Day 4 of our #5DaysTil5Years 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 I always knew deep down that I wanted a family but after falling for Ed, I knew in my heart that I wanted to make him a Dad. And I'll be forever grateful for him making me a mom and giving me the family I never could have began to imagine 🥰 Whether it's the small things like washing bottles and giving baths, or the big things like rearranging his days to give me much needed sleep or putting both girls to bed so I can teach or have some me time. I can't even begin to thank you for how you love your girls @321phasteddie ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #PureWeddingGliss #PureGliss #TheGlissNest
Day 3 of #FiveDaysTil5Years is my epic proposal 💍 On a day in April of 2013, I got an e-mail inquiry for my first ever Proposal photo shoot! I booked the 10th of April in Falls Park and went to go and meet Spencer Taylor downtown to scout out a spot for him to propose to his girlfriend 🌳 We arrived and walked around and out of the corner of my eye I saw Eddie standing down by the water... aaaaand I ignored him! I thought "oh how unprofessional would it be to go talk to my boyfriend in the middle of this guy trying to propose" ... Spencer pretended to get a phone call to shake me off and Eddie said to be "come here Smash"... 📸 It finally clicked that I wasn't the photographer for this proposal, in fact, he was hiding in some trees up the hill... Eddie asked me to be his wife and best friend for the rest of time and I cried happy tears and we roamed around Falls Park for a freshly engaged photoshoot followed by Mellow Mushroom pizza. 🍕 Several weeks later we had dinner with Spencer and his wife Tara and laughed about the fake last name and e-mail address Spencer had created and all of the planning leading up to this special day. Tara is one of my closest friends now and their family is so near and dear to us all because of this special day. 💕 #PureWeddingGliss #PureGliss #myproposalstory #yeahthatgreenville
Day 2 of #FiveDaysTil5Years of #PureGliss 🤳 A series of selfies from around the globe. I'd follow this guy anywhere! While we have taken a bit of a break on extreme international travel for a bit, we still can't wait to show our girls the world. 🌏 From Australia, to the carribean, Europe and the Grand Canyon. Ed has always been up for a crazy jam packed schedule of exploring with every opportunity we had. We have spent A LOT of time driving all over several countries and states and not even getting on eachothers nerves! My forever travel buddy! #PureWeddingGliss #theglissnest
I’m dedicating my posts this week to this hunk because it is #FiveDaysTil5Years of #PureGliss. This photo is circa 2009, when we were BABIES! We’ve been married almost 5 years but together TEN years now and I honestly don’t remember life without my best friend. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This photo was taken in Nashville, a trip we would take almost annually, 8/10 years! We met in October of 2008, and I was a senior, and Ed had 3 years of school left. We didn’t realize it at the time, but we had both accepted jobs (Ed’s was a co-op) with Toyota in Kentucky for the summer of 2009. I didn’t think long distance would be possible but how could we ignore this fate of getting an entire summer together? It was an amazing summer with this trip to Nashville as well as trips to California and Germany which turned out to be only the beginning of our wanderlust. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #PureWeddingGliss
S I X M O N T H S 13 lbs 4 oz ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Oh my sweet girl you have been with us a half a year already? Parts of it have flown by and I'm so proud to be your mama. You are really coming into your own now and I just adore you. You complete our family in the most beautiful way. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ L O V E D: attention, rolling, tummy time, sweet potatoes, bottles!!!!, songs, story time 📖, big splashes in the tub, chewing on everything, strollin, sleeping on her belly ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ N O T S O L O V E D: not being the center of attention, being overtired, getting teeth, not being able to crawl, getting legs stuck in her crib rails ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #TheLittlestGliss #NGGbythemonth
Happy Mothers Day to all of you amazing women out there ! 💐 Reflecting today I was thinking about all of media about "shaming" moms out there. Working moms shaming moms at home. Breastfeeding moms shaming formula feeding moms. And the list of shoulds goes on. ⬇️ The truth is, I've never been truly "shamed" by another mother (at least not to my face anyways) But my worst critic and worst "shamer" is myself. I constantly question if I'm doing the right thing in every corner of parenting. 🤦🏻‍♀️ So today I took it slow, and had a little pep talk with myself that I can be and will be PROUD of the mom I am. And I will accept the choices ive made that are the best choices for me, my girls and my family. No more "should" or "they say". Just this little pep talk had me enjoying my Mothers Day just a little bit more, just a little bit slower, expectations of perfection a little bit smaller. 👶🏻 Because, it turns out, babies are still allowed to cut teeth on mother's day and be big grouches 🤣 and even though "they say" you "should" not rock your babies too much or you will spoil them, you better bet I went in and rocked that poor aching baby and as much as I hated knowing she is in pain, I loved me those cuddles and feeling so needed. I love these girls. I love being a mom. And I am dam proud of the mom I am and continue to become! 🥰 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Happy Mothers Day ladies! Be proud! Thank you to the moms in my life for showing me the way! @raglis55 @cp5557 . . . #uniteinmotherhood #oureverydaylife #letthekids #greenvillemoms #documentlife #ohheymama #momswithcameras #motherhoodanthology #myhonestmotherhood #mybeautifulmess #momentslikethis #photosinbetween #modernmama #greenvillemommy #scmoms #livethelittlethings #therealparenthood #momlife #southcarolinamommies #documentyourdays #ashleyamberphoto #greenvillescnewbornphotographer #simpsonvillenewbornphotographer #greenvillescphotographer