Melissa Francis : Bitchin' Fiction!: the apple (of my eye) does not fall far from the tree

Wednesday, November 19, 2008
the apple (of my eye) does not fall far from the tree

When Nemo was born, he was my spittin' image. (or is that spitten?) Seriously, you could barely tell our baby faces apart. He has my eyes, which are pretty distinct in shape...not big, but slanty and very blue. (His are actually gray now, go figure)

As a toddler, the resemblance remained. We'd get the occasional, "He looks just like Fishdog" but we ignored those people because Nemo looked exactly like me...and we had the pictures to prove it. Hell, we had the same teeth. It was freaky.

Fast forward to now. I've noticed him changing here and there. The deeper voice, the hairy pits, the lanky walk. Typical teenage stuff. But lately, I've noticed something even more disturbing. His looks are morphing. He's shifting from my image to his dad's. It's bizarre.

And it was never more obvious than this morning, when he put on a bowtie for school (yes, they wear ties...and he thought it would be funny to wear a bowtie...No he's not Fishdog's child at all). I took his picture because he was too damn cute for words. When I downloaded it, I realized, that was the young face of my husband staring back at me.

Labels: fishdog, the kids

posted by Mel Francis @ 8:22 AM |

9 Comments:

At 11/19/2008 09:03:00 AM, Elen Grey said...: And both just as cute as can be. :-)
At 11/19/2008 09:17:00 AM, Louisa Edwards said...: WHOA. Genetics are freaky. Also, since Fishdog is lamentably taken, maybe I should become a cougar....
At 11/19/2008 09:19:00 AM, Mel Francis said...: thanks, elen. They are both pretty darn cute

Lulu--you can be a cougar to my baby...if you promise to wait 7 years--he'll be 21 then. It wouldn't be much fun if he couldn't at least attempt to buy you a bottle of wine...
At 11/19/2008 10:29:00 AM, Robyn said...: EXACT same nose and smile! Wow!
At 11/19/2008 11:41:00 AM, Kate Pearce said...: Well-duh-how did that happen? People are always telling me how much my daughter looks like me-and she does, but now they think son #2 who is 17 is also like me-I don't see it at all!
At 11/19/2008 03:15:00 PM, Jen said...: That's amazing. How cute they both are!

Louisa - you'd make a great cougar, but I think you're too young to qualify as one now. But then again, in 7 years...who knows. At what age does someone start to qualify as a cougar? I've got to be prepared....
At 11/19/2008 03:33:00 PM, fishdog said...: when did he get a job waiting tables?
At 11/19/2008 03:35:00 PM, Mel Francis said...: that's exactly what I told him he looked like this morning!
At 11/19/2008 04:53:00 PM, Lucy said...: My nephew did the same thing. He looked exactly like my sister when he was a baby and toddler. As he grew up he began looking more and more like his father.