JORGE WON! JORGE WON! JORGE WON!

Thank you to everyone who supported Jorge in the Comic Book competition! We are thrilled for him and couldn't imagine this happening to a nicer, more wonderful person! Look for his book coming out in March '08!! Until then, Jorge will be working with his "publicity team" (seriously... he actually has a publicity team now!!) and doing lots of press! :) WE LOVE YOU, JORGE!! Congratulations!!

Just a little something I put together.....

JORGE'S MEDIA BLITZ!

This past week, Jorge has truly discovered just what Public Relations is all about! In the span of 1 week, has has managed to appear in 2 major newspapers and even on the 6 o'clock news tonight in Boston! Way to go Jorge! Please keep voting everyone!

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/entertainment/13952335/detail.html# is the Boston Channel 5 news

http://enterprise.southofboston.com/articles/2007/08/20/news/news/news09.txt to the Brockton Enterprise article

ONLY 1,000 VOTES SEPARATE THE CONTESTANTS!!

We interrupt the latest cuteness of the kids to let you know that YOUR VOTES ARE NEEDED!! Jorge is just 1,000 votes away from the #1 spot in the Platinum Studios Comic Book Challenge! Please, click on the link and vote vote vote for Jorge Vega: Gunplay! He's so close to his dream -- be a part of the reality!

www.attblueroom.com/hollywood

Thanks!!

The Girls meet Great Grand Pops!

We love you, Pops! Before heading back home, we took a trip to Brooklyn to see Great Grand Pops, Grandma Olga, Titi Ruth and Uncle Manny. The girls had a fun time watching men pour concrete into the sidewalk (which ended up trapping us for a few hours in Pops's apartment!). But, we're glad it happened because we spent a few more hours there looking at great family photos! We're looking forward to seeing you all again real soon!

Jorge Vega x 3 (and Joli ... she's counts as 1/2 of a "JO"rge Vega)


Our family with our favorite Great Grand Pops!

AUGUST 2005 - SESAME PLACE - JOLI AGE 2



AUGUST 2006 - SESAME PLACE - JOLI AGE 3


AUGUST 2007 - SESAME PLACE - JOLI AGE 4

TWO YEARS AGO....

This time, two years ago, on August 17, 2005, we were tossing and turning, crying and praying. It was 2 years ago today that we found out Joli had cancer, and that in less than a few hours, we would be wheeling her into surgery to save her life.

We thank God that Joli is here with us today. Each year, we visit Sesame Place -- for us, that is the last "family vacation" before our lives changed forever. As a special treat this year, we arranged to have Joli's life celebrated at Sesame Place - and thankfully, they agreed!

Over the course of 2 days, we took almost 200 pictures of Joli and Jada. Here are some of the highlights! "August 17" is a very humbling day for our family. We are Blessed to have the family and friends that we have in our lives, and everyday we thank God for all of you.

Congratulations, Joli! We love you so much!

Miss Jada - all sassy


We arranged for Joli to have a private meet-n-greet with the Sesame Friends!





Jada kept yelling "Eh-mooo! Eh-mooo!!"



We also arranged for Joli to be a guest of honor at the parade! She got another private meet-n-greet on Day 2 and rode on the coveted Elmo float! Joli rocked it!



Our girl rockin' it out on the parade route!


Joli also got a special treat from Grammy! Grammy took her to a very fancy hair salon to get her hair texturized, cut, and blow-dried! Check out "Your Majesty - JOLI!"





WHO IS THIS GIRL???


Our little sweethearts


The gals with Abby Caddaby

HUH, JADA? what are you saying??

ACTUALLY, JADA REVEALED TO ME WHAT SHE WAS SAYING..

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRAMMY!!" Sorry this birthday wish was late -- it took a while for me to translate "Jada talk." Happy birthday, Grammy! We LOVE YOU!!




FUN WITH COUSIN LILY.. again, I have no idea what they are saying...

WAIT!! Cousin Lily just called me to say, "Aunt Liza, I was trying to say 'Hey, Jada, do you know it's our Grammy's birthday' and Jada was saying 'Yes, let's get down from these high chairs and drive to New York.. I'll get the keys.'" HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRAMMY EVA!!

This weekend was action packed in the friends department for the girls. On Saturday, we met up at Sheep Pasture with my friend from work who has a little girl just 1 month older than Jada. On Sunday, we drove to Mystic Aquarium to see our friends Tina and Scott and their little cuties. Seriously, from the moment Joli and Cady met, the didn't let go of each other's hands for 4 hours. I'm sure Jada and Sophia would have hit it off beautifully if we could let them run around, too! But, they were content in their little strollers.

Hmm... are these future Connecticut College camels, too???


Fun with new friends!