Ryder Kraus

Brendan and Tina Kraus of Marion announce the birth of a son, Ryder James, at 12:41 p.m. Feb. 18 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.

He weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and was 19¾ inches long.

His sisters Taryn, 3, and Dylan, 1, welcomed him home.

Don and Vickie Kraus of Marion and Gary and Donna Wood of St. Paul are his grandparents. Rita Kraus of Marion and the late Raymond Kraus, Francis Grosdidier of St. Paul and the late Sara Grosdidier, and Georgia Wood of Broken Bow, Okla., and the late Charles Wood are the great-grandparents.