Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Every Day, in Every Way, Scrooge is Getting Worse

I decided to take a few days off for Christmas, which made my countdown make no sense, but let's move past that.

Before I get right into the last item of my countdown, I have some great news that my wife and I decided to keep a secret until Christmas:  We're pregnant!  In June, I'm going to be a dad.  My wife doesn't want to know the gender until it is born, so I don't know if I'll be a dad to a little baby boy, or a dad to an adorable baby girl, but I'll be a dad.  I told my primary class of eleven year old boys, and asked if they thought I seemed like a dad, and in unison they all said "no."  I really can't blame them, I don't see myself as a dad either, but I sure will be.  Anyway, we're really stoked.

Which leads into the last thing on my countdown, I love the baby Jesus.  I love that he was born in a manger, and that he had loving earthly parents, and that he is our redeemer, and savior, and advocate, and friend.  I love celebrating that he came here to save me.  I love being reminded that if I were the only person to ever repent and be saved by the Atonement, he'd still have come to this earth, bled on Calvary, and died on Golgotha.  I love remembering that he loves me that much.

This might actually be the root of why I get so sick of Christmas.  If you'll remember all the things I counted on my countdown, very few of them have Jesus roots.  I don't care how many times I hear fake stories about how "The Evergreen Tree stands for everlasting life..."  I still know those stories aren't true.  Evergreen trees in our homes have nothing to do with ever lasting life.  Santa's generosity may remind us of Jesus, but that's not why he is so generous.  We've taken Christ out of Christmas, and that drives me nuts.  Anyway, I did try to love Christmas more this year, and it semi-worked.  I'm still a bit of a Grinch, but I'll try to be better next year.

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

9 comments:

  1. Wow, I'm surprised you guys are going to wait to find out! That's hard! Good luck with that! Whatever you have I'm sure he/she will be adorable!

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  2. Congratulations Paul to both you and your wife. I think that is fabulous. You are a very insightful man, and I have no doubt, that you will be an amazing Dad.

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  3. Congratulations!! Wonderful happy news. I only with I was blogging this very same thing. But this isnt about me. I'm totally stoked for you! I agree about Christmas. People have forgotten what it really is all about. Well WE still say grace at our table anyway :)

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  4. Whoa, dude, that's great news! Congrats to you both. Happy New Year!!!

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  5. @Katie
    Yeah, we'll see if Bri holds out. I'm happy enough knowing...

    @AG
    Thanks for the confidence boost. To be honest, whenever I think about being a dad, I don't feel very insightful.

    @Alittlesprite
    When I posted this I actually thought of you and hoped you wouldn't be offended (I don't know you super well, so I wasn't sure if you would be). Thanks for being happy for us, and for saying grace. :)

    @Vinny

    Happy knew year to you too, and thanks. :)

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  6. NO! Not offended at all. Every baby is a miracle and I am genuinly happy for you :)

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  7. Oh good. Thanks for your happiness. :)

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