October was quite the roller coaster ride. We had some major highs and one major low. But overall, it was a pretty fantastic month. I'd feel odd writing about October without mentioning the major low. On October 16, I went in for a 13 week ultrasound and we found out we had lost baby #2. It's amazing how you can feel such loss for someone you have never met. Although devastating, we are trying to move forward and focus on the future. Cullen spent lots of time talking to the baby in my belly and he still mentions 'the baby' in our nightly prayers (one month later), so I'm confident he'll be an excellent big brother one day, hopefully soon :) A HUGE thanks for all of the support from our wonderful family and friends. On to the good stuff...
We watched lots of LSU and Saints football. If Cullen had his way, he'd still wear a jersey every day.
Grandma, Papa, and Uncle Dave came to visit for my birthday
Boar's Head Birthday Brunch
Hanging out with Uncle Dave. Cullen had lots of fun playing football with the boys.
No school days during Hurricane Sandy (which really didn't impact us at all, thankfully)
Halloween as Drew Brees
And a visit from our favorite tennis player and house guest, Devin Britton. This is the second year that Devin has stayed with us during the Cville Challenger tennis tournament. This year he stayed with us for 9 nights - if it was anyone else in the world, I'd probably be ripping my hair out with a house guest for that long - but we had a blast with him and he was so good with Cullen. We miss him already!
