the big brother

hayden has done really well adjusting to life after the arrival of talan. it makes it easier that talan is so easy going and that he doesn't want to play with any of hayden's toys. i asked hayden one of our first days back home if he was going to share his trains with talan when he got older. haydenok, so the trains are off limits. for the most part, hayden has continued to go about his life the way he always has. usually not paying any attention to talan. but there have been some moments that have melted our hearts and almost put tears in our eyes.
a few days ago, dave was trying to involve hayden and asked him if he would go watch talan while dave went to the bathroom. many times hayden just says "no" but this time he decided to do it. guess nothing much else was going on. so he goes into our room and after a few minutes, talan started to cry. dave was just getting out of the bathroom and we heard "oh, i know what i can do. i can give him some milk!" then i hear talan stop crying and hayden saying "look! i'm doing it!" hayden had decided the way to get him to stop crying was to feed him the leftovers from a bottle that was sitting there from the nite before.
then, the other day, talan was in his bouncer seat and hayden went over and started petting his head and just said "hi. it's me. hayden."
and just this morning, talan started to make some noise and hayden went over to him and said something like "it's ok. i will go get you some milk and feed you and you can stop crying." it was one of the sweetest things i've ever heard.
as tough as hayden is, he has never been an aggressive kid. he's always been really sweet and sensitive. anytime he hears a baby crying, he's always acted very concerned. hayden has always been very protective of me and dave has said any kid that messes with talan is gonna get it from hayden. it's really the sweetest thing to see hayden interact, even just a little, with talan.