Ok, I didn’t wear this to date night, but the Huz commented many times over the course of the day how much he liked the dress, so that counts, right?? 😉
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! 
On me…
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. 
If you look close, you can see the watermelon mint I had to bribe her with to get in a shot with me 🙂 
Can we talk about this gorgeous dress too??! It’s from the same woman who made the cool tie back gray dress in 
I shot an “Instagram Story” on how I took this next shot. Not rocket science, but having kids do some kind of fun activity is a good way to get fun action shots. 
And she ran back and forth jumping over, and over, and over. Great way to tire them out too! haha. 
Her face!! 🙂
And…we don’t always stick the dismounts 🙂 
Nor do I stick the focus 100% of the time… 😉
Between her eating them as I picked and me getting tired of being pricked… the actual “picking” didn’t last long! 
Then we were both done picking, and it was time to play 🙂
She’s not used to me wearing hats, so…
This happens a lot. I set up the timer and ask if she wants to play or chase me…and then she runs off in the other direction 🙂
My creative energy was renewed after our 
Needless to say, I was in a great mood after this night too!! 
And it just makes me SO happy to see her playing and running around having fun!!!
Ok, a little photography talk here. I absolutely love that you can manipulate an image just by where you stand in relation to the sun.
On me…
And…tossed her right out of the frame-dang it! 
Her growling face, which is her new thing… 
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! 
I’ve been going through some serious withdrawals lately. I haven’t had time this summer for our usual outings, and it’s amazing how much it’s affected my mood. On the way home, I made sure to tell Maya how much fun I had with her.
I’ve REALLY missed shooting at the golden hour!! 
Looooove this next one 🙂
On me…
Hahaha. Her face!!!
I love her little dance kick in the background!!! 
See her tongue out? Yeah, she kept licking my back…
POOP!!! hahaha. 
Maya’s new thing is “ROARING!!!” It’s really neat…
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…
I’m not 100% sure how I found 
LOVE the back on this dress!!
And the twirl factor is off the charts. A total win in Maya’s book 😉 
I didn’t get a good picture of the front, because she was constantly running away from me haha. BUT… the thing that initially sold me was the fact that they zip all the way up the front!!! It makes getting them on (and more importantly OFF) super easy! Even soaking wet-SCORE! 
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