Dan and Emily Pape, Mt. Horeb, announce the birth of their son, Benjamin Harold Pape, at 9:09 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison.
Benjamin weighed 9 pounds, 11 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. He joins two sisters, Elizabeth, 7, and Samantha, 5.
Grandparents are Harry and Sue Pape, Sauk City, and Jim and Geri Wieters, Platteville.
Great-grandmother is Donna Kuchemann, Platteville.

Benjamin’s father is an accounts manager. His mother is a state auditor for Wisconsin.