Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Little boy

Little boy is now officially Ryan. And his Chinese name is Hoong Xiang En. He is registered as a citizen of this country, and even has an IC number already!

The Xiang En suggestion came from his auntie. And the Ryan, well, let's just say the parents watched a bit too much of ... "and this... is American Idol".

Little boy is now at home. He is two weeks old already. Quite an achievement... last time I kept some fish in an aquarium, didn't survive that long.

We brought him for ultrasound scan of his urinary system in Kota Kinabalu (the one done in Keningau emm... got some doubt). The senior radiologist said it is within normal limits for his age. However, the episode of blood in the urine which is thought to be due to infection is something that needs furthur investigation. So now he is on preventive antibiotics, and may go for an X-ray called MCU later.

The tongue tie is quite mild. He is feeding like a glutton. Probably we will bring him to snip off the tie when he is a bit bigger and fatter.

Seems that the Book makes a big issue about the first-born son.

The LORD said to Moses, "Dedicate all the first-born males to me, for every first-born male Israelite and every first-born male animal belongs to me."
Exo 13:1,2

The first son born to each of us we will take to the priests in the Temple and there, as required by the Law, dedicate him to God. We will also dedicate the first calf born to each of our cows, and the first lamb or kid born to each of our sheep or goats.
Neh 10:36

The time came for Joseph and Mary to perform the ceremony of purification, as the Law of Moses commanded. So they took the child to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, as it is written in the law of the Lord: "Every first-born male is to be dedicated to the Lord."
Luk 2:22,23


And so it is done.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Mike & Irene
I really praise God & thank Him for His faithfulness in answering the myriad of prayers that have been lifted up for lil ryan. glad to know that he's as fit as a fiddle. looking forward to seeing him soon. too bad i missed him @ hospital likas

Anonymous said...

thank you. please continue to pray.

EADotCom said...

Praise God. Will keep praying for all 3 of u. Keep us informed.

Important indeed to dedicate all children, but esp the firstborn. More to come. Keep blessing him!

EADotCom said...

Ummm u going to give him the little snip after all this?

Anonymous said...

I like Ryan also because of American Idol, hahah....
SY

Anonymous said...

good to hear that Ryan is getting better...

so it is done... what?

dedication by circumcision?

Y1

Anonymous said...

which snip are you guys talking about, thehinge and y1?

Anonymous said...

which snip are you guys talking about, thehinge and y1?

Anonymous said...

dedication in temple according to the bible usually means circumcision... sniping of the foreskin of male when 8 days old woh

Y1

Anonymous said...

ouch. let's ask him about it...