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So we were talking in a desultory way this morning about what the Electric Baby might look like.

It's nearly a lock that she will have blue eyes, because we both do (and our parents, etc. etc.). (And actually, most Caucasian babies are born with blue or blue-grey eyes, which then take a few months to settle to their eventual destined color.)

galagan thinks she'll have brown hair, but I think it will start out blond, or perhaps reddish. (His nephew has strawberry-blond hair, and apparently

galagan's father did too. I have dyed red hair :), but I do have natural red highlights, plus some reddish hair and/or highlights pop up in other family members too. So - she won't ever be bright bright red, but she could be auburn.) And I'm reasonably sure she'll be born with hair too - I was born with a full head's worth myself (we're not sure about

galagan and his baby pics are gone).

But then - who might she looks like in terms of facial features? I have some strong familial trends on my side, and he does too.... His comment: "Well, no matter what, she will have a big nose." A pause "I'm afraid she might not end up too attractive." --I demurred, at which point he asked me for examples of beautiful women with big noses. Any suggestions?

(I'm not really worried about this - of course she'll be beautiful anyway, no matter what nose - but it was an interesting question, and I thought some of you might have good answers.)

In other news, I feel much better and more prepared, because we actually bought a carseat (an essential item to have BEFORE she is born so that it's ready to go) - and got our registry taken care of. Whew! Now I can relax a tiny bit and not fret so much about my general level of unpreparedness.

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I demurred, at which point he asked me for examples of beautiful women with big noses. Any suggestions?

Hilary Hahn (http://www.hilaryhahn.com) has a rather bulbous nose, which all her "glamour shot"-style album covers keep trying to de-emphasize. But I've met her a couple of times, and she's extremely beautiful.

I think it's not so much a nose issue, in general, as it is important to keep the features in proportion - someone with strong features that balance the nose will look different from someone with.... less strong features.

I agree - she is beautiful.

Where are you registered? I'd like to send the Electric Baby a little something.

Entirely at Target. (thank you!)

Let me point out that the Lad and I (brown eyes- his, dark, mine described by an ex as 'chocolate fondue with a lot of brandy', dark brown hair) have a grey-brown eyed child with ash blonde hair.

Genetics. Ain't they grand?
Also, both sides of the family claimed that, as a baby, he was a ringer for our respective baby photos. And really, he was, which means either we can self-delude or that the Lad and I were freakishly similar looking as children.

A former boss always claimed that

galagan and I looked a lot alike, though I'm not sure I see it.

It's all an interesting question to consider - there are very distinctive facial features and "looks" in the different branches of my family. His family is a little harder to pin down looks-wise - many of them are long gone, and there are no photographs in existence, for the most part (that I know of). And I'm sure she'll be an amalgamation of several of these lines, but that's difficult to picture.

The profile shot we got from my ultrasound 2 weeks ago just looks like a standard baby profile. So no help there. :)