It was actually Charlie’s birthday 1️⃣9️⃣😳😭, and Maya wanted to get all dressed up (as per usual).
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C clearly didn’t want pics. 😂
I didn’t wear this to our neighborhood restaurant, but changed when we got home, because…why not? 🤣🤷🏼♀️
it came with a belt of the same fabric, but I added my own vintage one for some added fun.
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So, admittedly, I hadn’t tried this dress on when I bought it. I got it when we were in Chicago a few weeks ago, and was in a hurry.
Honestly, I thought it would be super sweet in the front, and low in the back. The ruffles meaning I wouldn’t need to wear a bra-WIN!
OBSESSED with the back of the dress!!
What I wasn’t expecting….how revealing it would be on the side-WHOOPS!!
THANK GOD there were to wardrobe malfunctions!!
LOVE!
Her Fingerling that she recently thrifted for $2, that she couldn’t NOT have with her… Remember when these were ALL THE RAGE and you couldn’t buy one for Christmas except on ebay for $100?!! Yeah, she didn’t get one that year, and has wanted one ever since…
On me…
Funny thing…My remote broke again, so we did these all with a 10 second timer. SO…not as
Yup, almost a wardrobe malfunction, and we weren’t even doing anything!!
If there is a cat or dog near…Maya will not pay any attention to me.
I can only hope that she will come to more events with me, because we had the best time! And…it carried through the entire day!
Here are the floral crowns we made, And by we….I mean, I made them, while Maya walked around and schmoozed with the guests. But….let’s be honest. That was fine by me. We were both in our happy place!
I borrowed this image from 
And this next one from 
Of course this stuffy is in most of our shots, and you know what? Don’t care!
CRAB!
So, I had this idea in my head for a shot, but…it ended up being harder than I thought to capture haha.
Here’s me attempting to show Maya what I wanted her to do…
In the end…here’s a composite shot of three different shots. The best part about this, was the fact that Maya totally got into it. She even told me exactly where she wanted everything to be in this final edited shot 🙂 .
Loooooove all these next ones!!!!
Me telling her to NOT get any closer. Of course she wanted to go pet it!
Nailed it!! ha 🙂
I hadn’t taken pictures for the first 4 days of our vacation. I was so OVER my camera with my workload leading up to our vacation that I needed a break. But…I knew I’d regret not taking pictures, so I busted out the tripod outside of our room.
Not going to be able to do this much longer!!
Meanwhile…people coming down our walkway always….
But…the timer keeps going, so….carry on!!
Maya-
Mom…spread your arms out wide like you’re flying…
I KNEW what she meant, but…I mean. I had to.
Me once again not realizing where I need to be and dancing out of the frame…
This face…
As the sun went down, I switched angles…
Maya is actually wearing boys jeans. I am not afraid to buy from the boys section when thrifting! Roll them up, and they are super cute and comfy boyfriend jeans!
LOOOOOVE this next one!
A glimpse into the future tween and teen years…
BUT THEN…
My same goofy girl that just wants to run in for a hug!
and I want to eat her up.
So….I took a picture of Maya and then my camera went wonky. It would take a picture, but wouldn’t show me what it took.
And failing 🙂
She loooooves to play with my phone.
It’s actually fun for me to go back and look at all the pictures and videos she’s taken on my phone! I complain about it and tell her NOT to…but…I secretly like it later.
The trigger on the top of my camera fell off, so she was like “Uh oh…no more pictures!”
It was SO windy when we got to the beach, and I was worried we wouldn’t be able to get any shots! I actually LOVE how the wind made our hair crazy! Definitely good for a laugh!
I jumped in for a few 🙂
Looooove.
One of my favs!
Almost blew her over!
Because it was so windy, I couldn’t hear when the shutter would go off. SO…there’s a lot of me checking the remote.
