I WAS BORN: Nov. 8, 2008, in St. Luke's hospital.
MY PARENTS ARE: Kalli and Jeff Manion of Superior.
MY GRANDPARENTS ARE: Conrad and Patrice Erickson and Barbara Manion, all of Superior, and the late William P. Manion.
MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS ARE: Lorraine Miller of Duluth; Helen Manion and Vernette Nystrom, both of Superior; and the late J.L. Miller, Donald and Helen Erickson, William J. Manion and Willard Nystrom.
MY PARENTS CHOSE THIS NAME BECAUSE: We like the name Madeline, which is after her great aunt. Her middle name is after her grandmother.
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PARENTS' WISH OR ADVICE: We wish you love and happiness. Remember you can be whatever you can be and always dream big.
SOMETHING SPECIAL: Just as you were being born, Mommy looked out the window and saw the first snowflakes of the year beginning to fall.