Late Adopters

We are the latest adopters I know. Sorry kids, no marketing company darlings here.
Email: 1998

Digital camera: 2003

Cell Phone: 2005
Blogging: 2008
Texting: 2009
Dr. Laura: 2010
Flat screen TV: never, we'll be skipping straight to HD... someday
ianything: We don't, and haven't ever, owned an Apple product
Kindle: another gift giving occasion came and went today, still no Kindle

Wait. Dr Laura?

Okay, so we haven't fully adopted Dr. Laura, no listeners here (is she even still on the air?) but I recently read:

Phil found a copy in a box destined for goodwill in his mother's basement (talk about late adopters). He pulled it out. I figured I'd better take the hint. Though I scorned it and teased the whole way through, I also found myself trying out some of her suggestions. Guess what? Being nice gets you points. So does being direct. How embarrassing! Adopting Dr. Laura before Steve Jobs?!

Maybe I haven't been direct enough about the Kindle?

Difficulties

Please excuse us at Blogburn. We've been experiencing technical difficulties: router in a funk, full memory, new camera learning curve. And some not-so-technical difficulties: this little girl REALLY likes to be held... while you stand...and walk, or at least sway.
But you haven't been forgotten readers. I think of you often while standing and swaying.

India Revisited

A couple of nights ago during that early morning nursing I was flipping channels and there was India, in the form of the reality show Blood, Sweat and T-shirts. I recognized the streets of Delhi from the buses. It was all so familiar, yet so foreign. It was unnerving. In many ways living in India feels like a different life.

Of course the fashionistas that star in the series seemed like spoiled crybabies. But I also recognized their various reactions since I feel like I experienced each of them in turn in the time that I spent there. Confusing. Contradictory. Painful. Exhilarating. A bit much for 3am.

We have arrived

March 9: Sign S up for soccer

March 10: Third child is born

March 16: Drive home the new minivan

Stealing the Show

N has been VERY excited about his new sister, and has managed, with his antics, to steal some of her spotlight.

Yeah, these are all from the hospital, what with the third kid, I can't seem to keep up with the picture loading and organization.

A little more about J

Addressing some questions:

Yes, all my babies have been big, over 9lbs. She was not the biggest.

The boys both had dark hair when they were born too, but not so much.

We'll probably call her Josie, but I'm waiting to see what develops on that front.

Priya is an Indian/Hindi name. Supposedly it means "beautiful" or "beloved." We just like it.

Welcome Little Sister

Josephine Priya Blackburn

03.10.10

9lbs 11oz

21 in