Saturday, April 6, 2013

Our baby is a redhead!

Needless to say this has come as somewhat of a shock to us, but our baby Lizzy Jo is a redhead (so far at least).  This came as a pretty huge surprise to us because, obviously neither one of us has red hair.  There is red hair in Dave's family (a brother and a sister), but Merry's family doesn't have any red hair anywhere in the family that she is aware of (except maybe a very distant cousin).  Red hair is a recessive trait which means that it won't be expressed unless both parents pass on the recessive trait.  What's ever funnier is that Dave's brother Mike, the one who has red hair, just had a baby boy and he doesn't have red hair.  Ah, the ironies of genetics.

At any rate, the proof as they say, is in the pudding:



Also, please note that she appears to have rabies in this picture.  Her main enjoyment in life these days is blowing bubbles and listening to Dave's whistling.


  

9 comments:

  1. LOVE the red hair. I kept hoping Alli would have some, but so far she's honey blonde. Such a cute baby. Looks just like you!

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  2. She got soooo chubby! And cute! And she has hair! I barely recognize her and we just saw you like a month ago. Sorry she has rabies. That's lame. :)

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  3. Aww that's so cute! I would be happy if my baby had red hair, it's just SO cute!!

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  4. Hey. Genevieve is the same way and our family histories too!

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  5. Thank you so much for putting up the pics:) What a cutie!!!

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  6. How fun!! Madeline was a strawberry blonde for a while, but it's regular light brown/dark blonde now. And are Lizzy Jo's eyes blue, or is it still too soon to tell for sure?

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  7. Ohmygosh congratulations! And viva la ginger :) she's absolutely beautiful and I'm sure she'll have sparkling wit like her parents. Once she stops blowing bubbles.

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  8. Thanks, all! We think she's pretty adorable. And Geneil, they sometimes seem a little grey still, but yes, her eyes are blue.

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