Now they tell me. Parkland Hospital in Dallas (ya know, where they took JFK when he was shot) participated in a promotion with where new Mom’s received TiVOs with lifetime subscriptions (around a $500 value) as a marketing effort to reach busy mothers. Parkland is reportedly one of the busiest maternity wards in the country at 40 births per day, but I think Atlanta’s own Northside Hospital might give them a run for their money. Trouble is, the TiVO certificates were only in English (Parkland has a high percentage of Hispanic patients) and many recipients had no idea what a TiVO does. Too bad they didn’t do this at Piedmont a few weeks ago, or we could have given birth to TiVO Trotz in the company’s honor. Article at Dallasnews.com (registration required).
Caption: Clad in a TiVo cap, a newborn poses with a plush toy. His mother received a new recorder with lifetime service Friday. Tom Fox/DMN

Yes, it’s 3:50 a.m. and I’m blogging. I got the 2:45 feeding this morning, and decided to take advantage of a few moments and get some new photos of littlest Sam up on the web. Please take a gander at these – he’s such a cutie, I can barely stand it!

— Sam gets comfortable at home
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— Sam’s Quiet Alert Phase

Our friends Jeff & Paige Diecks welcomed their little one into the world on Friday. Jeff and I have been commiserating at work about preparing for our babies, now we can commiserate about lack of sleep. Woohoo! Mom and baby Avery Lane Diecks are doing fine, and should be home Sunday. She is 5 pounds, 8.8 ounces and 18 inches long. She arrived on Friday, April 29 at 5:48 p.m, not long after Amy and I finished a visit to our peditrician just around the corner from the hospital where little Avery was born. We’d have brought in some Abit and etouffe if we’d only known!

Apologies for the absence of updates here on the blog. But newborn babies have a way of sucking all your time, energy and ability to sit down at a computer and type, post photos, etc. Hopefully, this will get better. Anyway, there are two new gallery entries featuring Little Sam. The first are more photos from our last couple of days at the hospital, then another as we headed home and Sam was able to meet with family and friends. More to come soon!