Blue Eyes

Sketch 1 for 1-in-48. Journaling Reads:
They say blue eyes are recessive. If you have a Mommy with brown eyes
and a Daddy with blue eyes, the chance that you’ll end up having blue
eyes is less than 15 %. So when we had you and you were born with
beautiful blue eyes, I knew not to keep my hopes up.

All babies are born with blue eyes, and so were you. Most babies’ eye
color changes in a few months. Yours kept staying blue. One month
passed, and then two, three, four. Yours were still blue. I couldn’t
believe my luck. Was I really going to have a blue-eyed boy?
Your grandma kept checking each time she called, “Are they still blue?”
she’d ask. “Yes,” I’d respond incredulously.

We kept telling each other that they could still change after six
months. When six months came and went, we said, “It could be up to a
year.” And here we are. Two and a half years. Your eyes still blue.
Piercing blue. There’s no chance they’re changing now. They’re here to
stay.

I can’t believe a dark eyed brunette like me ended up with a blond,
blue-eyed little boy.