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My daughter has been born: Isabella Kiera Baldwin. She is so beautiful and healthy. She was born on November 4, 2011. The labor was not that long but my wife, Liz, was in a lot of pain. We owe a great deal of gratitude to the midwife for intervening and helping to manually progress the labor. Isabella was a big baby weighing 8 lbs. 11.5 oz. and was 22". I am so excited to have a daughter and I can't wait to raise her. She is so cute. Her brothers Matt and Lex are also excited to have a sister. With all the superheroes and sports we can now have princesses and fairytales. My family is growing and I have God to thank.

Just about everything is ready for Isabella's arrival. We've painted Isabella and Lex's room a soft yellow or off-white and we painted the closet and trim a color called nature's green. We aslo rearranged the room and added a crib, changing table and several other things to make the room look really nice. We put together the new stroller that Liz was given at her baby shower at work and put the new carseat stand that goes with the stroller in the truck: the vehicle that Liz will be using. Over the past several weeks we've made additional changes to both the inside and outside of the house. Liz painted our bathroom a bright light green. We raked up the leaves in the backyard (although more have fallen since) and we put in a true compost pile in the back right corner with wire fencing that Liz attached to some metal stakes. I also planted a red oak in the front yard to replace the maple tree we had cut down and I planted a photinia bush to close up the gap between o...

Right now my son is banging on my bed with his toy wooden hammer. The interesting thing is that this is probably the least annoying and/or destructive thing he's done today. Those old Looney Toons cartoons that featured the Tazmanian devil and all of his spinning destruction pale in comparison to my small but lethal Lex. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

I know I haven't posted in an extremely long while and while there have been countless events in that time worth blogging about I have not due to my laziness or disinterest. But I want to change all that so here is a picture of my wife's handiwork. Beneath the old sock that has been cut up to act as a wrap there is plastic wrap, tissue and a poultice made of charcoal to heal my knee. Alexander my small but ferocious youngest son in his carelessness whacked me with a metal golf club. I'm not carrying a grudge but me knee is not the same.

I have not written in this blog for a long time. I know however that I should. Since I've written the country has taken an extremely left turn. We've got a neo-communist at the wheel and capitalism is being kicked to the curb. Okay enough with the metaphors. I'm just concerned that the principles of limited government, the competition of the free market, and moral accountability are no longer the goals of our society. We've re-prioritized and allowed a loud and aggressive minority to guide us, nay pull us onto a precipice. The hope is that perhaps people will wake up long enough to suspend the winds of strife just a little longer. Just a little longer.

I am so proud of my Aunt Elizabeth for the creation of her new website . I really think that it will provide a way for the American people to exercise their collective voices and possible hold their senator and representatives accountable for their decisions and performance. I do realize that we are a Republic but it we should follow the mantra "Government for the people and by the people."