Simply Lexie

December 2009

We hope this season finds you and your family well. We are doing well and continually growing. This year has been a fun adventure… and as always we enjoy and welcome new adventures. Just a few of our adventures this year were a new house, a new baby sister, and a new school!

Mike and I are in our 9th year of life together. I know I can say for myself that I have grown and learned so much from Mike. He is one of my dearest friends and I could not imagine life without him. He is always there for our kids and me; he is such a wonderful and caring dad. He makes our life the fun that it is!

Emily just turned 7 this month. She is so happy to be a year older and is more and more helpful as she grows. Her big adventure this year has been a new school, and all the new friends that come with it. She loves school! She loves her teacher! She loves her friends! She loves everything about school! When school started she was so excited to get to stay the full day of school and get to eat lunch there. She is still quite the bookworm and loves to play with Brandon and Alyssa, and (s)mothers Leah.

Brandon turned 5 last February and has followed right along Emily’s footsteps as to reading. He reads really well… however it doesn’t draw him in as it does Emily. He says it’s boring, but if it’s a good book … trying to get him to stop or put it down isn’t very likely. This year he started Kindergarten. He is thrilled to be able to go to school and play and interact with so any different people. He loves recess but most recently loves getting to play in the snow and build snowmen. He loves all of his sisters and is such a good brother. Over…

Alyssa is nearly 2 years old. She looks so much like Emily when she was that age. It’s so fun to watch her as she is learning to communicate. Her vocabulary is growing so quickly these days. Her favorite words are mom, umm, no, and peas (please). Please is by far her favorite I think…. cause she is so cute that no one can resist her sweet little smile as she says “peas”. Everything the big kids do she wants to do too. She loves to look at books. We often have quiet reading time when the kids sit down to read. Alyssa can often be found cuddling up with her very own book to look through. Soon enough she’ll want to know how to read too. (They grow up so fast!)

Leah was the newest addition to our family this year. She was born May 23rd. She is growing like a weed… at 6 months she rolls and coos and smiles at anyone that will sit near enough to her. She still has a lot of practicing sitting before she masters that one. She is our little blue-eyed baby. Her hair is a mystery to us though; depending on the light she is in. I have seen it look every color from red to blond to brown. I think we will need to wait till it is longer to know for sure.

But our most fun and exciting news of the year is our new house. We moved! It wasn’t far…. just three houses down the road, but a move is a move no matter how far. At this time of year it is wonderful to hear from so many of our family and friends, but Christmas is not the only time of year we are interested in hearing how your lives are going. If you feel the same… you can keep in touch with our family and happenings through our family blog. Visit us at http://www.lexielantz.com to see many pictures of all our adventures from the past year and forward into the New Year!

Love,
Michael, Lexie, Emily, Brandon, Alyssa and Leah Lantz

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