Liam's brother Deuce

Deuce is such a great big brother. I'm a proud Mama to see it. This was something that I was so worried about. How would Deuce react to a baby in the house? Would he become territorial? Would he feel left out? Would we worry about him hurting our precious baby? These thoughts filled my mind before Liam was born. Deuce, however, has taken everything in stride. He definitely wants to be involved, so we do our best to include him. He loves getting close to Liam to smell him and lick his little hands and feet. Sometimes he brings Liam his dog toys...we can tell he can't wait for Liam to be big enough to really play with him.

He's also protective of Liam. Sometimes when Liam cries, Deuce cries also. He looks at us with his big eyes as if to say, "help him!" If Liam is down for a nap and wakes up crying, Deuce inevitably always runs to check on him first.

This morning, one of the cutest things happened. Sometimes after breastfeeding several times during the night, I am really hungry early in the morning. So I will eat breakfast after an early morning feeding. This morning around 6:30am after feeding Liam and putting him back down, I went to the kitchen to eat some breakfast. Deuce followed me in there (as he sleeps at the head of Liam's crib...so cute). So, I went ahead and fed Deuce as well. Liam was quiet, but not yet asleep and we could hear his little noises from the kitchen. At every noise I paused, stopped chewing lifting one ear to listen more closely to Liam. Deuce, also at every little noise, stopped chewing and lifted one ear to hear Liam. When we'd decide he was okay and just fidgeting, we'd both begin chewing again. And we were right on cue every time!! It was seriously the most adorable thing! I love how much Deuce already looks out for Liam and know they will be the best of pals! :)