Fall for me equals big comfy sweaters + boots. Sooooo many variations, but all so good.
And… Three cheers for mother in laws that live in Oklahoma and send us amazing cowboy boots!!
Maya just got this pair for her birthday, and we are both in LOVE!!
Oh, and the way she’s leaning on me??! Dying…
Omg, that face!!
On me…
Sweater- Handknit by my dad.
Top- Mason (eBay, similar here)
Jeans- J Brand (thrifted, similar here)
Boots- Lucchese (similar here)
On Maya…
Vest- Mini Boden (thrifted, similar here)
Dress- Le Top “Cute Cookie Corduroy Dress” (thrifted)
Jeans- GapKids (thrifted)
Cowgirl Boots- Old West Square Toe Boots (birthday present from Gigi!)
Keeping it Real…
She loves standing right behind me to take our picture, or under my legs…as I’ve shown many times 🙂 I was trying to get her from being behind me. She wasn’t having in of it.
I was trying to set up for the boot shot ( you can see the focus stand in the background), and Maya kept sticking her head right in front of the lens haha. I Photo Shopped the stand out of the shot in the main post. 
(all pictures taken with a shutter release and tripod, except ones of Maya :))
Couldn’t leave the stuffies behind… 😉
The only way I could get her to let go of them, was to offer to swing her…
Love this next one! She normally jumps, but she just kept balancing on one foot and then pushing off into my arms. 🙂
And then the sun came out!
Clearly, I can’t resist a pop of red on either of us haha.
That pose…
When I’m smiling off to the side in images of just me…this is what’s really going on 🙂
I can’t even with this next pose. It’s so funny. She definitely went through a “NO PICTURE!!” phase for a while. She eventually would get over it and just play, thank goodness! Unless, of course it’s with my phone. She still is pretty adamant about me not taking pictures of her with my phone! I think she is so used to me having a big camera, that she doesn’t think as much about it. But with my phone, I’m all up in her face and usually asking.
And of course, she’s always jumping and twirling 🙂
After this one, she was like-
On me… (no time for similar links, sorry!!)
And….another picture of her taking a picture of us between my legs 🙂
She was running around by the tripod and ALMOST ran underneath it!! My face…haha.
It’s so funny. At the balloon counter, both the woman who was helping us and I double and triple checked that she really wanted black balloons. She was insistent, and I honestly love how they turned out!
Oh, and I also had a different outfit picked out for her, but she was adamant about this dress and boots. And I have to admit…that pop of pink? 
hahaha.
I kept my outfit pretty simple. A) because, honestly, I wasn’t even sure we were really going to attempt this shoot until about 45 minutes before we did it-ha! B) it was her day! C) you can’t go wrong with black, denim, and a leather jacket!
Where’s Maya?? 🙂
I could eat her up…
Runaway balloons!!
One of my favorite images I got from this night! Although, with this light..there were a few!
That light?! That laughter? Love…
It’s so funny. I kept asking her if she wanted to blow the dandelions. Again…it’s not our yard or our neighbor’s yard, so go at it, no?! 😉
The downside to this park, is that a lot of people bring their dogs here to run off leash in the attached baseball field. Maya cannot resist a dog, and always wants to run off and play with them. Takes a little while to get her back… So, there are about a kazillion self timed shots of me caller her back haha.
Yup, another one of these. I might do an entire blog post on them haha.
She’s got some serious dance moves 😉
It’s hilarious. Now when I’m trying to get pictures of just me, she wants to jump in them!
The days of doing this are numbered. I know I keep saying that…
If you look closely, you can see a chestnut that Maya was tossing in the air. She collected a bunch for some squirrels (video at the end!!).
Gah. The way she is reaching for my hand…and the look on her face?!
I’m so obsessed with this dress!! And I scored it for $3 in perfect condition!
She was totally doing all these moves on top of this post. I was so impressed!! And…a little nervous.
haha 🙂
I bought silly string thinking it would be a fun shot having her spray it at me. She wasn’t strong enough to push it down and spray it haha. She finally got it, but it just drizzled out. Probably a good thing since we obviously picked it all up before leaving! She just stood there dribbling it into my bag, and though tit was hilarious!
“HI!!! Can I pet your dog?!!”
My new favorite picture of the two of us!!
The many poses of Maya…
I can’t even handle this next one! I want to EAT HER UP!!!
“Mommy, look! I’m an old lady!!” haha.
The Huz was out of town for the first part of last week, and I vowed to get some sunset shots of us while he was gone. Well…we missed it the first few nights, but got them this evening! Actually, I really wanted the sun poking through the trees (which we got), but after we left the park, I had to get out of the car and grab this shot too… So lucky to live where we do!
I attempted to take a few vertical shots, but my lens was too heavy and sank down! Oh, and Maya was standing right in front of the camera haha. The latter wouldn’t have been a big deal if I’d actually captured the top half like I meant to!
Oh, and her little hand gripping my hair…DYING!
OMG, her face!!!! It’s a cross between wanting to show that she’s mad, but…NOT-HA!
Maya had gymnastics later this day, so she was totally on trend with the leotard look haha 🙂
When I asked if she’d come outside to take some pictures, she said…
Oh, and I had another post all together taken in this direction of the side walk, but CLEARLY I f’d up the focus. It was 8:30 in the morning, so I blame it on my coffee not having kicked in yet!
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