Vanderpump Rules alums Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor have been documenting their son Cruz’s milestones since welcoming him in April 2021.

“I mean, just feeling them inside you is so amazing,” Cartwright exclusively told Us Weekly about pregnancy in June 2023. “It’s the most incredible feeling in the world. Like, you’re growing a human being. … I can’t even explain just how amazing that feeling is.”

Cartwright has also seen how fatherhood transformed Taylor.

“He absolutely loves Cruz. … He’s just an amazing dad and he just tries so hard and does everything,” she told Us. “I feel like everybody thought he was just this bad boy and, you know, he had this villain image for the longest time, but seeing him with his little 2-year-old son is just a completely different side [of him] and it’s amazing.”

Cartwright and Taylor, who left Vanderpump Rules in 2020 during her pregnancy, returned to reality TV in March 2024 on The Valley, which highlights their suburban life with Cruz. Weeks before the Bravo spinoff’s premiere, Cartwright confirmed that she and Taylor were “taking time apart.”

Keep scrolling to see Cruz’s sweetest photos through the years: