D-Files

Welcome to the world, Greyson Robert!  Born on October 18, 2012, weighing 7 lbs and 19 inches!  I seriously still cannot believe he's finally here and that he's all mine!  I mean, I guess I gotta share him with his dad too, but they actually let us take him home like it was no big deal!  Here is Greysons birth story!  It's really not too long! On October 17th, I woke up to my bloody show, which gave me this nervous feeling in the pit of my stomach, cause I know that means labor is coming soon!  I went to my doctors appt, which I already had scheduled, and he said I was at 2 cm, and my cervix was softening, so he guessed I'd deliver within 5 days.  I went grocery shopping for the week, and went home.  I was feeling tired, so I laid down for a bit, and then got up to start dinner.  I was in the kitchen in front of the stove when I felt a POP-GUSH, and just like that, my water broke.  I was a bit in shock before I sprang into action to ...

I had my maternity photos taken by a friend of mine.  Lora Knight, @ Loraknightphotography.com .  She just opened up a studio and is great! I'm really happy with how they turned out, I just wish Rob could have been there for some photos too!  I'm feeling a little weird with the idea of printing something up of just me to hang on the wall.  Maybe I can incorporate one or two into a collage of the baby or something ;) I just love how long my hair looks in the last one!  That will be one to save for the future when I have old haggard hair!  lol. In baby news, no baby yet.  This week I will be 39 weeks, so really, it could be any day now.  I'm really crossing my fingers its sooner than later.  I really don't want to be induced, though my doctor hasn't said anything on the subject.  I really don't know what his policy on the subject is.  He hasn't even checked me to see if I'm dilated at all, which I am completely fine with.  ...

So I was grabbing something at Whole Foods, and right at the front entrance, there were these Dragon Fruits, and the sign said "Last of the season" so I figured if I wanted to try them, now was the time!  I've never tried them before, and they're just so dang pretty, don't you agree? (I had to look up how to eat and serve them, cause I had NO clue!)  Next up, I wanted to share my super easy crockpot beef stroganoff.  Like, super easy. All you need is: 1 can cream of mushroom soup 1 can beef broth 8 oz of sour cream 1 lb beef cut into strips (I used chuck medallions) 1 box pasta of your choice (ie egg noodles, rigatoni, etc) First sear the strips super fast, toss into the pot. Then toss the soup and broth into the pot on cook on low for around 4-6 hours When you're ready to eat, mix in the sour cream, and the cooked noodles and you're ready to go.  Add some salt if you'd like.  It's ok, no ones looking ;) Next up, Rob finally...

Ok, so I've never done this meal menu planning thing before.  I've seen other people explain the way they do it, but its so hard to figure it our for your own family.  The only way I could get it to semi make sense for me was to work it out myself.  I'm sure I'll get it down over time...probably as soon as I have no time due to a crying baby...lol.  So here is my goal. Once a week I want to try certain things.  So, Mondays I will try a new breakfast item.  Preferably one that is a little more time consuming than eggs or cereal, and preferably one that makes enough to cover and have stuff for the next day or two, or three.  Like Cinnamon rolls, or muffins of some kind. Thursdays will be my shopping day for the week. Fridays I will try some sort of new bread roll, or bread loaf.  I have NO talent whatsoever making things that require yeast, so I'm hoping that by trying and trying again, I might get it down a little better.  Or at least fi...

So, today I was talking to some new people from church(as in new to me since I'm the new person), and somehow the topic of working at Wal-mart came up.  I mentioned how I had worked at Wal-mart through massage college, but in Utah, its the college place to work.  I then mentioned how where I'm from, its very different, as its the "special" place to work where you have to be either missing a limb, or have half a brain.  The girls then start laughing as one of them says that Wal-Mart wouldnt hire her, and she did in fact have half a brain...it was removed when she was a child.  I really could have died right there.  How often does an off-the-wall comment like that actually end up being true?!?  What a beautiful spirit she must have though to be able to laugh about it instead of getting offended or hurt.  But really, not one of my finer foot-in-mouth moments. (I swear, the absolute only time Rob talks to me and expects responses is when I am writing a b...

I really admire those people who have a regular blogging schedule!  Hopefully now that I have more free time, I'll be able to blog more... thought the catch of having more free time, is that I end up having less to blog about...hmmm.  Anyway, for now, I'll catch you up on the Winberg household! (moving, Tim/Kenny concert, pregnancy update) We last left off right before we were about to move all our stuff out to Vegas and I was gearing up to be homeless for a few weeks.  This is about how our apartment looked at the time...please ignore the annoying baby talk I was giving my kitties... I promise I do not do that all the time.  That's Rob. =) Then the big day came and went smoothly, apparently... I was at work, and came home to an empty apartment!  Thank goodness for friends and family who helped with everything!  I didn't even have to clean much, most everything was done!  And I will say, it was left as clean (if not cleaner) than when we first...

Ok, so I really should update more!  I think about it a lot, and then it never gets done.  I figure I should do it now while I still have a computer to do it on. First and foremost... by the end of this week, I will be homeless.  A sad, sad, pregnant, most likely barefoot, homeless girl.  Awww :(  Ok, maybe technically not homeless.  I guess we can let the good news out, Rob got a job in Las Vegas and this Saturday we're moving all our stuff to our new place out there!  (technically I should be packing or resting so I can get up early and resume packing)  Yay!  We get to live in a two bedroom, and I get to be a stay-at-home mommy!  I really feel so blessed!  The homeless part comes in when we are legally out of our apartment (this Saturday) and I get to stay out here until middle of July to finish up work and a bit of the busy season while I can still work!  Then I get to join my hubby in the hot hot desert and finish out the...