Jay and Amy Wadding are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter Abby Rae Wadding. Abby was born on Feb. 2, 2014, at 9:42 a.m. at Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea.

She weighed 10 pounds 8 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches long.  She joins her big sister Kayla. Grandparents are Debbie and Bruce Madsen and Roxy and Den Wadding all of Albert Lea. Great-grandparents are Kay Madsen, Duane and Betty Peterson and Alice Rasmusson, all of Albert Lea.

Beth and Chad Barclay of Albert Lea announce the birth of a son, Ryker Robert Rodney-Barclay, on Jan. 20, 2014, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea. Robert weighed 9 pounds and was 21 1/2 inches long. He joins siblings Payne, 10, Payton, 5, and Nate, 5. Grandparents are Marcia and Darv Habben of Albert Lea and Debra and Robert Barclay of Mitchell, Iowa.