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!
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Dear Jennifer, David, Melody and Valerie,
Congratulations to all of the Tang family on the arrival of their newest bundle of joy! Love his name and he is truly adorable. Glad to hear that Mom is well and that the girls are enjoying being "big" sisters!
Love and hugs,
Nancy
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