@Wilding I am spectacularly lazy so I'm sure you'll be quicker at getting riding fit than me.
I'd love to ride a Lippizaner. I've ridden Arabs and Friesians (like riding a rocking horse) but managed to fall off the one time I did extended trot on a proper dressage horse. Admittedly I was riding without tack but suspect I'd have been bounced off even if I'd been attached with Velcro.
DD has had little choice but to like horses though she is no where near as pony mad (crazy) as I was so I have to be careful not to push it. She's a total tomboy though so I live in hope.
Good luck with your new arrival and keep the dream of getting back in the saddle. It's worth it on days like these when your horse is not being a tit.
Mines a Welsh D mare, it's spring and doesn't she know it. 
Re the kittens, please think about recusing one. It's kitten season at the moment and there will be loads of all breeds in rescue. Depending on where you are I can recommend some that have them at the moment.
I foster cats/dogs/kittens so there are loads that would love a home. There are also breed specific rescues for orientals if your heart is set.
I've got a kitten, well she's nearly a year now and she's lovely but also a tit.
I'm looking after my neighbour's kittens at the moment one is a beautiful 7 month old burmise (sp?) rescue and he's lovely.
So here's what I've done so far this beautiful sunny day...
Tried to gentle my current foster cat who is terrified of me by hand feeding her chicken. She still hates me. Only had her a couple of days and feliway is arriving today so I hope that will relax her a bit.
Played with my neighbour's rescue kittens - I'm cat sitting and she's stuck overseas until mid April so for longer than expected. One of whom thinks he's a dog and plays fetch.
I've also done some work, tided up, hoovered and opened all the windows.
I'm also going to walk the dog dressed in running gear so that by the power of magic it will have the same effect as actually running.
I'm going to put all the dead stuff from the garden into the garden waste bin and lift some weights/do yoga in an effort to get some core muscles that will make be more able to stay on my horse when she decides she is scared of leaves/puddles/sunlight/her own shadow/thin air.
And do some more work at some point. I got a load done between 7 and 10 so feel justified making the most of the sunshine.
Happy spring everyone!