As you may infer, I'm somewhat excited.
I'm also frantically knitting a Christening shawl. The baby is due in mid-May. I am a slow knitter. It is a big shawl. Jean Miles, come here, I need you.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Incoming Stork
There's something I've been wanting to say for quite some time, and now that my sister has made the official announcement in her blog, I can speak up.
As you may infer, I'm somewhat excited.
I'm also frantically knitting a Christening shawl. The baby is due in mid-May. I am a slow knitter. It is a big shawl. Jean Miles, come here, I need you.
As you may infer, I'm somewhat excited.
I'm also frantically knitting a Christening shawl. The baby is due in mid-May. I am a slow knitter. It is a big shawl. Jean Miles, come here, I need you.
Congratulations Franklin! Such wonderful news for you (and your sister of course).
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!! Such wonderful news for your sister and for you too!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I'm waiting impatiently for my sister to tell me I'm going to be an aunt, in large part so I can get knitting, too!
ReplyDelete(Also, love the chair photograph.)
Mazel tov u'simil tov!
ReplyDeleteCongrats!!! Is this your first time?
ReplyDeleteCongrats! And you get to do another Baby Surprise Jacket!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats all 'round & enjoy the experience. Lucky baby to be so loved & wanted already.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! What a lucky kid he/she will be.
ReplyDeleteOh, the fun you're in for.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
The best news, for a slow knitter, is that baby items are small. The worst news for a slow knitter is that the baby itself will grow larger at a prodigious rate.
ReplyDeleteKnit about six months in advance of current size, as best you can manage...or knit blankies, animals, and other things that don't depend on sizing. Hats are great. They fit for a long time.
Many good wishes!! (My "word verification" is "huahu," which sounds like it may be Hawaiian for "May your future niece and/or nephew enjoy many years of great conversation and occasional conspiracy to deceive parents with Uncle Franklin.") I love how Hawaiian can pack so much meaning into one word.
Congratulations!!!
ReplyDeleteJust think of all the fun and wonderful hand knit stuff that little one will own!
You'll make it!! And you will be an awsome Uncle!!
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Babies are such fun!
ReplyDeleteCongratas to the lucky parents and the soon-to-be uncle!
Congratulations. Can't wait to see the stuff you'll be knitting now.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! That is such exciting news. I'm sure you'll be a great uncle.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! How exciting! It will be fun!
ReplyDeleteKnit some baby socks. Out of cashmere. I did that for a first-time uncle who had bought out the toy stores. He was pleased.
ReplyDeleteOh... and congratulations!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Uncle Franklin. Your whole family must be over the moon. Babies rock.
ReplyDeleteWhat excellent news! Ah, the christening shawl...and all those EZ baby items...and maybe you found a sterling silver beauty (like a rattle or cup or 1st flatware set, etc.) in Santa Fe? And sheep for cuddles....
ReplyDeleteCongrats!! Do we get to call you "Unkie" now?
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Franklin! How you must love your sister to knit her a Christening shawl. Oh, the fun you will have.
ReplyDeleteHooray! I love nieces and nephews- all the toys and fun, none of the poop. I'm quite certain you'll enjoy these privileges properly. Congratulations to your whole family!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Oh what fun is in store. :-)
ReplyDeleteOh, AWESOME!!! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!!
ReplyDeleteHappy news for you and the family! I'm an only child and I just became an auntie this year and I love my nephew dearly! I wish you much joy and luck with the knitting.
ReplyDeleteCONGRATULATIONS!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeletec*OnG*tU*laTi*OnS!
ReplyDeleteAll the fun and none of the fuss of being the actual parent.
Oops! I'm at work. That's supposed to say "Congratulations." But real fancy like.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeleteRosane.
Congratulations; to you because an uncle is a wonderful thing to be and also to your new niece or nephew because they're going to benefit from so much knitted love.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations; to you because an uncle is a wonderful thing to be and also to your new niece or nephew because they're going to benefit from so much knitted love.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations; to you because an uncle is a wonderful thing to be and also to your new niece or nephew because they're going to benefit from so much knitted love.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! To you and your sister! That child will get spoiled silly with beautiful knits!
ReplyDeleteWow, SO cool! I feel the same way about becoming an auntie!!! :D
ReplyDeleteFabulous news - be prepared to fall in love BIG time. My two WALK all over my sister (their favourite auntie), and she's one tough cookie.
ReplyDeleteOh - start to buy stain proof clothing (for yourself!), and be prepared to knit in (whisper)acrylic (it really HAS to be washable, take my word for it)
Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeleteWheee, congrats! Love the cartoon too.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!! I absolutely adore being an aunt--it's almost as good as being a grandparent! Congratulations to you AND your sister!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! One of my friends and I are both due in May as well. Apparently among fetuses this is the "in" time to be born. ;)
ReplyDeleteWell, having already proffered my congrats, let me just tell you that being the favorite uncle is a very rewarding gig. All the adulation and very few of the headaches.
ReplyDeletewhat happy news! congratulations to your family!
ReplyDeletea thought for your sister: i had my older son in mid-may, and my younger son in late december. i can say from experience that may is a great time to have a baby. you can take the baby outside without spending an hour getting the little angel dressed, it's not flu season so you're not worried about the angel contracting RSV, you don't have to be hugely pregnant in the heat of the summer...
Contrats! Yea!!!
ReplyDeleteAt least the Christening shawl won't be as large as The Ruana . . . will it???
And now you get to knit &/or design all those wonderful baby things!!!
Lucky kid . . . gets to have you for an uncle.
Congratulations Franklin and family!
ReplyDeleteDe-lurking to wish you felicidades! on your wonderful news! Under what lucky star was this child conceived? Knitted warm fuzzies from "Uncle Franklin"!(P.S. Tell Dolores to watch the language and smoking...not good for baby!):)
ReplyDeleteSquee! A baby! How wonderful!
ReplyDeleteDon't let Dolores baby-sit.
Congratulations Franklin, Sue and Sue's husband! Many blessings to you all.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Uncle Franklin!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! You will love being an uncle. I love being an aunt. Oh, this site is fun for getting ideas for baby knitting. bloggybabybumpers.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteCongrats! (Nice knitting in public story, too.)
ReplyDeleteMazel Tov
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, both to you and your sister. Can't wait to see all the cute baby stuff you'll be knitting. And I'm very eager to see the christening shawl too. You'll be an amazing uncle.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! "Uncle Franklin"...has a nice ring to it. Hey, I was listening to the Cast-On podcast last nite and heard your story. Very nice. I enjoyed it very much. Squeaky voice? Nope. Sounded just fine to me.
ReplyDeleteOh, Franklin, how wonderful. Congratulations to your sister. (Incidentally, you get the fun part of this whole baby thing. Pick 'em up, take 'em somewhere fun, spoil 'em rotten, feed 'em sugar, take 'em home.)
ReplyDeleteYou are going to be one COOL uncle! Bet you bring all the good toys!
ReplyDeleteHow exciting! What a lucky niece or nephew you'll have...hey is this this reason for the baby surprise sweater earlier this year?
ReplyDeletep.s. encourage her to use a doula :)
Congrats on your pending unclehood! How's Dolores going to take it, though? Will she be jealous?
ReplyDeleteCongrats!! As a recent (7 months) aunt, I can totally relate. I knit a bunch of the MDK bibs for my niece and they were VERY well received by my brother and SIL - they actually work and absorb, which the "storebought" bibs don't... if you're looking for a little break from the shawl knitting...
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Franklin, to you and your sister! Of course your parents, too; they must be excited about becoming grandparents shortly. That's going to be one lucky nephew or niece, having such a sweetheart of an uncle.
ReplyDeleteAnd I have to thank you for the cartoon. I've always wanted to see someone shouting news from a rooftop! You've fulfilled a lifelong ambition of mine. ;) Although that bird looks rather nervous...
I'm very happy for you, your sister and her hubby! The child is very fortunate to have such a talented, sensitive, thoughtful, and humorous uncle. I wonder where Delores fits into the family picture? Will she be "auntie Delores"? What does she think of all this?
ReplyDeleteyou lucky duck! you get a baby to knit for! that is going to be one well dressed child, between you and your sister knitting!
ReplyDeleteMany, many warm congratulations! There is a lovely "uncle song" called "Song for a Borrowed Child". If you would like to listen to it, it's here http://amos.adajessup.com/MMario/MMario.html (at the bottom of the page.) The author/singer is a guy who knits, too.
ReplyDeleteWhoo! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to the Habit clan! And that of your bro-in-law, of course.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I've no great desire to be a parent, I LOVE being an aunt. You can spoil your niece/nephew then send them, hyperactive on food colouring & sugar, back to their parents. Because you're never the disciplinarian you're always Cool. (I've had a serious discussion of the hunting habits of birds of prey with a 7-year-old.) You can take revenge on all your sister's evil deeds as a kid by buying her child the most annoying (for her), wonderful (for the kid) toy you can find.
Enjoy!
Yea for you! I just found out I will be an aunt. The first thing I did was get out the baby pattern books! I also went to Baby Rocks Records web page and got way to many Lullabye CDs!
ReplyDeleteAnd not just the knitted warmth; think of the STORIES! And the pictures! And the spiritual lessons you will learn with and from the little one and share with him or her and your adoring readers!
ReplyDeleteAll the best reasons to overuse exclamation points.
Congratulations!!!! I love babies.
ReplyDeleteOh pookie, congrats to you and your sister! im sure the little kid will be recieving lots of knitted lovin..... :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Franklin!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lucky bub to have such a talented knitter for an Uncle!
and artist! and major blogger!
....
Many congratulations on this amazing blessing!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on becoming an uncle. And might I say, what a wonderful gift...a christening shawl. What a lucky baby.
ReplyDeleteMarlyKnits
www.knitthing.blogspot.com
Congratulations! I love being an Aunt, it's way better than being the kids parent. You get to wind 'em up, knit 'em stuff, play checkers, read books, make up stuff and play dress-up and then, when the kid makes any sort of fuss or noise (or smell) you just give them back to their father!
ReplyDeleteYou're going to be great at this.
Congratulations!!!
ReplyDeleteI love being an Aunt.
And I loved (still do) my Uncles, they were so cool... Your niece/nephew is going to love having you as his/hers.
Do you still have the Glencora baby shawl that you (I thought) stashed away? Sue F.
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