Thankful Thursday

I've missed a few Thankful Thursdays lately simply because I forgot what day of the week it was with all the glamorous daily activities that I do - like dishes, poopy diapers, laundry, and cleaning.  And thinking of these things makes me less grateful actually.  Especially, like on a day like today when we are throwing mucho dineros into a new washer after our last one broke - and not into one that I would love to have because we don't want to spend that many dineros - looks like I have a lot more years ahead of me of laundry with a less than awesome machine.  Ehhh.

I am thankful though that I am not such a worry freak when it comes to my kids.  Ruby just had her 12 month well child check and surprise surprise - she is little.  She weighed in at a whopping 17 lbs ALMOST.  This puts her at the 3rd percentile.  But she is tall - falling around the 60th percentile.  Nothing about her moods, development or anything else says malnourished or failure to thrive but her weight.  I don't think she is failure to thrive because the girls eats like a horse and moves like a marathoner.  However, failure to thrive is what the doctor tells me she is classified as with how small her weight percentile is.  I know she is healthy and when I discussed options with the doctor she said she believes she is just small too.  We discussed how Andy is in the 85th percentile for his height and in the 5th percentile for his weight himself.  She is a miniature version of her Dad - even down to the eating and moving elements.  But nothing makes you feel like more of a terrible Mom then to hear your child is failure to thrive.  I am thankful though that it didn't get me down long because I also understand what a percentile is.  It is a portion of a normal distribution.  And all this means is that for 3 percent of the population at her age - that weight IS normal.  It just doesn't help that she is so long.

I am thankful for the way I feel when I exercise.  This week I upped my distance to 25 miles a week - mixed between speed walking and running.  I love the feeling of speed walking for long periods of time and then ending with a good sprint for a half mile or more - It loosens and lengthens my muscles and even though they protest I like the feeling.  Confession: I like watching a scary movie on the TV while I use the treadmill - I like to imagine myself in there and when the character runs for her life - I feel it too!