Cal and His Buddies

Cal LOVES being around other kids. He enjoys people watching and being around adults, but when he sees other kids his face just lights up. When he sees one of his buddies or his cousin Ella, he starts jabbering and gets so excited. He won't hug or kiss Doug or myself. When you tell him to give Ella or another kid a hug and kiss, he dives right in. Right now his most favorite friends are his cousin Ella, his buddy Wyatt, and our next door neighbors Charlie and Helen.

When Ella was first born, he didn't really care too much about her. They are 7 months apart, so he didn't know what was going on when she came along. He would try and touch her feet, but that was about it. Over the last few months he has taken a huge liking to her. When he sees a picture or video of her on my phone, he grabs the phone from me and starts yelling 'Yella' and trying to kiss the screen. He will touch the screen like he is trying to touch her face. He gets  sooooo excited when she comes over or we show him pictures of her. At his birthday party, he sat on the couch with her for about 10 minutes. They had the sweetest conversation with one another. Then Cal crawled on top of Ella and started dragging her legs so she was lying on the couch and not propped up on the cushions. He loves her feet, and will play with them as long as you will let him! 

This is when he first started showing interest in Ella (May 2014)

Trying to jump in the bouncy seat with her!

Pulling on her feet!

He also loves touching her face

 He tries to climb all over her in this video! I love their interactions.

Once Ella starts crawling and is more engaged with Callen, they are going to be a mess together. I hope Cal doesn't teach Ella all of his bad tricks...Aunt B and Uncle Michael will not be happy!

Cal's buddy Wyatt was born 10 weeks after him. We get together with their family often, so Cal and Wyatt are able to spend a fair amount of time together. Lisa and I will take the boys to the library for story time, so they are able to play there as well. Right now because of nap schedules, we haven't gotten them together for too many play dates. As they grow older, I know that will change. The boys seem to have a good time together, and hope that will continue as they get older. When Cal sees a picture of Wyatt, he says 'Wa' and grabs the phone from me to keep looking at him. He already loves his buddy Wyatt, and knows when I tell him that we are going to see him...He gets a big grin on his face. 

The boys together at their first play date

Cal showed Wyatt which cabinet he likes best!

Wrestling Wyatt to the ground

Our next door neighbors love Cal, and want to play with him anytime we are out in the yard. Funny story about how much they love 'Baby Callen'...Helen (4) drew a picture of her family at the beginning of the school year last year. Baby Callen made the picture, but her dad did not! She has loved Callen since he came home from the hospital. Now that Callen is more fascinated by older kids, he will look for them whenever we go out in the yard. He walks to the clearing between our two yards, and calls for Charlie and Helen. He has such a good time with them, and really looks up to Charlie.

Enjoying a snack with the big kids!

Charlie always makes Cal laugh

I am so glad Cal enjoys being around other kids. Right now he seems to tower over the smaller ones and we are constantly telling him 'gentile.' He does whatever he can to keep up with the big kids. (I like when he plays with the big kids...it wears him out!!!).