The only thing that bothered me about the song was Axl's screeching about her blue eyes. My eyes have never been anything but brown and I wanted the song to be about me. Jackie and I were chatting one day near the end of my pregnancy, wondering what Matilda would look like. I said that I was pretty sure she'd have Eric's blue eyes. I explained that having a daughter with blue eyes would make up for two decades of loving a song that made me feel bad about my brown eyes.
Jackie looked at me like I was completely insane, but she knew better than to disagree with a huge pregnant woman. Crazily enough, my hormone-induced ramblings turned out to be correct! Sam has my brown eyes but Matilda's are definitely blue. I keep worrying that they will eventually turn brown but every day they get bluer and bluer.
She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
6 comments:
She is ADORABLE!
OH!! I just want to hug and hold her. She is SOOOO cute!! I think she will keep those baby blues!
Oh Em, she is just so beautiful. She looks so sweet and precious in that picture. I bet it's so fun to see those big blue eyes light up!
I love it! I read this one to Brian which prompted him to break into his best Axl impersonation & we both started singing the song. I'll never hear it again without thinking of Matilda!
AWESOME!! If people think of Matilda when they hear that song, my life will be complete!
I absolutely adore this picture and post, Em!
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