Week 2 Weigh In:

The numbers are in, well at least for the first 2 weeks. Shane is down 8, I am down 7. I am so proud of the both of us. We have been eating super healthy and running everyday. I do more of a run/walk/hike than actually run. (Full on sprinting is not good for the baby.) Shane runs anywhere from 2-3 miles a day. OMG!! Going from a 2 hundred something that sat on the couch and watched football to a runner...makes me so proud. And he looks good too! My back doesn't hurt anymore and I have tons of energy.

Baby #2 Update: I actually don't feel as pregnant as I did before. I am sure it has something to do with me staying active and eating better. I do get nauseous here and there, but nothing too bad...yet. I haven't made it to the doctor yet, I will try and get an ultra sound in the next 2 weeks or so. I will keep everyone updated.

Emotional Struggles

Over the last couple of days I cant help but feel a little...well disappointed. I really want to wrap this family up, get all the baby making over with. But I honestly forgot how much I hate being pregnant. The crying, hunger, nausea, blah blah blah. I feel like this baby is an intruder on my perfect family. An intruder in my body. I know that's the hormones talking.

I want to make a set of goals that I can reach during this pregnancy:

1. Get through it as quick as possible.
2. Get through it as painless as possible.
3. Try to focus on the beautiful family at the end of the tunnel.
4. Maintain my exercise routine (lets face it, I could lose 60 lbs during this pregnancy and it wouldn't effect this baby in anyway)

5. Be healthy. Reward = Have a healthy baby!
6. Run as long as possible, until I'm too big.

These are my goals. Pretty simple. I'm focusing on staying positive. I'm trying to not let my raging, crazy hormones get the best of me.

Mother of 2...

Most of you may know by now, some of you dont, the Borg's are expecting #2. It took me awhile to decide if this was something I wanted to share with the world or keep in the family until I was farther along.
I always look back on my pregnancy with Ryan and wished I would have blogged about it, but I didnt, and now I find myself forgetting all of the little stuff (first movement, heartbeats, ect.). Good, bad, or ugly, I dont care, I want to remember it. And with our family blog in existence, I can.
So for all of you people out there thinking to yourselves how "taboo" it is that I have announced my pregnancy, now you have a little background on where I am coming from. It wasnt a desicion that we made lightly.

Now with that out of the way...

We estimate me to be 6-8 weeks along. (I told you it was still early) I am going to wait as long as I can to get into the Dr, only because my schedule is crazy and I have done this before so I think I have the first 2.5 months covered! I have been feeling very dizzy, exhausted and I have had a headache for like week!! I found myself thinking this morning..."Wow, I forgot how much being pregnant sucks!!"

This particular subject we are going to post on a lot over the next couple of months. I do want everyone to know, that because of my history with losing pregnancies, I am taking a chance telling the world so early. But I have come to terms with that possibility in any pregnacy that I have, and am ok with that outcome as well. As sad as it is, thats a part of life...and I know that God doesnt put us in situations that we cant handle.

Anyways, thats it for now. We are still pretty unproductive because Im not that far along. More to come!!!

Here is an Ultrasound picture of little Ryan, I had to post it. So Cute!!!

Ready, Set...GO

The competition is in full swing. Every Sunday is "The Official Weigh In". Winner pays $50 bucks less to the combined family bills. Shane ran a 15 minute mile, which isn't anything too special, but I have to give him kudos cause I ran on and off for 8 minutes and almost died. I never said this was going to be easy!! I KNOW Im out of shape...hence the tread mill that's sitting in our garage. I am just glad that I did something this weekend other than sit on the couch and watch football. We have both set goals for this week. May the best man/woman win!! (If we dont die in the process.)

Santa Loves Me

Santa brought me a treadmill today! Its great. I call it mine because I already love it to death, and I will probably have to force Shane to even step foot on it. Technically...It is "both" of ours. I went around and around about which way to start working out. Running is the obvious method but the bigger question was how to literally go and work out. You cant take a baby to the gym, and I didn't want to do this without Shane. It's easy to get a membership somewhere, but I couldn't help but feel like I was leaving my husband at home, with the baby, getting fat. It's hard to run around the neighborhood with a stroller (I've tried and it sucks, and Ryan hates it!). I'm so excited to get healthy. For me, its not about how much weight I can lose, but how much healthier I can make our lives. I'll keep everyone posted on our success! Stay Tuned.

Zoo Lights!

Happy Holidays...From the Borg's

November 2009: Trip to the Phx Zoo

Today was another good day in a stretch of many. We went to the zoo with Grandpa Green. We saw all the animals that Ryan has been learning about in his books, and took lots of pictures. He LOVES the Tigers and Lions!! We ended up getting a membership at a deal that we just couldnt pass up, so we will be back to the zoo soon!! Zoo Lights!!

This Weekend...

1. Find and then buy cookie cutters in the shape of acorns and leaves.

2. Find and then buy trays and dishes for Christmas dinner (Williams Sonoma has some cute stuff!)

3. Start preparing menu for Christmas Dinner

4. Make pumpkin bread and cranberry muffins for new girl at work.

5. Clean the house.

6. Go to the Zoo/picnic lunch with the kid and Grandpa.

7. Pull out Christmas tree and put it together

8. Try to relax...even if its only for a minute.

Biker Dude

...he rides into the sunset.

My New Best Friend

My friend Taran and her son Brayden came over today for a playdate...SO MUCH FUN!! I think Brayden was a little overwhelmed by Ryan's "energy", but I think these two are gonna be best friends!

A Desk For Ryan

Life is Good Today

We went to Ikea today. Bought Ryan some fun stuff for his room, a desk, and cute little stools. I will post pictures tomorrow.

Learning to Deal...Sometimes He's Not In Charge!

Lately we have been struggling with discipline. I am sure most, I mean, ALL first time parents go through this. Ryan is mean. He bites, smacks, scratches, pokes, and screams. He hits the dogs and his parents. He bites other kids and the teachers. How do you "punish" someone when they don't know what they are doing is wrong.

Last week(I'm sure all of you know this by now)I was approached in the parking lot of Ryan's daycare by a man. He was the father of one of Ryan's "friends". I guess he had walked into the classroom right after Ryan had pushed "Ava" down, who happened to be this guys kid. (He pushed the little girl down onto her padded diaper-protected ass!! Aww how sad.) He said that he was only telling me about it because he felt that I needed to know. Of course I was in utter shock. How dare anyone approach me about my kids behavior...Right? That's the teachers job! After putting two and two together, I figured it out! The teacher was the one who ratted Ryan out to the parent. After politely explaining to the dad that Ryan is a bully, and we are working with him on it, I laughed it off and walked away. I tried to make light of it, mostly because people are crazy and I didn't know what this guy could or would do to me or my kid. After he drove off, I flagged down the first teacher I could find and basically unleashed. Then, after feeling like I over reacted, it was followed up by feeling completely violated and unsafe...I got over it. And now I'm at the place where not wanting to deal with Ryan's bad behavior meets forcing myself to come to grips with the fact that my precious angel is a monster! So now where do we go? What do we do? I don't believe in spanking, I know that's just going to teach him to be angry and scared of his parents. I tried swatting his hand when he gets into stuff. Again...its in the spanking family and it doesn't work. We are trying time out and redirection.

You know you want a family. You want a baby and pray to God that he blesses you with one. You become pregnant and you are so excited about the future. You go through hours of labor and suffer for weeks after. Then one day you wake up to a screaming red-headed little boy who has his legs wrapped around your neck, screaming, bouncing up and down as if you were a horse, and think to your self...oh my god...this is payback.

I guess we will have to see how it works. I will be sure to keep you all posted as we shape our little bully into the sweet little monkey that we all love so much!!

Cupcakes...for my Little Cupcake!

The Borg's are embracing this holiday season with open arms! Bring on the trick or treating, carving pumpkins, turkeys, christmas trees, eating too much candy and spending time with the family!! Cant wait for all of it!!





I am not a good baker, by any means. But I am proud of the cupcakes that me and Ryan made this weekend. Mostly, because I didnt have to scrape the batter back into the pan...off the floor.

Autumn Shoot

Spending today as a family. We will probably bake something later in the day! Tonight...tacos!!

My New Camera

I officially put my camera up for sale today. We shall see how that goes. In order to buy my new one (Canon 5D) I need to sell the old one. Let me know if you know anyone thats interested...Im even throwing in a lens and the bag.

Guess What I Did

Playin' Around

We went to the park today. Ryan loves the slide and the swings...but what kid doesnt? I'm trying to come up with ideas for our family pictures/holiday card this year. I'm also up for taking anybody else's, just let me know.

This Place Is A Zoo!

Borg Update

Its been awhile since I have had a whole lot of time to write about what's going on in Borg World.

Most of my time lately has been devoted to Ryan and all of his craziness, work and the new job promotion, the photography projects that I have going on, and the 460 page photoshop book that I am trying to get through. I focus on one new process a week and try to build onto it. Sorry if the work get repetitive, but if you are following day to day, then you have to be in it for the long haul. It will be exciting to see the progression over the next 12 months.

Ryan has been bumped up an age level at school because he wont stop biting all the little kids in his class. Apparently he singles out the weak kid and attacks him over and over throughout the day. The parents of the kids are pissed and I don't blame them. But at the same time, you have to expect some of this type of behavior in daycare. So he will officially be with the 18 months and up starting October 5th.

We are planning all of our fall family trips and events. Starting with pumpkin picking in 2 weeks and a hike that we are taking in payson the following weekend. We are all super excited to carve pumpkins and decorate for Halloween...Ryan's costume is still to be determined. I was thinking like a pirate or a ninja.

Two days from today will mark the one year anniversary of Shane getting laid off. Its funny to read earlier posts about how bad it was. Now we are great and I see nothing but potential and a bright future for our family. Life is really good right now for the Borg's, everyday proves to get that much better!

^Ryan likes to stack the canned food, and loves to help in the kitchen!

^Ryan talks a lot and loves to tell stories!!

Our Trip To Strawberry/Pine/Payson/Tonto