Ryan "The Tank" Runolfson

Well, yesterday I took Ryan to the dr. for a weight check.
I just had to know how big is is now.
You will not believe it!
He weighed 16 lbs 4 ozs, almost double his birth weight at two months old!
His weight is not the 90th or 95th %...no it is off the charts!
This is the good part, his cousin Aiden (who is almost exactly 7 mos older) weighs
17 lbs 8 ozs, only 1 lb 45 ozs more than my not so little baby!
I measured him at 25 1/2 inches, which for your info, is also off the charts for a 2 month old.
I guess he preparing for his future as a linebacker!

Tribute to Peaches

I am so excited for Peach Days coming up this weekend!
I am peach lover and a huge fan of Peach Days!
We go up every year to Brigham to celebrate...I think I have only missed on year
and that was while I was on my mission.

My parents neighbor and my old sunday school teacher has a big peach orchard.
He always saves peaches for me...THANKS GEORGE!
I just ate some of his peaches and they are the BEST!

It seems I have transferred my love of peaches to my daughter.
A few days ago I cut some peaches for us to snack on and she kept saying more
until we had eaten 5 peaches in one sitting.
We can't wait for Peach Days!

By the way, we are huge fans of the Canadian Harmony variety.
The Canadians did something right I guess!

Report on August

We did a lot of fun things in August even though it takes us a
long time to get going and get out the door.
I am not used to this 2 kid thing!
We are lucky to have the three of us ready by noon! Sad, huh?

We did venture out to Thanksgiving Point with some friends.
The kids had a great time petting the animals, riding the wagon, and
playing in the water by Noah's Ark.

Ellie, Ashley, McKayla, Jaden, & Rylee

I also wanted to show you just how fast my baby is growing.
At church he is bigger than the three month old babies, and he is only 7 wks.
Here is a nice shot of his back fat.

Here is Ryan with his Uncle Ryan.
Can you read the shirt?
It says "If you think I'm cute, you should see my uncle!"

Our ward hosted a Daddy-Daughter Date.
Ellie was so excited to get dressed up for the 70's theme and go...
but not as excited as Jud was, obviously.

Some of the other fathers kept their kids away from Jud!

Here is Ryan trying out some of the dress ups too!

We took a fun trip to the park with Lisa, Michelle, and Aiden.
Here are the kids swinging.

Ryan had his first swing on a big swing with sissy's help!
Aiden is a big boy now and can swing himself.

Here is an adorable shot of my boy.
Is he the cutest or what?

Photoshoot

My friend Whitney did a little photoshoot with my cute kids! She did an awesome job and was way more patient than a studio would have been. Thanks Whit!
Here is some of her work!

A busy month...

We had a busy, but GREAT July!
Having a new baby at home is so great, but challenging.
Ryan is growing up so fast, and Ellie seems so much older now that we have a baby in the house.
Our little family feels more like a family with 4!
Ryan has been a good baby except for about the last week when we found out that he is allergic to my milk.
No worries, you know me and my alternative medicine.
We took him in for accupuncture and ZD treated him.
He should be better by 7pm tonight!
I can't wait...it breaks my heart to see him fussy!
Getting up at night is hard, but worth it!
Here are some photos of Ryan in this last month.
He is already getting cheeks!

Ellie really has been a lifesaver for me this month.
She is almost always willing to run and grab a diaper or burp cloth for me.
We have not had too many issues with her being jealous.
Just a few times she wants me to take care of her FIRST!
She has had a ton of fun this month.
A couple of trips to Shady, a few nights at Grandma & Papa's house (when Jud went to scout camp), a baseball game, a new brother to play with and love, and lots more fun!
Here is the proof!

One more funny thing that I finally got on video.
Kind of hard to hear, but very worth it!

Just a few more photos...

Daddy is soooo proud!
Here is his Jazz fan!

Aunt Michelle can't believe babies are so tiny!
Hers has gotten big.

Uncle Jared & Ryan.

Ellie & brother wearing their matching shirts.
Grandpa Runolfson got them.
Hers says "I am the big sister"
& his says "I am the little brother".

Grandpa R & Ryan.

Grandma R & Ryan.

Daddy's Little Boy!

Papa holding his newest grandchild.

Grandma loving baby Ryan!

Ryan Packer Runolfson is here!

Ryan was born July 8, 2008

at 11:15 am.

He weighed 8 lbs 3 ozs

and was 20.5 inches long!

Here he is!

Ryan & Uncle Ryan!

Ryan & Uncle Josh!
Ryan, Mom, & Ellie!


Ryan & MOM!

Ryan with Aunt Lisa!
Ryan and Aunt Amy!

We had more visitors on our first day.
Grandma & Papa Packer, Grandma & Grandpa R, Michelle, Aiden, & Jared.
There will be more photos to come!

El Pollo Loco

Opening Day at El Pollo was CRAZY!!!
We had some great food,
talked to the owner who is a friend of my Dad's from California,
& got some photos with the chicken.

Opening Day at El Pollo was CRAZY!!!
We had some great food,
talked to the owner who is a friend of my Dad's from California,
& got some photos with the chicken.

A June Update!

This may be the last post before our new addition comes along.
I am scheduled to be induced on the 8th if he doesn't come before then.

Here is a recap of our June!

Ellie had some fun with her NEW paints.
She doesn't have much paint left.
She doesn't know whether to smile or be scared of getting in trouble!

Ellie had her first swimming lessons.
She took with her friends Rocco, Mackenna, & Jacob.
The teacher was super strict (all the parents were scared of her) but very effective!
Ellie learned a lot!

We spent a day with Grandma & Papa!
We had so much fun!
They took us on the new FrontRunner train to downtown SLC.
We played at the Gateway all day!
The cousins had fun in the fountain!

Another fun day, we spent at Wheeler Farm.
There are lots of good photo spots there.

I have a couple more things to post, but we will see if they get done before or after the boy is born! We are way excited to have another boy in the family!

Funny things!

Because I pretty well use this as my journal, I need to record a couple of funny things that Ellie has said to us.
4 year olds are hilarious!

We were driving home from the Dr. a few days ago and Jud was whistling.
Apparently, Ellie didn't like it because she said, "Cut it out, Dad!"
Jud continued to whistle, and instead of getting upset, Ellie said, "Can I sing you guys a song?"
I told her she could.
She started singing, "Shut up and drive, drive, drive..."

Another good one...

While we were in St. George with my family, we were all sitting around eating breakfast.
Ellie says to my sister-in-law, "Trish, can I have a word with you?"
What kind of 4-yr-old talks like that?

That's all for now, but I wanted to get them recorded before I forget!

St George May 08

We had a great time in St George!
Here is our proof!
We stayed in an awesome house and did a lot of swimming and hiking.

Who said TV is bad?

This is funny...I had to share it!
This morning Ellie went in to go potty and tooted on the toilet.
I said, "Did you have a little toot?"
She said, "It was diminuendo...that means really quiet."
Thanks Little Einstein!

President Packer

My dad is a Stake President up in Brigham City. Last weekend was his Stake Conference and President Boyd K. Packer came to preside. He is my Dad's uncle. Naturally my entire family went up to be supportive and visit. It was a great conference! After the conference we got the chance to visit with Pres. Packer for a few minutes as a family and get some photos taken. Ours turned out great! Better than expected! He usually doesn't smile for photos, but we got lucky! Take a look!

Tulip Festival

We went to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point this week.
There were not a lot of tulips, but it was still pretty in the gardens.
It was a great day too!
Grandma, Papa, Michelle, Aiden, Mom , & Ellie all had fun and got some good exercise.

Ellie even posed for a few photos, which is not like her.
She does not like to get her picture taken.