one is lonely, two is company, three is...

ok. this is the 3rd time im trying this. no caps. if there is spelling errors im not going back todelete. please, bear with me. i have been blog slacking. so im swinging back in slow and short. in case it is hard to see, leons shirt says the "bigger" brother, and coltens says the "big" brother. thats right. in case you missed our announcement on fb, in december (the 26th) we will be expecting the arrival of a new baby! leon doesnt care if it is a boy or girl as long as it isnt " another colty" and colty just rubs my tummy and says be nice-a baby. we of course will love boy or girl, but a girl would be a change we wouldnt mind experiencing.  I will keep everyone posted on the baby news. ill do a blog later this week to update everyone on what else has happened the the solie family. thank you all. take care.

A, B, C 1, 2, 3

time for yet another birthday celebration. that's right. my little "man" is now 3 years old!!!! everyday kyle and i just cannot get over how much he changes. everyday. new words. new questions. new answers. new facial expressoins.new emotions. new fights. new wounds. everything changes so quickly... we'd give anything to slow it down.

This is just one of the "few" photos i took :) he posed so well. sometimes he'd go "hey mom, how about this" and he'd sit funny, or stand funny. i think we may have a "class clown" on our hands........

This is just a fun one. lately i have been falling in LOVE with the "older" looking photo's!!!!!! and lets face it... with that face in them, how can they NOT be cute?

and then theres his signature look. that smile. anyone who knows him, would (probably) agree that this is the face they usually see. once in a while there may be the "pout" when he doesnt get to watch some scooby-doo. or the occasional tear down the cheek when daddy is off to yet another day of work. and sometimes, his face may be beat red, as he scowls because "oten" took yet ANOTHER one of HIS treats... but if he isnt pouting, sad or mad, he is ALWAYS smiling. that's our little man.
well. these have been semi off point so lets get to the PARTY part. i and everyone who attend would definitely say this was the best birthday party in the history of birthday parties. we had a pool. a slip n'slide. and... a bounce house. the kids played, and played, and PLAYED! and there was presents. lots of presents. they couldnt have each been more perfect for him. he'd open one. fall in love with it and ask for it to be opened. then i'd say, no buddy, we have to open the rest "no mommy, you open them, i will play with this" so,after some convincing, he'd open the next and same thing. he'd be in love with THAT present and want it open as well. what a card! and treats. lets not forget about the birthday treats. as many of you know i did cake pops for colts birthday. well, for leon, he got cookie pops! and after 2 dry cake runs, a food coloring mishap, and no patience what was suppost to be a 3 layered haunted house with a chocolate covered pretzel picket fence, turned into a simple. one story. haunted.... cottage. it wasnt as nice as i wanted...but.. it worked.... and here those are:

and i suppose.... that since im going on a whim and claiming it as the best birthday party ever, i better try and back that up with some evidence huh? well , here is the bounce house. with a load of the kids in it, leaving it, or entering it lol.

jealous? its ok... i would be too  ;)     so to my sweet little "man" happy happiest of birthdays. each year we get to see the extreme changes you make. each day, we get the bliss of waking up to see your face :) we love you to the moon and back. our lives, wouldnt be complete without you, or your brother. <3

i told the witch doctor, i was in love with you...

as smiley as he is in this picture... he certainly wasnt at the begining of our stay! we originally were going to the dr. to get him checked out. he was having extreme temperatures of 102-104 WITH tylenol and ibeprophen. so we were worried about an infection. we were hoping we were going to get to go, get a blood test, and be on our merry way. they decided that they were going to do a shunt tap, and get a bacterial/viral culture. oh, my. i pray none of you ever ever have to witness a shunt tap. it was an absolutely horrible most aweful thing that a mother could go through. but, we got it done (and a big THANK YOU to my sweet cousin nort who came with and was able to sit with him through the 2nd shunt tap attempt, after i had to leave because i just couldnt bear it again. ) so after that, the dr's decided it'd be best for them to run more tests, so we were admitted until they could say that we were safe to go home. immediately after his mri, he had started breaking out in small (pimple size) red dots... we werent entirely sure what was going on. by that after noon it was a bitmore hive-ish. by the next morning he had huge welts. on his ears, cheeks, nose, in his hair line. his back, and his tummy. by this time, his temp had FINALLY after 5 days, broken! all of our cultures came back negartive (which confirmed it was viral) after some studying, and more tests they were able to find he had roseola. so it was good to finally have answers, but stunk that, there wasnt anything we could do about it.
as for a shunt update, the shunt tap didnt quite yield the results they were hoping. they couldnt get a lot of fluid (which is what they use to test for things) and that was both good and bad. good, because the shunt quit working (because it doesnt have to!!!) how great is that!!!!!!! bad, because they had to think, and review and evaluate if they needed to replace it. they feel confident that he shouldnt need a new one. so they will continue to observe him, via mri results, and once he is older/stronger, he should be able to have it removed!!!

i again, want to thank my cousin for being able to come with me. kyle wasnt able to go, which was hard on both of us! he and leon stayed home, which was probably for the best. because of leons age he wouldnt be allowed on the floor so we would have had to rent a room, and lord knows what we could have done to occupy him! all of the thoughts, the texts, the calls, checking on our little colt. it was once again, overwhelming to know how many of you think and pray for him!!! thank you from the bottom of our hearts! and i cant explain, how happy i was to wake up this morning next to kyle. and then, go to the kitchen and peek in ljs room and see him. sleeping with his tushy in the air. and know that colt is safe in sound, in his room too. our family has been through a lot, but we will continue to knock down any barrier that comes in our way :)

see? how could that NOT warm your heart?

Its my Party and I'll cry if i want to...

It's official. My "baby" isnt my baby anymore.

Little Colten, our Miracle who stressed us out more than we thought possible, little champ, is now, a toddler. although he doesnt "toddle" much, its a sad, happy moment for mommy. im so happy he's growing into such a little man. every milestone for him is twice as "BIG" as it usually would be. im still sad he isnt my baby anymore. He isnt walking, or even attempting to do it (on his own) if he is feeling brave he will scale the furniture but thats about it. So we are waiting patiently for that moment :)

so, THE BIRTHDAY! we were blessed to have a lot of friends and family join us for his Birthday party!!! Colten just LOVED ripping off the giftwrap!!! (Christmas should be fun, since we have to bribe LJ to open his gifts... little weirdo  <3 ) We couldnt have asked for a better day! Lots of food, laughs, and TREATS! Colten wasnt entirely sure of the whole singing happy birthday deal, but once he saw the flame for the candle he was excited! then, he realized he got to EAT the cupcake :)  The pic i posted was him eating the cake he got ON his actual BIRTHDAY. not the day of the party. it was a white cake, with cookie monster eating mini cookies, wishing him a happy birthday. oh. and did i mention that the i made the famous sesame street- street sign, except it was a custom street sign, with the name colten. yea... im THAT good. at the party we had sesame street cake pops, and sesame street cupcakes. it was a great day and we couldnt have asked for better people to share that day, the last year, our whole lives with <3 love you friends and family. to the moon and back!!!!!!

ok, ok. after writing how "good" i am... i suppose i better enclose a pic of these miraculous treats :)

so, feast your eyes on sesame street deliciousness.

Brought to you by the letter Y. Yummy!

oops. thats really small. but i dont know how to work this blog thingy yet, so sorry, its gunna have to stay that way :s   Stay tuned as we will certainly have more blogs to come. For sure for LJ's birthday, but who knows... maybe even one before then :)

In memory of Caylee

If you have tv. a radio. facebook. twitter... any type of contact to media/news, you wont "wonder" about what i blog about today. today, it is about ms. caylee anthony. today, at 1:15 a verdict, a very shocking verdict of not guilty spread "like wildfire" across the nation. Casey was found not guilty of first degree murder. not guilty of childabuse... i can only say, how. how can this be? how can such evidence be found... such increminating evidence, leave someone to believe that she is NOT guilty? my heart breaks for this little girl who has no "justice". i as a mother could NEVER. in my wildest dreams. even fathom doing something like that to a child, let alone, MY OWN child. that poor little girls life was cut short. Even if she was not guilty- how could a mother... who knows her child was missing, go out. party. not report it. not search night and day.... to me, not doing anything when seeing something bad happening, is just as bad as diong it yourself.  its just aweful. but what can we do? (other than sit in shock). well... all i ask is that we, try to show our respect for caylee. not only caylee, but every child who has been treated poorly. abused. and even, murdered. i would do anything to protect my children. i would die for my children. so to my followeres. to my readers. i ask this of you today... if youre a parent. an aunt, or uncle. a godparent, or a grandparent. even if you are a neighbor of a child... today, give them a special hug. a kiss. tell them you love them. children are a blessing. not everyone are ever blessed with one. some, have them and dont appreciate them. so today, please, appreciate children. every child. let them know how much they impact our lives. in presence and when they are gone.... today lets remember ms caylee. she has impacted many. at such a young age. with such a tragic way... she wont be forgotten...

The Begining.

SO. Please excuse me if my blog looks horrible. This is my first blogging. Is that the word for it? blogging?i have no idea what i am doing here. i hear all these things about blogs and have kept up to date on a lot of friends and families and i decided it would be a much funner way to keep everyone updated on the craziness that is us. It gets to be a bit depressing to log into facebook to keep updated and there is so much negativity in the news feed. i dont know if people even USE myspace anymore. and as for emailing, not everyone does that. so, its blog time. i dont know if i am going to figure out how to attach a picture to this... but i will try. until the next blog... take care.