On Friday September 24, 2010 we had our 20week ultrasound. We were so excited and had been anticipating this day for many weeks. This was the day we were to find out the gender of our Lil' Shaffa. Throughout the entire pregnancy I have had mixed feelings about whether we were having a boy or a girl. I had heard that my food cravings would indicate the gender of the baby, and my boss, who had twin boys had the same cravings for hot peppers, vinegar and oil dressing, olives, and pickles as I have had. But, another lady that I work with performed the "pencil test" on me which determined that I was having a girl and a third friend that I work with had two dreams throughout my first half of the pregnancy that I was having a girl. She swore upon her psychic abilities and actually had me convinced. Apparently it is a good thing she is not attempting to cash in on these so-called abilities. But, to her credit the only other "baby dream" she'd had previously was regarding her sister's pregnancy who actually did have a girl.
Mike and Brennie were there with me for the appointment and when we were shown the determining view I screamed immediately, "it's a boy!" Mike and Brennie caught on a few seconds later and we were all so happy. I think we all cheered at once. Mike of course had his camera in hand and we were able to capture a few photos before, during, and after our big day. I would like to give a special thanks to the bearer of our good news, Susan the ultrasonographer.
The second we returned to the car, we began making phone calls. We called Mike's mom, "Nona" and she was thrilled to hear that there would be another Shaffor to carry on the name. Later that evening we posted the news on Facebook and were pleased to see overwhelming congratulatory comments. Mike and I truly feel blessed that we have so many people excited for the arrival of our baby. It has really made this journey a pleasure.
