Biggest work of art I'll ever produce..... Meet Rain :)

[Sorknes]

Here she is. :) The almost exploding tummy is (somewhat) gone, and there's a new person in our lives, and she's taking over all of it!

Meet Rain Siren! (Siren as in the Norwegian name, pronounced Seeren/Searen.) She was born 02:31 am 8th of Jan GMT +1. She was 3680 grams and 50 cms. That's pretty big for a girl that everybody thought would come out way too early, I'm glad I managed to keep her in until almost due date. :)

We're very lucky, so far she's not crying a lot, she sleeps so nicely that mum can get some sleep as well, and she's very active and curious when awake. She eats a LOT and is healthy in any way we know. <3 <3 <3

Here she is, three hours old:

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And here she is a little older, sixteen hours:

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So, another CA spawn, hehe. :)

And before anyone even tries, no, if we got a son he would not have been named fog horn :P That the two names together ended up a bit weird in English was just a coincidence. :P

If it were a son, my husband would probably insisted on calling him Ramifications, Ram for short. >.<

[TASmith]

Excellent! Congratulations!!!

That's wonderful! Enjoy, you're gonna have your hands full now. One tip - the first time I got my son to smile at me was at 3 months old, when he saw me brushing my teeth.

[Slash]

Gratulerer så mye igjen! Hun er skjønn!

[DSillustration]

Congrats!

Having kids is the greatest thing you'll ever do.

[JailHouseRock2]

Congratulations! wonderful name by the way as well!

Congrats again.

matt

[Black Spot]

Great to see the pics at long last. Little cutie.

[Felicia]

Awhhh!!! She is so cute!! Congratulations again!

[Bill]

Congrats, she is beautiful! And I like the chronological timestamps... like a WIP. :)

[kab]

Gratulerer :)

[Peter Coene]

She should've waited 5 days, then she could share my birthday with me. She is quite a cutie though.

[squidmonk3j]

you finally popped!

gratulerer så mye:)

[Asatira]

Congrats! Aww, look at her cute hair.

[petitemistress]

grats on a beautiful baby Sorky! good job! <3 i just wanna snuggle it eeeeeeee

[Grumbledook]

awwww

can i eat her?

[JessiBean]

Absolutely lovely! Congrats and more congrats!
Have you gotten her pencils yet?

[German-s]

totally adorable!! congratulations =]

[Tangrim]

Congratulations! That's quite a masterwork right there. Any idea on final color scheme and character yet? ;)

[fukifino]

Congrats, Sork, she's beautiful! :D

[woodbert]

Congratulations on the little beauty.

My wife just looked over my shoulder and is now making the I want another face.

[PieterV]

Congrats man! There must be nothing better then the gift of new life. :sungod:

[Elwell]

CA baby brigade +1!
Congratulations!

[Clochette]

Congratulations !! She's lovely! ^^
Take care Sorknes!

[PuppyKitten]

Hm, it looks pretty good, but you should practice your anatomy a little. The lighting isn't very believable either.


PSH! Just kidding. You can totally tell that it's a paintover. ADMIT IT!!!!




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[Sphyzex_9]

awww. congrats.

[Penabled]

Congratulations! Beautiful girl.....is that red hair there? Better watch out ;)

[Sphyzex_9]

Hm, it looks pretty good, but you should practice your anatomy a little. The lighting isn't very believable either.


PSH! Just kidding. You can totally tell that it's a paintover. ADMIT IT!!!!




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Hahahahahha!

[alesoun]

Draw her! Draw her NOW! Once they learn to crawl they're like quicksilver!

That's our games of Scramble out of the window! ;)

Seriously, Sork, she's beautiful! Congratulations!

[Cookiedough]

Congrats Sorky, she looks just like you. Cuuuuuuute! So, now you have her... can i have your husband then? He seems so handy.

[Jazz]

Ahhh, Sorknes, she's precious!! :heart: And expressive!! So cute, I wanna pinch her cheeks!! :D

[Ilaekae]

Sorky' I am SOOOO proud of you... :)

Damn! She sounds like she's almost as big as you... :P

[Stoat]

Beautiful! I'll never make anything so grand :)

[tobbA]

Söt sak :)

Grattis!

[Vehkt]

Congrats both! :)

Despite the fact i've only ever held one baby in my life, it was probably one of the most awesome experiences you could have. Even though it was my ex's-sister's, it still sort of brought about a sense of needing to protect it.

Having your own must make it that much more special.
Though I bet if I ever become a parent i'd be a worrier.

I guess being a worrier is bad :D.

[GhostValkyrie]

Congratulations!! I too agree that children are the greatest masterpieces we can produce. Smith is certainly right; you're hands will be full.

Don't worry though. It's mad fun. :D

[madster]

She is exquisitely beautiful.
Wonderful photos.
Warmest congratulations on such a precious work of art.

~M

[Brashen]

Haahah most excellent. Congrats on the new born. Shes Beautiful.

Message to the baby: Welcome to the world and CA!!

[Carnifex]

omigaawd,so cute! heh,in the second pic she reminds me of an aunt of mine...that expression. congratulations!

[The Crazy Dude SRD]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!

Glad to 'chat' with ya the other day, I hope things went well with ya and I wish you and your 'il one joy and happiness.

Later
Shawn D.

[daestwen]

Yay! She's beautiful, Sork, congrats. :]

[Orunitier]

Congratulations!! What a cutie!

[Serpian]

Aaaaawww.....

Congratulations!

[Grief]

love the name.

[JL.Alfaro]

congratulations!! beautiful baby!!

Like I tell everyone that has a kid here,...soon you will learn to paint with a kid on your lap. you thought it required skill before...just you wait. :P

[Ian Miles]

Calvin: "It´s me mom, your best creation"
Calvin´s Mom: "I´m depressed"

xD

[Atastrophea]

Aww she's beautiful Sork (for a baby) lol Well done you did a really good job of the nose and eyes, I always find them difficult to get JUSTright you know? ;)

Can I make a suggestion?

You know at the end of cool animated films they have a tradition of doing a list of "production babies"?

Could we produce a thread on here were everyone who has/had a baby during their membership on CA posts a little portrait photo along with babies name so we end up with our very own record of CA's production babies?

Just thought it might be a nice thing to do :)

[MJ_Alcazar]

Awww, Sork, she's gorgeous. Congratulations on such a masterpiece. :)

[loveandasandwich]

Oh my oh my oh my oh my she is wonderful! <3 <3

[Ryuartyi]

Congratulations! I love the name and she looks adorable Sork.

[MiniGoth]

WOOHOOO!!

I think that's a lifetime masterpiece you're lookin' at.

[guggemmaneuver]

ooh sork! congratulations on the big addition to yr family! she is lovely! thanks so much for sharing! :)

[GhostValkyrie]

soon you will learn to paint with a kid on your lap. you thought it required skill before...just you wait. :P

This is so true.

[Sorknes]

Thanks a ton you guys! <3

Of course we think she's a beauty, but we're kinda biased. ;)

Peter, her due date was actually yesterday, which would've been her granddads birthday... I tried to hold her in, but I couldn't. ;) Happy belated to you too!


No, Grumble, you cannot eat her. She might try to eat you though, she keeps trying to suck on everything that happens to come nearby. :P

Jessi, nope. But she can have all my best pencils if she wants to! We're thinking about buying her the first set of fingerpaint so we can take imprints of her hands at this small size though. :D

Tangrim, colour scheme seems to be slightly... red. Hehe. Character is open for interpretation for now...

PuppyKitten, I totally admit it. She's a paintover. Of her parents. :P So far at least, hehe. Lol!

Penabled, yep, red hair. Golden red, to be more precise. We're already shivering. She got it from me though... so my husband should know how to deal with it. :P

Alesoun, yeah, if I'm trying to do that TD thing as well, there will be little time for scramble! Lol! I have my pencils and sheets ready whenever I have a lil time though. :)

No, Cookie, you can't have him. He's the one that helps me getting sleep every now and then. :P And he still does the food thing, I think I'd starve if he weren't around. :P

Ilaekae, thanks. Can I say I'm bloody proud myself? :bashful: And she *is* almost as big as me! 50 cms is just lacking 3,3 cms on being a third of my length! O.o

JL Alfaro, I'm already starting to get pretty handy with just one hand, just you wait, I'll do this in no time. ;)

Astrophea, I think the nose and the eyes came out pretty good myself! Lol! A thread like that would be really fun! We've been quite a lot of people popping lately, haven't we? :D

Thanks to all you rest as well! Things are going swell here, we're amazed we're doing as well as we do, hehe.

Here's a couple more photos... With her favourite deity visiting. And with her mum. :)

If anyone wants to follow a blog or something (we're a few that's popped and like to keep an eye on each others spawn...), the pics will be HERE (http://reign.dk/sorknes/blog/)

Thanks again all everybody <3 <3 <3

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[SoufMeng]

WooOOw :O
I wanna make one, how is it done?!

Congratulations! :)

[Sorknes]

Well, it helps if you're two trying to make one. ;) :P The rest is pretty easy, actually... pure instinct! Hehe.

[Grief]

coincidence?
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[alesoun]

Hahahah! Awesome! ;)

[a la bapsi]

aww, she's such a cutie! xD
congratulations!

[Sorknes]

BWAHAHAHA!

When I saw that my water ended up in my nose instead of my tummy! Guess what's my new desktop background! :P

Grief, can I post that on my blog, pretty please?

ROFL!

[Fraz]

Awwww! Congratulations on the little one. I like how someone described the pictures as WIPS. Haha.

[arttorney]

Congratulations.

[Grief]

BWAHAHAHA!

When I saw that my water ended up in my nose instead of my tummy! Guess what's my new desktop background! :P

Grief, can I post that on my blog, pretty please?

ROFL!

of course

[kelly x]

Sorknes, So happy for you and so beautiful!!! Your friend, Kelly

[Aaron Death]

She's an absolutely cutie, kinda remind me of my cousin though.

[TASmith]

Here are two more tips that might help - if you already know then disregard, but these were things I never found in my "how to be a dad with a baby" books, that would've actually helped.

1. When the doctor gives her those vaccines, each one has a side effect of causing a fever, and when the doc wants to give them all at once, then that fever gets really bad - as in your daughter red in the face, crying all night, can't be put down for a second or she starts bawling, total agony. What can help is some infant tylenol. With your doctor's okay, give a dose before the vaccine, and then another later on if she needs it.

2. Part of your daughter's process of development is teeth appearing. Which involves each tooth breaking through the gumline, and blood pouring out her mouth, all accompanied by a lot of pain, crying, and fever. No one told me this, and I completely flipped out the first time it happened. I thought he must've bit his tongue off or something. Don't worry it's normal.