always.
she never stops.
back and forth. back and forth. up and down. back and forth. go. go. go.
if her legs aren't moving, her fingers are. she's a professional snapper.
she's also a professional breath holder. takes it to the limit, but never passes out.
she's just constantly moving.
so one day (january 30th to be exact), i decided to put a pedometer on her.
{background: the average american does not surpass 2,000 steps in a day. the average american should be taking 10,000 steps a day. i usually only hit 10,000 if i go on a run. i average 1,500 steps a mile when i run...about 2,000 a mile when i walk. so, because leah has a much shorter stride, she'd need to take quite a few more steps than me to hit a mile. back to leah...}
wow.
the girl hit 23,309.
yes. twenty three thousand three hundred nine steps.
oh, and that was including an hour and a half nap and waiting to put the pedometer on until she had been awake for an hour and a half. basically, leah walks more in an hour than you and i walk all day.
i love this picture of her. shows the little pedometer attached to her jammies. and i couldn't even snap a decent picture before she was on the go again.
That's AMAZING!!
ReplyDeleteYou should also see how many hugs she gives to people each day- she gave me at least 6 while at her own birthday party. What a true sweetheart!
ReplyDeleteI want to be leah when I start running again.
ReplyDeleteI can't even believe that! Go Leah!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou better be feeding Leah some serious food because she must be burning soooo many calories. I wonder how exhausted we'd be at the end of the day if we just followed Leah around and did everything that she does. I think I'd lose about 20 pounds!
ReplyDeleteWHAT!!! So that is how she stays so slim! I am going to try that! :) I want to put it on Zach, he is the same way. Probably not 23,000, but one the go ALL the time, until I turn on the TV...
ReplyDeleteThat's really funny! I want to try that on Sammy...but for her it's not just the walking...she's a jumper!
ReplyDeleteand wasnt it just last year that you were trying to help her walk!
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