When's Your Turn?

Within a month of getting married, my mother-in-law called to ask if I was pregnant yet. We've been married 6 years, and the questions have not stopped from family and family friends. Most of my friends know better than to ask, because they know that the question is redundant and that they will get a scowl in return. I'm not so fortunate with some family friends who insist on asking me and telling me that I should have lots of babies, though I've repeatedly said "no." The tricky thing is, due to cultural reasons, I can't very well tell them to shove it, no matter how annoying it is.

My dad is okay about the B-word, and respects my personal life and decisions, but he could not help himself recently when I told him that my brother- and sister-in-law just had a baby girl. With some (not much) self-restraint, he finally asked "so, when's your turn?"

For my brother-in-law's baby, I sent them some onesies that Linh and I made when she visited. We borrowed some ideas and created our own as well, and then I designed and edited the images on my Photoshop program. We printed the images on some transfers I had purchased to make sewn labels for my stuff. Because my BIL is a huge soccer fan, I made one to resemble a player's jersey, with Barcelona's logo in front and the last name on the back.


In addition to the cute and personalized onsies, I also knitted my new niece a pair of T-strap booties and a matching hat out of some yarn. I didn't have enough of the right kind of buttons for the booties, so I improvised and put different buttons on each side.

Pattern: T-strap Baby Booties (my own) and Hat set
Yarn: 1 skein hand-painted fingering yarn, 50 %wool, 50 %silk (I purchased from a local yarn supplier that does not have a national or commercial label, nor does it carry this yarn anymore.)
Notes: I'm working on finalizing the pattern and trying it with other more commonly available yarns. I haven't decided whether to post here or sell on my Etsy shop, but if you're interested in it, email me and I'll let you know when I'm done with it.


I wrapped the gifts in some tissue paper and tied it with a really cute farm animal ribbon. I still haven't heard whether my BIL and his wife received or even like the gift. However, I'm sure they're too busy with their first baby, all the dirty diapers, and trying desperately to catch up on sleep!


My mother- and father-in-law will be here sometime in August and through part of September. I don't think I will be able to escape that dreaded question. Maybe they'll be so excited about the new baby that they will forget to ask. Well...one can hope.