Sandra Gilbert Becomes a Mother

sandra.jpgOne of our prominent community members has some wonderful news to share. Sandra Gilbert, editor of BlenderArt Magazine, has given life to a daughter.

Sandra writes:

Jessica Lin Gilbert entered the world September 25, 2006 at 9:03 am She weighed 6 lbs 1 oz and was 21 inches long.

We came home from the hospital the very next day and have been doing a lot of sleeping and eating (baby and mommy :-P ). We are doing great.

Welcome to the world, little one - you're in for quite a ride. And congratulations to your parents! These must be happy but tiring times for them..

I say: bring on the Blender baby cards! :)



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63 Responses to “Sandra Gilbert Becomes a Mother”  

  1. 1 Room335 Edit Link

    Congratulations Sandra!

    Is that baby 1.0 or 2.42a? :-)

  2. 2 FastEddy Edit Link

    Congratulations!

  3. 3 EnV Edit Link

    Congrats, and welcome to Jessica. :)

  4. 4 Nicho Edit Link

    Sandra,

    Congratulations! What is even more amazing is that I have also become father on the same day! My daughter was born on 25 September @ 9:07, South African time (GMT+2).

    All the best - I can relate to the 'pajama patrol'.

    Regards,
    Fellow Blenderer,
    Nicho Bouma.

  5. 5 Alvaro Luna Edit Link

    Hi, congrats Sandra! She is cute!

  6. 6 tmr232 Edit Link

    Congratulations!
    She is so cute!

  7. 7 Joeri Edit Link

    Congratulations.
    Well, you can always sleep again in a year or twenty.

  8. 8 Calvin Edit Link

    Congratulations indeed!
    Happy Birthday Jessica!

  9. 9 Garland-Waide Bradford Edit Link

    Congrads. Hope all the best for you both and may you be blessed in all you do.

  10. 10 Crossmaker Edit Link

    Congratulations!

  11. 11 JD-Multi Edit Link

    Whoow, oure blender community keep growing day by day. ;)
    Congratulations Sandra. :D

  12. 12 konrad8ha Edit Link

    So there ARE other ways of creating things besides using Blender! Whaddayaknow.

    Congratulations!

  13. 13 dotblend Edit Link

    i'm also born on the 25th…

    better prepare, cause you're in for quite a ride…

    congrats, have fun…

  14. 14 draw Edit Link

    Congrats!!!
    The baby will be the youngest blenderhead :D

  15. 15 Gunnar Stahl Edit Link

    She looks so … *real*, so very photorealistic! Can you post a wireframe, please?

    All the best for you and your family! Enjoy the coming time of sleepless nights!

    Yt,

    Gunnar

  16. 16 James Edit Link

    She look so precious. She will difinatly bring lots of joy into your life.

  17. 17 Alek Edit Link

    Welcome sweet girl:)

  18. 18 thoro Edit Link

    Congratulations, Sandra!

  19. 19 Michael Crawford Edit Link

    Congratulations. How long did that take to render? More importantly, How did you get blender to do SSS? And such fabulous texturing…. Seriously: I wish you the very best and hope your child will bring you oodles of joy.

  20. 20 hitaro Edit Link

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!Hi Baby welcome to the blender world!!!

  21. 21 blendercross Edit Link

    Congratulations!!!!!!!!! :)

  22. 22 Vassilios Boucer Edit Link

    Congratulations Sandra….and all the best!!

  23. 23 Pixel81k Edit Link

    Hioo!!! Great - i wish you two the very best …. have a nice start, Jessica, be proud, Sandra

    @Sandra:
    1. keep this comments and give them to Jessica on the 10th birthday
    2. u know, what to do in sleepless nights: blendermagazins - thank you for all your work!
    3. i know that in THIS case sleepless nights can't be used to be productive ;-)

  24. 24 criss Edit Link

    Congratulations! :)

  25. 25 Alex_G Edit Link

    Congratulations Sandra!

    Good luck for the future Jessica :)

  26. 26 humanforum Edit Link

    Such a nice way to bring in the new day…reading wonderful news for a change.

    A challenge for all you blender-heads out there…

    Lets see if we can make a better world for this newest member of the blender community…and all those that follow.

    Congrats :)

  27. 27 ROUBAL Edit Link

    Very nice model ! Not even some double vertices to remove !

    Congratulations Sandra.

  28. 28 CJD2 Edit Link

    Felicitaciones , hermosa bebé!!!! Bienvenida al mundo y a Blender!!!

  29. 29 mitke Edit Link

    Congratulations!

    Good luck for the Jessica and Sandra!

  30. 30 Cortot Edit Link

    Congratulations!

    Some years and she can read the blenderart magazine ;)

  31. 31 Lasphere Edit Link

    Congrats Sandra, :D

    And Nicho ofcourse, :D

  32. 32 Terence Edit Link

    Congratualtions Sandra. I can relate to the tiredness. My third son was born two days after your daughter, and it just gets harder being up at all hours as I get older.

  33. 33 Sandra aka dreamsgate Edit Link

    Thanks for all the kind comments.

    And no, she isn't my first, she is my 3rd. I also have a 17 year old son and a 14 year old daughter. Hubby also has a 14 year old son.

    But since it has been so long, we actually feel like first time parents again. :P

    It has been a week of fun, no sleep and lots of joy. :)

  34. 34 greboide Edit Link

    cool, might be like the first one after all these years, i have one too, but he is only almost one year, in fact his birthday is next week.

    Congratulations and the best of all for your children.

  35. 35 venomgfx Edit Link

    Congratulations!!

    welcome Jess! hope to see you in a few years into the community!

  36. 36 David Revoy Edit Link

    Congrats Sandra !
    Welcome Jessica. :-)

  37. 37 Vimal Kurup Edit Link

    Congrats Sandra :)

  38. 38 Simon Edit Link

    Congratulations!!!

  39. 39 IBKanat Edit Link

    Congratulations!

  40. 40 kit89 Edit Link

    Congratulations, Sandra! :D

    Best to start teaching her the Blender Interface now. ;)

  41. 41 JWilde Edit Link

    Congratulations Sandra! Lots of health, happiness and bliss to you and your lovely baby!!! May she have a happy and wonderful life!

    John

  42. 42 Micool Edit Link

    Whow great news !
    Congratulations, hope the dad and the mum are fine and that Jessy will come to blender as soon as possible to become the youngest blender defendress ! ( do not pay attention to what I say: I'm to tired to be wise ! )
    I'm sure Jessy will have a lot of love around her ;-) !
    Sylvain

  43. 43 Wim Edit Link

    Congratulations!

  44. 44 Roger Edit Link

    I think we all love Blender because it allows us to create. But truly, the woman has the ultimate ability to create. Us guys can only be geeky creating virtual reality, but you women have us men hands down when it comes to creating actual reality. Enjoy and God Bless!

  45. 45 RonaldP Edit Link

    Congratulations, and get ready for long and sleepless nights 8-)

  46. 46 Martinv Edit Link

    Congratulations Sandra!
    Best wishes for the future!

    And congratulations to Nicho too!

    Martinv

  47. 47 ShiftingClouds Edit Link

    Yeah !
    With a mom like you she can only become someone who will give to this world and make it better.

    Keep up the good work :)

    Jean

  48. 48 GBOI Edit Link

    CONGRATS!
    I'm hoping to see it's own column in the blender mag :P

  49. 49 ~J~ Edit Link

    Hey congratulations Sandra, here's to a fantastic future together.

  50. 50 Mataii Edit Link

    Hey! great! :D

    As JD-Multi says, a new member for the blender community ;)

    Congratulations Sandra! :D

  51. 51 kijja Edit Link

    Yes,Congratulations! :)

  52. 52 endragiri Edit Link

    welcome to new member of the blender world jess,
    long live to mother

  53. 53 LetterRip Edit Link

    yet another congrats and well wisher :)

    LetterRip

  54. 54 zooley Edit Link

    Congrats Sara. Being mother, or father in my case, is the greatest thing in the whole life.
    I wish all the best for your baby, Sandra!

  55. 55 AppleGrew Edit Link

    Congratulation!! :|)

  56. 56 Morenike-Jo Edit Link

    Congratulations!!

    She looks like a heart breaker

  57. 57 dave62 Edit Link

    juhu something REAL…

    gratulatione and thx 4 ur great work…

  58. 58 antiguy Edit Link

    congratulations! hope both Sandra and Jessica are doing really great. many thanks to Sandra for all her great work on BlenderArt magazine, and congratulations once again!

  59. 59 tray Edit Link

    Congrats from me also. I had to comment. Not just to show my appreciation of the fine mag you produce but also manage a family.
    Well done.
    Wishing all your family well.

  60. 60 Omar Modesto Edit Link

    Congratulations!

  61. 61 Kram1032 Edit Link

    *lol*
    I think it needed 9 months to render, but now it works in REALTIME and TRUECOLOUR without even a short lag^^
    Congratulations!
    Jessica is a nice Name!

    What Does Your Name Mean

    JESSICA

    Origin: Hebrew
    Meaning: God's Grace
    Woman of Wealth
    Peace
    god sees

    Wikipedia says something very interesting:
    Jessica is a name from the Hebrew Yiskah (יִסְכָּה), name of a daughter of Haran, meaning "the Lord beholds" or "the Lord's gift."

    The Hebrew root sakhah (ס.כ.ה) means "to see," so the name Yiskah, with the added yud, implies foresight or clairvoyance. There is midrash by Rashi suggesting that Yiskah is also a name for Sarah, so the meaning of this name makes sense for two reasons: people would gaze at her beauty, and she was known to be a prophetess. The name Jessica also stands for wealth.

  62. 62 dmoc Edit Link

    Congratulations!

  63. 63 Gaurav Nawani Edit Link

    Congrats Sandra!

    I dont call you blendermom for nothing ;)
    - Gaurav

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