A week without a title

The blog continues. It was a long week here and the Dahle house, but we all survived Papa's week of working nights at the hospital. Let's just say that he logged in excess of 100 hours in the past 7 days. So, I hope you sense his dedication to the blog as you read along. Whenever he wasn't at work, he was pretty much sleeping. But that didn't keep Mama and Claire from having all kinds of fun with their friends here in Charlottesville. We had a couple of milestones since our last post. First of all, Claire is starting to interact and smile and play. She is so much fun to have around. Both of our families will be out in the beginning of August and they are in for a real treat. In fact, papa was walking around Old Navy today and he saw a man sitting there with his child. Turns out the kid was 3 months old and Claire dwarfed her. She is a real chunk right now and she just keeps eating. Second, on Tuesday night, Claire slept through the night - from 11:30 to 6 (granted it was after mama wore her out with a trip to D.C.). Since then she has been sleeping from about 11:30 to 4. Nice job Claire, mama is much happier with this sleep schedule. Let's just say that papa is happy to be home to sleep too.



Grandpa Carter makes a visit to Charlottesville. It was short lived, but it was sure good to have him out. Claire had a great time playing with her grandpa and undoubtedly grandpa Carter was overcome with emotion upon meeting his first and favorite grandchild. We were sad to see him go.

See the smile? Can't wait til' she get's teeth. Here grandpa Carter shares the story of when he met his grandpa for the first time (We are unsure how long Claire's great-great grandpas lived and if grandpa Carter did indeed meet one or both of them). Given the fact that Grandpa Carter must have been very little. We do believe the memory to be fabricated.

Claire is just lounging by the pool with papa. This picture does not do Claire's sunhat justice.
Luxury living at the Lakeside apartments. Check out this view of the lake. Rumor has it that the Lochness monster has a distant cousin who lives in this very lake. So far no pictures have been obtained, but papa is saving up for a slr camera to get one.
Hill's furniture is in use!! Papa made some killer burgers on his outdoor cooker. P.S. I still have had no written apologies about the birthday gift.

I'll be honest, I was hoping for a better post, but it is 11:30 and this family is exhausted. We promise for a better post soon. We love you all.