Woohoo! First steps to riding!

Yep, I took the first steps towards riding Pistol today.  I dont have a mounting block yet, so I took him to the side porch on our house to practice things.  I would never really get on there, it has too many things around it for him/me to get caught on or trip on, but for practicing it works just fine.  I got up there, and asked him to come sideways to me, which he has never caught on to before, but this time, something clicked, and he got it!  I started rubbing his back, and putting some weight on my hands, and pretty soon, I was putting a lot of weight on my hands.  I even picked my leg up and threw it over him like I was going to get on, and he was totally fine with it.  I'm so excited!  I'm heading to the store for a mounting block tomorrow,and hopefully I will have enough time to play tomorrow.