She will get you with those blue eyes everytime...

How can you not say yes to this little face when she bats those beautiful blue eyes at you??  It is almost impossible.  If she is pouting or has tears (fake or real) in her eyes they look even bluer.  Even what she wears such as dark blue or purple make them pop!  She has a way of making you melt every time you look at her because you catch a glimpse of those dazzling eyes.  I find myself wanting to take more pictures just to capture them...along with her "classic" expressions:).

So why are her eyes so blue?   Well, of course, she has bright blue eyes because Jason and I have fairly blue eyes, but and we all know that eye color can alter quite a bit in a child's first few years of life so they could still change.  I sure hope not, and I doubt they would be anything but blue.  However, here may be another reason that Kyley's eyes are BRIGHT blue.  My sister is a Professor of Developmental Biology and Genetics at the University of Nebraska-Kearney.  She has filled me in on this interesting research several times, and I thought it would be fun to share. 

Because Jason and I both have blue eyes,genetically, Kyley has blue eyes.  On the level of pigment, this means she produces eumelanin instead of melanin.  No big deal, but the intensity of the blue is due to the lack of stimulation of melanosomes, rods, and cones of the eye.  The stimulation comes from absorption of different wavelengths of light.  Therefore, less natural light or light of any kind will give a more intense blue eye.  In Kyley's case, the lack of natural light while she was in the incubator during her NICU stay contributed to those beautiful bright blue eyes.  She often suggests to her students for them to relate, "Let's do an experiment where we keep a Caucasian baby in a closet with no light for the first 3 months.  They will have dazzling blue eyes." 

So there you have it...I guess Jason and I are not completely responsible for those eyes that are going to get or already get her anything and everything she wants!