and then there were five... and a lil lilsteinstyles

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

little DIVA’s Christmas dress/tee

Just finished whipping up my little DIVA’s Christmas dress/tee,
it’s so cold and rainy here I think I will add a long sleeve white onesie & jeans under.
That’s pretty much how this little DIVA rolls anyways…
can’t wait to see her running around on Christmas
with her brothers & cousins watching her cute ringlets bouncing away…
she is going to hate that curly hair (she got it from her momma) when she gets older
(see Miya, yo momma is documenting this stuff and
you will be able to read all about it later in our Family BLOG book).

Also a big shout out to Shawna for picking out the fabric…
loves you na na na…

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

working on our skills

2010 Christmas Preschool showcase…
Were working on our skills everyday…
And everyday we get a little bit better…

a little yogurt… REALLY!?!?

Miya & Bode really enjoyed themselves at breakfast. Bode wanted to make sure he didn’t miss one last lick in the bowl and well Miya she is my clean child, her mess was strictly falling off the spoon in a effort to feed herself. After all DIVA’s don’t like to get dirty… it was a bath time kind of morning…

(PS YES those are beads on Bode, YES he enjoys playing dress up… end of story)

Saturday, December 18, 2010

The little man’s Christmas Program

Friday was our little man’s Christmas Program at Preschool.

They sang a couple songs for the parents and

then presented us with a project that they made for us.

Friday was so busy for us with Miya’s procedure

but we managed to make it there with a little help from Grandma Stein & Grandma Hoffman.

This day was very important to our little man;

he spent weeks practicing with his class and we weren’t about to let him down.

He did a great job and we were so proud of him.

He is growing to be super a polite gentleman and I am so in love with him,

he makes us so proud everyday.

He loves his teacher...

Where's Elfie?

WHERE’S ELFIE ???

Our Christmas Card Wreath is filling up

and the hole in the middle is closing in…

Its day 18 and Elfie is running out of “spots”.

It makes me giggle every time I see his little face in there!

Friday, December 17, 2010

Happy Juice ... and still a DIVA

After few months of random symptoms, doctor visits, many days and nights of Mike & I asking each other “does this seem normal” and then a trip to a wonderful GI specialist today our little DIVA had a colonoscopy with biopsy. The GI doctor wanted to see what was going on and this was the best way to do so. After a long week of prep, we headed off to CHOC this morning for surgery. We were fortunate to have a special friend, Dr. Maya, as our anesthesiologist. He came in on his day off to be with Miya during the procedure. We feel so blessed to call his family “our friends”. Miya certainly played the part of the DIVA today. She flipped out even having the arm band out on in admitting. Luck for us once we got to our room they gave her some “happy medicine” which seemed to tame her DIVA~ness but she wasn’t giving up without a fight. Sal aka Dr. Maya was the ONE AND ONLY person she never cried when she saw. That said something in itself.

We were given the wrong prep instructions which led to not being able to do the procedure 100% but the GI Dr. was happy with what he saw and the outcome. Only now awaiting the biopsy results in the next week which I am sure will be fine. The procedure went well. Sal was so calming and gentle and made us feel so much better, Miya went right to sleep and all went well.

She woke up in recovery as scheduled and was a little fussy but after coming home and taking a nap she is back to her spunky self. Thank you for all of the love, support & prayers for our family and little Miya.

Today on the way back to the room for recovery we saw the most touching thing ever. SANTA was WAY UP HIGH (thank you to the fire department – took these photos for you dad) waving to all of the children that were in the hospital outside the room’s windows. What a special thing to have witnessed as you can see from the photos. …

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Merry Christmas from The Steins

The Stein Family wants to wish everyone in BLOGland a Merry Christmas.

A Special Thank You to

Kathy over @

for one of our card designs
and another Special Thank You to

Erin @ Erin Alfaro photography for our photo shoot.

You can visit her here: http://www.erinalfaro.com/

Happy Holidays little school friends...

My little man wanted to “make” something for his friends at preschool for Christmas. So we decide to “make” MAGIC Reindeer food. I am sure you have seen these floating all over BLOGland and with tons of super cute free printable templates making it even easier for the mommy. Just add a little oats, sugar & glitter or colored sugar into a ziplock, add the topper and viola your done. Kaidin is such a sweet caring loving little guy. He always thinks about others and talks about his “school friends” all of the time. I love him for the cute little man he is becoming and I am so proud of him.
Happy Holidays little school friends…

red & green wreath = complete

SHOUT OUT TO: Cheryl Hoffman aka Mom.

Your red & green wreath order is complete.

Hope you LOVE it. Enjoy! xoxo

Monday, December 13, 2010

hoping on a wing & a prayer

Tonight when the hubs got off work we ate dinner, changed the babies into jammies and headed out to get our tree. YES! Finally our TREE. I know yeah yeah it’s a Monday night but hey, you’ve gotta squeeze stuff in when the time is right and that time for us was tonight. Kaidin was over the moon as the babies were still trying to figure out what the heck we were doing and where we were.

Kaidin thought every tree was a great one and also though he was Hercules.

Our tree is finally decorated, stockings are up and some presents are wrapped and under the tree…

Now here is the BIG test: “the babies and the tree” sounds like a good children’s book huh? We ONLY added lights and non-shatter balls to the tree not our normal decorations this year to see how things went. I know the stockings will be down by mid morning which is ok but right now it is all out for them to see. Some presents are under the tree but also not sure how long that will last… Here is hoping on a wing & a prayer… No babies No…