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Old 03-14-2007, 05:53 PM
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Talking Who here has a beautiful dark and beautiful child??

My baby has beautiful dark skin and coal black eyes and hair, she is true Guatemalan beauty at its finest!

Any one else proud of their gorgeous brown babies?? Please share here!!
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Old 03-14-2007, 05:56 PM
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I love her smile. She is adorable.
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Old 03-14-2007, 05:57 PM
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Sorry, I meant to say dark and beautiful child in the title, ...oops feeling kinda dorky
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Old 03-14-2007, 05:59 PM
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She is absolutly beautiful. Such a pretty smile
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Old 03-14-2007, 06:01 PM
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Here's my sassy little senorita Gosh, I love her so!
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Old 03-14-2007, 06:02 PM
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What a sweetie! Adorable!

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Old 03-14-2007, 06:05 PM
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what a girlie girl girl! gorgeous.
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Old 03-14-2007, 06:07 PM
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Yes, JK, "beautiful" was in your title twice - but it's very appropriate!

Here's one of my Hector in September 2006.
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Old 03-14-2007, 06:09 PM
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I think all the Guatemala babies are cute !! Here are my two little dark babies !!
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Old 03-14-2007, 06:10 PM
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Hey thanks for starting this thread I was feeling a little left out of the thread about babies lighter than expected. Our Erick is darker than we expected, but we think he is adorable!!!! I'll post a picture later.
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Old 03-14-2007, 06:18 PM
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All of your babies are so adorable and beautiful!
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Old 03-14-2007, 06:27 PM
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beautiful dark nina w/t curly hair

My CHLOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 03-14-2007, 06:31 PM
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All the babies are so beautiful. Here's our sweet little guy.

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Old 03-14-2007, 06:33 PM
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Not a current photo, but I love this one. It is from our visit trip when Gage was 7 months old... He is now 15 months

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Old 03-14-2007, 06:38 PM
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All of your babies are SOOOO beautiful!!!
Tara~ I think that is my favorite picture of Devon so far!!
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