Isabella-Button Makes Her First Trip to Church

First Father's Day

No man could be prouder.

Izzy Loved Her First Bath

It had to happen sooner or later. Poor Isabella had to have her first bath and get un-stinky. A you can see, she really appreciated our efforts. The nice thing is, we have lots of photos we can use to embarrass her when she's a teenager.

The Grandthings and Aunties Demand It

We've been told that we're not sharing nearly enough photos.

Hey, Dad

Izzy Comes to Occoquan

On Sunday, June 10, Izzy and Mom got to come home.

It was a beautiful day.

Welcome home, Isabella.

Your mom and dad have been prayerfully waiting for you to get here.

Daddy's Very Excited to Be Daddy

Welcome to the World, Isabella Jareé Field

Isabella Jareé Field arrived at 8:14pm, Friday, June 8, 2007.

She weighed in at 7 pounds, 13 ounces, and was 18 and 3/4 inches long.

Mom and baby are doing very well.

It's Time

Here's Jay at Potomac Hospital, ready to do her thing.

On Our Way to the Hospital

Well, here goes.

It's time to make our way to the hospital to start the process of introducing the world to Baby Field.

We'll try to load more info and pictures as soon as we can.

Tomorrow's the Day!

Looks like we'll be heading to the hospital tomorrow to bring Baby Field into the world.

Very exciting.

Stay tuned.

How Romney is Helping HillaryCare

(This post by Chris first appeared on HE's Right Angle.)

My friend Michael Cannon has a great piece on NRO today that reminds conservatives of why Mitt Romney's healthcare plan for Massachusetts is not something they should be praising and promoting as a reason to support Romney.

As he campaigns for the White House, Mitt Romney has had to tap dance around the health-care reforms he enacted while governor of Massachusetts. The first bit of bad news was that the plan’s cost was higher than predicted. Then it reneged on its commitment to cover the uninsured. But the latest bit of news about “RomneyCare” may require even fancier footwork.

The Left is now thanking Romney for making HillaryCare respectable again.

Those on the right who are promoting RomneyCare, including the Heritage Foundation, ought to think again. Their support of Romney's government planning undermines their conservative principles. More from Cannon:

...[T]he aspect of RomneyCare that most resembles HillaryCare is its very centerpiece, which Romney borrowed from the conservative Heritage Foundation: the health insurance "Connector."

Cohn is essentially correct. The objective of the "Connector" bureaucracy, as described by Heritage Foundation scholars, reads like an exercise in government planning. The "Connector" is supposed to "reorganize[e]…a large part of the state's private insurance system into a 'single market' structure with uniform rules and a central 'clearinghouse' for administering coverage."

Why, exactly, do we need a new layer of government bureaucracy to do these things? So we will have someplace to buy health insurance? We're getting along just fine without layering more bureaucracy on our auto insurance. In fact, we already have a connector for both health and auto insurance. It's called the Internet. Has anyone ever heard of eHealthInsurance.com?

Why do we need a "Connector" to tell health insurers what to sell and at what price? Those sorts of price controls and mandated benefits are exactly the kind of government planning that is making health insurance so unaffordable. Shouldn’t conservatives be trying to repeal those laws, instead of creating new bureaucracies that will propose, enforce, and defend them?

Middle East Update From Nay

Iraq has big spiders.

Apparently, camel spiders (this one's a baby) can jump and run very fast.

This is why God made sidearms.

This Is Not For Dogs

Sanka's going to have a real shock to her system when the baby arrives. This has been her kingdom for some time. Now is the time to get her used to all the gear that will be invading her space.

Baby's New Quarters

We finally have the nursery ready -- at least the furniture. Jayci's been slacking on the decorations.

As you can see by how nice it looks, Chris had no part in picking the colors or decor of the room.

Here are a few pics so that the grandthings can see how their favorite grandchild will be living (and so y'all can get her a few things to go with the room).