Our Week in numbers.

1. One brand new baby girl, Andrea Dae.

2. Two tired and adjusting parents.

3. Triple A - top shelf... wear you out daughters.

4. Four new chickens that are starting to lay eggs. (replacing our old ones that met an untimely end)

5. Five days since 1,2, and 3 altered our lives for ever.

6. Six am on the 19th. This was the point when we were not sure if we would have to have a C-Section because of the baby's position. This is also the point when Naomi's water just happened to break causing nurses to start running.

7. Seven thirty. This is about the time I normally start getting the girls ready for bed. With the new baby I have started tucking Adelyn in with Annaka. The last three nights this technique has been more successful than I could ever have imagined. Before Andrea was born Adelyn was sleeping with us, between us and on us. She is so far our biggest snuggler and I love that dearly. However, this was not going to work with a new baby in bed (Seemingly huge Adelyn sleeping on top of tiny new baby could give me nightmares). This whole transition to Annaka's bed has been an amazing blessing. So far I attribute this to how much Adelyn adores her older sister, Annaka loves her little sister, and a blessing from a higher power.

8. Eight twenty eight in the morning on the 19th Andrea was born in grand fashion. She plopped out and was ready for the world, alert and eyes wide open. Amazingly she was wide awake and alert for over an hour enjoying all the space she was now able to stretch into.

9. Nine, the number of Edwards family cousins. (as soon as my sister Carrie has her baby... at any timenow).

10. (actually is the exact time right now but that seems like cheating) Number of soups that Wha Sun has made for Naomi in the past 5 days. Disclaimer: This may not be exact... I just know it is a lot, and greatly appreciated, another blessing.

20. Twenty fingers and toes. It is hard not to count fingers and toes once that baby pops out.

39. The number of kisses I received today... Boy this could add up after a while! (Probably 30 would be from Adelyn alone. She has a big transition to live through and she seems to be taking it in stride.)

57. Fifty seven diapers changed... or something crazy like that. Forgot how many diapers an infant can go through when they are the size of a football and their stomach is the size of an egg.

147. Number of pictures I have taken of our new baby. I probably should take more than that!

1,200. Twelve hundred, the number of hours of sleep I have lost because my (now three) daughters.

10,000. The number of hours I expect I will loose to my three daughters by the time they are all over 20 (Lord willing).

Infinite. Infinite in amount of love I have for my family and the blessings they give me each and every day.

Andrea Dae

We are very glad to announce the arrival of Andrea Dae! She was born on October 19th at 8:28 am. And, she didn't come a minute too soon for me. At 20in long and 7lbs and 7oz she was my largest baby by nearly a pound!

I am fully convinced Andrea was trying to come about a week earlier than she did. For five days I had been experiencing quite a few contractions in the evenings and middle of the night. At this point I was still working and trying to survive off of less and less sleep. However, she finally came and we are happy to have a healthy baby girl that adds tremendously to our family. Annaka and Adelyn are completely in love with our new addition. They both have a hard time keeping their hands off their new baby sister.

I am trying to recover as fast as I can so I can keep up with three kiddos! This is proving to be a challenge right now as Andrea was definitely the toughest on me. So, hopefully, I will be back up and running as soon as possible.

Thank you to all of our family that has kept us in much needed prayer! You have been a blessing to us on a tough journey to get Andrea here. The Lord has blessed us beyond measure and we are still taking it all in. I don't think we even know how good this life is.

And now for a few pictures. :)

First we have Adelyn happy to see momma and a little interested in the new baby.

A very proud momma. She is a trooper and wonderful woman.

Sisters adoring their new addition.

Annaka was very interested in her sister. The first question she asked is how the doctor was able to get the baby out of mommy's tummy. (This picture is actually the first time she was able to see her little sister)

Baby Andrea.

Adelyn has had to adjust the most. She really wanted some mommy attention. We tried to do our best.

One of many kisses this day.

Andrea a nice pinky yellow.

Beautiful momma enjoying the moment.

Daddy playing with some little fingers.

A proud and tired daddy.

My arms full of daughters.

Annaka getting to hold Andrea.

Grandma Barkley's turn.

Yawn..

A head full of dark hair.

Grandma Edwards' turn.

Color-*er-Counting Sheep

As we were getting Adelyn for bed last night Annaka was practicing all that she has been learning in pre-school. Leaving our master bedroom into the living room Naomi called out "Annaka you need to get ready for bed!" I quickly returned to the bedroom to let Naomi know bedtime was pretty much a done deal. I then headed for the camera. Annaka had fallen asleep coloring in her Korean styled coloring book and on a sheep no less (a gift from her aunt 'T'). We enjoyed a laugh or two at the sight. Then after her photo shoot I grabbed her pajamas and then her. As I was lifting her up she told me "ahh...mm...I am ready ... for bed..." but I already knew that.

Potato Head

Annaka, Adelyn and I recently visited my parents and their garden. Our mission (which we chose to accept) was to kill some time, eat some strawberries, and dig some potatoes (get dirty). We were successful on all accounts. Even in hunting the elusive potato. All the potatoes I would unearth were all too common; too visible; too sooo last minute for Annaka (Adelyn could care less). Annaka didn't want to pick up those potatoes. Nope! She would dig to find the really"hidden treasures" before unceremoniously dumping them into the white five gallon bucket. All in all it was an enjoyable way to spend an hour or so. On the plus side we had hash brown makings for a few weeks.

A day or so later I walked in our front door. To find our bucket of treasure about half as full as it was. Ironically I didn't see any potatoes anywhere. Well, I didn't see them at first. I will post a picture here. Perhaps you can spot where the potatoes ran off to.

Yep, I did find them. They were safely tucked away as mini clansmen hidden behind well formed plastic and comfortable foam walls. I did asked Annaka how this happened and she quickly surrendered her younger sister. I asked again later and she was more hesitant and told me that she had only helped Adelyn. So at this point I am not sure if Annaka or Adelyn or both did this. I do know that Naomi, myself, and Jindol had absolutely nothing to do with it (as is the case with many things in our house). Now who will clean the dirt out of the helmets?