Madelyn Ashton Seales will celebrate her ninth birthday May 17, 2009.

She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Joe Seales of Alabaster and Joyce Greer of Pelham and Mike Greer of Hueytown.

She is the great-granddaughter of Mr. O.C. Ray of Pelham.

Madelyn attends Valley Elementary School in Pelham.