To Compensate For the Previous Post...

Since Brian devoted an entire blog post to a heart attack inducing burger, I figured it was probably time to post some pictures of Taylor.

Taylor Ethan Sharp
8lbs. 6oz.


Brian demonstrates his amazing multitasking abilities.
Addie LOVES Taylor. She always wants to hold him and be around him. She constantly asks if he can sleep in her bed. She's even tried to get him out of bed a couple of times because "he told her he wanted to play." Luckily I've always seen her before she's completely lifted him up.





Addie has hit the phase where I can't get a normal picture of her. Every time the camera comes out, she starts making crazy faces so that's why she looks a little nuts in every picture of her.
And poor little Taylor is slowly going bald. He had a lot of hair when he was born, but little by little he's turning into Mr. Clean.


Mom thinks that he looks like Mr. T in this last photo and sadly, I can totally see it.

Finally Something Worth Blogging About

It has been a while since our family has had something to write about that we would find important enough to remember for the rest of our lives. This weekend we had two of our friends over for a barbecue and we discovered the food of which the gods feast. It was clear to us that we invented something so divine because as soon as we created this marvelous miracle it was instantly translated by the gods for their own pleasure. It was truly a treat to the sight, smell, and taste. I proudly introduce to you "THE SCEBB" (GRILLED SAUSAGE, CHICKEN, FRIED EGG, BACON, AND 100% 1/3lb ANGUS BEEF PATTY w/ CHEESE)
I believe that this pictures clearly depicts the result of our discovery.

Minute to Win It

For Brian's birthday, we played Minute to Win It. I forgot to even get the camera out until half-way through and then we weren't too good at getting many pictures. There were 12 different challenges and we definitely saw some awesome talent emerging from everyone.

Chocolate Unicorn - Adrienne had to balance 7 ding dongs on her forehead


Bobby's try
We had to bring M&M's up to our mouths using string and pencils and then try to eat them



The first video is Adrienne shaking 8 ping pong balls out of the Kleenex box. The next three are some of the guys trying to pick up paper bags of varying heights with only their mouths. We somehow made it through the night without a single pic or video of Cheri or Jerrica, but any time you need someone who's amazing at picking up cotton balls with their nose (which had Vaseline on it), Cheri's your person and Jerrica can scoot around on a rug through an obstacle course of toilet paper rolls shockingly well.




This is Addie on Thanksgiving. I had on an apron and she came out wearing her Home Depot apron that she wears when she and Brian go there to build stuff.

As for me, the doctor thinks I should be induced about a week early since Addie was big and he thinks this one will be big. We're doing an ultrasound on Tuesday to see. I'd rather not be induced just because the baby's a little big so I'm really hoping he decides to come early on his own, but whatever happens, we can't wait to finally meet our little guy.

Halloween and St. Louis

Addie was a cupcake for Halloween, but she only wore her costume about 10% of the time. When she saw that it was necessary to wear it to get candy, she put it on for a little while. She told me that "it's not comfy."




We went to St. Louis for 4 days with Craig, Cheri, their family, Sandy, PJ, Ron and Jane. Our camera was out of commission for a lot of the trip so I had to steal this picture from Craig and Cheri's blog and Sandy took lots of pics for us so I'll have to get some from her.






This one's for you Dad :)


Brian told Addie that if she smiled, he'd give her candy so this is her attempt.

Trying a little harder...


View from the arch


Addie thoroughly enjoyed Cheri's birthday cake.

A sweet shot of Addison's undies

Summer Time

This post is just a little late in coming. We wanted a blog so we would have a family journal so I want to go ahead and post a few of the pics from this summer. Here are some of the highlights:

swimming with family







picking blackberries

Because of the increasing popularity of the Twilight series, I figured this picture was appropriate:



When Addie falls asleep in her car seat, there's no waking her up so this was Brian's solution:


One day Addie and I were at Target and I bought her Tic Tacs so Brian told me that I give in to her too much and buy her things. That weekend he took Addie to Target and ended up coming home with a pink baseball helmet. She'll definitely get a ton of use out of that.


This was Brian trying to prove to me that she would use it a lot (watching a Redbirds game):


This is how sweaty her head was after she finally took the helmet off:




We went to Montana and Idaho for the majority of August:

We spent a few days on the Salmon River:




playing hillbilly horseshoes with Grandma and Papa:






She decided that she wanted corn, and only corn, for every meal while we were in Montana. After we got home, she tried to boycott all other food.

And it came to pass the itsy bitsy spider...

Things were way too quiet this morning so I walked in to Addie's room to discover that she had confiscated my scriptures and was reading them out loud. Only her version included Jesus talking to the itsy bitsy spider.