We've been enjoying our little holiday vacation! We had a fun Christmas and celebrated it (at least at one point) with all the Talusan siblings - a very rare treat that hasn't occured in about 8 years or so. After Christmas, the Vega fam came up from NY. Joli and Jada had a great time, and Joli even got her hair done by Grammy! Hurray for braids! Jada has cut a full tooth now and has 2 more on the way. She and Liza got a little sick after Christmas, but snuggling in bed for a few days was certainly nothing to complain about! Lots of fun with family this week!





Ouch... here's a girl with a conflicted identity.... Yankees or Red Sox??


Miss Jada in her new Pinay Princess shirt!

Beautiful picture from Uncle Alonso (who is available for photos, if you'd like to schedule a session with him!)
Merry Christmas! Maligayang pasko! Feliz Navidad!

the joy of swimming!

The girls just got back from an hour at the pool and they had a great time! Jada LOVED swimming! In true Jada form, she paddled twice, then stuck her thumb in her mouth; then she paddled twice, then stuck her thumb in her mouth! The girls even have their own membership cards! So fun!

Here are some super cute pictures of Jada from the past few days. We just enrolled at the local gym and will be taking Joli swimming on Saturdays, so I'm sure we'll have more pictures from that adventure real soon!

On Jada news, she's now in her big girl car seat (although, it's way more convenient to put her in the infant carrier, but she's getting too big for it).

Here is Jada doing her own morning "bible study" (this was hilarious in real life!)

A LONG morning in Boston
Today we attempted "double duty" in Boston. Whew...
Jada had to be at MEEI at 6:00am, which of course meant we had to leave the house before 5:00am to get there. I went and brought Jada (who was starving by around 6:30am but couldn't have anything in her stomach) while Jorge brought Joli to meet me there a little later. Jada is still tumor free, and she was quite amazing at the hospital. She didn't even cry when they put the drops in! We were the only eyeball people there and there were about a dozen "ear tubes" kids there. It was a zoo!

Joli and Jorge then met Jada and me at the ocularists. By this time, I was already exhausted and Jada was groggy and upset from anesthesia. Hmm... so I have no idea why I thought it would be a great idea for Jorge to just go to work... I think it was my lack-of-sleep brain taking over.

Anyhoooo, Joli was pretty impressive as she wanted to remove her eye all by herself. But we ran into mega problems when it was time to put that little guy back in! She screamed and cried for a few minutes (although loudly), and finally we just had to force it back in -- not a fun nor exciting time. In the end, Joli was fine and everything was fine.

Oh what fun!
Joli loves to cook. She has a great time with her Easy Bake Oven, and misses her Grammy a ton! but, for now, Daddy the Chef will have to do!

Jada is doing great. She's onto solid food 2x a day and has had cereal, sweet potato, squash and apple sauce. She just had her 6 month visit (yes, yes...she's 7 1/2 months old...we're a bit behind) and Jada weighs 17.3 pounds and is 27 1/2 inches long. Where did these girls get their height??

Jada sits up independently and is getting ready to transition to her non-infant seat soon. Coundown to Christmas!

This was exhausting... here is our attempt at a "grandkids" Christmas photo. Jada is crying because we had to wake her up in order to take the picture.

Here's Jada on Gavin's toy! When did she get so big???

Having a fun time this weekend!

The weather has been so nice out here on the east coast! Joli and Jada love hanging out in their room at night before bed. What great sisters!

Don't you love this family picture??