Alliyah Jeanne Shepherd was born at 8:03 a.m. Sept. 12, 2008, to Travis Shepherd and Brandi Thieke, Pierceton. Born at Kosciusko Community Hospital, Warsaw, she weighed 5 pounds, 8-1/2 ounces and measured 19-3/4 inches.
Grandparents are George and Grace Shepherd, Pierceton; Jeff Thieke, Kokomo; and the late Tammy Easterday. Great-grandparents are Joseph and Dorothy Titus, Logansport, and Opal and Jim Poe.
Alliyah joins a sibling, Trayvin Cruse Shepherd, 1.