hot tubing it

Ada has been getting more and more used to the water. If you have been following Adabeta for a while you might recall that Ada once hated water more than she now hates wearing pants. Once she discovered that you can have fun in water and that washing is not always involved she has become much more of a fan of the old agua.

Most of Ada's pool experiences have been in hotels because we do not have a pool at home and the last pool party we attended Ada screamed every time we got her in the water. But we do have a hot tub. A hot tub that Elliot and I have been in only a handful of times since Ada came into our lives. Most of this has to do with our laziness once we get Ada to sleep, since we really didn't want to bring Ada in before she was of substantial size and of course potty trained. Well both of those criteria are now met so we decided to introduce Ada to the wonderful world of hot tubing.

She LOVED it. She wasn't scared of the bubbles, she wasn't turned off by the heat, but she really really really did not want to let go of mommy. Perhaps her favorite thing of all (aside from the fact that she was in the water) was the hamstring jet that shoots up from the bottom of the hot tub. When not impeded by a hamstring, this jet on full blast creates a little fountain.

Ada spent a few minutes "swimming" back and forth between the two of us and as she was moving around in the water she had her pure ecstatic smile on her face. The smile that you don't get in pictures, the smile that only comes out when she doesn't realize anyone is looking, and the smile I hope she has when she navigates through all of the milestones in her life, because when you see it - you know she is at the topmost point of bliss.

Something tells me we are going to spend many more nights in the hot tub this summer. My hamstrings cannot be more happy!