It's A Boy!

Alison did not want to go to school on Monday.

She was so worried that she would miss the birth of the new pony. She came home anxious, and no baby. I guess, just like any other birth they are very unpredictable. She researched on the internet about the signs of labor in a horse.

She got pretty versed and told us all about it at dinner.

She wasn't the only anxious one because Sunday night at about 4 in the morning, I was awakened to Andrew getting out of bed. He proceeded to turn on all of the lights outside and searched for her. She was with all of the other horses, not having a baby.

Andrew and I had gotten up early on Wed. to get Victoria to her scheduled surgery appointment at 6:00am. I was getting Victoria dressed while he went out to check on the horses. Low and behold, there was a cute little wobbly baby still wet standing under his mother. I went out to see him.

We both realized Alison was not there.

Upon waking her, she jumped out of bed and ran outside with no shoes or coat on.

I took a few pictures. Both mom and baby are fun to watch. Seriously, I could watch them all day.

It is fun to see them interact.

We knew the time was getting close. We would all look out and see where she was and if she was close to fouling,

we even had the video camera ready.

And, in the end, we all missed the miracle.

But now we get to see the joy of new life...

Baby Colt born: Wed. 4/14/2010 about 3-4:00am.

Victoria

Victoria unfortunately has had constant ear infections. Her pediatrician wanted to put her on more antibiotics. I just don't like that, and neither does she. We went to see an ENT and she had a hearing test and found that her ear drums were not even vibrating because of the pressure of the fluid built up behind them. So, he got her in pretty quick and now she is the proud owner of ear tubes.

I hope that this will help her not to be in so much pain and that she will hear better and start talking more. She is doing well and probably doesn't even know anything ever happened.

Here are a few pictures of her waiting for the doctor.

(She looks so grown up.)

Flicka, Really??

I'll let you in on our little vote here....

So, we got this cute little mare.

(By the way, she is expecting some time in April or May.

We are excited!)

Her name is Flicka, yes Flicka.

She is very sweet, yet stubborn at times.

She is really good around the kids and we just love her.

The only problem is, her name.

When we got her and were pulling away,

we all agreed the name has got to go.

So, I was put in charge of naming our new little pony.

It took me a while, but I came up with the PERFECT name... Raven.

Isn't that nice and fitting?

Anyway, after the announcement of her new found name, I heard cries of dismay from my family. So, I put my second choices up for a vote and here they are:

Esther

Dixie

Sidon

Onyx

Maize

This is the announcement of the new vote:

(you may be able to click and make it bigger.)

So, what you name this cute little pony?

Easter Fun!

These little eggs might not hold much candy,

but they sure are a lot of fun!

Just Horsing Around...

I finally have a camera that is working. Can you believe it that my brand new camera I got for Christmas is back in the shop. So, I have been using my old one and then that one fincked out in the rain, but dried out and started woring again, Good thing because I wanted all of the pictures in it. So, here is the latest update.

Andrew took off Spring Break with the kids and this is what we did.... After years of searching, we finally found some awesome horses. Andrew is now on cloud nine with his new friends.

He fell in love with Huckelberry from the very start. He comes up and nuzzles anyone that goes out there. He loves attention is perfect for even the kids. Andrew even rides him with just his legs and no reins.

Sinder is a beautiful black mare. She is nice too, with just a bit more spunk. She seems to like me better than Andrew.

And for the kids, we found 2 great ponies. The name Chester came with was Jester. But everyone kept calling him Chester, so now he is always Chester. He has become the favorite around here. He is so friendly and the first one out to be ridden. Both ponies can be ridden bear back or with these cute little saddles we have for them.