What Color is Bleen?
Greetings to everyone.
Or, perhaps, the question should be "What Color is grue?"
Xavier is going through a number of changes, primarily in his physical skill development. He also has some changes going on in his body.
When he was born, his eyes were deeply blue, almost black. In fact (probably due mostly to his wee size), you really had to look hard to see the blue. For weeks they looked black at first glance.
As his head and eyes grew in size, his eye color became more apparent. His eyes were blue, a similar color to his mother's. As time passed, that slowly began to change. Looking into his eyes, you could see both blue and green at the same time. However, the dominant color was blue. When the lighting was right, what appeared to be green was easier to recognize. Rebecca and I called this color bleen. It was like one of those neckties which shimmer between light blue and gold depending on the angle of light striking the fabric (only blue and green in Xavier's case). Xavier kept that color for months.
Then, near the beginning of summer, the green, though still so subtle as to be nearly invisible when looked for, strengthened. Still blue, you would look at his eyes and ask "I'm sure I see green, or is it the lighting?" Rebecca and I named this color "grue" as green was growing stronger.
The last few weeks, the green has eaten its Wheaties (is that cereal still manufactured?). Xavier's eyes have changed color. Gone is the blue; if any is still there, it hides like the green had done a few months prior, waiting for the lighting to be just right for it to peek out. Xavier now has green eyes with which to view the world through.
The change is noteworthy on its own, but it is somewhat bittersweet. Rebecca wanted his eyes to remain blue, and for some time they appeared to be holding to that wish. Secretly, I was torn. Inwardly, I strongly routed for green (the color of my eyes), but also I wanted them to stay blue for Rebecca's sake.
I may have won the eye color contest, but Rebecca won the nose contest. Xavier's nose has exactly the same shape as his mother's endearing nose. And, at least for now, Xavier's facial skeletal structures favor Rebecca's side of the family. Facebook's facial recognition software often identifies Xavier as being Rebecca's father.