The Labryinth

I was so excited for this weekend.  We went to a corn maze.  It was even cooler because Danielle & Trevor, and Garrett (Danielle's brother) came too.  Even though us girls were the ones to plan it, the guys were the leaders through the maze and argued among themselves  about which way to go and what maze we were in.

Was more interested in [eating] hay and pumpkins then looking at us.

Danielle & Trevor in the patch

Trying for a family picture...thanks Trevor for your shadow.

Dak & Aunt Danielle

On the largest rocking chair

Journey into the maze

Can you find Garrett?

Going down the stairs from a lookout.

 Dexter was carried by Kyle.  He was babbling the whole time we wandered the maze.  If I got a little behind,  I just had to listen to aaaueehhuueehhh to know where they were.

Corn stalk battle.

Trevor leading the way with his corn stalk.  Helped to find where they guys wandered.

Victory!

Hansen family picture.

 We decided to participate in the other activities around after doing the maze twice.  We had to do it twice because there was disagreements about using shortcuts vs. the real paths.

Duck races.  They were awesome.

Trying to get better views of the pig races.

Looking at the camera.

Pedal cart racing.

There were a few other mazes.  Some were just easy ones and others had scary elements.  There was a hay castle maze that we went into.  When walking by towards the end there was a sudden loud blast of air.  This scared Kyle, but more sadly Dexter was terrified.  He made the biggest pout face and proceeded to ball.  It was so sad to see it, but was also cute.  Sometimes when he cries he looks cute, only sometimes though.  For the rest of the more haunted looking things we let the guys go in first and tell us if its okay for us to go.  I'm not a fan of pitch black or things popping out (NOT AT ALL) and also to not terrify Dak again.

Sometimes Kyle would say "Oh, Dexter you need to go through this."  And then proceed to go through the really kid activity.  We all knew it was more for Kyle than Dak though.

We ended with a hayride, and when Dexter was screaming.  It was a super fun evening though. We'll go again in the future.

Sunday, we had a Google Hangout.  It's like video chatting, but with more people.  This means it's way more chaotic.  We had 7 people at one point.

Kyle chatting with all his siblings

It was our last chance to say goodbye to Jake though.  Today he got dropped off at the MTC to start his mission serving in the Mexico City South.  We'll miss you!  Dexter will be so changed when he gets back.  He'll be walking/running and talking.  There could be more members in the Hansen family (ours and the other ones).  Kyle will be done with school.  Two years is a long time.

We did even more fall/Halloween activities.  We finally carved pumpkins.

The Pumpkins Before

We let Dexter help put his together

He liked to shove it around.

The final products.  Dak's is Yoda.  Mine is the surprised/scared one.  And Kyle's are the mini vampires.

Still have to work on costumes, but we're excited for Halloween and the ward party.  Kyle and I are debating if we should take Dexter around the trunks to get candy.  We understand he can't eat it, but we'd love to for him.  Such a sacrifice on our parts.

Chilling in a basket.

Sometimes he looks cute when crying

Leaves changing!!  Love Fall!

Messy squash face.

Mouth open. Check.
Arms thrown backwards.  Check Check.
Leaning as far in as possible.  Check.
This is how he typically goes in for a bite.

He also got his 6 month checkup.
Wt: 15 lbs 11 oz. - 16%

Height: 26 3/4" - 61%

Head: 16 7/8" - 23%

He passed all his developments with flying colors.  Definitely the babble one.  He gurgles and talks all day long.  Got some ointment for his feet that he rubs together non stop.  We've tried various things to stop it.  The only thing was the doctor wants some more chubs on him.  So the amount of solid food will be increasing.  It won't be hard cause Dak loves it.