Fred Warner wanted to celebrate a special moment with his soon-to-be family of three.
After winning the NFC Championship with the rest of the San Francisco 49ers, the 27-year-old linebacker could be seen looking for his pregnant wife, Sydney Hightower Warner, in the middle of the celebration.
The two shared a kiss after meeting in the crowd, with the athlete holding his wife’s baby bump as they celebrated the special moment, which comes as they await the birth of their baby boy this spring.
“Let’s go to the SUPERBOWL!” she commented on photos from the exciting day shared on Instagram.
“Making memories this year that will last a lifetime. Our son will see these photos one day and know he was in my belly when dad won the NFC Championship 🥹,” Hightower Warner continued. “We are blessed. We are so proud of you #54 ♥️.”
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Who is Fred Warner’s wife? All about Bachelor Alum Sydney Hightower
NFL player and Bachelor The alum, 28, first announced her exciting baby news in October, sharing a snap from one of her ultrasound appointments.
“The past few months have been the most precious moments of our lives. Each weekly milestone and new development has been indescribable…the best is yet to come!” they wrote a joint post on Instagram, revealing that their little one will arrive in March 2024.
The couple kicked off the new year by revealing they would be welcoming a baby boy, cutting into the cake to reveal the blue frosting.
“Baby Warner… is a boy! 🩵,” they wrote. “We love this little boy more than he can imagine!”
Warner and Hightower Warner, who appeared in Peter Weber’s season Bachelor 2020, they got engaged in May 2021 and married in June 2022, in a small chapel in Vista, California, surrounded by loved ones.
The couple met when Warner, just after a Super Bowl loss, DMed her at his sister-in-law’s suggestion.
“My brother’s wife followed him via FaceTime and told him that there was a girl on him Bachelor that was his type and his vibe,” she recalled Bachelor Happy Hour podcast. “He thought it was funny, but he reached out. He waited until they sent me home, and about two weeks later he found me on Instagram and took a picture!”
Although Weber sent Hightower home in the show’s sixth week, she appreciated how everything turned out in the end.
“At that moment it wasn’t as great as I wanted it to be. But looking back, I would never be where I am in life and I wouldn’t have found the man to spend the rest of my life with if I hadn’t been on Bachelor,” Hightower continued. “It’s just crazy.”
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