Who Does She Look Like?

A lot of good guesses on the Baby Quiz, but here are the results! We had to make the quiz pics in black & white because we thought the pink and blue would give it away. The 1970s pics of Colin and I didn't scan so well either so that's why we couldn't make these very big! Look close!



I am the wide-eyed, crazy-haired picture while Colin is the peaceful sleeper. Most everybody got Ellie's pics right, but we had to put an eyes-open and an eyes-closed one to be fair. From these pictures, I have to say she has a stronger resemblance to her Dad. While my Mom was digging out my picture though she found some other ones where my eyes are wide open, so maybe Ellie gets that tendency from me? I also think she gets her skin color from me a little more, but it's hard to tell. Right now she just looks like Ellie!

There's also a debate about what color her eyes will be. Colin and I are both brown, but genetics say she still has a 25% chance of having blue or green eyes since we both have those colors in our families. Her eyes are very blue now, but that's common with newborns and they could change. We'll see!

Ellie's cousin Aiden turned the big 2 on Sunday. We weren't able to make his party, but it looked like a very fun time =) Ellie is very excited to meet her cousins, and according to Auntie Sue, they're excited to meet her as well! =)

Aiden with his Diego cake



Brendan and Aiden geared up for the Dora & Diego adventure party

Baby Quiz

Take your guess! Send your comments to guess who's who.

Lazy Day

Today is a lazy day at home. It's cold outside so napping and watching college basketball are taking up most of the day. The Carlson family is coming to visit tonight so it'll be fun to see all the kids together.

Last night we had to bring Ellie for a lab test at the hospital. When we were in the hospital, they took a blood sample from her heal to register her birth in the state of Wisconsin. Well, apparently, someone didn't take the sample quite right, so we had to bring her back for them to redo the test. She was sleeping so peacefully up until they pricked her heal and then came the painful cry. I was crying too so Colin had to be the strong one. I know it'll never be easy to see our baby in pain, but think it must be the worst when she's so little. I don't know when babies get all their shots, but I'll need to mentally prepare MYSELF for those visits! At least she calmed down pretty quickly and went back to sleep.

Here are some random shots from the last week...

Auntie Steph took this picture the other day and I just love it.



Snoozing with Dad



She's so tiny in her carseat. So far, with the few car trips we've taken she doesn't mind being buckled in there though so hopefully that keeps up.



Sara and Javi spent last weekend vacationing in Portugal. I thought this was a nice picture of them...that's Lisbon in the background. Auntie Sara will be home in 2 days to meet Ellie =)

Family

Ellie has a very large, loving family eagerly wanting to meet her - Grandparents, Great-Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and many, many extended family members beyond that. Here are pics from some of the first family moments, but we're looking forward to many more in the weeks and months to come.

Great-Grandma Ruth



Grandma & Grandpa Boyer



Grandma & Grandpa Pomeroy



Four generations of girls



Mother-Son/Father-Daughter



Auntie Shannon



Auntie Stephanie