Holidays 2012

We had a wonderful holiday season with family and fun this past year.  Christmas was even better with our sweet William.  Ben and I flew home to Arizona for the break and stayed at both his and my house. William had a lot of family to meet for the first time:  both Grandpa's, Steven, Kelvin, Brian, Ed, Michael, Jennie, Diana, CJ, Rachel... as well as spouses and future spouses Taryn, Annika, and Adam.  And don't forget his two cousins on my side: Jackson and Abbie.  It was worth the trip out West just to have everyone see Will for the first time.  

Another huge highlight of the trip was William's baby blessing.  We were lucky to share it with both of our families at Ben's house on December 23rd.  Such a sweet memory.

Festivities included my family's annual Stevens pre-Christmas party, games, treats, movies, sports, and good food of course.  The only bummer was getting the flu two days after Christmas.  December 27th was supposed to be our 3rd anniversary celebration day.  First I got sick and then Ben followed my lead a few hours later.  Poor William had helpless, sick parents for a day or two.  We rescheduled our celebrations for the following week instead. 

William's first movie was Les Miserables on Christmas day, and Jack Reacher a few days later.  He has been such a fun and easy baby recently, for the most part!

Settlers was played far too many times at the Lewis home

Jennie loved little Will

We sent Ben home to Ithaca to work and prepare for his other job interviews.  William and I stayed in Arizona to enjoy another week of sunshine and warm weather. 

The cousins had matching Christmas outfits that were nearly impossible to capture on camera

William and Jackson became good buddies.  You wouldn't think an almost 3 year old and a 3 month old could be compatible but Jackson sure was sweet to Will. 

The only sad part after New Years was when William got an ear infection. 
He was the best sick baby ever!

Steven had fun "playing" with William, but he's excited for him to get a little older!
Overall we had a wonderful time being with family and enjoying the holidays.