Life with the Conleys

Eli is 4 months old today. He is 27" long (97th percentile) and weighs 16 lbs 1 oz (80th percentile). Hard to believe that in four months he gained over 7 pounds and grown 7 inches. Since most of the pictures I take of Eli are on my phone and are rarely viewed by anyone other than myself, I thought I would share some of them to commemorate 4 months of baby life. (Thanks to Josh for showing me how to get the pictures from my phone to the computer) The pictures are in backward chronological order, so he gets younger as they progress. Face Time Mmm, delicious! Big smiles Trying to sit up, but not doing so well Stern face With his great uncle David Picnic with daddy Starting to get better at tummy time! Handsome boys Late night smiles  First stroller ride without his carseat. Taking a walk in the baby carrier and sporting his hat for the first time. The shirt says it all! Eli is the first nephew on Josh's side o

Hiking with a wee little babe certainly makes things interesting. Our inaugural hike was to Franklin Falls. It is a short hike, only two miles round trip, to a nice but not particularly impressive waterfall. It may not have been the best waterfall I have seen, but it was a good opening hike for Eli. The Pants and Eli at Franklin Falls Our happy little family  The entire hike runs along this little stream. The week after Franklin Falls we decided to venture out again. This time we headed to Boardman Lake. Josh REALLY wanted to go fishing and this lake was supposed to have some fish. This hike was also 2 miles round trip. I think we will be sticking to shorter hikes for a while. Eli seems to enjoy being packed around in the baby carrier but until we know he can handle a longer hike we will keep them to just a few miles.  Shortly after arriving at the lake we tried to find a spot to fish that had an area where Eli and I could hang out. The first spot we tried was