My mood totally changes with how I want to dress…boho, edgy, rock, grunge…
The one look I’m not that comfortable in is preppy. I feel totally out of place. 🙈 BUT…add a studded belt, and some funky cut out platforms, and I feel ok. 🤣
This might also be in the running for Thanksgiving! And…both of our entire outfits are thrifted or from Ebay 🙌🏻🤑
Also, to keep this post extra disjointed and random 😂 I’m super thankful for a week off with this sweet nugget. ❤️❤️❤️ I may be having to squeeze work in here and there, but getting to hang with her all day is pretty awesome.
Some pics we took from the other day’s AMAZING golden hour ✨💫 (at 3:30 😂) 
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…
OR…creative crop?!
This face…
BUT…that light!!!
As the sun went down, I switched angles…
That golden light!!!
And…Maya off playing with my phone that she found in my bag ;}
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.
Now…I have a very nice camera (not bragging, it’s my job, and it was a gift from my parents), so when it goes wonky and won’t take pics, I freak out!
But…in my test shots, it took this. I didn’t have it on manual, so…weird.
YET…I LOVE IT!
And, love it even more, because my camera is back to normal!! NO idea if I inadvertently hit a button but…PHEW!
On me…
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.
Looooove!
And…I took another 
and then….so subdued…
But that LIGHT!???
I can’t even… 
Yeah, this is what I envisioned most of the images looking like haha.
Can you see what I wanted to do here?
These were one of the first flares that I chopped. They are my FAV!! And…the ones that started the chopping addiction ha!
Baby Birks!! DYING!
These next images are some of my absolute favs of us!
And….Maya totally schooling me on the art of posing!
Always a neighbor or FIVE that walks by…and usually when I’m taking pics ALONE!
Looooove this next one!
Another day was “Fancy Fingernails”
Maya on a rock…is her comfort zone…
OMG. This is hands down my new favorite picture of Maya!
And yet…this is also so her.
Then…we got some together again as the sun was fully down.
We flipped it around and shot the other way…
But, it’s a lot harder to focus when things are heavily backlit…
I DID NOT GIVE UP THOUGH! hahaha.
And…here’s the picture I actually took with my phone as I finished Maya’s hair.
I’m all about small cross body bags when I go out. Easy to wear and not at all cumbersome!
AND…I even managed to coerce the Huz out for a few!!
Maya was not as happy about it. She was a little bummed that we were leaving her behind…
I knew it would get chilly in the evening, so I brought along this leather bomber.
I think it’s such a fun alternative to the classic biker leather jacket! 
And these sandals are SO comfy! I accidentally wrapped them oppositely, but I kind of like it!
Dying over this vintage Hanna Andersson dress!!
What to say about this sweet nugget…
And…twinning is always winning!
Love these next few!!!
My new favorite of the three of us!!
And…to my amazing mom and friend…
I can’t even…
Again….NEW FAVORITE!
Funny story. I cropped myself out of this shot because I was frantically running towards the camera on the tripod that was going CRAZY taking pics! Maya’s face though….WORTH IT!
All the heart eyes…
Pretty much the best reality of our group shot attempts…
But then we got this!!
And this, so…I’ll take it all!
And then…letting her do what she loves to do.
Hahaha. Yes, by butt as a try to stop the shutter AGAIN, and Maya picking her nose…as she does ALL THE TIME.
Licking me….as she does ALL THE TIME 😉
Me trying to wrestle her to NOT lick me…
Maya giving herself a hickey that you can STILL see 3 days later…
I love that I caught the remote being thrown in mid air. I’d had it with it’s craziness!
Maya probably explaining to me how I can fix it 🙂
