Proud Big Brother

Transcript of what Tyler is saying:
Hannah
Baby sister
Yea, her name is Hannah, sometimes she cries
when she needs mommy she says whaaaaaaaa
Hannah cries

Train Festival

Grandma & Grandpa Haselhuhn spent some quality time with their two oldest grand kids (Tyler & Sarah) recently during a fun trip to Rock Island, Illinois for the Train Festival. They spent two nights in a hotel, went out to eat, swimming inthe pool, and lots of time looking at trains (including a 2-hour train ride on a non-air conditioned train).
Now, that's LOVE!

Grandma & Sarah

Tyler & Grandpa

Hot, sweaty, excited boy with his train conductor hat on and taking a break from looking out the window to play with a dead fly!!Cooling off

One exhausted kid!!! He put the neck pillow on his head so he couldn't hear the rain drips on the windows!

Trip to Clarinda

This was Hannah's first trip to Clarinda. Tyler was too busy to sit still for pictures - he was busy on a creek walk with Grandma Janelle, going shopping in town, getting lawn mower and tractor ride with Great Grandpa, and going to the pool in town with Aunt Emily. Then he got a high fever on the last day and didn't feel good most of the way home.

Hannah, on the other hand, had fun cuddling with her Great Grandmas and napping in the peace & quiet while Tyler was busy elsewhere.

This is Traci's maternal grandmother, Ardelle Margaret Geer -
the one Hannah's middle name is in honor of.

Napping in the same baby bed Great-Grandma Geer slept in when she was a baby

Loving Arms!

Visiting Great-Grandma Lois Stephens for the first time

Talking to each other about their day

Can you guess?

Can you guess which one is Tyler and which one is Hannah?
Same outfit, same pose, both kids were 4 weeks old.
Answers are at the bottom.

Order of the pictures are:
Tyler, Hannah, Hannah, Tyler...did you get it right??

Hannah at 4 Weeks Old

Pool Party

While Aunt Emily was here to help, we took the kids to the Boone Pool to cool off from the HOT July fair weather. Tyler was excited!

He is tall enough now to walk on his own in both of the kiddie pools!

Here is how Miss Hannah spent her time - relaxing poolside!

Until she tried to pull her own hair out, poor thing!

Boone County Fair Week

Thursday evening my parents and my sister Emily came over to watch the Boone County Fair parade with us and then we went to the fair to eat dinner, see the animals, and watch the community band Adam is in play a concert at the fairgrounds.

Thankfully the firetrucks didn't have their sirens on,
or he wouldn't have been clapping!

See his stash of candy on the sidewalk?

Enjoying a sucker with Grandpa

Tyler was more interested in the corn boxes than the band concert.
Thanks to Aunt Emily, he got to stay and play!

Hannah enjoying the concert

Tyler found a friend to talk to at the concert. Not sure what they are chatting about, but it looks serious. This little boy's dad plays in the band with Adam.

Friday morning my sister and I went back to the fair with the kids and met up with Roger, Jill, and Juliana Lutz to see the animals again, play in the corn some more, and ultimately to enjoy the Extravaganza working exhibits the 4-Hers offer for kids.

This goat wanted a kiss, so Tyler gave him or her several.
It was a very friendly goat!

Nice sheep and nice 4-Hers who let us pet their sheep!

The rabbits were fun to see,
but the poor things needed some ice bottles!

Finally, we made it into he air conditioned exhibit hall for the Extravaganza. This was BY FAR Tyler's favorite project!

Then back out to the corn boxes one more time before heading home (with some yummy lemonade). Here are two photos to show you how much Tyler has grown in 1 year.

2011 - exactly 3 feet with shoes on

2010 - almost 4 inches shorterOn Saturday Adam and I took the kids back to the fair for lunch and Tyler finally got to try out the rides. They had a discount for the unlimited-ride wristband since it was the last day, so Tyler had lots of fun. It was really hot, so miss Hannah and I got to go check out the 4-Hers fair exhibits while the boys braved the heat to play.

This is the lady-bug ride he kept begging to ride, but it was faster /bumpier than he realized and he cried to get off and didn't want to try it again.

The little ferris wheel was much more his style!

Even Adam got to go down the giant slide - twice!
We'll be back again next year!!!