06.13.12
Gabrielle Blair started having kids at 23 years old — and didn’t stop.
She now has 6 beautiful children, one of the most successful blogs of all time, and a thriving career that she’s built on her own.
It’s possible, people. It’s possible.
She’s an inspiration to all moms, but especially to “early moms” who might feel that professional success is completely unattainable when you start having kids young. And now the Blair family is starring in a series of videos called Olive Us — where you can see just how good “early” children can turn out:
Follow the entire Blair clan at Olive Us (they released episode 3 today!), and follow Gabby at Design Mom.
3 Comments to Design Mom’s Early Family, On Film
Chaunie
June 17, 2012 at 7:34 pm
What a great site! I love the idea of traveling with kids and living in the French countryside–wow!!
Shannon
June 19, 2012 at 4:17 pm
I never knew that about Gabby, that is a huge inspiration! I know I’m still working through those feelings of, “Can I be successfully if I have to be a responsible mom?” I feel like I hear about lots of women my age having fun and living life, and I think, I can’t do that.
Also, as a side note, I would love to see a post on deciding to have another kid as an early Mama. I know Gabby had a really good one on Design Mom awhile back, but I was curious if anyone else has been through this? I love my son, but motherhood came as such a surprise I’m not 100% sure about another one…
michellehorton
July 1, 2012 at 5:48 am
Shannon – this is actually a really big issue for me. I wrote about it a bunch:
http://www.earlymama.com/2011/04/25/when-to-have-second-child/
http://blogs.babble.com/being-pregnant/2011/09/12/i-was-barely-ready-for-one-is-it-responsible-to-have-another/
http://www.earlymama.com/2011/11/18/20-things-before-pregnancy-2/
http://www.earlymama.com/2012/05/11/the-question/
I’d love to see Gabby’s post on this!