The Most Beautiful Baby

O.K. So maybe as the mommy I am a little bit biased on this subject. But I honestly feel that we have the most beautiful baby in the world. Not to say that there aren't other babies that are cute and sweet. But mine is the best.
She is really adorable. Plus she is just the best baby. She hardly cries. She sleep four hours at a time every night and gives us 12 hours of almost uninterupted sleep. (mostly uninterupted for Alex, less so for the Moo Cow Mommy who has to wake up to feed the baby)

She started smiling last week. But this week she has started to smile in response to us. I could sit and stare at her smiling all day. She makes us so happy.
All in all, she is wonderful, we are lucky and I can't think of anything more fabulous that having her.
Here are a few more pics... Yes I am going to be one of those mommies....

On the left we have Caleigh "chillin" with her "beary good friend" . On the right we have "Cool Hip Caleigh".

This picture is of Caleigh in her Brand New Antique Baptism Gown. This gown was handmade for me, when I was born. But by the time my mother had me baptised I was too big for it. But, being that it was handmade Mom helpd on to it for the future. She tried to use it again on both of my sisters, with the same results. She gave it to me at my baby shower. It fits Caleigh perfectly. She is getting baptised in 2 weeks, so I have a feeling it will still fit her then.

I will post more updates soon.

Caleigh Marie Villagran Has Arrived

Caleigh Marie Villagran came into this world on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at 4:52 am. Mommy worked very hard from Monday at 6:30 am to try and have her through a natural birth. But Caleigh would not hold still for the heart monitor. so, after 22 hours, the dr.s decided to do a C-section.
Mommy has had a great recovery so far. She was up and moving around (all be it very slowly) the first day. Mommy and Caleigh are doing very well with the breast feeding. (the breast reduction will have to wait).
Here are the first few days worth of photos.
Love, Sara Alex and Caleigh

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We Are Having

We are having a baby girl. Her name will be Caleigh Marie. She should be here around the beginning of October. I will post the most recent ultrasound pics later.
Love Sara

Happy New Year (again)

This weekend is Chinese New Year. This is the year of the pig. So Alex and I are Dragons. Two Dragons are not supposed to get along, because they are both strong willed and ambitious. We have found happy mediums to our personalities. As I said this is the year of the pig, which according to Chinese tradition is lucky. Children born in the year of the pig are happy and honest. So Happy Year of The Pig.
After posting this I found out that this is the year of the Golden Pig in Korean tradition. This is fortunate, because children (boys especially) born this year are destined to be wealthy and prosperous. They will take good care of their parents in the future.
So Yay Piggies!!

What do I do now???

Some of you may know already, but, I am pregnant. Yes, this is good news. Alex and I were going to start in the spring, it seems we have gotten an early start. We think we are between 5 and 10 weeks right now. My first OBGYN appointment is in two weeks. Then we find out how far along we are and possibly what we are having.
I was hoping to enter the intern program in the fall, that is probably going to be on hold until next spring now, because I am due in October. I think it is a little tacky to get a job and then take 6-12 weeks of maternity leave a month later.
So, for those of you that are just hearing about this. We are happy, Alex is still a little wigged out but yes we are happy. I have not had any bouts with morning sickness yet. I am not having any CRAVINGS per say. I am having several things that I want to eat, salads, and bagels. I will do my best to keep everyone up to speed on this and all the adventures that go along with this.
Love you all....
Sara

Visit my new blog!!

You who know me know that I love to cook. So, why not embrace that? I have a second blog (I know i go from one blog that i posted on 6 times in two years to two blogs???) devoted to food. I called it Happy Healthy Eating. I don't like eating healthy, like sooo many other, because it gets boring. I have started to devise and develop Healthy meals that taste good, are fun to eat and are not boring. So this new blog is where I will talk about all thing foody, recipes, my love of Food Network shows and chefs, kitchen tools and kitchen experiments.
Happy Healthy Eating to ALL in 2007.

Sad News For Charger Town

There is no joy in Charger town tonight
For the Mighty Chargers have lost out.
With a mythic record of fourteen and two
they went to the post season and lost to
New England and their Patriots.
The game was good, the Bolts took
an early lead of fourteen to three.
In the last quarter the Chargers
fumbled, intercepted and lost the game.
So, our hopes of Super Bowl with the Bolts
are dashed for one more year.

Okay, so that is my little play on my disappointment with todays game. But I still have high hopes for the Saints.

I'm In

Despite the technical difficulties dealing with the college, I am now in the three classes that I was hoping to get into. With these three classes and one more, I have a full course load this semester. After I finish this semester I will have two classes left in my Teacher Education Credential Program. Also, after I finish these classes, I will be able to enter the Intern Program. When I am in the Intern program I will be able to start teaching, on my own. I am so close now. I can't wait to teach in a real classroom.
Hooray!!

Bureaucracy SUCKS

We all wonder why it is that ever year or so some college student goes on some killing spree on some campus. Well, wonder no more. It is because of stupid bureaucracies. First you have to go to window A and get this paper signed, then go to Office B and fill out that paper, then go to building P and pay for that paper, now return to Office B t only to find that you were supposed to go to Window A, do all of this just to register and wait in thirty or fourty minute lines each time.
I want to register for two classes that are my pre-requisites for the Teacher Education program. Before I can register I have to have fingerprint clearance through the Federal government, (one trip to the Office of Education and one 60$ money order), then I have to get cleared through the County of Imperial (another trip and another 60$ money order), next I have to get a TB test ( one trip to get jabbed and 20$ to the county health office, and another trip 2 days later to get it checked, then back to the Office of Education to turn that in) Then Back to the Ofice of Education with the 50$ paperwork processing fee, (then I was eligible to be a substitute teacher), now I need to acquire (big word, they say "you gotta get") Professional Liability Insurance. I ask where do I get it, she tells me that she will send me an email because telling me the web address is too long and students have problems with it. So, sends me an email with an address (http://www.nea.org/student-program/), no where on this page does it say anything about Professional Liability Insurance. If you run a search you find something that might be right, but it doesn't matter because I need to talk to one of their insurance specialists anyway, (I can't just buy a policy online and print of proof, Like she told me I could.). I need all of this to try and get into two prerequisite classes for a program that I have already taken four classes from. To further the torture, you have to call the school and get permission to enter these classes. Not for the rest of the classes, just these classes.
Now, you too can understand, why student take rifles into clock towers. Not that I would, but now I understand. I even feel sorry for all the other students.

Happy 2007!!

New Years is the time that I look back at last year and forward to this year.
Last Year ..

1. I graduated from SDSU with my BA in English.
2. I started working as a teacher. Sort of, I started substituting at the middle school.
3. I went to Ireland.
4. I had breakfast at Club 33.
5. I lost 20 pounds.
6. I read several books. Confessions Of An Ugly Step Sister . Wicked . Both by Gregory Maguire. These books are clever, vivid and brilliantly written Before the Fairy tale stories. I also read House of Mirth and Portrait of a Lady. Classics that have been on the need to read list.
7. I started donating books to the local Middle School. I look for books when I am at the thrift stores, books that are in good condition and I buy them and donate them to the school. I try to do it about once a month.
8. Alex and I instated a twice monthly Game Night in addition to our Date Nights. The Date Nights are just that, one night, twice a month; that Alex and I go out. We have dinner, see a movie, and just act like we are on a date. The Game Nights are one night that we stay home and play games. We play Board Games, Card Games and sometimes Computer Games (we have the house wired). We order out and there is no TV that night.
9. Alex graduated from Canine Instructor Academy.

Wow, when you write it out like that it doesn't look like much. But some of those things are major accomplishments. I am proud of myself and Alex.

This Year....

1. We both would like to lose weight. My goal for this year is 40 pounds. Alex would like to lose 60.
2. We are going to get into shape.
3. I plan to actually be teaching by this fall. Quite possible at the school I have been subbing at.
4. We will probably go on another cruise this year.
5. We want to save up lots of money this year, so we can go to Ireland and England next year.
6. I am going to be good about sending out Thank Yous, Birthday, and Holiday Greeting cards.
7. I will be good about writing in my blog...(i will try just for you Kevin and Z)

So, that is the looking back and looking forward, in honor of Janus . Janus is the Roman God of Time, he looks both ways into time. He is what January is named for.

I wish you all a Happy, Healthy, Safe, and Prosperous 2007.

Love Sara