While I don't have much photo or video evidence of their cuteness together, Gavin has been a wonderful big brother to Declan so far! Gav is always looking out for Dec, and always eager to help make him happy. Whenever Declan cries, Gavin will run over to him and ask ever so sweetly, "What's wrong baby brother?" When Dec replies with more wailing, Gavin is quick to tell me that Declan needs his pacifier (we're working on conveying to Gav that pacifiers sadly don't always make babies happy!)
Gavin also loves to check in on Declan when he is in his pack n play or swing. When Dec hangs out in his pack and play, we usually wind up the bears mobile for him (which only lasts about 3 minutes before it needs to be wound again). As soon as the music stops and the bears stop rotating, Gavin starts saying "More bears! More bears!" Gav can't reach the winding mechanism (and I doubt he could wind it himself anyways) so he will swat at the bears in an attempt to get a little more music and motion for Declan to enjoy.
When Declan is awake and alert, Gavin loves to come over close and say "let me look at you!" I don't know where he picked up this particular phrase, but it is so adorable when he says it! Gavin also loves to pet Declan's head, and you can tell he is really fascinated with Declan's eyes. He always reaches out a little finger towards Dec's eyes, but so far we've managed to avoiding poking Dec's eyes! Gav has also been willing to hold Declan whenever we ask him, but he's usually ready to give the baby back pretty quickly :)
We're still squeezing our family of 4 into our Nissan for now (SUV shopping is next on the list after finishing that darn basement!), and as a result, we needed to move Gavin's carseat to the other side of the car. Gav still isn't quite used to his new side (he always walks to the wrong side of the car), but he is very aware of the fact that Declan sits on the other side. When its just me, Gav and Dec heading out somewhere, I always put Gav in the car first, and then go back for Declan. Which means that every time I get Gavin buckled in, he thinks we're leaving Declan behind, and he always looks at me and asks with a lot of concern in his voice: "Where is baby Declan?" And when I return and snap Declan into his carseat, Gav always cheers and says excitedly "baby brother!"
I know this love fest Gav has for Declan won't last forever, and that soon enough I'll be breaking up fights and wondering why I ever bought anything nice to have in my house, but I'm certainly going to enjoy every minute of how sweet they are together right now! Here are a few pics of the boys:
Gavin joining Declan for tummy time (he feels bad for Dec because he always cries during tummy time)
Gavin is smiling but as usual, Declan definitely wasn't enjoying his tummy time!
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