Redheaded Step-child

Luc has just the tiniest bit of hair. Just like my girls, virtually bald with just a little bit of fuzz. My girls' fuzz was blonde, almost white. Luc on the other hand looks like he may be a redhead. When he was born we kept saying "is his hair red?", wondering where that might have come from. I thought it would fade so I tried not to get too excited about it and while it may still turn blonde for now I am convinced that he is, in fact, a redhead. That conclusion has not been drawn from the growth of long red locks of hair but from his spit-fire personality. This kid has a kick. He has already smacked me a number of times and screams at the top of his lungs if the girls don't give him what he wants. He's sassy and thinks it's funny to make the girls mad. Just try to get him to sign "please" when he wants something, I dare you. You know they say that redheads are becoming extinct, that there just aren't as many of them as there used to be. I wonder if that's because their parents are shaving their heads and/or dying their hair in hopes to find some peace!!!

As a little side note, an admission if you will, I love red hair, I always wanted red hair. I have secretly coveted my college roommate's hair since the day I met her, thus all the teasing and telling her that she can't wear pink because it doesn't match with red and calling her that awful nickname.... all because of my jealousy for her beautiful stunning hair... *sigh. So in truth I wouldn't change Luc's hair just to get a calmer more docile boy but some days I sure do feel like sending him off to an orphanage for redheads!