Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Inherited traits?

Usually people either think Caleb looks a lot like me or a lot like Gabe. There's rarely someone who thinks that he looks like both of us. How is that possible? When he was first born, more people thought he looked like Gabe than like me, now it seems more people think he looks like me. I've heard that by nature, babies look more like their fathers when they're born so that fathers can sort of bond with the new baby and be assured that the baby is theirs - then later on the child comes to resemble the mother later. I'm not sure how true that is or if it's relevant in this case - I actually just think people thought Caleb looked more like Gabe when he was skinny and now that he's chubby (and has chubby cheeks!) he looks more like me. Who knows...

But that brings to question...what else does Caleb inherit that's like us?

  • His dimples. Neither of us have dimples, but Caleb has 3 dimples (2 on his right side, 1 on his left). Is that stuff hereditary?
  • His sneeze noise. Caleb makes an "awww" after many of his sneezes (and sometimes before). Apparently, I used to do that when i was a baby too (according to my mom). Do things like that get passed down?
  • His "blue steel" face. Is this a baby thing? I don't think that's from either of us.
  • His blonde eyebrows & lovely tan. Caleb was born with blond eyebrows (we're VERY happy they now look more normal). He also had a very nice darker complexion when he was born so we got lots of comments like "hmmm...Gabe, are you sure he's yours? He’s awfully tan...and blonde. *wink* *wink*"
  • His sleepy feet movements. He moves his feet in his sleep, just like Gabe! both my boys have their feet constantly moving in their sleep. i always thought that was weird when Gabe did it, and now Caleb does it too!
  • His "body builder" type body is clearly from me. :P Yes, people have commented that he looks like a body builder. It’s actually just that his fat is pretty defined so he looks muscular. If only we can all be so lucky :)
  • His affinity for playing with this tongue. Seriously, he's always sticking his tongue out or making some weird face with his tongue. I don't really think that's from either of us.
  • His laziness. That's clearly from Gabe. :)
  • Caleb says "uh oh!" when he poops. We didn't teach him that, in fact, we've never even taught him to say "uh oh"...he just does it (and he says it rather loudly :) )
  • His personality. Caleb's a really good baby. He's rarely fussy and doesn’t complain very much. This is clearly not from me (I was a very whiney baby...and kid...and adult...) I'm so glad he's more like Gabe in this area. Although I like to think he's fun because of me. :P

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