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Christina poses
for the camera phone! |
Russell proposed to Christina early on the morning of May 17, 2007
on Edisto Beach, where they have spent much of their time since they
have been dating. Earlier that night Christina and Russell had been
to his Senior Ball at the SC Aquarium in Charleston celebrating medical
school graduation with his classmates. A week prior Russell had convinced
Christina to take a mini-vacation down to Edisto after the ball to
have a chance to relax before everyone came into town for graduation.
She had no idea what he had been planning. Nor did she know that he
had been sneaking around ring shopping for weeks and had finally picked
out the perfect ring, only to find out the day before he had planned
to propose that her ring was not going to be fnished in time. However,
after much deliberation he decided to go ahead as planned and take
the trip to Edisto and propose there, even if only with her diamond.
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Hand in hand,
with the new bling! |
Well, after a weekend spent either in the car or watching them go
in circles followed by three long days of work and a formal ball
Christina was ready to hit the sack! All the way down to Edisto she
kept falling asleep, despite Russell constantly nudging her. When
they finally arrived Russell suggested that they go for a walk on
the beach as they had done many times before. However, this time Christina
was not interested in the least and wanted to instead go for a walk
in the morning. But, after all Russell had been through to make sure
that he had her diamond (though not her ring) by that night to propose
to her he was not about to let her off that easily. After resorting
to heavy poughting and threats of going for a walk by himself, Christina
finally gave into Russell. They made it down the beach one hundred
yards or so when Russell stopped and began telling Christina how much
he loved her and looked forward to their future together. But when
he got down on his knee, Christina was definitely shocked, saying
"Oh my God! What are you doing?" After he finally stumbled
through "Will you marry me" and recollected the ring after
nearly dropping it in the sand, Christina replied "Of course
I'll marry you!"
Unfortunately, Christina and Russell had to return to Charleston early
the next morning (despite Russell's promise of a relaxing day on the
beach along with some tennis) in order to get the diamond back to
the jeweler so that it could be mounted in the correct setting. Though
Christina was a little hesitant to give up her new jewlery, the jeweler
as promised had it back to her by early afternoon and in plenty of
time before Russell's family and Christina's mom arrived for the graduation
festivities. |
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