Where did she come from?

Little Miss Lana Marie has pretty much been a mystery since birth. As a newborn, we constantly tried to figure out the magic trick to make her stop screaming. Now as a toddler, well, I guess we still constantly try to figure out the magic trick to make her stop screaming.

Aw, I jest.

Kind of.

She does scream a lot.

Good thing she’s so dang cute.

But one major mystery that has always surrounded this little beauty is who she looks like. She and Della look nothing alike and never really have (except when Lana was a baby, they looked identical when they were asleep). From the moment she was born, everyone has said Della looks exactly like Ryan, but I don’t think Lana looks anything like me. So from which tree did this apple fall?

Here are some pictures from our childhoods. Maybe you can help us decide.

First off, here is Della with comparison pictures of Ryan. I guess I can see the resemblance, although I’ve never thought oh, she looks exactly like him, as everyone claims.

lil’ miss D at 3 years, 9 months

I’m not sure how old Ryan was in any of those, but I’m guessing the first couple were maybe a little younger than Della is now, with the Santa one being a little older than she is now.

Now let’s work on Lana. I’ll start with a picture of Ryan as a baby (age unknown, but obviously younger than Lana is now), then move on to those from my family. See what you think.

my dad as a boy, probably somewhere between 12-18 months. so roughly lana’s age now.

me at 16 months

me at 18 months. i either had my hair pulled back in the previous picture, or else it had one helluva growth spurt in 2 months’ time.

me at probably 19ish months. i was obviously having loads of fun here. sweet “Busch” shirt, uncle nate.

my middle sister at approximately 18 months, so i would’ve been just shy of 3.5 years. a little younger than della is now.

my youngest sister at approximately 18 months

So the million dollar question is, where did this kid come from?