http://www.mattder.com It's good for you Wed, 21 May 2008 16:10:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kristen's bumper in the crib won't last much longer. She's learned to smash it so she can look for us. http://www.mattder.com/2008/05/20/bumpers/ We started Kristen on rice cereal when she was around 6 months.  She seemed to like it and doesn't or hasn't learned to spit foods back out yet. I think she liked the taste of her tray more than the food though. She's going through her veggies now and is much harder ... http://www.mattder.com/2008/05/19/solids/ With Kristen's growth, school, work and the purchase of a new home life has been busy and I've not taken the time to post new pictures.  She's growing fast as can be clearly seen in the next two pictures.  The first was taken when Kristen was around 6 weeks old ... http://www.mattder.com/2008/05/18/been-busy-with-life/ Kristen is growing fast. At her 4 month appointment she was 25.75 inches and 14 pounds 14 ounces. And Here are some pictures from Christmas... Future Bruin... More Pictures here... http://www.mattder.com/2008/02/05/4-months-old/ http://www.mattder.com/2007/11/26/more-photos-from-the-last-month/ Here's Kristen at 1 month She's growing fast, 23 inches and 10 pounds 4 ounces at her 1 month appointment.  Her 2 month appointment (and vaccinations are this week). And here are the outfits she wore this past weekend to our Thanksgiving meals: http://www.mattder.com/2007/11/25/weeks-are-flying-by/ Kristen needed to stay at the hospital for a few extra days due to jaundice but she's been home for the past two weeks. Here's her first picture at home and yes those are clean socks. More pictures with the Grandparents. More pictures have been posted on zooomr. http://www.mattder.com/2007/10/17/baby-comes-home/ A few more pictures were posted on zooomr. http://www.mattder.com/2007/10/02/ten-toes/ It was a long delivery process but Baby Der made her appearance and weighted almost 8 pounds. Mom and baby are both doing well. Video: Baby just after she was born  [flv:/videos/BabyDer1.flv 320 240] Video: All swaddled up  [flv:/videos/BabyDer2.flv 320 240] Pictures with the happy grandmas. http://www.mattder.com/2007/10/01/18-hours-later-but-worth-it/ Water broke at 1:40am this morning.  We're not sure if the seven laps around the shopping mall and up and down the stairs helped but I hope so.  Contractions have been at a steady 3-4 minutes since.  I can't wait to meet our new addition. http://www.mattder.com/2007/09/30/baby-on-the-way/