The Paulin Pack

The Paulin Pack

Friday, June 27, 2014

A Day at the Zoo

One of the things I love most about summer is the ability to be spontaneous. So, yesterday after Kate and I woke up I thought it looked like a beautiful morning for us to spend at the zoo together.

We had such a great time and Kate loves looking at all the animals - she points, waves, and cracks up when they are active. I love watching her be amazed by the animals and I hope to pass down my love and wonder of animals to her. It's unbelievable to be able to be inches away from a tiger and watch as lions roar at one another, and I think even at 10 months old Kate gets just how awesome it is to watch these things.

But more than anything, I cherished the day as another wonderful opportunity to have some mommy-daughter time. She won't remember the day, but I always will and I can't wait to tell her about what a good time we had.









 These last 4 are from the Zoo Train. Kate LOVES the Zoo Train!




Wednesday, June 18, 2014

10 Months Old

On June 17, Kate turned 10 months old! Up to this point we have noticed so many physical milestones taking place each month. But now it seems like more and more Kate's milestones are mentally developmental. It is so fascinating to watch her learn! Here's what Kate is up to at 10 months:

- She pulled up to a stand for the first time on her pink and white walker toy on May 26th (actually pulled up before she started crawling!). She is still a little wobbly but she is getting the hang of it and practices every chance she gets!

- Went from army crawling, rolling, and scooting around the room to real crawling! Yay! We first noticed this on June 12th.

- Kate now has 3 teeth! She just recently cut her third one on the top right. This one was a tough one and kept her up a few nights and caused her some pain and frustration. We always dread this teething business and are not looking forward to the next tooth on top!

- Kate loves to get ahold of our phones! We have downloaded a few Fisher Price apps that she loves to play with, one that teaches about animals, one that reviews letters, and one that reviews numbers. She really likes the animal one!

- She also will hold a phone up to her ear like she's going to talk on it. It's so funny what she has picked up on without us even realizing it!

- She also has started actively playing with the iPad. We have a toy that we can insert the iPad in so that she can color on it using yet another Fisher Price app and some shape, stamp-like toys. She loves it!

- Kate loves her dog toy! She can ride on it and pull up on it. It sings and lights up and it is always the first toy she goes to in the morning. His mouth opens and if you say, "Give the dog a treat!" she will put one of the "treats" in his  mouth!