Alyssa Grace Simerl was born at 3:04 a.m. Aug. 9, 2008, to Misty and Tyler Simerl, Winona Lake. Born at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne, she weighed 2 pounds, 7.8 ounces, and measured 13-3/4 inches.
Grandparents are Marlen and Rachel Waldridge and John and Terri Stump, all of Warsaw, and Jeff and Judy Simerl, Sunnyside Wash. Great-grandparents are Bob and Leona Russell, Bedford; Ken and Deidra Pitman, Lafayette; and Garland Dobb, Zephyr Hills, Fla.
Alyssa joins a brother, Alexander, and a sister, Emma, 5.
