Cruz and Miles

Miles has really stepped up to the plate as far as being a big brother. Not so much in how he helps with the baby - he asks to hold him and then 10 seconds later says something like "help! the baby is making me hot" or "someone get him he is going to fro up".

I had Miles "watch" him while I took a quick shower - Cruz was asleep on the bed next to Miles and Miles was watching a cartoon. When I got out the baby hadn't even stirred but Miles asked if I was done and said good, cause he was tired of watching him. So anyway, back to how he is being helpful. He doesn't ask me to hold him or carry him when we are out and about, he goes to the bathroom by himself (this was a major source of contention prior to the baby because Miles would whine that he needed help going pee when he can reach the bowl on his own) and he goes to sleep in his own bed (although we sometimes get a surprise early morning visit - which I've never minded. I'm sure it helps that Miles is almost 3 1/2 so he doesn't feel threatened by this needy newcomer. And it hasn't even been two weeks so jealousy could be in our future, but so far so good (I'm sure having dad and grandma around and extra play time with friends hasn't hurt the situation either).

He's still trying to come up with names for Cruz. I guess he doesn't know the polls are closed. He makes up lullabyes to sing him that are really sweet. He looks really really pale next to him. And they share a dimpled chin and cheek but so far that's where the physical similarities end.

My favorite thing Miles has said about the baby is that he smells like fruit... I asked him if he thought the baby was eating fruit to which he made chomping noises and said said yep he chomped it with his "pink teeth". Which you can see from the picture below is exactly what he has.

The first day he saw Cruz he said "look dad he showed us his none-teeth" when the baby yawned. He has since learned that those none/pink teeth are called gums - but Miles refers to them as "guns".