It's a boy!

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Found out from my friend last night that his wife gave birth to a baby boy Wednesday morning. It is their first child.

The only sadness is that he is in Canada while his wife and son are still in Africa waiting for their papers to glacially crawl through immigration.

(can’t remember where I grabbed the image from, but I can say, it is very, very hard to find images of happy healthy African children)

Comments

Beth said…
Do u people refer boy to girl in your culture, especially for the first born?

For Asians, there is still this tendency for older folks... b'cos they want the family name to be carried on...
November 19, 2005 2:39 AM
Richard said…
Bee: Canada is a very multicultural society, so there are various preferences for the gender of the first born.

I think the more 'typical' Canadian, really doesn't care.

Certainly, in my own case, I did not care - I just wanted children. I will take as many as the good Lord gives me. Sofia, on the other hand, has interpreted that the Divine intended for us to have only two :(

As for carrying on the family name ... well, Sofia and I both kept our respective surnames. Our children have a hyphenated surname composed of both our surnames.

shinpai shinai: Thanks for dropping by and leaving me a comment. Yes, we all hope he and his family we be soon reunited.
November 19, 2005 6:58 PM
Beth said…
Amen! Children are gifts from God regardless of their sexes. :)
November 21, 2005 1:52 AM
Richard said…
Yes, children are wonderful. When mine were born (I was in the delivery room), I could not help but feel Divine: "I saw and it was good!"
November 21, 2005 12:14 PM
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