Good Morning,
All is going well with MY PARTY plans. I am getting so excited. At this time, we have guests who will be attending from approximately 35 different states and Canada. This is so much FUN!
I know Dottie and Leonard are working quite hard on all of the specific details one needs to plan and organize for such an event. Yesterday, they were reviewing the timeframe with Amy (Video Production) as to when I will attend the party via live feed.
In the meantime, I’m getting to visit with special family friends. REAGAN came to see ME the other day for a ‘play date’. This baby thing is still so new to ME. It think she thought my coat was quite ‘soft’ when she touched ME.
TOO CUTE!
As I’ve mentioned before, MY BABY will be so much bigger than a human child. REAGAN is 6 months old. At this age, BABY Z / B will be at the stage of being weaned and weigh somewhere in the range of 400-500 ish pounds…per Bayer Equine Connection.com.*
“Foals are commonly weaned at 5 to 6 months of age.”*
Wow..this is interesting. I can only imagine that BABY B/Z and I will really be quite close for several months after his/her birth. I really like this idea. I hope to teach ‘MY DUMPLING’ some great things.
“Once a foal is no longer nursing, a 500-600 pound weanling should be eating approximately 2.5% of its body weight in feed and forage in a day.”*
This is also something to note. Foals grow quickly.
I love learning all of these new things. I truly want to be well-prepared to be a GREAT MOM!
With Love,
Hugs to ALL~
Z
suew
Zenny…you and children are absolutely priceless! I love these pictures and the inside scoop you and Dottie gave us about your little Z/B. Yes, you will be a great mom. You have always loved everyone, big or small and whenever you are around children you are “Too Cute”.
tony
Zenny, Reagan is so fortunate to see you and touch that soft nose. When you become a mom it will be the news of the year!
Vickie Willmuth
You will be a great mom. Thanks for keeping us updated.
Rosemarie Bandura
Great Post!!! Keep em coming Z!! Continued good health to you and your little one!
Kay
You will be an awesome mom!
Patricia Emery
You will be the GREATEST mother to your foal without a doubt! I cannot wait for the news this spring, so exciting. Best wishes with the party! I am already thinking of next year’s Kentucky Derby Party that I will host! The races are so much fun…
Abigail from Montreal
Hi Zenny, Dottie & Zen-sters:
WOW! These photos are SO CUTE!!! You are such a sweet, sweet girl to be so welcoming to tiny Reagan. Good rehearsal for you, Zen. Reading today’s diary, I’m imagining you with Baby ZeeBee….it will be so wonderful to be a part of your life as a new mom!!!
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JAG / California :-)
Oh, Zenny!! You’re maternal insticts are showing!! TOO CUTE!! TOO SWEET!!
Reagan is going to toally cherish these photos when he grows up!! He got kissed by The Queen!!!!!!
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Internet Kisses & Hugs Mammy Z and Baby B/Z XOXOXOXOXO
Anna
Zenny, I can’t wait for your baby to arrive. I know you will be a great momma, and your baby will learn so much from you. You and Reagan are just “Too Cute” together.
JAG / California :-)
Sorry! I thought Reagan was a girl – whoops!
Judy
Cheryl Smith
Zenyatta………….you are so special, gentle and kind! One of a kind, forever the queen!
Have you heard the news on Blind Luck? She is going to be sold at Keenland, I only hope that someone kind and caring gets her and that they retire her to breed like you.
Thanks to Jerry and Ann for loving you enough to always do what is best for you!
Prayers are always going up for you and your little one!
JAG / California :-)
I did it again! I thought Reagan was a BOY!!! Geez Judy!!! I’m so excited I can hardly type LOL
Lib Berry
Zenyatta, I have learned so much from you and Dottie this year: Thanks to both of you for all of the great information. I always enjoy seeing pictures of you interacting with young children. You are so gentle. You will be a GREAT mom!!! I love you, and miss seeing you run this year.
Sharon call
Z, I love the second picture of you and Reagan. Your ears are flopped out to either side and you have the softest look on your face. This sweet, gentle soul could be such a fireball on the track. I’m looking forward to the first pictures of you and your baby.
Jan
Zenyatta,
You are such a gentle soul, and you will make a fantastic mommy. xoxo.
Pam
Oh,that is just the cutest, sweetest picture ever! You will be an awesome mom!
JAG / California :-)
I posted this link on the previous diary page:
Blind Luck to be Sold at Keeneland November!
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/65477/blind-luck-to-be-sold-at-keeneland-november
Bless her! I hope she finds an excellent home… XO
PerkyGreen
Good Morning you sweet thing,love the photos.I’am so happy you are happy & safe in good hands. Have any new thoughts on names for baby? How about Z/B Regan. LOTS”O”LOVE
Sharon call
@Cheryl Smith. That was a total surprise about Blind Luck going into the November Keeneland Breeding Stock sale. I wonder if we’ll ever know why.
Nancy
Zenyatta, your nesting instincts are kicking in!
You can be so powerful and yet so gentle for a baby to touch your beautiful face.
eveline
Hi Zenny, you’ll make a good politician ,kissing babies and you look like you’re great at it!
JAG / California :-)
March 9th….. ;-)
PerkyGreen
I just read the article in Bloodhorse about Blind Luck How sad I hope she is healthy and ends up in a good home,if she is indeed healthy and continues racing if she ever runs against hollendorf horses, I hope she runs them over. Call it poetic Justice.
Deb
When is baby Z due? Cant wait to see him/her!
Jane
Love the picture! You are always so gentle around baby’s and children! Madison still loves that you “kissed” her head! You are going to be such a great Mom!
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Have a wonderful day Zenyatta and baby “Z/B”! We miss you!
Joanna from TX
Darling pictures!
You’re absolutely right about foals growing so quickly. It always amazes me when I see pictures of foals up to weanling age that their hooves are relatively small compared to leg length and body size and by the time they’re yearlings, they have hooves to run on! With what limited time I have for Facebook, I check in periodically with a very cute colt named Smarty Time who recently went thru weaning with his friend Georgia. They are adorable and it’s been fun watching them grow and develop. Can’t wait for the spring 2012 foals…B/Z, Rachel’s baby boy, TT’s baby and I’m real curious about the foal due to Careless Jewel by Street Cry.
Have a great week everybody!
Barb France
What a cute picture..you’re so gentle with all the children who visit you!! I know the time you’ll be spending with your little one will be very special for you both…your “little Dumpling”!! Looking forward to your PARTY! Have a wonderful day!!!
J Smith
PerkyGreen – AGREE! Wonderful photos today. Z is really having a good look at baby Reagan, as if she is seriously taking it all in.
sharon in seattle
@Sharon Call – I noticed those ears in the second photo also, and that sweet, soft face – Like the picture with Mario and Carmen when they visited her last winter, one of several Zenyatta photos that I have on my Zenyatta wall at home : )
ZENYATTALOVERAMY!!
you will be such a great mom zeny i knw it! FROM YOUR BIGGEST FAN AMY.