Jack-O-Lanterns and Mohawks

Mommy gave me a Mohawk after my bath tonight. This just shows everyone that I am not bald anymore...it is not a lot and it is very blond...but hey its hair!!!!
Look everyone I really am growing some hair!

Profile view of the Mohawk!

What a COOL DUDE!!

The Hawkeyes sweatshirt is only being worn for Grandpa!!

Notice the face full of orange stuff! Liam thought he needed to eat a spoonful!

Before...

Playing outside while daddy carved the pumpkin.

After...Here are the two pumpkins! Liam picked out the little one! I only had a huge red candle! Oh well it works!

Here it is glowing in the dark!!

Happy Harvest Everyone!!

Pumpkins, Goats, and a Hayride

Fall is finally here and the cold weather seems to be quickly coming! So before it got too extremely chilly out, Sunday we took Liam to Peach Tree Farms about 15 minutes from our house. We all had a fun time together! Liam loves being outside no matter what we are doing!
He was able to feed and pet the goats, but he was scared of the big adult goats. Once we found the baby goats that were more his size he thought they were pretty neat, although he did called them dogs! It was pretty funny. Every time we walked our rode by them he pointed and yelled "Dog! Dog!" Then, we walked through the pumpkin patches, held the baby bunnies, ate some popcorn, and went for a hayride (Liam was mad he had to ride in the trailer and he couldn't drive the tractor). He made engine noises for most of the hayride. Finally, we picked out a couple of pumpkins to bring home. We are going to carve the big pumpkin tonight! Happy Autumn Everyone!!


Horse made from corn stalks

Yee haw! Ride em Cowboy!

Hayride...Liam pointing out the tractor! Although it wasn't John Deere, so daddy said it was the wrong color!!

What a fun fall day as a family!

Yum Popcorn!

Look at that big pumpkin!!

The baby goats loved to eat out of our hands.

Feeding the goats with Daddy.

Liam yelling, "Dog, Dog"

Baby Goats...or Dogs

Those goats are crazy!!

Going to pick a pumpkin!

Mommy and Liam as pumpkins! Liam was not too interested in putting his face in the hole!!

We had lots of fun and can't wait to go back next year!!

Liam's Surgery

FINALLY!! It is over! Praise God!! The scariest thing Cory and I have ever had to do...hand our baby over to the doctors and nurses for his surgery, and it is DONE!!
Friday morning around 10:30am Liam was wheeled back to the OR in a little red wagon. Cory, myself, my parents, and Cory's mom waited in the waiting room, and by about 12:15pm Cory and I were able to see and hold him in the recovery room. There was a big screen that told you if he was in the OR or the recovery room and I think we all looked at it quite frequently! It was hard to wait, especially when I am so used to being the one in the OR taking care of people! Thanks to our family the time went by faster than I had expected.
Liam did well and his surgery was finished with no complications. Our doctor was wonderful as well as the rest of the Same Day Surgery staff. It feels like a huge weight off our shoulders to finally have this done. Now we just have to get him all healed up and get his catheter out on Tuesday. The doctor said that he should be feeling better by Friday, but a complete recovery won't be expected for 6 weeks. He has amazed us so far at how tough he is. Any grown man would be lying around crying and he still his happy and playful self most of the time. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers, and please continue to pray for a quick and complete recovery. We will update you after our doctor visit on Tuesday!! Below are a few pictures from the big day!

Dr Liam ready for surgery!! HaHa!! Getting dressed for surgery.
The nurse did not think he would wear the hat, but he actually liked it, and paraded around the room wearing it.

Liam got to ride around in a wagon while we waited for the medicine to make him sleepy. The nurses were fighting over who got to have Liam as their patient! It was pretty cute! They were all so good with him which made it so much easier on us!!!

Liam getting kind of groggy after taking some Versed.

Loopy Liam after the medicine kicked in. He was pretty out of it.

Mommy and Liam in the recovery room right after surgery.

Liam and his Daddy snuggling in the recovery room after he finally woke up.

Liam did not like his IV and once he woke up he tried to pull it out!

The Time has Finally Come...

Liam is finally having surgery on Friday morning at 10:45am. We went to his pre-op appointments today and we are ready to get this over with!!! It makes me sad to think about him being in pain, but I know this is something we have to do. The surgery will last about one hour and then we will be able to take him home that afternoon after he spends sometime in recovery. Please be praying for his safety and for a quick and speedy recovery!! I will keep you all up to date after his surgery and let you know how it goes!
Also, we had some family photos and Liam's One Year photos taken last Sunday afternoon. They are up on the photographers website if you would like to look at them. To get to them just click on the link below. Once there click on the group of photos on the left to enter the website, then click on clients and enter in lpeck for the password. Enjoy!! http://www.triplewondersphotography.com

Mizzou Football and Cory's Mystery Diagnosis!!

This past week has been a little stressful, especially for Cory!! Last Sunday night Cory started feeling congested and was running a fever. He thought he just had a sinus infection and felt a little better Monday. Well, by Tuesday after work he felt a little worse and decided to take Wednesday off and go to the doctor. By that time his fever had come down from 102 to 99 and they thought he was getting over whatever little virus he had so no medicie was prescribed. When I got home from work on Wednesday night I noticed a rash all over Cory's arms, and then he soon discovered more of the rash all over his legs. That night he spiked a fever of 104.8 and we almost made a trip to the ER!! His fever came down to 103 and we decided to wait and make an appointment for Thursday! At the doctor Cory quickly became "the medical mystery" of the office. Three doctors looked him over and were baffled by his symptoms. They did some lab work and had us come back on Friday. That night I searched the internet for what seemed liked hours, and although I did not want to believe it I came across pictures that looked just like Cory's rash! Also, the other symptoms matched his completely!! Finally all the pieces of the puzzle fit, and after confirming my suspicions with the lab work the next day, Cory was finally diagnosed with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. This means, at somepoint in the last two weeks he was bit by a tick that infected him. Thankfully we caught it pretty quickly and he is now being treated with antibiotics. Thank you to everyone who prayed for him, and we ask everyone to continue to pray for a complete healing, because there can be some permanant side effects from this infection. Cory is feeling better each day, but he still has some pretty stiff and swollen joints and headaches that come and go. Hopefully he will be able to return to work on Tuesday or Wednesday!
Grampy and Grammy Quirk came to visit this weekend and they bought us tickets to the Mizzou game. It was a blowout and we won 52-12!!! Cory was feeling good enough to go to the game, but it really wore him out!! We had fun and hopefully we can go to some more Mizzou games this year!


Some family friends went to the game with us and Liam loved to play with Jamie!!

Liam loved to stare at the cheerleaders!!

Our first family Mizzou game!!

Thanks for the Mizzou Football Tickets Grammy and Grampy!!

Waiting out the sunroof for mommy and grammy to come out of Sam's.

Liam riding his John Deere Combine!

ONE YEAR ALREADY...NO WAY!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR BIG MAN!!!

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY WE WERE GIVEN SUCH A SPECIAL BLESSING...AND TODAY THAT BLESSING IS A STUBBORN YET BEAUTIFUL CHILD THAT WE HAVE GROWN TO LOVE MORE AND MORE EACH DAY!!

Here are some pictures from the past month!

Liam's new tricycle he got for his birthday from mom and dad!

The next Albert Pujols!

T-ball set.

YUMMY!! They sang Happy Birthday to him at Applebee's.

Cousin Mari and Liam in the tub

Cousin Emmanuel pushing Liam on his mower.

The Birthday Boy and Bubbles

My attempt at making his birthday cake! Not too bad...

Climbing the bouncy house slide!!

We had a few meltdowns...

Bocce Ball was the game of the weekend!!

Miss Mari Grace

Truman enjoying his new backyard.

Playing with the hose...his new favorite thing to do. (Thanks Nana)

Riding his combine! So much fun!

Dekalb Homecoming Fair

I have NO clue what this face is all about!

Well I will say that I have been slacking in the blog updating department. Partially due to the fact that we just got internet yesterday....yes a whole month after moving we finally were reconnected with the cyber world!

We have been very busy bodies the last month. Since we moved I started my new job at Columbia Regional Hospital on Labor and Delivery. Although I will miss my Barnes girls very much I do like my new job a lot and I know it is going to be a good place for me. With me back to work full time, Liam has started day care at a small in-home day care with three other kids ranging in ages from 12months-18months. He is enjoying it a lot and has not fussed once about going. He loves to play with the other kids and I thank the Lord that we were able to find a such a great environment for him to learn and play.

We went home this past weekend to celebrate Liam's birthday with family and friends, and we also threw a suprise party for my Dad's 60th Birthday!! It was so much fun, and although Liam was exhausted by the end he had a great time!! We were glad to see everyone and we want to say thanks for all the great presents!!

Liam's surgery has finally been scheduled. He will be having his hypospadias repaired on October 2nd at the Children's Hospital here in Columbia. It will be an outpatient surgery and I will be so glad to get it done and off my mind.

Well, now that we have internet I will try to keep up with the postings. Hope you all are well!