4th of July & swimming...

We took a short trip to Champaign-Urbana, IL at the beginning of the week for Jeremy to work on a grant proposal and me to work on a manuscript with colleagues of ours at U-Illinois. Of course, it also allowed us to see some of our friends as well! On Monday we stayed with our good friends, Katie and Matt and their two little boys, William & Theo. Not only did William and Theo make for great entertainment for Molly, but she particularly enjoyed their super friendly and very tolerant pets, Cosmo & Monte (black lab mixes) and Pontouf (the wonder cat!). She squealed in delight every time they'd come into the room & got even more excited when they let Molly pet them.

Here's Molly with William (left) and Theo (middle)...

 The next night we stayed at a hotel with a pool, which allowed Molly to "practice" her swimming skills! Jeremy's been taking Molly for swim lessons at the YMCA on Saturday mornings. She's slowly warming up (both figuratively & literally because the pool is cold!) to the pool during her lessons, but at the hotel pool she had a blast along side the ladies doing their aqua-aerobics. Here's are a couple of video clips. The first is Molly practicing jumping in and the second is of Molly working on her kicks.