Failure To Thrive? 11 months old!

I can't help but think this really says "failure to mother". I know, I know. The other day at B's liver appointment I mentioned to the doctor that when they weighed him earlier that day I noticed he didn't gain any weight. Not a single ounce from his 9 month check up. She pulled up his growth chart and saw that his own "petite" growth curve has now dropped almost off the chart. He is now in the 5th percentile for weight, while his height is in the 70th percentile. Apparently this puts him the category of "Failure to Thrive". I feed my kid as much as I can and as much as he wants, but lately he is more interested in playing than sitting in his high chair eating. He shakes his head "no" and won't open his mouth. I try getting him other stuff to eat, but when he is done, he is done. Honestly, I am not too worried about it given my history of "failure to thrive". Look at me, smart as can be. I think he is just a busy, energetic kid with a fast metobolism. But, to be on the safe said I will concur with the doctor and get blood drawn to test for metobolic diseases and meet with the nutritionist.

B man is 11 months old, can you believe it? One more month to plan his 1st birthday. I have a feeling it will be huge. I am going to try not to stress out about it. Hopefully he won't be overwelmed by it either.

Vegas this week! Yipee. Pool side and slot machines. If I win big, then is is see you later job!

Run Forest Run!

I finished my first 5k race and didn't collapse at the end. Not bad for someone who has never ran more than a 1.5 miles before. My friend and I decided one day we were going to a start a program called Couch to 5k which trains you to run a 5k in 9 weeks from nothing. I am pleased to say we did it in 8 weeks. It was a really cool feeling running across that finish line. I am really proud of myself. The hardest part of the whole thing was finding time to run and getting motivated to run. There were times after a 12 hour shift at work when I would come home and the last thing I wanted to do was run and the last thing Mike wanted be to do was run as well (he was done with B at that point and wanted a break). Thanks to Mike for watching B man for me even when he was exhausted and or busy so I could run. Thanks to Heather for keeping me on point with my check in's. Maybe I will do another one maybe not, only time will tell.

Look Who's Walking

For the last couple of days B has been taking 4 to 5 steps at a time. Is this considered walking? Can I say "my son is walking"? Or does it have to be his main form of transportation? Either way I am excited that I didn't miss his first steps while we were in Vegas. I can relax a little more now.

We are trying to furnish our new house, but don't want to blow major bucks. I know that a lot of furniture and stuff will probably get ruined between B and Jewel so we aren't going all out, but I don't want a garage sale look going on in my house either. We bought a new couch and kitchen table the other day and returned it because it didn't look right with the space, too small. New stuff comes in tomorrow so hopefully we are happier with this.

My race is 1 week away and my friend and I did a practice race yesterday and felt pretty good about it. I think we are pretty confident for our upcoming race. What I will do with my time since I won't be training is yet to be determined. I can think of a few things now that I have a new house.