Ok, after reading this, some of you might think, yep, today is the day she finally lost it.

Our son is approaching 27 months. He has definitely developed a personality. He struggles right now because his little brain is moving about 100 times faster than his mouth. He has so many little opinions and he just can't get them all out fast enough!

So as these personality traits have exposed themselves, I have been shocked to observe how many traits my son and I share. Yes, he is adopted, so these can't be biologically-based traits, but I have to think adopted children take on many traits of their adoptive parents.

Now that theory stands for some of the traits, but not for others. For example, my son has taken on many of my speech habits. I was a voice and piano major in college, and my speech tone is very "sing-songy." When I say hi, it sometimes sounds sung rather than spoken. I have noticed my son speaks the same way. His voice fluctuates all over the place, and he speaks with alot of emphasis and variety.

I also probably overdo the niceness sometimes. It's a habit I learned from my mom. When it comes to kids, I try to give them a ton of attention, and be empathetic. I sometimes think I should be a kindergarten teacher because I talk to children in a manner consistent with someone teaching that level. Similarly, I have noticed whether it's stuffed animals or other kids, my son is very concerned about their well-being. He sleeps with a very large Winney the Pooh bear. Yesterday, it fell out of bed, and my son woke up and tucked him back in. "Pooh, you alright? Pooh, you need some waffles? Mom, Pooh need waffles. Mom, kiss Pooh, he hurt his shoulder." Last night at bedtime, Pooh needed some pizza. So did Sheep, and Kim (the bear named after his favorite sitter). Last night he announced he is proud of his friends Carlson and Stevi, and that they are his good friends and he loves them. Makes a Mom's heart melt. He also told me "Dad is a good boy. I proud of Dad."

But there are some similarities my son and I share I just can't explain without a biological connection. For example, we both hate chocolate. What kid hates chocolate? I did as a kid too. We both LOVE, and I mean LOVE, white cake. We are both complete grumps when we wake up. We both have the same ring of brown around our eyes. We both start with covers on at night and quickly kick them off. Silly things, yes, but they make me smile.

So without any scientific evidence to back this up whatsoever, I hereby find adopted children can pick up traits held by their adoptive parents, which of course in most cases, makes their parents very, very happy.