Ashley Nicole Reid(@ashleywhitby) instagram tagged download

Over the past week I’ve had hundreds of people message me and congratulate me on the birth of my son. I initially was messaging everyone back but you all poured out your love and congratulations in such volume that it seemed pointless. Haha. So thank you all SO much! God is so good and @ashleywhitby and I are truly blessed and so excited about this next chapter in our lives as parents.

We have a meal train setup for anyone that’s interested in helping us out while we adjust to having a new life to care for. Love you all and again: THANK YOU

https://mealtrain.com/og3nzd

{ July: Play }
I thought play was something you did when the work was done.

Turns out, play is how I found my way back into the work.

31 days.
31 Playbook pages.
2 Play Labs.
No requirement for any of it to become useful.

I collaged every day.
I asked my dreams questions.
I played with light.
I made things seriously and made things for no reason at all.

Somewhere in there, a 15-minute practice changed the texture of my life.

What I learned:
willpower is weaker than design.

I didn’t need to become more disciplined.
I needed to make returning easier.

Maybe that’s what play gave me:
a way back in.

Hanging with my wife and our animals as we learn more about what to expect during labor of our baby. Kitty decided she wanted to sit on my shoulders for a while. 😇

${ three year engagement } We’ve gotten a lot of “wait, aren’t you already married?” and the honest answer is: it’s complicated. In 2023 we rushed our engagement and planned a whole at-home wedding because my dad was nearing the end of his life. He passed a month before. With plans already in place and grief very much present, we renamed it an engagement party and let ourselves just be in it. We had a venue booked for 2024, but the timing didn’t feel right, a lot of family couldn’t make it, so we turned it into an immediate family + joint bach weekend at a 40 person cabin, which was actually really fun and maybe exactly what we needed. and then we paused. Not on us. on the wedding. because we wanted to do the internal work first.. to show up as our best selves before making that commitment in front of people. For 18 months we worked really hard. Daniel lost 60 lbs. i lost about 15. We untangled our relationship from our business, which had been one long hustle from the beginning. We had to figure out who we were when we weren’t building something together. Turns out we still really like each other. 😉 Because what’s the dream home and the dream studio if love isn’t the biggest thing living inside it. When the day finally came it felt obvious. Courthouse ceremony with immediate family - small intimate reception at our house right after with childhood friends, besties and close neighbors. The least stressful thing we’ve ever put together, which says a lot. It felt like us. Finally, just us. This is how I want to remember it. 📸 @ashgphoto @severus_snapshot 💄 @leveluplana @laura_oliver_dallas 🌹 @ashgongora 🎈 @partygeenius 🎶 @fakeinternetpersona$

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