I love pairing things that don’t seem to go together upon first look.

It’s hard to tell by these pictures, but this top is actually made out of a somewhat stiff taffeta like material.  I can totally see it paired with a high waisted full ball gown like skirt and heels!!  Or…distressed mid rise denim and super comfy wedge heels-HA! I am attempting to do a closet purge, but instead I keep finding things that I forgot I had-and LOVE!  I bought these wedge sandals 6+ years ago for a trip to Greece.  I wanted something cute to wear, that would also be uber comfortable.  You can always count on Born shoes to fit that description!  I walked all around Greece in these comfortably, and easily ran after Maya all night!(Truth-I totally photoshopped out my ginormous bandage from my surgery.  It’s NOT pretty!) The Huz has been out of town since Monday, and won’t be home until Sunday night-let the countdown begin!  He usually travels during the week, but this is the longest he’s been gone for.  Maya has been SO good and helpful to to me all week.  Even helped change my bandage on my back!!  So unbelievably proud of the little girl she is becoming!  In return, we’ve done a bunch of fun stuff.  🙂And…Maya just wants to wear pink or purple twirl dresses every.single.day.  It’s probably pretty obvious that I’m not really a pink girl, and only started wearing purple since I met the Huz (it’s his favorite color, and I now see the appeal ;))  So…I try to add a little fun edginess with her shoes whenever I can 🙂 This next sequence KILLS ME!!  There are actually twice as many as I’m posting, but…that smile!!!  That laughter!!!  It’s so infectious, and I’m soooo lucky I get to see and hear it every day! I think that in any relationship, there are ups and there are downs.  That is not different in the relationship between parent and child.  There are times when you want to lock them in their room/or YOU in the bathroom.  And there are times when you cannot fathom that YOU made this amazing little person who lights up the lives of so many, is wicked funny and smart, and really is just a great little person to hang out with. I’ve had plenty of the former thoughts, but SO glad that most of my days are the latter…I couldn’t be more proud to be this little ones Mama. This next shot, I hid behind a bush to get a different perspective.

Maya said “MOM!!  You’re camouflaged!!  But I can still kind of see you!!”  Pretty sure “camouflage” was the “Word on the Street” recently 😉Time to go home…wahn, wahn, wahn… But then back outside for a walk around the neighborhood with our popsicles. I mean…this is so her hahaha On me…

And….this was where I first thought we’d take pictures.  Maya had other plans haha.