Announcing.....

         Kyah Gracelin Marie Klaasen
   We are not allowed to post her picture yet, but are excited to share her name!  We decided to pick an American name for her, well, sort of.  We were relying on the hope that she'd come with an Ethiopian name that was easy to pronounce and spell.  Since that was not the case, we have been going over our ever growing girl-name-list.  We seriously had over 20 names on it!  
     After we realized that Kyah is actually an African name...that was it!  The name has been at the top of our list and the fact that it's origin is from where hers began, it seemed like the perfect fit!  
Kyah means "diamond in the sky".  And that is what she is to us, our little gem!   
We've always loved the name Grace but didn't feel we could "use" that same name that so many of our friends have chosen.  We added the "lin" part since it's a strong family name.  (My mom, "Lin", my middle name "Lynn" and Jordan's middle name jack"lin").  And, Marie we just always liked.  Very feminine.  Actually my dad began calling our little girl "Mary" months ago when he referred to her, thinking that we would continue naming our kids Bible names! 

That's her.  Kyah Gracelin Marie Klaasen!