Say hello to...

... Grace Riley.

We are so excited that we finally decided on a name, y'all. 

I've actually had Grace picked out since I was twelve.  I just never could get over its elegance, simplicity, and Christian undertones.  Thankfully, Micah likes it too (it would have been World War Three if he didn't... ;)).  But we struggled a lot with middle names because it seemed like very few things flow with one-syllable first names. 

I was pretty in love with Grace Caroline, but Micah vetoed that.  Micah liked Grace Kennedy, but I eventually vetoed that.  We both really loved Grace Cameryn, and we actually almost went with that one, but we challenged ourselves to try and come up with a middle name that had a little more meaning.  Grace is kind of a family name (my great-grandmother's name was Gracie), and I loved the idea of having a middle name that also had some significance to us. 

We were driving down the road one day, and it occurred to me that Riley would be a combination of my first name (Ryan) and Micah's middle name (Lee).  When I suggested it to Micah, he loved it.  We slept on it for several days and eventually agreed that our little girl was definitely Grace Riley.  I hope she grows to love her name as much as we do.

And, of course, now that she has a name...

... let the monogramming begin. :)