Births

Mercy Medical Center

DES MOINES — Rob and Tessa Hull of Creston are parents of a daughter born Dec. 10, 2012. Madilyn Faye Hull weighed 8 pounds, 14 ounces and 21 1/2 inches long.

Grandparents are Shaun and Cindy Kelley of Afton and Steve and Carolyn Boswell of Derby.

Great-grandparents are Victor and Betty Wager of Creston, Paul Kelley of Afton, William Cole of Creston and Dorothy Carney of Weldon.

Brothers are Bryce, 7, and Caylon, 4.

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Iowa Methodist Medical Center

DES MOINES — Nathan Kessler and Jennifer Johnson-Lemmer of Des Moines are parents of a daughter born Jan. 9, 2013. Avery Lyn Kessler weighed 5 pounds, 7 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches long.

Grandparents are Rick and Trudy Johnson of Mason City, Alan Kessler of Des Moines and Pam Kessler of Grinnell.

Great-grandparents are Darlene Espland of Forest City, Phyllis Merritt of Chase, Kan., and Gary and Carolyn Kessler of Creston.