a youth adventure church camp (think high ropes, rapelling, games) for a week. Think of me as I lead a cabin of young girls on less sleep than I’m used to getting. I’m probably more comfortable handling 8 horses for a week than 8 kids, but I think I can make it!

I’ll be back at the end of the month, hopefully with lots of good news about how my boy fared in my absence.