"She's got my nose, she's got her mama's eyes..."
Shortly after Ayla was born, people began making a point of telling me, "Oh, she looks just like Brandon." (She didn't. She actually looked Asian the day she was born.) "Oh, she has Brandon's _____ (nose, smile, chin, eyebrows, earlobes)!" I have to admit, this annoyed the crap out of me. It still does sometimes, actually. I usually just agree and say, "Hey, I was there, too!" or "At least she has my stunning personality." I gave birth to a 8 lb. 10 oz. baby girl. I am a 5 foot tall woman. I felt like I deserved a little credit. It almost felt to me like I spent 9 months cooking my little sweet pea, then I got to have my body forever changed giving birth to her. My tailbone still hurts, for Pete's sake. Of course, my family and some friends say they see the resemblance between her and I. When I look at baby photos from my siblings and I, I see us in her. When I look at Brandon's baby pictures, I see him as well....