Michelle Althafer and Aaron Ashley, Pearl City, Ill., are parents of a daughter, Madelynn Leigh Ashley, born Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009 in the Monroe Clinic. Madelynn has a sister, Arielle, 2 1/2. Grandparents are Dave and Sheri Ashley, Lanark, Ill., and Mark Althafer, Freeport, Ill. The great-grandparents are Doris Carr, Freeport, Dorothy Lief, Freeport, Keith and Phyllis Althafer, Warren, Ill., and Leona and Walt Heinze, Greeley, Colo.