"Healthy but scrawny"

We have some friends that visited from out of town with their 1 year old- the little guy's birthday is this week. He's cute as a button and has just started walking. And when they got a look at Grant their very first question went something like this, "OMG how much does that kid WEIGH?"

Turns out, last week they had their one year checkup and vaccines at the doctor's. At the end of of the appointment, their doctor scribbled down a few things on the stationary for them- weight, height, some suggestions about good toddler foods, and the phrase "Healthy but scrawny." They had never really thought that their son was that small, so they were a little surprised.

We all had a good laugh, because Grant is only one pound short of their little fellow's weight. At four months old, I'm quite sure Grant weighs right around 16 pounds- probably not fully 17 pounds, but it is possible. He's really chunky and sturdy, and he certainly can't crawl yet, so his exercise options are pretty limited to push-ups (which he does all the time), rolling (ditto) and jumping up and down in his jumper thingy.

At any rate, it was fun to talk about how amazing different healthy children can be. Also- it is not like this child's parents are small people. The mom is about my size (although a bit skinnier, but overall roughly the same build and height) and the dad is probably only about an inch shorter than Matt.

On a related note, we have our 4 month checkup and vaccines next week for Grant. I'm looking forward to finding out officially how much he weighs, and probably bragging about his ability to practice standing, practice sitting, roll over both ways, do push ups, and bite you so hard on the finger that it nearly bleeds. Did I mention he's teething?