Elyse Knowles celebrates one year since getting engaged to beau Josh Barker

She welcomed her first child – a baby boy named Sunny – in February last year and will soon wed her longtime boyfriend Josh Barker.

And Elyse Knowles was feeling incredibly grateful on Monday as she celebrated exactly one year since getting engaged to Josh.

The model, 29, shared throwback photos from the beach proposal, as well as a sweet video of her wiping away tears on her Instagram Stories, while pregnant with Sunny.

‘One year ago today,’ Elyse captioned a photo of the couple posing on the sand, with the bride-to-be proudly showing off her diamond engagement ring.

She looked radiant and glowing as she donned a brown bikini top and briefs, while also drawing attention to her baby bump at nearly nine months pregnant.  

The former Myer ambassador then shared a candid video of herself wiping away happy tears, before posting another gorgeous throwback photo of the couple.

‘Beautiful day, just us,’ she captioned the photo, that saw a casually dressed Josh placing a tender hand on her baby bump.  

Elyse often takes to her Instagram to share precious moments of family life.  

Last month, the blonde beauty shared a sweet photo to her Stories of her mother Kim Knowles bonding with Sunny in the coastal town of Byron Bay.   

‘Thank you Kimmy for your endless love and help,’ Elyse captioned an adorable image of Kimmy holding onto Sunny and planting a kiss on his head. 

Little Sunny looked cute as a button in a white shirt and overalls as he enjoyed time with his grandmother, who was presumably on her way back home to Melbourne.

Kim also took to her Instagram Stories to share a heartwarming photo of herself enjoying one ‘last walk’ before her trip back home, with Sunny strapped to her chest.

She also shared the same image Elyse posted to her Instagram Stories, captioning it sweetly, ‘See you soon little man’. 

Elyse revealed to Stellar magazine in May last year that she was crippled by anxiety following the birth.

‘I got quite anxious leaving home for the first time. My heart was racing. I didn’t know if I could do it,’ she told the publication. 

‘Having [Sunny], having our dogs and getting out there… And Sunny was screaming in the car and it made me quite scared.’ 

She added: ‘I found it hard to breathe and I had to tell myself, “It’s fine, what could go wrong? Everyone has babies… you just have to go for it.”

‘It took a couple of times to feel confident. But I’m not going to lie, it was hard at the start.’

Elyse and Josh relocated from Melbourne to Byron Bay in 2019, and in May 2020 purchased a $2.3million beach house in the New South Wales coastal town.