Meet Kinzley...our precious little angel!

Welcome to the world little one!

At 2:58 this morning we were awoken by wonderful friends and strangers that have been watching over Nemo on "marestare", anxiously awaiting the arrival of this special little foal.  We were blessed with a happy, healthy little filly named Kinzley on this very special day.  She is the most gorgeous foal I have ever layed eyes upon and I feel so very fortunate to have the blessing of being involved in the life of this special miracle.  She is one of the last foals to be born to carry on the bloodlines of her amazing and spectacular sire Nanning 374.  A magnificent stallion with such presence.  The friesian breed has been so fortunate to have such wonderful advocates like Scott and Shelley Kelnhofer and we lost an exemplary example of the breed the day he passed.  He may be gone, but will never be forgotten in the hearts of so many!  Thank you to all who have helped make this miracle happen.   You are all so very special and I feel so blessed to have such amazing friends in my life!

Getting closer!

Hope everyone is enjoying the live feed.....I know I am :)

Check out the live feed from the foal cam!

After many obstacles, the live foal camera is finally up! Nemo is defintely getting close to the big day! Her udder is full of milk and she is starting to show signs that labor is getting closer. Alyssa gave her a much needed bath and wrapped her tail (in hot pink, of course). The straw is down, foaling kit prepared and oxytocin is on hand just in case. Alyssa picked out an adorable pink halter and lead at the Midwest Horse Fair.....now all we need is for the little filly to arrive! We've decided on the name Kinzley and I think she is going to be one spoiled foal. I've been keeping in touch with Dr. Andy Schmidt and his tech Becky from Wisconsin Equine-I think they're almost as excited as we are. Everyone is anxiously awaiting the delivery of this special little foal. They have been so helpful and accommodating to me patiently addressing all of my concerns and questions. My parents have done an awesome job preparing the stall, setting up the camera and working out all of the last minute details. Thank you to Colleen Longseth for taking Stormi for the summer so Nemo could have her birthing "suite". Hope you enjoy the foaling cam as much as I am! Check it out at http://www.marestare.com/fcam.php?alias=hilltopdream. Or if you have any problems connecting just go to www.marestare.com, public cams and click on Hilltop Dream Friesians. Praying for a healthy, happy little foal!

The one legged chicken.....G.G.

Went out after a long day in the ER to spend some time with the horses....I am absolutely LOVING this weather!  Gotta love Wisconsin...snowing one day and sunny and 50 degrees the next!  Worked with Alli on lunging again today....I think I can actually see some muscle developing now that I've gotten a few pounds of black winter fur off of her!  We worked our way up to using four PVC pipes to step over in our circle and can tell that she's working harder and the sweat is rolling off of her.  She continues to enjoy her daily workouts and seems to be intrigued with anything new she can try.  The neighbor boys came riding up in their four wheeler and she didn't even bat an eye.  What a good girl! 

Just hanging out in the trailer

 Starting to shed her winter coat

Thought I would spend some time loading her in the trailer since it's been months since she has seen it.  I got the ramp down, one door open and was working on getting the other door open when Alli decided she was sick of waiting for me and hopped right in.  Definetly no issues there...lol!  She seems to enjoy playing around in the trailer and stomping her hooves to hear what kind of noises she can make.  This is truly my first horse that hasn't had issues with trailering.....what a blessing!  I guess the imprinting of traveling to WI Equine at birth must have desensitized her.  Gotta look at it on the bright side!

"Where are we going?  Tell me you're at least going to take me somewhere"

"G.G."

This is G.G. or Gimpy Girl (named by my mother).  She is the infamous one legged chicken!  She decided to fly down from the rafters one day while Alli was coming in from the pasture into her stall.  Alli accidentally stepped on her foot.  My mom didn't think she would make it, but low and behold she came hobbling along a short time later (just a leg short).  My dad and his friend Mike have decided that they are going to start a mulit-million dollar company producing prosthetic limbs for such circumstances......best of luck in your business venture dad!!  Hope you're not looking for an investor...lol!  G.G. doesn't seem to let her missing limb hold her back in any way, though.  She hops up to the rafters, scavenges for bugs in the yard and lays eggs right along side of the other two legged chickens.