I showed this dress on Monday as an every day wear, but honestly…it begs to be worn out!!
All the little details…kill me! Oddly, when I got home, I swear the attached slip shrank like 4 inches!!! I don’t remember it being so short in the store, so I added another slip underneath for coverage!
If I were to go out for New Years, this would absolutely be an option!
I told Maya we could do whatever she wanted for these next shots. I’ll reveal what she really had us doing in the “keeping it real”… :}
All in all, I just want her to have fun, so whatever she suggests, I’m game for 🙂 AND, I got some great shots of us laughing, so I’m beyond happy too!
On me…
Leather Jacket- Doma (old, similar here)
Dress- Joie “O’Shea” Dress (thrifted)
Booties- Nine West (I think 20+ years old! Love these!)
On Maya…
Vest- Zara (thrifted, but similar here)
Dress- Hanna Andersson (thrifted, but similar here)
Boots- See Kai Run(hand me down)
Keeping it Real…
And for those following along, yes…she’s still in the licking phase ;{
In her words when I asked what we should do…“Make funny faces, and pee in our pants!”
“WHAT?!?!”
“Just preteeeeeending!!!”
Behind the scenes video here!
(all pictures taken with a shutter release and tripod, except ones of Maya :))
I wish I could say that I planned this hair flip! But…nope. Total accidental catch, but I love it.
I always ask Maya what she wants us to do in shots.
The girl’s got hops!!
On me…
hahahaha. She wanted to get all up in the camera…
And…licking me yet again… 😦
I can’t even handle her…
She’s a one woman show, I tell ya!
I’m her one woman audience… 🙂
I couldn’t decide on which image to post of these next three (there were actually 5!), so…I’m posting all three.
Coming in for a punch to the gut. It’s her new thing, and she thinks it’s hilarious… :{
Didn’t know we were going to do this, or I’d aimed the camera a little higher-grrrr.
I don’t even remember what she was about to do here, but obviously, it wasn’t good haha 😉
DYING over the details on the back and sleeves!!
Oh, and if you’ve followed along…I’m a total sucker for an open back top! This bralette is the best for coverage, and on Amazon for CHEAP! Although, it’s really only good for those of us that don’t have “support issues”. 😉
Oh, and…yes, we are totally matching, and I LOVE IT!
What I use to set my focus on, because she never stands still like this!!
And, when you are just running out the door without a shower, hats are an easy fix! 
I love wearing jeggings under short dresses! Dresses them down a little bit, and it’s a lot easier to run around and not worry about your dress flying up and….! 
Throwing her stuffy…
Omg, that face!!
Oh, and…TicTac bribes for the win 🙂 Puffy early morning no make up eyes, NOT for the win… BUT, that’s why I wore a hat 😉
I have NO idea where she gets half her bruises, but she’s COVERED in them!!
I LOVE this shot of her, but I didn’t have time to remove my tripod, so… 
Please excuse my blindingly pale legs!! I keep meaning to use self tanner, and then…
We BOTH were wearing things under our dresses, which was good, because although it was 80 degrees…it was windy!! I’ve gathered a bunch of diaper covers for Maya to wear under dresses in the summer. Size 18-24 month and 2T still fit, because she’s not wearing a diaper! Super cute and a lot cooler than leggings.
I gave Maya the choice of what we should do. I said I’d copy whatever she did 🙂 
Attempted to get a shoe shot…haha.
I can’t even handle her….so freaking cute!!
Ps-she has a mint in her mouth (bribe anyone??!), so that’s why her mouth is all puckered in all these ha! 
Looooove the back of this dress!
I was a liiiiiiittle nervous about her doing kung fu kicks in these clogs, but…not to worry! 
Popcorn and seaweed to keep her in one spot for a shoe shot, but I actually liked the one where she was lying down better! Oh, and sports came all week equaled more bruises than normal…I edited those out 🙂 
The focusing set up haha. 
It was hard to distract her from the car, but a good swing usually does it! 
Practicing her kung fu moves…
Super cool that Jackson was able to come over too! So weird not having him in the house anymore… Maya was in heaven having both brothers back for the evening!
SO rare to get all these guys in front of the camera! 
And then, Maya all ready in her jammies, came out for a few!
Oh, and her nightgown is a 9-10 hahaha. I knew she’d love it, so I thrifted it for $3!!!
I can’t even…
There may or may not have been some wine before we took these… 😉 
Sadly, I left my tripod leaning up against a building in Portland when I was loading my car up, and left it there. WAHHHHH!!!! I had all these plans to get a bunch of pictures of us together.
On me…
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