A better brother

Even though he is not here on earth, Cooper is responsible for making Davis one incredible big brother.  Davis did not really understand when Cooper passed away.  He was two and half so how could he.  Within the year and half between Cooper dying and Blaine's birth, Davis matured and really started to understand of the magnitude of losing his little brother.   He started having dreams about Cooper and would randomly come to Matt or I crying because "It's unfair that Cooper had to die because I wanted a brother".  So now he has become super protective with Blaine.  The first few times he would need to leave Blaine after he was born, Davis would boo hoo because he was scared Blaine would have to leave and go to heaven. We got through that although Davis does still get upset when Blaine cries on the doctors office. Davis  will get mad at us if we make Blaine cry by telling him no and has even hit us a few times because he was  mad.  School bullies better stay from Blaine in the future!  Davis and Blaine are now sharing a bedroom because Davis was determined to do so.  Of course now the boys have a playroom in Blaine's old room so Davis did get a big prize for making that request so perhaps there was a little selfishness involved.