Whenever the Huz and I get a date night, it’s usually last minute. We are SO fortunate to have my parents that live only a few blocks away, and if they are in town they are always up for a last minute
“Hey! So…tomorrow, we were thinking of squeezing in night to ourselves”
Yes, I KNOW how lucky I am!!!
But, because of the short notice planning on our part, I rarely have time to think about what I want to wear! I decided to get ahead of the game, and think about what I wanted to wear the morning after I asked my parents (aka, the day of the date night haha) I knew that even if I had my outfit all planned out, there was NO way I’d have time to photograph it before we went out! (I was SO RIGHT!!), so I bribed Maya to go outside for a few minutes in the morning to take some pictures. All it took was me drawing a picture for her. It’s her newest obsession. She finds an image on the iPad, I draw it, she colors it in and cuts it out. On repeat FOR HOURS!! 🙂
Right before we went outside, Maya took my clutch and said she wanted to put a few things inside for me! (little toys :)) 
LOVE my little snuggle bug.
Yoga move? 
This is seriously her new thing. It cracks me up! 
But…some things never change! 
I can’t even…
On me…
And…taking our picture between my legs? haha. 
Note to self- don’t eat the dandelion 🙂 
If you look close, you can see blue fingers 😉 You can also see two bandaids on her elbow and another one on her finger. Yes, we made TWO trips back up to the office and they were so sweet. Note to self. ALWAYS carry bandaids!! I usually carry them in my purse, but didn’t have it with me ;(
On me…
Showing me her owie (from trying to pick her own blackberries ;() 
Everything about this. Her face, the fact that I didn’t move the focusing stand out of the way.
And, when you are just running out the door without a shower, hats are an easy fix! 
I love wearing jeggings under short dresses! Dresses them down a little bit, and it’s a lot easier to run around and not worry about your dress flying up and….! 
Throwing her stuffy…
Omg, that face!!
Oh, and…TicTac bribes for the win 🙂 Puffy early morning no make up eyes, NOT for the win… BUT, that’s why I wore a hat 😉
I have NO idea where she gets half her bruises, but she’s COVERED in them!!
I LOVE this shot of her, but I didn’t have time to remove my tripod, so… 
Please excuse my blindingly pale legs!! I keep meaning to use self tanner, and then…
We BOTH were wearing things under our dresses, which was good, because although it was 80 degrees…it was windy!! I’ve gathered a bunch of diaper covers for Maya to wear under dresses in the summer. Size 18-24 month and 2T still fit, because she’s not wearing a diaper! Super cute and a lot cooler than leggings.
I gave Maya the choice of what we should do. I said I’d copy whatever she did 🙂 
Attempted to get a shoe shot…haha.
I can’t even handle her….so freaking cute!!
Ps-she has a mint in her mouth (bribe anyone??!), so that’s why her mouth is all puckered in all these ha! 
Looooove the back of this dress!
I was a liiiiiiittle nervous about her doing kung fu kicks in these clogs, but…not to worry! 
Popcorn and seaweed to keep her in one spot for a shoe shot, but I actually liked the one where she was lying down better! Oh, and sports came all week equaled more bruises than normal…I edited those out 🙂 
The focusing set up haha. 
If you look close, you can see the watermelon mint I had to bribe her with to get in a shot with me 🙂 
Can we talk about this gorgeous dress too??! It’s from the same woman who made the cool tie back gray dress in 
I shot an “Instagram Story” on how I took this next shot. Not rocket science, but having kids do some kind of fun activity is a good way to get fun action shots. 
And she ran back and forth jumping over, and over, and over. Great way to tire them out too! haha. 
Her face!! 🙂
And…we don’t always stick the dismounts 🙂 
Nor do I stick the focus 100% of the time… 😉
Between her eating them as I picked and me getting tired of being pricked… the actual “picking” didn’t last long! 
Then we were both done picking, and it was time to play 🙂
She’s not used to me wearing hats, so…
This happens a lot. I set up the timer and ask if she wants to play or chase me…and then she runs off in the other direction 🙂
My creative energy was renewed after our 
Needless to say, I was in a great mood after this night too!! 
And it just makes me SO happy to see her playing and running around having fun!!!
Ok, a little photography talk here. I absolutely love that you can manipulate an image just by where you stand in relation to the sun.
On me…
And…tossed her right out of the frame-dang it! 
Her growling face, which is her new thing… 
I’ve been going through some serious withdrawals lately. I haven’t had time this summer for our usual outings, and it’s amazing how much it’s affected my mood. On the way home, I made sure to tell Maya how much fun I had with her.
I’ve REALLY missed shooting at the golden hour!! 
Looooove this next one 🙂
On me…
Hahaha. Her face!!!
I love her little dance kick in the background!!! 
See her tongue out? Yeah, she kept licking my back…
POOP!!! hahaha. 
Maya’s new thing is “ROARING!!!” It’s really neat…
And then, Maya all ready in her jammies, came out for a few!
Oh, and her nightgown is a 9-10 hahaha. I knew she’d love it, so I thrifted it for $3!!!
I can’t even…
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