Scott and Shelley Parrell, Cross Plains, are parents of a son, Grant James, born Friday, April 4, 2008 at Meriter Hospital, Madison. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. Grant has a brother, Reed Joseph Parrell, 2. Grandparents are Jon and Bonnie Mau, Gratiot, and Steve and Barb Parrell of Black Earth.