Melanie Malinowski and Chris Bird, Winslow, are parents of a daughter, Ava Kirsten Bird, born Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008 in the Monroe Clinic, Monroe.

Ava has a sister, Piper Lee Bird, 2.

Grandparents are Audrey Barker, Dakota, and Karen Jackson, Boulder City, Nevada. The great-grandmother is Madeline Zeld of West Virginia.