Likeness

I got a little sad today when I realized  I won't have that seeing-the- "likeness" between Kid and our baby pictures.  That is one thing that I love seeing in kids and their parents... the genetic resemblences.  I love how quickly it changes - like when Sophie was born and how she looked so much like the women from Tori's side of the family, but now she looks so much like Eric.  It's amazing what genes can do.  I loved genetics best in biology class and learning about dominant traits and how they can be passed with recessive too.  I know that because Mike was blonde as a kid and I am blonde now any genetic kid would have had blonde hair (can only be present when two recessive genes are present, therefore we can only each pass on a recessive gene creating the recessive gene in kid), and the same goes for blue eyes.  (Yes, I probably really dumbed that down and someone like Tori, who is a genius when it comes to this stuff, could point out flaws.  Just go with it, k?)  I got sad, almost like a nostalgic sad, when I thought of how I wouldn't be able to say, "that's Mike's impish grin," or, "the shape and colour of his eyes are the same as mine."  This is part of the loss with which I have to deal.  I figure Kid will eventually look like us anway because he'll adopt our mannerisms and people can say, "look at how he stands.  That's so Jessa."  Just as long as he doesn't hand talk as much as Mike!  I just wanted to share because I said I would share as much as I can about this whole process and well, I've got nothing but time to think now.

Our Homestudy was hand delivered to the Provincial Goverment today.  Now awaiting the stamp of approval.