Summer!

Wow!! Our little Callan is 1! So, he has to always have a UC Cal shirt that fits him, because we call him baby Cal. Channing can say "baby Cal" really clearly, and Callan sounds more like "Callie", but Channing definitely loves his little brother, and Cal is always in Channing's business :)

Mr. Cal is always trying to get a ball, and actually says, "ba" pointing to a ball, so i think that's pretty advanced for a one-year-old, i tell him so at least. But with Channing's speech delay, almost anything Cal says now sounds super advanced :)

 Cal is finally getting up on the steps at the kindergarten playground, so he is really trying to be big!

  the sweet griffin boys...

 when i was in fifth  grade, brian speers, a kid i hated, told my mom, who was our PE teacher, "Oh, you're "Big Lips' " mom?" what's funny is that i don't remember being called "Big Lips", but it's true :) so you can see that i've passed that trait on to my kids, and my husband tries to be cool too :)

 This doesn't show it very well, but Cal can get his lip all the way out there...something i used to do when i was little too :) so did channing. some adult in my family used to tell me to get my lip back in or a bird would come poop on it :)

 Here's channing's lip:
and the original "Big Lips": very attractive picture :)

 like i said, kevin's trying to be cool and fit into the Big Lip club

 woot.

 We had such a fun time playing with our cousins the last two weeks, and channing is talking up a storm, which is great.

We have had a great summer playing at parks, going swimming, floating down rivers in tubes, going to the beach, and visiting with lots of family members. Thanks for the great summer, everyone!

#1 boy

Our little Callan turned 1! Where did that year go? Since he goes by "baby Cal" he always has to have a UC Cal t-shirt that fits him...it's just too cute :) i had a big post that just disappeared so this one is shortened, but just about cal...as it should be :)

So...here's the specs on Cal:

Favorite food: crackers, Pediasure shakes, anything sweet, especially cookie dough or cake batter :); yogurt, peanut butter crackers or sandwiches :) such a cutie!

Favorite pasttime: pushing Channing's buttons :) always around Channing, trying to be just like his big brother, but likes to instigate his fair share of Channing's brotherly roughness :) he loves to read, and try as i may, he will not watch a tv show :) complete opposites these boys...in some things.

first sounds: ma, da, ba, pa, says "ba" when pointing to a ball, which i think is pretty advanced, and i tell him so :)

Overall: Callan is such a sweetie, and he just loves to wake up and snuggle, and then he's off to get into stuff for the rest of the day; he takes 3-4 naps a day, all of which are in his car seat, whether he's in the car or not :), he has to go see who comes in the door, and has to get a hug from them, and then he's fine. he has four teeth, one more is almost in, and four or five more are trying to come through. he weighs 24.4 pounds and is 31 inches long. so he's a tall, skinny boy, but we love him, and are so glad he is so healthy and is in our family!  Love you, big boy Callan!!!