Santa Baby

EIU Graduation

Hello everyone! As we quickly approach Saturday, here is some information about the big day:

1. We have a brunch reservation at A.J's Restaurant at 11:30AM. A.J's is located at 1405 4th Street. See attached map.
   
2. The commencement begins @ 2:00PM.
3. The current weather forecast for Charleston on Saturday is 35 degrees and cloudy.

I cannot wait to see everyone!

Scott

Santa

Here is Evelyn with Santa. As you can see, she doesn't appear to be impressed.

mmm, mmm, good...

Here I am all snugly ready to go to school. I've gone five times now and am slowly getting used to the routine. I'm the youngest in my class and am 1 of 3 girls. The other 5 classmates are boys.

What u lookin' at???

Here I'm eating some cereal. I've been eating a teaspoon once daily for a week now. Let me know if you think I like it. :)

3 months!!!

Today I'm 3 months old. I have to say I'm very happy to be home from the hospital. I enjoy sleeping in my own bed much more than the steel barred crib.
These days, I have been expressing myself through facial expressions. It's fun watching people watch me then laugh. I guess I'm a real character.
I continue to entertain myself quite well. I love playing on my activity mat, or in the playpen...and I can't forget about my swing. I also like watching Daddy play video games. Watching the fan spin is a pretty cool pass time too. I'm almost big enough to play in the exersaucer and the jumpy jump.Maybe next month??
I love talking and sucking on my hands. Mommy's wondering if I'll ever find my thumb. (She sucked her thumb forever.) I'm getting stronger and stronger everyday. I don't need much help holding up my head and I love to stand and stretch my legs. I'm learning that I control the grabbing things at the ends of my arms. Sometimes I hold rattles and put them in my mouth.
My 3 month checkup is this afternoon. I'm excited about going to the doctor and not having to get any shots. :)

Chatty Evelyn

I love being naked. Play the video and I'll tell you all about it.

Happy Thanksgiving

Looks like Evelyn is ready for Thanksgiving. We are looking forward to spending the day with Missy, Dave, Evelyn, Don, Peggy, DJ, Michelle, Chris, Sammi, Gram, Chloe and Fuzzball.

Have a good Turkey Day!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas Ideas...

Missy and I are enjoying our fun weekend together. We were discussing Christmas plans and would like to do the $20 grab again. Are you all in?
It was fun last night seeing Bobby play and hanging out with Aunt Shawn.

2 months...

Today I'm 2 months old!!!

I love sleeping at night~ about 9 hours. I'm not into naps at the moment, but have learned to entertain myself which allows mom and dad time to get things done. I smile more and more everyday! I discovered my hands and like to put them in my mouth. I'm a pretty happy baby these days. :)

Our weekend was lots of fun. I was passed around the party yesterday like a candy dish. I loved the attention.

I'm looking forward to meeting Angela this upcoming weekend.

Trick or Treat

Hello All,

Happy Halloween! Is anyone dressing up or going to any parties? As you can see, Evelyn is in the Halloween spirit. :) She will be helping me pass out candy to the trick or treaters this afternoon. It's going to be a beautiful day-near 70! We will be going on a walk in a little while.

Things are going great here. Evelyn sleeps about 9 hours at night, so we are well rested.

We have a fun-filled weekend ahead. Tonight, my friend is coming over for a visit. Tomorrow, Bobby and Mel are stopping by. Tomorrow night, Grandma Kaye is babysitting so we can go to the baptismal preparation class for Evelyn. (Heads up-she will be baptized Jan. 25. I'll send out invitations closer to the date.) Sunday is the "meet the baby" baby shower in mom and dad's neighborhood. It should be lots of fun.

Enjoy the weekend. Be safe.
Love,
Missy

just cuz...

Just wanted to share these pics. As you can see we found a binky Evelyn likes. It makes for a quieter household and a happier baby. :) And here is Daddy with his girls. Chloe is actually upset because she wanted to sit on her Daddy's lap, but Evelyn was there first.

I'm 1 month old

Look at me...I'm a month old already!!! I continue to learn and grow daily. I've been happier the past few days too. Guess the medicine to treat my GERD is working. :)

Spit up girl...

Poor little Evelyn,

She has been spitting up all along, but became much worse Sunday night. (She projectile vomited all over her daddy. Must say-he took it quite well.) Dave and I both noticed a change in her cry Monday night, as though she was in pain??? On Tuesday it seemed as though she didn't keep anything down. I called the doctor on Weds. She was concerned it may be pyloric stenosis (when the pyloric sphincter is narrowed so food can't pass to the stomach), so she sent Evelyn to have an ultrasound of her abdomen. Thankfully it was normal. So, our little darling just has very bad reflux. She was started on a med called Axid twice daily. Hopefully it helps because she seems so unhappy and starving all the time, not to mention very gassy. We tried to give her some formula with breast milk per the Dr's recommendation and will continue to travel down that road with 2 other types of formula because it's thicker and will satisfy her longer, pending she keeps it down.

We'll keep you posted...

Anyone have $ .50

I'd pay a heck of a lot more...

cutie pie pics

Hi all,

Thought you might like to see some photos of little Evelyn. She is doing well, still adjusting and trying to figure out life. Her lip is completely healed and her tongue looks better every day.

We are all fighting colds around here. No fun at all.

Enjoy the week!

Tommy's address

Hi!

Can you e-mail to us Tommy's address. We'd appreciate it.

We saw Scott yesterday at school. He's doing well with student teaching.

Have a great week.

Ellen and Rick

Congrats Missy & Dave

Congratulations to Missy, Dave & Evelyn from the Atlanta and Athens Georgia Beyers. Evelyn looks beautiful in the pictures and I am sure even more beautiful in person. We can't wait to see her. Keep adding more pics so we can follow along with her development.

Love to all,

Congratulations Missy and Dave!

What a little sweetie. We will be anxious to introduce ourselves to her. We will be in touch to set up a visit with you. Congratulations and we are glad to know that all went well.

Love,

Uncle Rick and Aunt Ellen

Happy Grandparent's Day

Hi Jim and Kaye,

Congratulations on celebrating your very 1st of many Grandparent's Day! We hope you were able to spend some time with Evelyn and the opportunity to spoil her.

Love,
Rick and Ellen

Leaving the hosptial...

Here are 2 pics from Friday morning just before leaving the hospital. It's so nice to be home. :) We are adjusting well and trying to get Evelyn to be awake during the day since she likes keeping us up all night long. I must admit, she did much better last night; perhaps our strategy is working.

We've had such a busy weekend filled with lots of visits from friends and family, with more visitors stopping by tomorrow. Dave will have to go back to work on Weds. He's planning on taking a week off in about a month. Mom is also taking some days off here and there to help out. My P's dropped off 2 nights of dinners earlier which we enjoyed one of the dishes tonight. Thanks M & D.

Tomorrow we take her to the doctor. Hope all checks out well.

Stay tuned for more baby posts...

It's a Girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Evelynn (not sure of the spelling) Avery Wood arrived September 3, 2008 at 4:03 pm. She is 19 1/4 inches and 7 pounds 6 ounces. Both sets of proud grandparents arrived at the hospital with Uncle Bobby to visit.

Grandparents Know Best

Hello Everyone,

Sunday Jim and I attended a class at Condell Hospital for grandparents. We both passed and received our certificate of completion. Things sure have changed since we had kids. We are surprised that our kids survived. We are waiting for the arrival of peanut. I believe that Dave will take a week off and then I will help the next week.

By the way, you can't spoil a child during the first three months.

Ktmae

Just a quick note letting you know the ultrasound went very well. Peanut is head down, very low and ready to go. No wonder I was measuring small. :) According to the ultrasound measurements, the little one is 6lbs, 5oz!!! and is due Sept. 1st. We'll see.

Dave and I are going video camera and dishwasher shopping on Sat. We hope to find some shelves too.

All for now...

Missy

We're coming along...

Here's the progress of little peanut's room. We just need to find a couple shelves and put them up to the left of the window. Dave picked out the crib and dresser. He loved the spindles.

Mom and I had so much fun on Friday. We washed the bedding and clothes. Then sorted the clothes by sizes and put them in the dresser drawers. It was such a fun day!

The ultrasound is tomorrow. Say a little prayer for little P. I'll keep you posted.

Love,
Missy

Shower Fun!!!

Thanks to all the ladies for coming to the shower. It was a great time. A very special thanks to Angela for orchestrating the party. I have landed back on planet Earth, but am still amazed at the display of generosity towards our family. We truly appreciate it. :) Here are some pics to share with all... Love, M,D&P

Ten weeks to go...

Yep, just ten more weeks! I'm still feeling great, just tired. Have to admit, I'm getting pretty excited.

Peanut's room has been painted and the carpet shampooed. The crib and dresser/changing table have been ordered and should be here in 2-3 weeks. Everything is coming together quite nicely.

Our vacuum bit the dust last week. We purchased a dyson. It's awesome. I LOVE it. Aunt Shawn, now I know why you like your dyson so much.

Uncle Don, great to hear your project is coming along. Can't wait to see the completion pictures.
We have a wedding to go to this weekend in Madison. The girl that videotaped our wedding is getting married. The wedding ceremony is taking place in a theater. Pretty fitting considering she and her fiance' met in film class at Columbia. It should be fun.

Sami, how was Japan? Post some pictures for us to enjoy.

Aunt Terry, how is your foot? What kind of surgery did you have? How long are you off work? Hope you're better soon.

Have fun at the munch, brothers. It will be nice to visit with Margie. We'll be in Madison, so we'll miss the fun.

Have a safe 4th!!!

Love,
Missy

Room, Foot, and Home

Hello All,

We hope you're all doing fine! The Family room is almost done, it has some furniture inside now!!! We don't want to put all of it back, so we are debating what to do with it.

Terry has gotten an operation on her foot. She's fine, her toes are still a little bit grey, but nothing to worry about.

We all just got back from Norridge! We were looking at a retirement home for Marcie (Terry's mother). The apartment complex looked fabulous; very warm, welcoming, and cozy! :) We hope she moves this time...(for her saftey)

Hope to see ya'll soon,

The Beyers of South Elgin

Tornado

Hello All,

Yesterday was a bit scary for us. The tornado sirens went off twice around 8:00 pm. Naturally,
we went down to the basement. We later learned that there was a tornado spotted at 176 and Hawley. I read there wasn't any damage. We have the potential today for another round of storms. Thank goodness no one was hurt.

We planted our 3 tomato plants and 4 cucumber plants this week. I hope they grow.

Take care everyone and enjoy the warmer weather.

Ktmae

5 years and 6 months...

Hello all,

Here we are on our 5th wedding anniversary. Notice the beautiful flowers I'm holding??... They're from my wonderful husband. :)

We had a very nice day. We pulled weeds and did some planting of flowers in the backyard. We went to Chili's for dinner. On Thursday night, we went to see Stone Temple Pilots at an outdoor venue in the city, right next to the lake. It was a great time, but we were chilly.

And here I am 6 months preggo. I continue to feel pretty well, but tire very easily. Our little peanut has been quite active lately. It's still a surreal feeling.

I've been doing lots of spring cleaning/organizing since our neighborhood garage sale is this weekend. I hope it's a success. Then, we can begin to think about the baby's room.

Hope everyone is doing great and that Tommy's graduation gathering was lots of fun. Wish we could have been there. I'm happy to hear you enjoyed the Lou's pizza. There is no other. :)
Enjoy the Memorial holiday. I will be enjoying it at work.
Love,
Missy

All Saints Cemetery

Hi everyone:

This is one of the pictures from our trip to All Saints Cemetery last week. The Two flowers on both sides were chosen by the 4 brothers & wives. The big flower in the middle represents the grandchildren which was picked and generously donated by Bobby.

We're all doing fine! Terry is at work and is doing fine. Dana is doing great at school, she got a Teacher's Choice Award from one of her teachers at an assembly. I am almost done with the family room... We are anxiously awaiting our visit to Georgia and Tommy's graduation. See you then........

Don

Happy 18th Tommy!!!

Hey Tommy,

Happy 18th birthday! I can't believe you're already 18. The older folks say, the older you get, the faster time flies. This is very true.

I can vividly remember babysitting you with Grandma and we would put you in your bouncy seat on the kitchen table and turn the fan on. You were mesmerized, making "Ooohhh" noises and sometimes even pointing. I also remember purposely waking you up so I could play with you. We had so much fun.

I hope you're having a wonderful day and that you have great fun celebrating your 18th!

Love Ya,
Missy

Tommy's Graduation

Hi There Everyone,

I would like the date for Tommy's HS Graduation so I can get in a time off request.

We hope everyone is doing well. Missy you look glowing. We look forward to the next report.

Happy Spring!!!

Ellen

this is what 4 months looks like :)

Hello all,

4 months and growing... Happy to report I'm feeling great these days, just a bit tired. No more nausea!!! Yea!

Dave will begin his 4th week at HSBC tomorrow. So far, he's not liking it because there is no organization and no one knows what's going on. He has some great ideas and plans to implement them asap. He has to work in this position for a year, then he can transfer and work for his old boss from Wamu. He's going to tough it out and knows it will only get better from here. Good news is his boss loves him.

Hope you are enjoying this Easter Sunday. We went to see Dave's grandma. She now has a 24/7 caregiver who is very nice. She's a 32 yr old woman from Mongolia. There's a slight language barrier, but nothing that can't be overcome. Gram is so weak. She was on bed rest for over 5 weeks at the nursing home and came back to her apt. this past Tues. She can't walk at all and can barely pivot from the chair to the bed. And she is suffering with a terrible cold. Needless to say, our visit was short, but nice.

We have snow on the ground. Will it ever end? :)

Hope all is great. Drop a line once in awhile. Would love to hear what's going on day to day.

Uncle Don, how is your remodeling project coming?

Have a wonderful week.

Love,
Missy

our little miracle

Looky what I have growing in my belly? :)

Baby W. is 13 weeks old, due Sept. 8th. Dave and I want to be surprised at the delivery, so we won't be finding out if Baby W. is a he or a she. I'm feeling well, especially since the nausea has subsided, but am quite tired.

Dave started his new job yesterday. So far, so good.

Hope all is well with the rest of our family. I'll keep you posted on our progress.

Lots of Love,

Missy

Whats up?

Hello All,

Just checking to see what is going on. Congrats to Sami and Tommy. It has been very cold here. Bobby's jeep does not like this cold weather. Jim has been driving my truck 8-( to work so he can be on call to give Bobby a jump. We are beginning to believe that he needs to get a new battery.

Dave starts his job in two weeks. I'm sure he is getting excited.

Hope everyone has a good week.

Ktmae

Another Beyer Girl with a Driver's License

Hello to all from Georgia!!!

Well - after hitting only 5 cones, Sami passed her driver's test this afternoon. She was so nervous during the test, we had to wring out her shirt after she passed. An investment tip - invest in Atlanta area body and paint repair shops.

Otherwise, all is good here. Tommy was the co-champion of a local debate tournament last weekend. Two weeks ago he qualified for the Tournament of Champions by making it to the octo round (final eight) of a national tournament held at Emory U. He's off to Harvard next week.

Shawn is very busy with her full time sub position (eight grade social studies) and going to school for her Master's degree in Middle School Education.

Congrat's to Dave about the new job. Good Luck!!!

Brother Jim - Good luck with your new job at NW Transportation. Enjoy your commute.

That's all for now.

Love,
Fred, Shawn, Tommy, Sami, Rayna & Jesse

Hi everybody,

My employer, Hermes Transport, last Friday 1/18, told us employees that Hermes was ending its operation. Of course, it hit me like a ton of bricks. Fortunate for me, a company known as
Nationwide Transportation was willing to take some of the people from Hermes. But for the moment, I'm currently working out of the house until office space opens up - in 7 to 10 days.
One nice thing about this change is that we are setting up the new office right here in Mundelein.
My drive to work is only going to be about 2 miles.
Hopefully this new job will work out, time will only tell.

Bye for now family.

Love,

Brother/Uncle Jim

Get a job?

Hi everyone,

This is my very first entry on B Connected. I just wanted to fill you all in on what I've been up to. The transition to Seattle of my responsibilities is coming to an end as well as my employment with WaMu (2/29). I had been working on my resume for about a week as I found the standard for someone with my experience is two pages (yikes). Trying to keep someone interested in just one page is difficult.

My goal was to have my resume done by the end of the year. I missed that by a couple days but hit the internet, recruiters, Discover Card Services and HSBC as soon as it was done. I bought a new suit last week because my old pants didn't fit :( and I had already lined up interviews with HSBC and two recruiting firms for Tuesday.

With my new suit, I was a traveling salesman, selling a piece of DMW to any suitable buyer. As luck would have it, (that and a recommendation from my former boss that now works at HSBC) a day later I got an offer for the HSBC Financial Accounting Manager position!! Unbelievable really, as I only started looking a week ago. I prayed in thanks to God for blessing me (I think maybe Grandma Dorothy is watching over us) and also thanked Mark Roscoe, my old boss for his reference.

The HSBC headquarters is moving into a new building in Mettawa about a mile away from my old office in Vernon Hills but just off of 94. If you're ever driving to Wisconsin, you can see it on the highway. I start 3/3. I tried to negotiate a week off but they need me to start ASAP. Oh well, they do give me 23 days vacation and 10 holidays, 4 of which are floaters and they demand that 2 back-to-back weeks be taken annually without contact via phone or email!

That's all for now, I didn't want anyone to worry about my being out of a job any longer than they have. Just pray that nothing happens to reverse this good fortune.

With the job search over, it's time to do the taxes. :)

Love Dave

Miscellaneous News

Hello Everyone,

Just an update that my mom's house in Racine closed January 4. A young couple bought it. The lady's Grandfather worked for the builder in the 60's and he said he helped build it. I hope they enjoy the house and fix it up.

I guess Dave has a couple of interviews next week. Good luck to him.

My crown fell off so I went to see Dr. Jaroch (Jim, Missy and Dave's dentist). I went for a second visit for x-rays and now have an appointment for a filling in February and cleaning in March. I was very impressed with her. 8-)

Love Ktmae

Happy New Year!!!!

Hope everyone had an enjoyable New Year's Eve. We managed to stay up past midnight celebrating with a few neighbors. I am not looking forward to going to work on Wednesday after having four days off. Hoping that 2008 is a good year for everyone.

Love

Ktmae