Mated to the Alpha and His Beta (Lanie Stanton) novel Chapter 256

Chapter 256 

Xander 

Seeing my baby girl walking into the kitchen on steady legs was definitely something I was going to have to get used to. Lanie got her settled at the table on one of the booster seats we’d ordered, expecting the pups to need them in the next couple of weeks. 

“Sit up straight, little love,” Lanie told her. “Mommy’s going to get your snack ready.” 

“Abba, juice, pweese?” Stella gave Mason a look I could already tell was designed to wrap all of us around her little finger. 

It was working. 

My mother entered the kitchen with Isaac holding one hand and Alaina gripping the other. They’d both hit their growth spurt, too, but although they were toddling, neither one of them was as steady as Stella. They babbled to each other softly, not real words, 

Isaac held up his arms. “Dada.” 

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I picked him up and put him on my hip. “Hey, there, little man. Do you want a snack, too?” 

The little boy put his finger in his mouth and nodded My mother was already putting Alaina in a booster seat as Lanie cut up apples onto plates and adding a dollop of peanut butter. Zane opened the cupboard to grab out some sippy cups with lids Lanie had also had delivered, and Mason pulled out the jug of apple juice. 

We all moved, coordinated as a dance, and I looked over to see my mother shaking her amused expression. 

I settled our son into his seat as my mate put the plate in front of him. My mother saw me She let out a soft chuckle. 

“It takes five adults to take care of three children,” she said with another chuckle. “And now tha mobile… Well, if your children are anything like you were as a boy, Xander, we’d all better step up our c workouts so we can keep up with them.” 

Stella kicked her little legs against the rungs of the chair. “Daddy, what car…cardy.” 

“It means exercise.”I bent to kiss the top of her head. 

Lanie put the plate in front of Stella. “What do you say?” 

“Please” Stella said confidently 

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Lanie looked startled, but her voice was calm. “You say please when you want something, but when you get something, my little love, you say “thank you” 

“Tank you,” Stella said. Then, after a second, softly as though she was speaking more to herself, she repeated it. “Thank you.” 

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only is she speaking in sentences, which is way beyond what she ought to be doing, she’s also progressing in her language skills.” 

Alaina pounded the table, and my mother hurried to get the little girl her own plate of apples and peanut butter. Alaina didn’t say anything, but her pout turned into a smile when my mother gave her the snack. 

The differences between Stella and the twins were so obvious now. Isaac dragged his apple slice through the peanut butter and managed to get it into his mouth, but the peanut butter fell off and he used a finger to try to scoop it up. Alaina didn’t even try to get the apple into the peanut butter, just used her finger right off the 

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Stella, on the other hand, daintily took an apple slice and dipped it into the peanut butter. She used her finger to press the gooey brown treat onto the apple slice and lifted the entire thing to her lips, then took a 

small, careful bite.