Pumpkin carving party with the girls!!

This year Lisa hosted our annual pumpkin carving party at her place in Wrigleyville. What a beautiful day to do it on the rooftop downtown.  Good food and company, and I always have a fun time with some of my favorite people. Can't believe next year Mike and I will be able to celebrate and carve pumpkin's with baby Fortuna!

Lisa, Kim, and Gina

Lisa, Gloria, Gina and Trish

 Guess who's carved each pumpkin?

Some of my favorite girls!

Starve Rock and Matheson Park!!

On Saturday Mike, my mom, and dad, and I went out to Starve Rock and Matheson Park for the day to hike, hike the caverns, and see the fall colors before all the leaves turned.  We hiked about 5-6 miles at Starve Rock and about 1 mile at Matheson Park.  We had a nice lunch in the small town Utica and looked at a few shops.  My dad of coarse made trail mix and snacks while we were hiking. It sure makes you want to plan a trip to Colorado or Wyoming to go backpacking and Yellowstone!!  Any takers for 2012?

Friends time!

This past Thursday my girlfriend, Kathryn, was in town from Hawaii where she has resided for the past 3 1/2 years! I had a nice time visiting with her and some friends!! What  a great visit and it was like she has never left!!  

Kathryn and Gloria

16 1/2 Week Baby Bump!

16 1/2 week baby bump!! 

Mike Klix's Birthday and Pumpkin Carving Party!

What a beautiful weekend this past weekend. We had 80 degree weather all weekend in mid-October.  Erica and Mike hosted a fun pumpkin carving party and to celebrate Mike's 28th birthday.  It was a nice time with lots of family and friends.  We only missed Joy, Rick and the boys. Got to see the Brady, Brooklyn, and Sawyer play together.  Can't wait for little baby Fortuna to meet all his cousins!

Ryan, Lynn, Wendy,Brad, Tessa, Sawyer, Erica, Brooklyn

Gloria, Lynn, and Wendy

Erica and I

Brian and Lisa's Wedding!

Oct 1st we had our friends Brian and Lisa's wedding!! It was a nice reception at Odyssey with many co workers and friends!!

Mike and I

Ruben and Gloria

Jim and Mike

It's a boy!!!

Last Tuesday I had a ultrasound done, and I met with the doctor.  We were surprised to find out that we are having a healthy baby boy! Going to the doctor's office, we were not expecting to find out the sex, but the baby was breached. There is plenty of time for the baby to turn around, but a great position to have an up close look at the baby's sex. The end result of the ultrasound was that the doctor was able to clearly determine that we are having a boy. Mike and I are very excited to start searching for names and themes for the nursery. The doctor would like to see me in about a month followed up by another ultrasound.

15 week ultrasound pics!

Baby Fortuna!

Baby Fortuna!

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