It was all going swimmingly...

...almost literally. Helen and Molly were enjoying a bath together. Molly seems to love the sensation of floating in a large body of warm bath water and Helen was loving being in the water with Molly. Molly was laughing and smiling, as well she might, knowing what was to come.

Then Molly sneezed.

Followed by a hiccup.

Then there were bubbles where no bubbles should have been.

Then, as if by magic, Molly was not the only thing floating in the bath.

Nor does she do things by half measures. All hands were required on deck to stem the flow which continued for quite some time after Molly was extricated from the bath water. Just imagine how much funnier this will be when she is on solids.

Once Molly was safely dried and wrapped up, the bath water strained and drained, the hosing down of Helen began.

The bath was in fact the second piece of water based hilarity for today. Earlier this morning I took the dogs for a very long walk in the woods. It was still very cold and there were lots of icy puddles. And an icy pond. Murray decided to try out his skating skills on the iced over pond. He gingerly put one paw onto the ice, then a second. Just he was about to climb right onto the ice, it creaked groaned and cracked. Murray fell right in and submerged completely before flailing around in the water to get back to the edge. Where he discovered that he could not get out without help from me. I managed to grab a couple of pictures of this exploit which I will post shortly (see above).

Molly had her first immunisations this week. One jab in each leg. She cried a bit, but Helen was inconsolable. Afterwards she was very restless and grizzly - Molly, not Helen. Although, now I recall....

Molly was also weighed again and is now a colossal 12lb 10oz. Helen's milk production has stepped up a gear and Molly is now on roughly two thirds breast milk to one third formula. I am now beginning to keep an eye on EU milk quota prices because if Helen continues to produce at this rate we may need to think about acquiring some.

Work has now become unavoidable, which is a shame. However, working predominantly from home is definitely the way forward.