Happy Easter and Jaksen

This is the Corley version of the easter bunny!!




Yes, once again I have not posted in a while and I am just now getting to the Easter post as well. Easter was great here except for the rainy mess that came in on Easter Sunday. We knew the weather was going to be yucky on Sunday, so we did most of our Easter festivites on Saturday. The weather was beautiful that day, which made things even better. There is a place outside of Bartlesville, called Woolaroc. It is a huge ranch and musuem that was started by Frank Phillips. It has alot of differnt wildlife animals, which Austen loves to look at as we make our long drive in. Austen also loves their petting zoo and cool playground. It is really a family and kid oriented place which is great for a family outing when the weather is nice. Every year they have an easter egg hunt for kids. I found it on the internet and decided it would be fun to take Austen to a real easter egg hunt with other kids. They had the kids broken up into age groups which was really good too. Austen was in the 2-3 age group. They did not really hide the eggs but just threw them out on the gound which was good so they could ensure that each kid would get some eggs. Austen was very excited about the eggs when he saw them . We actually practiced the art of easter egg hunting on Friday so he would be ready. When they were about to start the hunt he got really excited. I thought for sure he was going to get lots of eggs and be an all pro easter egg hunter. Well, I guess I was wrong. They finally said go, and off he went. He did great at first, and collected several eggs, but then he stopped getting eggs and just found more enjoyment at watching all the other kids get the eggs. By the time he came out of his smiling trance, the eggs were gone. I guess he is going to be my people watcher. He is always looking at what else is going on around him, instead of paying attention to what he is doing. Silly boy, but when he realized all the eggs were gone he came over to Adam and I with the biggest grin on his face. Yep, he only ended up with four eggs, but you could not replace how proud he was of those 4 eggs. He felt like the most triumphant and successful easter egg hunter on the planet. He definetly was to us. He did a great job! After the hunt, we went to the petting zoo and played on the playground for a while. By the time we left, both boys were exhausted and passed out in the car on the way home. It was a great day!

Jaksen, Jaksen, and more Jaksen! That pretty much sums up how our lives have changed around here. He is officially crawling all over the place and I mean all over the place. Which leads me to the next comment of he is into EVERYTHING! Some of his favorite things to get into is of course the dog bowls, the little rock things in the fireplace, and whatever big brother Austen has or is playing with. He is constantly on the move and now in the last week pulling up on things by himself. He can pull up and be standing with very little effort. The part he does not understand is that he has to hold on or he will fall. We have already had many a crashes and I know a lot more to come. He thinks he is the biggest boy when he pulls up on the table and is able to hit it over and over again with his hand like he is playing the drums like Uncle Justin. He is going to be the little dare devil who is not afraid of anything. When we tell him NO about getting into things, he stops, sits down and looks at us with the biggest suck you in smile ever, and then turns and continues to do what he was going to do in the first place. WHAT A MESS!!! He is definetly keeping Adam and I busy, because you cannot take your eye of him for a second or he is right where he should not be. Imagine that!! He is such a joy though as well as Austen. It is never dull around our house, and I think as they get older there will be many stories to tell. By the way, I just looked in Jaksen's mouth and we should have some top teeth any day now. I can feel them, they are right there.

I still have some videos to post but maybe one of these days I will have some time to figure it out and actually do it. For now we have just have some pictures for your enjoyment. And thanks to Nana and Grandy for the cute matching easter shirts. I thought they looked really handsome!!!

What a cutie pie!

Let's see, I need to get into something!

Jaksen on the move.


Check this out, need I say more!!!


How about a little brotherly love. They really do play well together and are always up for making each other laugh.

Easter Saturday at Woolaroc!!

Getting ready for the big hunt!




Finally, the big hunt!




Austen did not like the easter bunny, but Jaksen liked the donkey!!!



Austen and his friend Jake. These two have become great friends!

GATOR RIDIN'

This weekend we were working in the yard and planting our first garden (lets hope something grows in it). We got the John Deere Gator out in the backyard for Austen to ride. He had the best time and was very insistent that he wanted Jaksen to ride with him. Luckily the gator has good seat belts so we strapped Jaksen in for his first gator ride with brother. Austen took off and then stopped quickly. He kept doing this over and over because he thought it was funny that when he would do that, Jaksen's little body would jerk back and forth. Finally, the humor wore off of that and they were off on the 1st of many gator rides together. It was so cute to see them in the gator together. I am so excited for the many things they will do together in the future whether it be something they should or should not be doing. I am thinking that with the personality of Mr. Jaksen coming out it will probably be more of what they should not be doing especially if it is up to him. Austen is a little more cautious with things, but since Jaksen started his crawling he is definetly going to be a mess. I will post more on Jaksen and his new adventures later this week. Back to the gator ride. Austen drove Jaksen around the yard for like 20 minutes. Jaksen loved every minute of it, as did Austen. We got a video of the ride to which I will try to put on a later post. Austen thought he was such a big boy getting to drive his little brother around. Jaksen would try to grab the steering wheel and honk the horn and Austen would get mad. It was quite commical. Overall, the ride was great and when it came time to get Jaksen out, Austen got mad and started crying because he wanted him to keep riding. Austen is really a great big brother and they play so well together. They are always up for making each other laugh. It is so cute! I think they are going to be great brothers and great friends.

Austen was hauling around some of the dirt for the garden. He thought he was a big helper!



Whoa! Jaksen don't fall out, hang on!!!


Hey brother, how is the ride?