The science of blue eyes

I never thought much of my blue eyes until I married my darling brown-eyed husband and realized that my genes were no longer dominant. All of a sudden I wanted nothing more than to have a blue-eyed child, regardless of the fact that it was almost genetically impossible. When James was born I had my first glimmer of hope. His eyes were most definitely blue. I turned a deaf ear on the multitude of people who told me that his eyes would change at one point. Of course they did change, when he was 11 months old. They turned into this beautiful gray/green/brown color that I loved. I was a little sad but his eyes are unique, so much so that people would stop us in the street just to get a closer look.

This is James at about 4 weeks

This is one of my favorite pictures of his eyes, just ignore the silly face Avery is making:)

Now what I don't get about this whole dominant gene thing is how both my sister Bethany and brother Jonathan married non-blue-eyed spouses (Ben H. has hazel eyes and Betsy has brown) and ended up with blue-eyed kids! Mackayla (born to Bethany and Ben H.) came first, followed by Sean (born to Jon and Betsy) and ending with Hunter (from Bethany and Ben). All three of them have these striking, beautiful blue eyes. Even Jennie, Ben's oldest sister ended up with one blue-eyed kid! I don't know why it's such a big deal to me, it's not like I love Avery any less because she has these deep, dark brown eyes. Maybe it's because I feel like the most distinguishing genetic trait I have are my eyes and I'd like to pass those down.

Mackayla

Sean

Hunter

So far Briella has blue eyes. I've accepted the fact that they will most likely change and I'm almost excited to see what color they will end up being, even if they aren't like mine :)