Oddly, this “shoot” was a hot mess. It was a gorgeous day, so I thought that we really should get out there and take pics!  SO many days go by where I just enjoy the day (and my non showered self!!), but this was not one of those days.

It was one of those days where I had no idea what I was going to wear.  I was so sick of the basic items I normally just throw on.  So I threw a few things that I’ve been wanting to wear, and honestly, they DON’T GO TOGETHER-UGH!!   I wish I could say that I  wear what I want to wear most days, but that would be a lie.  Most days I veto outfits for a myriad of reasons.  It’s not practical, I can’t chase after her in those heels, what if I have to bend over, WHY DOESN’T THIS FIT/WHY IS IT SO TIGHT (damn all that wine I drank!!!!)

I do the same with Maya, except most of her reasons are wanting to just wear the same dresses over and over again that she can twirl in. 😉  BUT….that is life most days, no?  As much as I want to wear all the amazing things I have, I usually throw in the towel and end up wearing something that when I look in the mirror, (or on the blog!!!), I end up thinking “WTF???!”

Add into the mix that I’m so unbelievabley slammed with work, and it seems silly to spend time on this blog.  That in itself is silly, because I LOVE taking pics of us.  And more importantly, this blog is what gets me AWAY from my computer and playing with Maya a lot of the time, so WIN!

If only I could add a few more hours to the day… Omg, her face in this next one hahaha. As with most fall days.  It’s windy and cold one minute, and then HOT the next… “Maaaaaybe, I’ll get back to wearing some fun things I want to wear from my closet, but until then…

On me… (don’t have time for all the links, sorry!)

 I know, I know. Everyone is talking about how excited they are for fall.  Sweaters, boots, and pumpkin EVERYTHING haha.  I’m ready 🙂 I am soooooooo going to miss the evening walks though ;(

On me…

She really is a total cuddle bug, but every once in a while she wants nothing to do with me haha.

 I’ve been wanting to play around with sun flare for a while.  I don’t have as much freedom to shoot where and how I want to when I’m using the tripod to take the pics of me and M…but the park we went to last night was perfect.  I love that you can manipulate an image using the sun (or blocking it) just by moving one foot… Yes, I’m getting a little more creative in my “haven’t washed my hair in a few days” look 😉 These shots were taken at the same time, but I moved the camera forward a foot into the shade for the second shot.  For all the photo geeks like myself… 😉And then I moved it back even more to get this one. LOVE this next one!  She’s totally been into jumping and spinning.  I think she’s got a serious future in figure skating 🙂 On me…

And she’s done with me 🙂

 Kind of excited to be pulling out some sweaters!  Oh, and hats?  A mama’s best friend.  No shower?  NO PROBLEM!! haha 🙂 I literally could have posted twice as many images of Maya next.  For 5 minutes straight, she just danced, jumped, and did karate moves haha.  🙂

LOVE HER!!!I’ve started hoarding diaper covers again.  Even 2T ones fit, because…no diaper!  They are great to wear under dresses when you don’t want their undies to show and you don’t (aka THEY DON’T) want to wear leggings.On me…

Oh, and…I mean when you are a toddler 😉

I mentioned on Instagram that I hadn’t even meant to take pictures this evening.  My parents had come over for dinner while the Huz was away, and Maya chose this outfit herself when she spilled on the dress that she was wearing.  She’s adamant about changing whenever she gets dirty or even wet from washing her hands-which translates to about 3 outfit changes a day UGH!!

After she got what she was wearing wet, she took my mom into her room to find something else to wear.  AND…she chose a total party dress. hahahaha.  She’s been asking me over and over to wear it.  Since I scored it for less than $3 I really shouldn’t be saying no all the time…but it is kind of unique ha!

Yet…she was in RARE FORM as soon as she put it on, so maybe I should let her wear it more often haha!  Ps- I was TRYING to get a few pictures by myself, but that was not happening 🙂

My mom snapped these of us haha.

I mean…are you kidding me?!  Where does she get this?!!! And then on the way back home…Ok, I’m going to keep it real here.  This next sequence had my mom in it…and I took her out SORRY MOM!!!  And, it was from the very beginning of our walk to their house.Seriously, with those moves though!!?DYING!Oh….and when you have a disturbing amount of fires near your city, you get some pretty amazing sunsets…look close and see the tiny airplane in the bottom right 😉On me…

Oops!  Should have put some bloomers on her 😉