Lacey - 3 years

I love this Lace! If you ask her she'd probably say "I hate it" she hates everything right now. Even when she loves it. It's crazy three year old brain. I don't get it. 

She loves her little twin sisters right now. She can be so sweet with them. She also knows who is who 65% of the time. 

Lacey loves watching kitty videos on YouTube. She is very good at playing with her toys, baby herself and with Ava. 

Lacey is awesome at putting on her socks, shoes and coat. Some times the sock heel is on the top of her foot but hey at least they are on the feet. She is a pretty good sharer if you ask first and not take first. Lacey loves Elsa and Frozen and now knows that the color blue is called blue and not "Elsa" but mostly still called it "Elsa". 

Sloane and Tess - 9 months

I don't want it to end...these two are so much fun. They keep getting bigger and bigger. 

This Sloane baby is crawling around and putting everything in her mouth. Her favorite is paper. She loves paper right now. 

My Tess-y girl is such a happy sweet heart. Her bottom right tooth has popped through. 

They are eating sweet potatoe, avocado, butternut squash, fruit/oatmeal muffins, pear, applesauce, banana, prunes, and cheerios. Sloane only likes food when it's warm...never met a kid like her. I guess she's one in a million. 

They two are such happy babies. If they are fed, not tired and have clean diapers they are so good to just sit and play. They are even happier if their big sisters are around and play and interact with them. No one can bring a smile like Ava and Lacey. 

Tess is doing much better at tummy time. Sometimes when I put her in bed she automatically flips to her belly and cuddles with her sniffy. 

Tess and Sloane complete the Braithwaite four! We love them so much and count ourselves lucky to have them in our family. 

Sloane and Tess - 8 months old

Oh how the time flies when you are having fun!!! They continue to eat solids. Their list of solids include sweet potato, acorn squash, avocado, banana, apple sauce and a few Cheerios. It is crazy and messy!

Sloane has learned how to clap! It's soo fun cause she does it and then claps again in congratulations to her awesome clapping. 

This happy Tess girl has hair that continues to grow. It is beautiful and so so soft. 

Sloane has also picked up waving. We think. Or she does really good flapping. No, it's waving. 

Sometimes it is hard nursing two babies at once. Tess is very intune to this and is always helpful when I try to pick her up with one hand. She crunches her stomach and trys to sit up by lifting her head. What a helpful little girl even at such a small age.

Sloane and Tess - 7 months old

Tess and Sloane!

Recently people have been asking me about their personalities, more specifically their differences. This is what I have come to notice. Sloan is very matter-of-fact if she's happy she will show you that she is happy. If she is sad or hungry she will show you that she is sad or hungry. Sloan also has a great sense of humor. It is tough to explain how she has a great sense of humor because she is a baby and she doesn't talk, but she has a great sense of humor.

Test Marie is a ray of sunshine. She could be mid cry and she will make eye contact with you and she will start to smile. Whatever the mood she is always willing to smile at you. Please take into consideration that I am their mother and probably bring them the most joy out of any person on the planet right now at this time in their lives. So all these reactions in their personalities might be a little biased.

Both of these girls have started to sit up on their own. They will have moments where they lose balance and topple over. But overall they are getting pretty good at it.

Sloan is still a master at the tummy time and is even moving around. Just today I watched her circle around all while on her belly.

We started and stopped solids this month. Tess was soo good. She loved avocado, banana and a little oatmeal cereal. Neither of them like anything right now. 

Sloane likes to leave her mouth hanging open till whatever was in it falls out. 

Sloane had stranger danger a few months back and now Tess has it. She is ok if mom or dad is holding her but anyone else and she cries. Sloane thinks everyone is very exciting so hopefully it's just a phase for Tess and it will come and go. 

Sloane loves loves loves Ava. Ava will pretend to eat her belly and Sloane just giggles and smiles. It's such a treat to watch. 

Tess loves to dance still and it's so funny to watch her kick her feet or wiggle her little body to any sort of tune. Her hair continues to grow and is over two inches in places. 

These cute girls still hold hands when they nurse and are just sooo much fun. 

Sloane and Tess - 6 months old

This has been such a fun month with these two lovable sweethearts. 

As a result of belly issues they weren't sleeping great. But once we got the issues (the action of pooping) taken care of they usually sleep from 9-10:00pm to 4:00am-ish. 

They eat about every 3 hours during the day. Which makes for predictable nap times that are great for mom. 

Tess is always dancing. If she's awake the girl is moving. 

As you can see Sloane is sprouting some new locks up top. So fun! Any hair on a Braithwaite girls' head is good news. 

Tess discovered her thumb and sucks on it at night and when she gets board. 

Love these happy babies!

Ava - five years

This girl turned five!!

And she really didn't want to take pictures...can you tell? 

Ava is such a sweet caring person. She loves everyone and is always willing to help. 

She is so good at playing with her sister Lacey. Playing pretend is their favorite past time. She loves to work to get giggles out of Sloane and Tess. Basically, Ava loves her sisters. 

Ava is in her third year of preschool and just loves it. She is learning her numbers and letters with their sounds. She loves art and it very good at rainbows. 

As her mother I'd be lost without her. I love you Ava Rose. 

Sloane and Tess - 5 months old

These sweet girls are growing and learning so quickly. If they are napping and eating regularly they are such happy little creatures. 

Sloane and Tess are getting so good at grabbing things. They see something they want and all their focus turns to grabbing it and putting it in their mouth. 

They like to suck on carrots and everything else they can get their mouths on. 

Sloane can go for a while on her tummy. Tess does well till she gets tired and she rests her head on the floor. You can say her name and she pops up like she was doing something she shouldn't. Hahh hahh!

These two are both the same height. Tess is one lb lighter then Sloane. 

They are both wearing size 3 mo and size 1-2 diaper. 

It's tough keeping booties or shoes on them because they are always moving and kicking. 

If I could spend my days holding and kissing these two it would be heaven on earth. Love them so much!!