On April 14, 2007, God blessed us with another child...this time a son. Jennifer gave birth at 1:19 AM and we named our son Paxon Ren Tang. Many people have asked about the name...so here's an explanation. First, we wanted the baby's name to start with a "P" because we already have Melody and Valerie (and the first initials of the three kids would be M.V.P.!). Paxon is a variant of Paxson. Pax means Peace in Latin and so this name means "son of peace." It reflects his personality somewhat as he was quite peaceful during the pregnancy -- a squirmy little thing inside Jennifer's womb -- he did not kick Jennifer much. :-) Ren is the transliteration of the word "Ren3-Nai4" (忍耐), which means "Patience" in Chinese -- this is the 4th fruit of the Spirit and follows Joy (Melody's middle name), and Peace (Valerie's middle name is "Ann" -- somewhat of a transliteration for the character for peace -- "An" (安) in Chinese).
Melody and Valerie have been great big sisters so far. They keep on wanting to hold their little "di-di" (弟弟) and to look at him. Jennifer is doing well and recovering from the relatively quick labor. She'll be home tomorrow!
