Eric and Janelle Eckdhal, Monroe, are parents of a daughter, Althea Marie, born Thursday, March 30, 2009. Althea weighs 7 pounds and is 21 inches long. She has a brother, Connor, 1 1/2. Grandparents are Ken and Heather Curtis, Shullsburg, and Jeff and Mary Eckdhal, Downers Grove, Ill. Great-grandparents are Joseph Hunley, Antioch, Ill., Doris Eckdhal, Park Ridge, Ill., and Denise Connors, Chicago, Ill.