Family resemblance

People keep saying that AJ looks like her daddy, and I believe them, but mainly because so many of them are saying it. I just don't see a lot of resemblance between babies and adults. But I was editing some photos in Picasa this evening and Don pointed out a baby photo of him that I scanned in awhile back, and sure enough, there is a clear resemblance:




Daddy as a baby



AJ earlier today

I feel like their faces/heads are different shapes, although I'm not sure how old Don was when that photo was taken, which could make a big difference. [ETA: Gramma B. says he was about six months in that photo, so her head may come to more closely approximate his; who knows?] Their hair seems to be almost exactly the same color, though, and they have very similar smiles--except that it doesn't look like AJ got the dimples.

Speaking of hair, people kept commenting on AJ's hair being red when they saw photos, and it definitely looks red in photos, but we didn't think it was ACTUALLY red at all--except that now that we can go outside more, I think it does have pretty strong reddish highlights in natural light. Which is actually similar to my natural color.

I also think AJ got my eyelashes:




I mean, I know I'm her mother, but those ARE exceptionally beautiful baby eyelashes, right?