This past week we found out if we are having a boy or girl!! I am assuming it's not a surprise for many people anymore as most people reading this are clicking on from my Facebook site. I was so excited... I felt like a little kid waiting for Christmas, or going to Disney World the next day- hardly able to even sleep!
I had designs for a boy or girl nursery picked and approved by Shaun, and we even decided on names too! Theme for a boys nursery would be aviation with sky blue walls that I would learn to paint clouds onto. Soothing for me, blue for a boy, and aviation for Shaun (who is a private pilot). For a girl, turquoise room with pink Japanese cherry blossoms and white accents. I wanted a unique nursery, not one that every other set of parents could do and as my sister volunteered to make the baby bedding, the sky was the limit!
Names we made harder on ourselves than we needed too. We wanted to carry on our middle names (Alexander for a boy, Lynn or Lynette for a girl), so that was easy. We each had a name for one gender we have loved for years, but instead of settling on them right away, we searched the internet and made a list of all the names we both liked and the meanings. What's in a name? Well, it needs to sound good, mean something awesome, and in our case, not be names that are super popular. Final decision was to go to the names we picked out before we even knew each other: Gabriel (my pick) Alexander or Evelynn (Shaun's pick) Marie. (My middle name was already in the first name, so we choose the best sounding name from one of our grandmothers.)
The big day arrived and we took our video camera to the ultrasound so we could share the moment with family and friends. My youngest brother, a very gifted young man if I do say so myself, said he would edit the video and add music to it for us as we are not the most tech savvy couple you will meet. We couldn't wait to see what he would make for u!
Below is the video- the only thing that wasn't caught on tape was Shaun fist-pumping behind the camera a few seconds after we found out the gender for sure. We hope you enjoy the video as much as we do!
Gabriel Alexander McAfee - It is so amazing being able to pray for him by name, call him by name when talking in conversation, and talking to him. So far Shaun does this more than I do, I need to get moving on it. I cannot wait to practice painting clouds and complete the nursery- so many people have made us feel so loved, volunteering to make blankets, complete bed sets, wall hangings, name frames, quilts, keepsake measuring charts, afgans, baby food cook books, and more! Thank you to all of you who have been excited with us along the way.
Gabriel: "Strong man of God" Alexander: "Defender of men"
