Mahmoud and Stephanie Hafez, Monroe, are the parents of a girl, Amara Mahmoud, born Jan. 2, 2014 at Monroe Clinic hospital, Monroe. She joins a brother, Austin, 5. Grandparents are Jarrod and Tammy Koch, Cassville, and Hafez Ameen and Reda Khalaf, Cairo, Egypt. Great-grandparents are Jim and Barb Spencer, Richland Center, and William and Rae Jean Mick, Richland Center.