Our Lunch Date with Papa

Levi and I decided to drive out to visit his Papa, while he was working at the Summit on Tuesday, to have lunch with him on our day off. Of course everyone was thrilled to sneak a peak at Levi, and Craig was so proud to show him off.

Levi LOVES his Papa

HAPPY NEW YEAR

West Virginia Family

Meet Craig's Family in West Virginia

Danielle, Levi & Craig,
Gail(Craig's Mom/Grammy), Dale (Craig's Dad/Grandpa),
Jodi (Craig's sister), Eric (Craig's brother-in-law)
and little Tate is due to make his grand entrance on February 3rd


The crew :)

Levi and cousin Tate


Levi LOVES some Grammy time... as you can tell!

AND... Our Christmas Eve Family Picture

We always have a blast when we visit family in West Virginia...
and Levi is guaranteed to be spoiled between Grammy and Aunt Jodi :)

Pennsylvania Family

It's officially time to meet the family in Pennsylvania:

Grandpa Dan, Grandma Freddie (Danielle's Dad & Step Mom), cousin Justin
when they came down to visit when Levi was born:

The Fallecker/Painter Crew:
On the back- Caitlin & Bridget (Danielle's sisters)
On the Left couch- Amanda, Jeff, Jeffrey, Isaiah (Danielle's older sister & family)
On the Center couch- Bruce & Jean/Pap & Nana (Danielle's Mom & Step Dad)
On the Right couch- Ben, Debbie, Jacob, Ethan (Danielle's step brother & family)
On the floor- Danielle, Craig, Levi, & Jarod (Danielle' step brother)

Nana & Pap

LEFT: Craig & I had some "us" time with everyone snagging up little Levi
RIGHT: This is how Levi felt at the end of the day... POOPED!

Levi's youngest cousin, Ethan, was SOOO excited to see and hold him :)



The four sisters

Our new family of three:

We had lots of fun visiting and meeting family in Pennsylvania for the first time!

Our Sweet Christmas Gift... Lots of Wrapping

This Christmas will be especially sweet as we celebrate our first Christmas as a family of three.

We are so grateful that God has given us this little guy to remind us of how much He adores us.
There are many days when I think to myself, "God, I am overwhelmed with love for this little guy"... only to hear Him whisper back, "Now you truly know how I feel about you".

We pray that this Christmas, as you look back on the birth of Christ, that you will remember not only his birth, but also his LIFE... and how he laid it down so that we could have life with Him.
May you stop in the midst of all of the "gifts" at Christmastime to reflect on the TRUE gift God sent to us in His son, Jesus... and may you know you are LOVED!

On a side note - Here are some of the "wrappings" sent for Levi to wear this Christmas:

I have little Santa Claus pockets... can you see them? :)

"What happens at Grandmas stays at Grandmas"


"On Auntie's Nice List"

"All I want for Christmas is my Auntie"

"Santa's Favorite"

"Daddy's Little ELF"

MERRY CHRISTMAS Y'all!

Love, The Eggletons

Christmas Sweaters

I found this adorable hat that someone gave us... and along with it found this matching sweater.
So of course... a Christmas photo shoot was in order.
Craig was sure to give his opinion as soon as he saw it- "Oh sweaters- YUCK!"

Well as you can see- his son must have this same opinion because this was how the photo shoot went:

Things got much better once that "yucky" sweater was taken OFF!

Mommy Day- Everyday :)

Well at least for the next three weeks! I love teaching at a year round school where we have nice breaks throughout the year. Monday marked the beginning of one of our three week breaks... which means I get to spend each and every one of these days with Levi- I am going to savor every moment!

Here are some moments we have captured so far: