Adventures with Antonio

I know I say this like every stage but honestly the 10 month old stage is the absolute best! I have so enjoyed my cub lately. Having a newborn and an infant is a lot of work and if I'm honest in those early days the return on investment is not always great. But now....it's absolutely amazing. Every day is a new adventure. Every day my house is cleaned to be destroyed again and I love it. The weekend before last we took Antonio to the splash park in Roswell. I've been wanting to take him for some time but I was not confident he would enjoy it. The cub hates water in his face and literally acts like he is drowning every time I wash his hair. But he absolutely loved it!!! It was such a joy to watch him play with the water. He was a little unsure of it at first and was hesitant to put his hands in the water but after a few minutes he warmed up to it and even got to the point where the water could splash in his face without him freaking out. It's so strange how much joy it brought me to watch him have fun. I always wondered how other parents sat on the sidelines while their children ran from swing to swing then to the monkey bars. Now I understand.

While the Husband was away on his guy weekend and GT vs. Va Tech trip, the cub and I had a ball playing throughout the house. He is such a fun baby. He loves rolling through the house with his little walker toy. He goes about putting various items on top of the toy then he walks through the house with his treasures. The pictures below captures some of this adventure. The other day the Husband was looking for Pancho's ball and he absolutely couldn't find it. Later on he was playing with the Cub's toy when he found he found the dog's ball in one of the compartments on the toy. Now anytime we can't find something we check all the areas our cub ventures.

I've shared that our cub is quite vocal. When he's not exploring the house, we sing together and he LOVES to sing. No surprise there. He is my son after all. Well his little singing adventure got us kicked out of the main sanctuary the other day. They were taping and of course during the more quiet moments Antonio took pride in filling the silence with his gift of song. We were politely asked to go the special area for nursing mothers and babies. I'm still sorting through my feelings about this. Needless to say my house is filled with joy. Antonio graces us every morning with his  gibberish and his beautiful attempt at singing. He already has a love for music. He loves commercials with music in them. He will stop in his tracks and stare at the TV. Sometimes he even attempts to sing along. The dramatic thespian in me couldn't be more proud.