And you, my child, shall be called . . .

After much discussion, not unusual in these instances, and the test driving of new names each week, we have settled on the perfect (naturally, we think so!) name for our Ethiopian princess:

Miriam Arline Manas

Miriam is a Hebrew name, used by many Africans too. It has a few meanings, though our favorite, and especially appropriate, is "wished for child" -- how perfect is that!

Arline was the name of Eric's grandmother who passed away a couple years ago.

We simply cannot wait to be able to share her photo with everyone!  We are of course biased but several slightly less biased admirers agree, she may just be the most beautful baby ever, for real!