Raise your glass to the second trimester!

Hello 12 weeks!  I have heard a lot about you and I expect great things!

We have hit that magical milestone where I am supposed to get bursts of energy and feeling sick becomes a faint memory... unfortunately, as I write this I am lounged out on the couch trying to keep my dinner down and battling the worst heartburn I've ever had.  But a girl can dream!  The important thing is Baby Ramm now has most of his/her major organs and is going to use the rest of the time to make everything bigger!  Including Mommy.

I offer as proof:

The baby bump that proudly pops through all clothes, not just the form-fitting ones.  I even received my first unsolicited belly touch.  (For the record, I am first and foremost a Vandal and a Coug only by marriage.)

To commemorate this milestone I have some Second Trimester Resolutions:

1. Find the will to scrape myself off the couch and take Toast for nice, crisp, late fall walks.  And while we are on the subject, you know that expensive gym membership I pay for every month?  Get my money's worth.
2. Be more sociable!
3. Go grocery shopping regularly.  I'm sure Erik will like this one considering he often hears things like "Honey, will you run to Fred Meyer and get me some more Go Gurt?"
4. Make an effort to keep the apartment clean.
5. Actually, scratch number 4.  When else will I be able to get away with this?
6. On my days off, spend less time running errands and more time cuddling with Erik.  It will never be just the two of us again!

So, here's to you Second Trimester!  I can tell that we are going to be friends.

I've got the moooooooves like Jagger

I am 95% sure a momentous event occurred today.

During my long drive to work I suddenly felt a flutter in my belly like nothing I have ever felt before.  It lasted about 20 seconds and then disappeared as mysteriously as it appeared.  It was Baby Ramm, I just know it.

Now I know what you are thinking.  At 11 weeks!?  Impossible!  I too had my doubts so I looked it up online and found many accounts of women who could feel movement as early as 9 or 10 weeks.  And if it is on the internet it is definitely true!

For those nay-sayers who persist in doubting I present the following evidence in support of my claim:
1. I knew I was pregnant before any test could detect it.
2. At our ultrasound Baby Ramm was moving his limbs around in a manner that Michael Phelps would envy.
3. As you can see from the previous post, Baby Ramm clearly has a huge brain.
And the smoking gun...

 Baby Ramm has already made Mommy's belly pop!  Conclusive evidence that Baby Ramm is just ahead of the curve and I definitely felt her/him doing her/his daily exercises this morning.

(And just to save you the trouble of awkwardly asking: Yes, I am sure I am due in June and not January.  Yes, I am sure there is only one baby in there.  No, this picture has not been photoshopped.  No I am not pushing out to "enhance" my glowing new figure.  This is real people...and yes, I am wondering "if I look like this now WHAT will it be like in 6 months?")

Welcome to the inaugural post!

Greetings!  Since we have family and friends so far away (and because probably not all of our Facebook friends are as excited as we are about Baby Ramm) we decided to start a blog to keep everyone who is interested current on the happenings of our little family.  So without further ado, may I present to you the little nugget who has already stolen our hearts...

Baby Ramm at 9 weeks and 4 days!

And no, the doctor cannot tell what sex it is this early.  But we can see his/her little face!  Let's take a vote on who Baby Ramm looks like more.  My vote is that this baby is a Rammelsberg through and through :).