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1. Heather 2 said:
I WANT ONE!
2. Melynda said:
She's so damn cute!! :)
3. Jessie Street said:
Isn't she lovely?
4. Moxie said:
---->Insert Poptart here<-----
5. Megan said:
Really, really cute!
6. Chloe said:
I still can't decide: are her eyes green? Or brown? Or neither? Or both?
7. dooce said:
her eyes are hazel, just like her father's, of course. I CANNOT BELIEVE I GAVE BIRTH TO A DARK-HAIRED, HAZEL-EYED BABY. every other kid in my family is WHITE BLONDE and BLUE-EYED. MUTANT!
8. christy said:
the toys!!! the toys!!!!
we had to to put a moratorium on toys entering our house before we were buried under a pile of playskool. the kids would much rather play with ladles and tupperware anyhow. oh - and knives of course.
9. Karrey said:
It's the end of an Aryan era!
10. Angie said:
I'm sure the boxes those toys came in were much more fun to play with... and eat!
11. Drama Queen said:
LOL. It's the North American flapping Leta.
12. Kimberley H. said:
I thought that it was the father gene's that decided all that? (hair color, eye color, etc.) No?
13. Dee said:
OMG - Precious! I need to get myself a good camera......my pix totally stink
14. Liz said:
She IS going to take flight!
15. hayley said:
whichever gene is dominant decides those features. dark hair and eyes are dominant to light ones.
16. Kellie said:
I think the blue eyed gene is recessive. Something like if one parent has blue eyes, and the other has brown, there is a 1 in 4 chance the baby will have blue eyes. Of course, I learned this in 10th grade biology which I'm still not sure I legitimately passed, so who knows. My regards to Mr. Kniola, God knows he tried.
17. Em said:
Okay, I thought blue eyes were dominant.
I am all confused now!
Anyway, I send Leta a SQUAWK back!
18. beachgal said:
I think blue eyes are recessive...both hubby and I have blue eyes, hence my son has blue eyes....I think the 1 in 4 is right if one parent has blue and the other brown.
Leta is so awesome. I love the thumbnail for this pic....such LIPS!
19. The Mighty Jimbo said:
"leta! mommy pooped!"
20. daveeee said:
Could the kiddo _be_ any cuter? hehe
21. Paul said:
And with the current household policy of appeasement, the Overlords are sure to make the neighbors' house the next stop on their campaign of sack and pillage.
22. Poppy said:
So glad to see that my 8.5-month-old isn't the only kid trying to turn into a flappy, squawking bird-child. Absolutely darling!
23. Fran said:
Right backatcha, Leta!
24. Lorie said:
So cute! You know, plastic is good...hehe
25. Lorie said:
Did I forget to add that after 4 kids, I'm still finding plastic toys in strange places? A nuclear war wouldn't melt that stuff, either.
26. Dale Cruse said:
MY MOMMY PUNCHED NADS!
27. red said:
omg, she is so edible!
28. Sarah said:
You know, I have a son about her age. . .
Anyway, my husband has brown, brown eyes and I have blue and our baby has, believe it or not BLUE eyes. I was certainly not expecting that.
And the Plastic Overlords are creeping in around the edges of my house, too. So much for those New Parent Ideals. . . "And my son will only play with wooden toys." I'm scoffing at myself already.
29. heather said:
It's easier to look at grandparents. My dad has blue eyes, my mom green. (mine are blue green). My husband has brown eyes (his moms are brown, his dad's blue).
Our son has my blue green eyes exactly. We have a one and four chance of having a dark eyed baby. Dark eyes are dominant, but in our case, out numbered.
You also have to take into consideration that things like hair, eye and skin color tend to 'blend' so there is no cut and dry blue or brown or green (like my eyes, which are blended).
But the important thing here is THAT IS ONE CUTE BABY!
30. Lori said:
Maybe she should be a duckling for halloween?
31. LT said:
Actually, it depends on both parents and what *their* parents have, too, to get the actual ratio. If your mom has brown eyes and both her parents have brown eyes, you're passed on a BB from her (B being brown and always dominant.) If your dad has brown eyes and one of his parents had brown eyes, he'd be passing along a Bb to you. Then you'd have BB and Bb, and the combos you can get from that are no blue, but hazel or combination or brown (because there's no bb [blue] possible). However, if your dad has blue eyes from both his parents having blue eyes, you're changed to BB (mom) and bb (dad) and you get 1:4 blue. If your mom's parents had one blue, (and this is actually my exact situation), it's Bb (mom) and bb (dad) and now you have half a shot of having a blue eyed child. Me? I have hazel green-brown, exact same color as my mom's.
My fiance and I somehow share the exact same color, too, though since both of us have a blue eyed parent, we have a 1:4 shot of having a blue eyed child, but most likely we will have a child with the same weird color we share.
:)
32. erin said:
she is so beautiful! I just can't stand it!
Thanks for getting my day off to a great start.
33. kp said:
SMOOSHHHHH
sooooooooo cute. eesk
34. TracyDee said:
What a sweet mouth... kinda like the Rolling Stones logo but way cuter...
35. Heatheranne said:
I thought I saw on the news last night that they spotted a flying Leta over Ohio.
36. Kim said:
Oh the joy of reading statistics. Who cares HOW she got them. LOL! Even though she is the minime of her father? She is precious.
My hubby has dark, curly hair and blue eyes. I'm blonde/blue and my family is pretty aryan. My kids are little aryans with a hint of curl to their hair. It is not clear who they look like - unlike Leta who doesn't look like she came at all from Heather's oven. But her personality? Is it Heather's????
37. Karry said:
Welcome to the Dooce genetic lesson of the day. How well were YOU listening in your biology class? Pop Quiz tomorrow. LOL
I love that look by the way. My kids all did the same thing - I even remember my lil brothers doing that (we were VERY widely spaced) I almost miss having one of my own, but now that I can leave the house minus 15 pounds of stuff, I think I'll just wait for the grandkids.
38. wn said:
I can see by the background that little Leta is a very "neglected" child! Really guys, could you have made a baby that was MORE beautiful?
39. Daniel said:
Oh, like that's a real baby and not just a picture of some spectacular child in a wax museum who you're passing off as the fruit of your loins. Sorry, not buying it. Too cute, too perfect to be a human child. It's wax.
40. HazelEyedPisces said:
I am BREATHLESS from the cuteness of that baby girl.
41. Amy S said:
So Heather,
When are you gonna get her ears peirced with some bling?? You know all babies need bling. hehehe
42. Sherri said:
OMG, I think that's my favorite photo yet.
I have blue eyes. My mom has dark brown eyes and my dad has green. I have one blue-eyed grandparent. I remember figuring all this out with little charts in biology in 9th grade, but never thought I'd need to use any of the info. EVER again.
43. Sheri said:
Wow...it's amazing how Leta's physical features are changing so fast. Heather, I see *you* in her face now, too.
Just beautiful!
44. Brenda said:
Chi Square Tables!
B=Brown=dominant gene
b=Blue=recessive gene
#1 #2 #3 #4
Dad BB Dad Bb Dad bb Dad BB
Mom Bb Mom Bb Mom bb Mom BB
Offspring:
Brown(BB,Bb) or Blue(bb)
#1 Brown= 4/4 100% Brown eyed kids
#2 Br= 3/4 * Bl= 1/4 75% Brown & 25% blue eyed eyed kids
#3 Blue= 4/4 100% Blue eyed kids
#4 Brown= 4/4 !00% Brown eyed kids
*There are always exceptions (i.e. gene mutations & "blending of eye colors", actually eye color shades are determined by a group of genes)
45. Fujiko said:
Ok, I might be beating a dead horse here, but...
If you have brown eyes, you can't really tell if your genes are Bb or BB (B being a brown gene, which is dominant over b, the blue gene). That is, unless you have a blue-eyed parent or a blue-eyed child (in which case you must be Bb). If you have blue eyes, then you must have the bb genes.
Now, If both you and your spouse have blue eyes, and you have a brown-eyed child, then something is VERY WRONG. Either someone is screwing the mailman or there was a random mutation.
If one of you has the BB gene (which you can't really tell with any certainty, you can only tell if you are Bb or bb), then ALL of your children will have brown eyes. If one of you has Bb and the other has Bb or bb, then you will get a mix of brown- and blue-eyed children.
46. BBBbeth said:
Way cute!!
47. shaunacat said:
I will just be happy if my kids come out with eyeballs at all, no matter the color. You'd be amazed the wierd stuff that happens to me. Geez.
Leta is adoreable!!
48. Tabbie said:
Wow this gives me so much hope, I'm going to be a highschool biology teacher in a year or two and all the East Tennessee people were scaring me with their weird idea on how genetics works. I'm glad there are people out there who actually sorta get it. Try two blue eyed parents showng you their dark brown eyed child... ahem uncomfortable.
49. Karen said:
What is Leta going to be for Halloween?
50. stella said:
what a sweet muffin! are you going to dress her up for halloween?
51. BarefootGoddess said:
I must have some damn dominate genes then. Only ONE of my three kids got thier fathers brown eyes. The other two have my blue.
Leta is truely beautiful.
52. LT said:
Fujiko... you can know if you are a Bb if you look at grandparents. :)
53. Cora's mommy said:
My baby squawks too! She is just a week younger than Leta.
54. Sue From Ohio said:
Heather-Anne said a FLying Leta was spotted over Ohio...must explain the play-doh poop I found on my windshield this morning....
She's ADORABLE!
And for the record, my husband has hazel eyes, I have blue and out of our 3 kids the oldest girl and youngest girl have blue eyes and the middle boy has chocolate brown....
55. Allison said:
She is FANTASTIC! So precious!
56. Joe said:
That's an awesome photo. I find kids hard to photograph, but you seem to do better.
As for the subtitles on the TV thing... You don't have to be that old, you just have to have lived a wild and crazy life! I'm only 42, and I find a lot of DVDs that have distracting background noises actors with poor diction. I can hear the words, but I can't understand what they said. Too much time in the workshop, cutting the grass, listening to loud music, flying airplanes, and otherwise being around loud noises has destroyed my ability to separate competing sounds effectively.
Be nice to your dad, Heather, he's the only one you've got! Besides, you're following in his hearing footsteps. Just substitute "listening to Leta screaming" for, well, all of my loud noises list above.
57. Becca said:
I myself am like my father in my looks. I have his body structure, his teeth, his eye brows, but I seem to have gotten what I didn't want from both of my parents.. my mom gave me straight hair and it's brown.. (instead of the curly red of my siblings) and I also got hazel eyes, but the brown and green in my eyes fight back and forth a lot. Leta is too cute. She looks like a baby bird there. FEED ME! hehe
58. leandra said:
Thank goodness there are other genetics educated out there to explain all of this, saved me some typing! :P My grandfather had brown eyes and my grandmother green.. my mom (an only child) has blue eyes, ahhh recessive genes. The one thing I find interesting is that although my siblings and I all have "blue eyes", mine are more of a greenish-grey, my brothers are light blue and my sister's are a medium blue. So you just never know.
59. GMM said:
SHE IS SO CUTE. What a "captured moment!"
60. Lindsey said:
A happy Leta pic :) the best kind!
61. Lindsey said:
Hmmm, she really has morphed from Frog Baby to Bird Baby.
I agree w/ Karen and Stella: What is she going to be for Halloween?
62. GMM said:
And does Heather realize that there are hundreds of people who are in LOVE with her baby?!
63. faith said:
Leta's gorgeous and you gotta exercise those arms good 'cos you need them nice and strong so you can stuff the universe into your mouth!
64. Nikki said:
oh my god. my daughter had that BINGO plastic dog pusher thing when she was that age. she loved it!! beautiful baby you have,...
65. Kimberley H. said:
Oh my goodness, look at what I started. lol.
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66. Ariella said:
Just to interject: blue eyes (and green) ARE recessive. However, it is possible to have blue eyes from two brown-eyed parents or one blue and one brown. The way genes work is that they can be hetero- or homo-geneous in terms of their expression. So, if BB = Brown (homo, dominant) and Bb = Brown (hetero, dominant) and bb = blue (homo, recessive), then you can see how and when you'd have blue eyes.
Two blue-eyed parents will usually make blue or green eyes, but sometimes hazel. 1/4 will have blue (Statistically, not definitely) if both parents have brown. 1/2 will have blue if you have one blue eyed and one brown eyed parent. You see how this works?
Mendel worked this (imperfect) formula out using pea plants.
67. tiffany said:
Cool, who knew so many nerds read Dooce? :-)
What I want to know is how my husband's Irish genes managed to kick the crap out of my Mexican genes. I thought Mexican genes trumped everything (didn't Mendel have a problem with Mexican pea plants taking over the whole garden?)
My kid has reddish-blonde hair and hazel eyes. People look at me like I stole someone else's baby.
68. beachgal said:
Tiffany that is too funny....there's some weird red hair gene in our family and wouldn't you know, I WANT a redhead, but I think I'm gonna have a blond. But then again, I was blond as a baby, and now I've got icky bland brown. Maybe he'll turn out reddish.
69. Bobbe said:
Ok dudes, you can't tell if you're a Bb just by looking at grandparents.
My baby's father had deep brown eyes, HIS mother had brown eyes, HIS father had brown eyes.
My parents have blue eyes, I have blue eyes (of course).
I was honestly a bit annoyed at the prospect of my baby getting brown eyes, considering we've only heard from him two-three times since I got pregnant and have had 0 support from him.
However my little cutie got my blue eyes exactly, somehow.
Haha.
70. Fran said:
The Former Congressman looks like he's either the center of a white tulip or he's part of a Tiramisu with lady fingers all around him. I don't know whether to get a vase or a plate.
71. Mari said:
OMG, Chuck! Can't wait to see his Halloween costume.
72. Shiz said:
Oh how I love that fireplace!
73. Amanda said:
Is that...a DRESS on Leta? Maybe even the first posted picture of Leta wearing a dress? Chuck, of course, has a well documented fondness for the girlywear.
74. Brooke said:
Chuck can FLY.
75. Amanda B. said:
Yay Biology!!
I can't wait to see the look of "oh my good sweet jesus why is she doing this to me" on Chuck's face. Our pup Annabelle gets the same look when we make her do tricks for company. The fact that she hasn't gone for our throats is only proof of her saint-like patience and restraint. Of which we have none, by the way. :)
76. dr. dave said:
I'm expecting a note directly from Gregor Mendel any minute now.
77. wealhtheow said:
LT--
Actually, even if both grandparents from one side had brown eyes, you still can't tell if you're Bb or BB. If my great grandmother had blue eyes and my great grandfather had brown eyes, and their daughter had brown eyes, she'd be Bb. If she married a brown-eyed man and their kid (my parent)had brown eyes, she could still be Bb. If she married my brown-eyed father, I could still be Bb. Recessive genes can hang around for a long time--just because they're not expressed doesn't mean they aren't present.
78. stella said:
"Flight attendants prepare for takeoff".
79. Fish said:
Put the staple gun down and step away from the dog.
This is your last warning.
80. Susan said:
you have the same rug as my parents.
or similar, anyway.
and i'm sure we have those exact same toys in a box somewhere
81. Amber said:
You are right, she looks like she is about to take flight. What a happy child. :)
82. moose said:
The important thing is, genetically speaking, that the odds are Leta's siblings, if she has any, will likely have blue eyes. Again, this is just odds, but with one blue-eyed and one brown-eyed parent, 1 out 4 will be brown-eyed and the rest blue-eyed. Hazel counts as brown, I believe.
So Leta's the ONE! But we knew that.
What a cutie. Are those "angel kisses" on her forehead?
83. Carla Beth said:
Okay fine. Cute kid. But checkout the stone work around the fireplace! Cool beans!
84. donna said:
I'm a recessive nightmare. Nobody in my family has grey eyes. Both my parents have hazel eyes. I have a blue eyed paternal grandfather, and a blue eyed half-sister on my moms side, so both of my parents are carrying some recessive blue genes...
but how does that turn into grey? Hmm.
Oh, I guess this explains it. Eye color isn't quite as "Set in stone" as our grade 10 biology class would have us think...
"This model explains the inheritance of blue, brown and green eyes but cannot account for gray, hazel or multiple shades of brown, blue, green and gray eyes. It cannot explain how two blue-eyed parents can produce a brown-eyed child or how eye color can change over time. This suggests that there are other genes, yet to be discovered, that determine eye color or that modify the expression of the known eye color genes."
(from http://www.seps.org/cvoracle/faq/eyecolor.html)
85. Shannon said:
Just Adorable!
My son is 8 months old and sqawks but also does a caveman like grunting thing.
My hubbie has brown hair and blue eyes and I have dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. The poor kid has reddish blond hair and hazel eyes that turn different colors depending on his mood.
86. Daniel said:
See that "Exer-Saucer" directly behind Leta in the picture? My four-year-old son -- run, jump and hit a baseball 400 feet -- still likes to play in his. Prepare yourself, Heather, for the day when Leta needs to be removed from that thing with the "Jaws of Life" and a gallon of Crisco. It's coming.
87. tish said:
I had to respond to your sneak peek entry.
Are our dogs twins?!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/tishstress/thegreatpumpkin.jpg
88. coolbeans said:
This picture cracks.me.up. It looks like she's "working" the camera. Doesn't it?
"Here's my serious look. Now my happy look. Ooh, my sexy look and SURPRISE!"
89. Megan said:
Just one other comment on the genetics, though everyone has done a nice job of explaining how dominant vs. recessive inheritance works. Two brown-eyed Bb parents could have one, two, three, or a dozen blue eyed babies. Although the odds of having a blue eyed (bb) baby is 1/4 for this couple, each child is an independent genetic event. So families with an unexpected excess of blue eyed babies don't have a super-dominant blue eyed allele, they were just lucky (or unlucky, depending on how you feel about blue eyes!). There's no guarantee of getting 3 brown eyed babies for every 1 blue eyed baby, though on average, that will the the observed ratio.
90. domino said:
Yay! Genetics is so much nicer than politics!
Leta is adorable. Pure and simple.
And I'm on tenterhooks waiting to see the Full Chuck!
91. beachgal said:
I'm still totally swooning over the thumbnail of this pic. Your munchkin is just soooo precious. My little one would love to flirt with her, I bet. I don't think we've been invaded by AS much plastic, does that make me a bad mom?
92. Danika said:
Aww she is so adorable!!
I would think she is the cutest ever... but my nieces have stolen my heart and (could be just biased) but I think they are the cutest. Leta comes very close though!
93. Dez said:
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Leta looks like she's been doped with whatever they put the Fisher Price babies on in the commercial that uses "Walking on Sunshine." Those are some happy-ass babies. The Hubby swears they're on baby crack. I was uh, hello. Fisher. Price. Dude. The babies love the Fisher Price.
You're toying with my emotions with the teaser of The Former Senator's costume. You know that Super-Mutt is my boy. I love me some Chuckles. Even when he's not representing or keeping it real ;)
94. patti said:
Eyes: My husband has 1 green and 1 1/2blue, half green eye.
I have green eyes. My son has light, light blue eyes, just like grandpa's - proving the grandparent theory.
captions: We use captions whenever the TV is on....that is the 2nd time someone has made me feel old this week! (See www.pattisunshine.blogspot.com for the other)I'll just creak my way outta here! HAPPY HALLOWEEN DOOCE!
95. Alena said:
I swear the three of you must have unknowingly won The Most Beautiful Family in America award. And I just can't even get over how much Leta looks like John; does it freak him out?
I have the perfect costume for John and Leta.. He could be Dr. Evil and she could be Mini-Me...
96. beachgal said:
BTW, my guess on Chuck's costume is a Turkey. I'm probably way off base, but that's what it looks like to me. I can't wait to see full pictures. And Leta Halloween pics, too.
97. Amanda said:
I betting Chuck is a giant set of those things you stick between your toes when you paint them.
98. Amber said:
Right back atchya Leta.
(Chuck is a flying pumpkin?)
99. Amanda said:
The flying pumpkin would be my second guess.
100. beachgal said:
Yeah, i thought about flying pumpkin, but then realized, pumpkins aren't supposed to fly, why make a costume of such...who knows..i haven't had nicotine in two days, i'm all fuzzy anyway.
101. danika said:
Here is the link to my site with a pic of my nieces. Click on cuteness. For some reason the link won't post so put the usual www then free webs.com /danikabur/cuteness
102. rose said:
I always thought that brown eyes were dominant...but then i remember my cousin. His father is mexican with brown eyes/brown hair, and my aunt is spanish with brown eyes/brown hair. He however came out with blue eyes/blonde hair, and no my aunt didn't screw the mailman...because it just so happens that his fathers grandmother had blue eyes, and blonde hair. Its just a randomness in the gene pool. Leta looks soo precious...(i want to pinch her cheeks!)
103. Sue From Ohio said:
Danika,
There isn't an area for comments on your site...so, I just wanted to let you know, you're nieces are adorable. My 1 yr old had a similar headband, until my dog ate it :(
104. Danika said:
Thanks Sue and sorry about the dog eating the headband.
105. mousey said:
Dooce,
I sent a present for you and Leta. Hope you like it!
Stacy
106. mousey said:
Rose:
Eye color is controlled by more than one gene, so one specific color isn't really dominant over the others (at least in the normal sense.) Also, people with the dominant trait can still have children with the recessive trait depending on what alleles they have. (Sorry, I'm a TA in a General Bio class... I'll stop talking nerdy now...)
107. heathabee said:
omgash, cutest picture ever!
Halloween really brings out the most adorable pictures in your kids!! What is Leta going to be for halloween!? I can't wait to find out! :)
108. hayley said:
*sulking* what a tease! it's like watching a nudey show through a teeny peephole!
dooce, you have no idea the power you have over us bored little underlings, we're checking back every five minutes to see if the sneak peek is a full monty yet.
109. jen said:
What a sweetheart!
110. Colleen said:
those "batteries required" toys are the reason why we use the subtitle option when we watch dvds.
111. Jenny said:
Another masterpiece, sheesh. I'm lucky if I can get a shot without a finger up a nose or a tongue protruding.
112. JP said:
FABULOUS!! (Only two exlamations.)
She is just the cutest...I need more pictures of my girsl...
113. eco2geek said:
Which is worse -- wrapping spaghetti around Chuck's snout, or dressing him up as a pumpkin? :-)
Squawk!
114. Christine said:
"Aflack!" said the little duck.
;)
115. Shmee said:
I like her tiny little halo, or am I the only one who can see that?
116. Fish said:
My wife is having a baby shower/Halloween party tomorrow. She's going as a fertility goddess (she's at 7 months). I thought she should have gone as a pregnant prom queen.
Is Leta going to be sitting on Chuck?
117. Michelle said:
Heh. Wait til she starts kicking both of her feet in the air at the same time, which lifts the entire Pla-doh poop factory off the bed and scoots her down a half a foot. THAT is funny, especially when you're trying to get a diaper on her!
118. Amber said:
I know this is off subject, but have the google ads actually paid off yet? Just wondering.
And your daughter is just way too cute.
119. Kira said:
muchisimo mucho cute
120. Laurie said:
Haha, it's chuck's wee bum. (sorry we had a halloween party at the office today)
I would say that Chuck is a chick coming out of an egg of some sort? Or something with wings. Maybe even an egg with wings. ;)
121. Bekah said:
Yes, yes, Leta's a doll... but I'm wondering, what's that shining spot on the top of her head? Is someone holding a flashlight to her?
122. jackie said:
punching boyfriend in the nards -- #1!
123. maricar said:
Delurking to say,
Wow!!! She's so darn cute!!
124. Cora's mommy said:
OMG, what did you do to Chuck? Frickin hilarious.
125. Lizzie said:
Looks like someone's trying to burn a hole in her head with a magnifying glass. OMG, you're horrible parents!!!
(Kidding! You seem like awesome parents raising an awesome kid. Of course. How sad that I need to add this disclaimer.)
126. espressoblogger said:
Punching a guy in the nads is about the worst thing you could do to a human being. Women can never understand the pain - you compare childbirth to pulling your lip over your forehead - getting punched in the nads is like sliding down a giant cheesegrater, naked.
I kid you not. The shooting, knife-like pain, even with minor contact spreads through your body, in a pins and needles sort of way, from your abdomen, and into other centres of nervous activity: ie your fingers, cheeks, etc...
127. espressoblogger said:
Most men who have underwent said experience will agree.
128. Amanda said:
I just noticed that several of the pictures you have of Leta, she must sit in the exact same place every time because she has that little circle of light on her head. Last time we thought she had a chunk of white hair in the front...
129. Amanda said:
Okay not several pictures, just one other does Leta have the "forehead light" I just checked.
130. sporty said:
The biology lesson is making my brain hurt. I just hope that my kids have a good chance at having blue eyes. Having someone tell me my eyes were baby shit brown kind of ruined it for me.
131. Carla Beth said:
That's Chuck in an angel suit!
132. danielle said:
more puppy-chuck pictures!!
133. eco2geek said:
Well, espressoblogger, seeing as how the whole process of labor and delivery lasts an average of 15 hours for first-time moms, and the actual "pushing phase" lasts an average of an hour, I doubt you'll get much sympathy with the ladies by comparing being kicked in the 'nads to childbirth.
Just saying.
(Source: www.babycenter.com/refcap/177.html)
134. DM said:
What do you mean pumpkins can't fly? What about The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?
135. carmie said:
chuck's a giant turkey, i just know it. and leta's flapping cuz she wants to be like him.
136. Fran said:
I like the way she is so totally at home in front of the camera. Would she recognize you without a camera in front of your face?
137. Sarah said:
She is BEAUTIFUL!!! SO CUTE!!!
138. DeAnn said:
She seriously needs to stop being so cute. It's making me want kids. And I never thought that could happen.
139. heathabee said:
Amanda, i think the pictures were taken on the same day... she's wearing the same dress... well.. i guess that doesn't automatically make it the same day... but she is in the same spot, with the light on her head, in the same dress...
she's darn cute, either way :-P
140. Shailyn said:
Is it wrong that I love your kid almost as much as the 2 children (11 months and 4 years) that I watch 3 time a week? I check this site out EVERY night before I go to bed.... its like opening the bedroom door to check on the baby shile shes napping, its so perfect. You make me wish I lived in Utah so I could hang out with you and nibble on Letas cheek.
Shannon (from Atlanta)
141. shy me said:
omg! I LOVE that picture. I can just imagine what that sounds like!
142. Peter Hentges said:
espressoblogger:
A friend once explained her monthly cramps to me: "It's like being kicked in the nads ... Every. Two. Minutes."
So suck it up, buster.
143. Margi said:
Oh, you haven't LIVED until you have the Lil' Tykes Rack and Thumbscrews right out in the living room.
For grandmother to see.
And criticize.
And remind/warn you of it's dangers.
Wee!
144. Sue FromOhio said:
Michigan Rabbit Sanctuary...hmmmmmm Rabbit Stew anyone???
MUWAHAHAHAHAA, a little Halloween Humor, Sorry
145. Alex said:
Squawk! Squawk, I say!
146. Taylor said:
I'm just so glad you had an honestly cute baby so I wouldn't have to lie and tell you how "cute" she was to make you happy. WAY TO GO!!
147. Taylor said:
Good idea Shy Me! Dooce-SOUND!!