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... of a resemblance

I was just thinking today how Selah was looking less and less like Abram.  She is definitely chunkier. She went to the doctor yesterday and weighed 11.5 - that's a 1.5 lb gain in 4 weeks.  Not too shabby.

Anyway, I decided to go through the archives of Abram photos to see if she looks like he did at the same age.  This is what I found:

Granted, I chose one where Abram was making a Selah face, because she's not as expressive as he was at that age.  And She is three months and he was almost four.  But I'm thinking there's still a bit of a resemblance :)  They have their own unique characteristics, for sure, but I think they are assuredly siblings!

On a side note, Selah's napping has gotten a lot better.  So far the only schedule we have to speak of is usually she goes to sleep at 8 and wakes up sometime in the night (between 2 and 4) and wakes up for the day at 8ish.  The naps and feedings during the day are starting to fall into a kind of routine, but nothing to be able to count on just yet.  But we've had, maybe four good days in a row and almost a week of 8:00 bed times, regardless of what the day looked like. That's a feat and I think that qualifies as official progress!  Thanks for all of your prayers and comments.  They have been so encouraging and much needed.  

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