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Posted by tlbradford (Member # 1232) on March 03, 2011, 12:22 PM:
Here is our new baby boy. Kinring Bradford. Born 1:33 am. 6lbs - 3oz, 18-3/4". He came a few weeks early, and my wife had a difficult pregnancy, but they're doing well.
I get funny looks about his name all the time. Hopefully you Louis Lamour fans recognize the name. In the Sackett novels, Kinring is the first Sackett born in the new world.
Here is the passage that stuck out to me when I read the book, "...the first of my name to be born in the new land, a son who would know no civilization, but only the wilds. He would grow up on woodland paths, riding rough water in a canoe down lonely streams and hunting his own meat in the wilderness. Looking about me I knew I could wish no better life for any man than that I was giving to him. A lonely life, but a wild, free life..."
Although the world is a much different place I will still raise him to love the outdoors, love his country, honor his family, and be a man who follows God. My line of the Bradford family traces back to the Mayflower, so I always felt a connection to the early Sackett novels. I figured all of you outdoorsman would like this.
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on March 03, 2011, 12:30 PM:
Heck, tl, my kids' names are Dalian and Tabor, so no Johnnies here. Met a woman named McCartney (first name) last week and thought what a great name that is. Kinrick is unique and I like it. Good looking kid you have there, too. Congratulations.
Posted by TundraWookie (Member # 1044) on March 03, 2011, 12:31 PM:
Congratulations, that's a great name and good looking baby. I'm happy everything worked out good for the early pregnancy for both him and your wife.
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Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on March 03, 2011, 12:51 PM:
Congratulations, tl. Fine looking son.
You know, (Kirk Douglas pause) I read every Louis Lamour novel ever wrote, until the Sackets. They are great, but for some reason I couldn't get into the Sackets? I don't think I finished the first one. There were a couple I should reread, it's been 25 years or so?
Good hunting. LB
PS anybody ever tell you how much it's going to cost to raise that boy? Just kidding, but guess what? It never stops. And, I mean never.
Posted by Possumal (Member # 823) on March 03, 2011, 02:01 PM:
Fine looking young man. Kudos to you and your wife and special good wishes to him.
Posted by 4949shooter (Member # 3530) on March 03, 2011, 03:18 PM:
Tlb he is a handsome lad.
And it looks like he has the eyes of a rifleman.
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on March 03, 2011, 04:11 PM:
Congrats TL
Beautiful baby boy! Just finished watching the sacketts series from net flix, love Louis lamour.
That is a great passage.
I am on the other end of things just got my fifth grandaughter a couple of weeks back.
Your right Leonard it never stops! But its worth every bit.
[ March 04, 2011, 04:21 AM: Message edited by: Paul Melching ]
Posted by Randy Roede (Member # 1273) on March 04, 2011, 05:17 PM:
Congrats, hard to remember them being so small til you see a newborn again!
Posted by TOM64 (Member # 561) on March 04, 2011, 06:05 PM:
You ought to enlarge that pic and frame it. It has what is important in focus, everything else just kinda fades away...
Congrats!
Posted by Lone Howl (Member # 29) on March 04, 2011, 09:21 PM:
Beautiful baby!! Congrats TL!
Mark
Posted by tlbradford (Member # 1232) on March 04, 2011, 10:45 PM:
Thank you all. I was a little worried that being a little early, and for my wife having such a difficult pregnancy, he may have to spend some time in the hospital. We feel blessed that his health is good and we get to go home tomorrow.
Leonard, the first few Sackett novels he uses an old english style of writing to go along with the time period. If you start at book 4, they read like the rest of his westerns.
Randy, When I went home last night to tuck my 4 and 2 year old girls into bed, they seemed huge. You never remember how tiny they can be.
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on March 05, 2011, 06:52 AM:
Fine lookin' kid you got there. You will, of course, record some of his 'distress cries' for future use............no??
Posted by JoeF (Member # 228) on March 05, 2011, 07:13 AM:
You done done good, TL.
I see you got him decked out in his first set of snow camo. Good thing you got the stretchy kind, winter's almost over and they grow fast!
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