This may be true.
We are quickly learning that Anya is more like Lindy than we even initially thought. The corollary to this statement is of course Anya is less like me than we thought. In the hospital we told ourselves that Anya looks just like her mother (except the hair) which is a good thing. (In fact, if you have ever seen Lindy, her looks explain why Anya is so beautiful.... okay, okay, okay.... enough of the "blog brag"...)
Anyway, we also said that perhaps Anya would receive some of my mannerisms (as some sort of consolation prize to me...) but we learned today that I hardly contributed (dominant trait-wise)! Technically, Anya should be half me, but physically, behaviorally and emotionally she is characteristically identical to Lindy.
Examples? Lindy likes to have lots of small meals throughout the day. Anya likes to breastfeed for 5 minutes every half hour. Lindy has a plethora of interesting facial expressions. Anya has quite a few as well and we don't think they can all be attributed to gas. Lindy is relatively intense and gets what she wants. Anya is very alert and awake and stares us down when time for bed. I usually lose the staring contest and I'm a sucker for holding her when she should be trying to sleep. Yes, she gets what she wants. In fact, this last similarity was confirmed by Lindy's mom, JoAnn, earlier today. She told us that when Lindy was first shown to her grandmother, her grandmother was almost scared by the intensity of Lindy's eyes. There are a lot more examples but simply put, the two little people I'm living with are identical. (And as if my loneliness couldn't get any worse, we think that her hair is starting to become lighter...like Lindy's...)
As mentioned previously, Anya is trying to gain a little weight to move up to the heavy weight division. She is shown here juicing up on some milk formula supplement. She doesn't want to lose any more weight. And yes, her eyes are very intense...
Lastly, she likes using our Christmas stockings we have as gloves. You will notice the same stocking from an earlier picture. We have to protect her "claws" from gashing everything that comes in contact with them. Wolverine might even cower away in fear...
