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Happy Holidays! (from Lauren & Family)

This holiday card was such a comedy of errors…

Maya falls on a metal toy and gives herself a black eye the day before (thank you Photoshop!!) -> Our kitchen sink broke at 11pm the night before -> the Huz stayed up late trying to fix it -> was too tired to fix it -> He got up at 6am to try some more -> Kept trying for 6 HOURS, including multiple trips to the hardware store, thus blew through our original 10am shoot time. Huz FIXES THE SINK! -> Time for Maya’s nap so we decide to try when she wakes up -> Maya boycotts nap for almost 2 hours and finally falls asleep -> She wakes up at 5, cranky and hungry -> Light is fading fast, so we decide to just rally everyone up and go for it -> The outfit I had originally had in my head did NOT go well with the kids clothes (which was what I was most worried about) and the Huz hated his sweater… -> Maya is starving and wants a cracker every 30 seconds -> entire shoot lasts 15 minutes from first shutter click to the last shutter click (including cracker breaks).

All that said…(now that 2 months have gone by) I love our holiday card. It’s us 🙂

Happy Holidays to you and yours! 🙂 There wasn’t a lot of time for “outfit” shots, so I ran outside with the tripod once we got home and got a few more before the sun went completely down. Big thank you to my parents for riding the wave, feeding Maya, and getting some great shots!

On me…

Sweater- Unknown (ebay, but similar here)

Jeans- Genetic Denim (similar here and less expensive here)

Boots- Paul and Joe (From Shopbop old, but fun different color here here, similar here and less expensive here)

On Maya…

Dress- Gap (similar here)

Tights- H&M (sold out, but similar here)

Boots- (thrifted, similar here)

What we wore for Thanksgiving…

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This is what we wore for Thanksgiving. I don’t know why, but for me, Thanksgiving usually means brown and big shocker-COMFY! 😉 No idea why on the brown, but the comfy is a no brainer. Anyway…this is waht we wore. For me-minus the shoes. We hosted, which means no shoes required 🙂 I’ve mentioned it before, but these DL1961 jeans are beyond comfortable. They have a 4 way stretch fabric that moves with you and then bounces back without sagging! Ok, truth be told. I didn’t have time to photograph what I was wearing on the actual day, so I redressed and photographed it the other day haha. I was too busy making pies!! Oh, and photographing the Peanut 🙂 THIS (below) was actually on Thanksgiving. It was totally foggy. My favorite to shoot in! And it was chilly! I had to get ONE picture of her dress before layering her up! I got these Gap boots for $2.75 at a thrift store last week. I was worried that they wouldn’t go with much, but they go with everything! You will see these A LOT in the next week or so :). On me…

Sweater- StyleMint (sold out, but love this sheer look here)

Jeans- DL1961 Coated Emma

Shoes- (thrifted) but similar here and cheaper here.

On Maya…

Jeans- Gap

Dress- Old Navy (thrifted)

Vest- Janie and Jack (thrifted, but similar here)

Boots- Gap (thrifted, but similar here)

Tis the season…for holiday parties!

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I’ll admit. I didn’t wear this to a holiday party….yet! I thought it might be fun to do a few posts a week this month on “fancier” clothes, because this is the season when a parties/get togethers could be sprung on you last minute! I like to be prepared. That is why I have a ridiculous amount of party dresses on hand “just in case” haha. I snap up timeless dresses (or not so timeless if the price is right) all the time, because you KNOW that when you are in a bind and looking…there’s nothing to be found. Funny thing is. I’m not inherently a dress girl. My comfort zone is pants. For some reason, dresses make me feel…vulnerable? Something I don’t like to be. Anywho…here’s dress #1 with two shoe options. I couldn’t decide which one I liked better.

Oddly enough, the Huz readily agreed to take these pictures. Hmmm, shocking 🙂

Please forgive the ghostly pale legs. I do live in Seattle…I love this dress, because the black and white print is pretty timeless. You can mix in any number of pops of color, or just stay with classic black. Or boots?? This is for sure what I feel more comfortable in, although I LOVE green… So, which do you like better? Heels or boots?Then, like I could leave Maya out! She had a friend over for a playdate the other day and we got them all dressed up for pictures, because…why not 🙂 LOVE these of them doing “ring around the rosie” SO CUTE!!! On me…