The new year appears to be off to a good start. In case anyone missed it on facebook, DeAnne and I have announced that we're going to be having a baby sometime around the middle of July. It's nothing short of a miracle of the Lord and we fully acknowledge it as being something that came straight from Him. After all that we tried, His time has been fulfilled for this and now we're off on the adventure. I can't wait.
We found out about the baby the day before Thanksgiving. So for us, Thanksgiving held some pretty special meaning in 2010. When we finally started telling people at Christmas, one of the questions we got pretty often was "How did you keep it a secret for so long?" The short answer is that it was hard. We wanted to make sure that we were past the most dangerous part of the pregnancy before we started letting it out. We praised God in our hearts and with each other and trusted that He would provide us the right moment to reveal it. There were a couple of people who knew but it was a very, very short list.
Christmas, a time when we celebrate the birth of Jesus, seemed to present itself as the perfect opportunity to share the news. We were in Burke's one day and found some little Auburn baby booties and decided to give a pair to each of our parents. We made sure it was the last present anyone opened and we recorded the reactions with DeAnne's phone. They were pretty priceless.
So that's how the new year started for us. Sharing great news with friends and family. Not a bad start at all.
--Paul
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I am so very excited for you guys. I know God chose this time for a reason and the wait made the forthcoming baby just that much more special. I know you both are going to be great parents and I can't wait to meet the new Dubose member.
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