she pooped!

I never thought feeding a baby would be so hard. After bringing the baby home we noticed that baby Joanne wasn't pooing and only had 1 or 2 pees. According to the books and handouts this is really bad. It really was a strain on Mrs. Zorbs. She was trying so hard to breastfeed the little one but it didn't seem to work. She was so concerned with her that she stayed awake watching her so that nothing would happen to her.

At ths point I had enough of this breastfeeding business. I was ready to go out and buy some fomula and a bottle. But it was important to get the breastfeeding to work, especially for my wife. We went to a breastfeeding clinic first thing in the morning. They were great! The nurse stayed with my wife for an hour practicing with the baby. In the end, they came to the conclusion that a milk pump would be very useful. The nurse showed me how to feed little Joanne with a tube taped to my finger. Finally we could see what she was eaitng and that she was actually eating. It was a huge relief.

We were pumping milk and feeding Joanne with my finger for the rest of the day. That night she had a poo. It's funny, but I was totally pumped. My wife showed me the diaper and I inspected it. "Yup, that's poo. Awesome!" I'm sure I looked like I'd just won the lottery.

We went back to the clinic today. Joanne has gained 3oz, which is really great. She seems to have more energy, she's more alert and overall she's happier. And to top it all off she's latching on and breastfeeding like a champ now. All this drama and she's only 5 days old. This stuff gets eaiser right?

Posted by zorbs @ 8:00 pm EDT | Permalink | 3 Comments

She's here!

We brought home our baby girl today! I haven't slept in 4 days and I couldn't be happier! Joanne Elise Poursanidis, born June 22nd weighing in at 7lbs 5oz. She's just so beautiful.

I have to admit though that first night in the hospital alone with a crying baby was the scariest thing I've ever gone through. Thank God for loving family members how are totally willing to help out. I'm not sure we could do it alone. Learning all the ropes is tiring, I do know when baby is sleeping, you should be sleeping. At least for the first little while.
When I get some time I'll post up some pics. Everyone loves baby pics right? Now I only have to find some time to play a bit more forza. Needless to say I may miss the next couple of Monday night race nights.

Posted by zorbs @ 6:52 pm EDT | Permalink | 9 Comments

Times almost up

19 days left. That's when baby is supposed to arrive. I'm totally freaked and pumped at the same time. I'm really not sure what to expect besides lack of sleep and lack of games. I've been spending a lot of time getting the room ready, building stuff for the little one and fixing things around the house. If you can't tell this will be our first baby. Is it really as bad as everyone makes it out to be?

Posted by zorbs @ 1:33 pm EDT | Permalink | 3 Comments

Most wonderful time of the year!

Its E3 time. I love this time. Im always checking the news sites for updates. ;; Reading the forums to find out what everyone thinks. It just gets me so geeked for all the new stuff thats coming out. I know that most of the stuff will be mediocre or delayed into the next year, etc. Still, this is a kickass time to be into games. How about some thoughts on the big 3 confernces.

here is the quick version.

Sony sucked big dried up donkey cock. Totally not impressed. Especially after last year, where all the press was all over Sonys schlong. I knew I wasnt going to buy one but now I really know Im never getting it.

Nintendo...meh. I was never big on the wii. It just seems too gimmicky. I love playing games and when I play, I play for a long time. I dont see myself swinging my arms around like a tool for 3 or 4 hours. It might be fun for 20 minutes, but not the long hull. All this and the games dont even look good, they dont seem to control all that well either. It boils down to the whole gimmick thing. I might change my mind on this, if I ever get a chance to try a wii out. For now, I dont think so.

Microsoft was good. Nothing we didnt expect, even the halo 3 trailler. They seemed to have a good crop of games coming out. I just wish more of it was in game footage and not pre rendered videos. We all know what happened to Sony last year.

Anyways Im totally pumped to see more in depth coverage from all the consoles. Ill have another round up after the show too.

On a side note, I love the downloadable demos on live. Finished playing lost planet and I loved it! I wasnt even looking forward to this game.  It  felt like a real next gen game. Great stuff. Downloaded the COD2 maps and hopefully motogp 06 will be coming out tomorrow. MS has done a real bang up job with all the videos and demos.

Back to the games.

Posted by zorbs @ 11:22 pm EDT | Permalink | 0 Comments

This post is gonna suck

This is my first post, as you can see I dont have much to say. Just checking out how this whole thing works. I like what I see so far.

Alright off to play some hockey almost got the cup!

Posted by zorbs @ 8:02 pm EDT | Permalink | 0 Comments