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SC Wounded Warrior Game

This weekend Fran, Bella and I headed down last minute for the SC/Aurn Game, which was also the wounded warrior game. We had a great time visiting with our family and friends. Bella even attended her first tailgate and she loved it! Most importantly, we were given the distinct honor of spending our weekend with one of SC's own Wounded Warriors, Lt. Nick Morris and his wife Caroline. Fran was asked earlier in the week if there was anything he could do for Nick as he is a SC graduate and a huge SC Fan, as is his wife. Timing was perfect, as we knew this weekend was the Wounded Warrior game! Long story short, Fran was able to arrange for Nick to be a part of all the pre-game and halftime festivities. Nick was one of 6 Wounded Warriors that was honored at Saturday's game. All of these men are heroes and it was such a humbling experience to be surrounded by them all. They should be an inspiration to everyone! We all had a great weekend, it was just an unbelievable experience.

Nick and his wife are currently living at the Bethesda Naval Hospital as he just had his right leg amputated 2 weeks ago. Nick was injured while serving in Afghanistan this past June. He was just one month shy from returning home from his deployment. Nick sustained some very severe injuries but is on the road to recovery. Nick will be getting his prosthetic leg in the next few weeks and will begin therapy so he can start running again! His wife Caroline is one of the strongest young women I know and she has not left his side since he got to then Walter Reid back in June! Fran and I have made friends for life and we look forward to spending time with them as they are right here in DC with us. I am sure we will be watching some football together!

Our first little Gamecock family picture!

Bella Tailgating

All dressed up for big game, thanks Mimi for the shoes!

Our Wounded Warrior heroes!

Lt. Nick Morris, his wife Caroline, and Coach Darrin Horn

Lt. Nick Morris getting honored during halftime, he stood up, it was awesome!

Bella waking up

Happy Thursday!

Happy Thursday! Just one more day until the weekend!

7 Months

Our big girl turned 7 months old last Saturday, we can't believe it! She is so fun! Bella is changing so much and it is so fun to watch. Her favorite things to do right now are smiling, drooling, putting everything in her mouth, being on the move, watching Choo Choo Soul and STANDING UP! All she wants to do is pull up on everything to stand up, it's hilarious. Sometimes you can't even sit her down on her bottom to play because those legs are moving and she wants to stand/walk. I am thinking she may just skip crawling all together. We shall see! Bella also has 2 teeth!!! She has been teething for quite sometime now and finally we have something to show for it. Her 2 little bottom teeth are so precious. I am having a hard tie capturing a picture of them but will keep working on it. Unfortunately, due to the drooling and not wanting to sit still, we didn't get the best 7 month picture. I also included a video of her pulling up to stand.

7 Months!

Bella's Baptism and Navy game!

Last weekend we all made a trip down to SC as mentioned in my previous blog! We headed down there for the Navy game and more importantly for Bella's Baptism! It was great, as almost all of Fran's brother's and his sister made it down for the big weekend. Fran and the boys, as well as Aunt Liz all drove down in an RV they rented. They had a great time and the RV was hilarious! Aunt Liz was such a trooper. Aunt Re rode down with Bella and I and we had a great trip down, gave me and Aunt Re alot of time to catch up. The game was so much fun and it was such a close game!

Our sweet Bella got baptized on Sunday and it was such a special day! We started off our morning with a breakfast celebration at Mimi's house. It was nice for everyone to get together and enjoy a yummy breakfast. After we got Miss Bella all dressed up we headed to the church. She did such a great job. She was smiling and loving every minute. Right when the Pastor picked her up she pulled his ear piece out, it made everyone laugh.

Bella looked so beautiful and we have to thank Nana for that. Nana made Bella's baptism dress and it was soooo beautiful! Nana worked so hard and very fast to get this dress ready for her and it was so special. It fit Bella perfectly! We look forward to using this dress for generations to come. Thank you Nana!!

Here are some pictures so far. We are waiting for the photographer to get back with us as he has some good ones!

Bella's new gameday dress!

Crazy Hair!

Getting all dressed up!

Bella was loving the attention!

All dressed and ready to go!

Bella during the service

Family Picture!

Bella and Mimi

Love at first sight!

A couple weekends ago we headed home to SC for a big weekend! 3 big events! 1. Bella's Baptism, 2. The much anticipated Navy/SC game, and 3. Hampton and Bella's first meeting! I am going to blog about the first 2 in a minute, but for now I want to focus on Hampton and Bella. As you all know Ashley is my best friend and her baby Hampton is now 7 weeks old and I had not seen him since he was born! Ashley and I had already decided that Bella and Hampton would have an arranged marriage one day so we could not wait for them to meet each other! Needless to say it was hilarious! I don't think they knew what to think. I think Hampton was a bit terrified by his future wife to be as she is quite the mover and shaker these days. We had already ordered them matching outfits for their first photo shoot. The chair we took their picture in was the chair that Ashley and I used to take our pictures in too, so special! We had such a fun time with them. Ashley looks amazing and Hampton is just the cutest little boy ever!!

The 4 of us!

Gazing into each other's eyes

Bella making the first move, LOL!

1st Chair picture! There will be many more!

We told Bella to love the baby, notice her hand on his little head!