Happy Birthday Maya!
I’m constantly in awe of…
…your adventurous spirit!
…the way you make friends wherever you go.
…your ability to laugh and and how infectious it is!
…the way you can make up the most amazing imaginative stories.
…how you can make up a song in the span of a few minutes.
…the way you can argue your point which can simultaneously drive me crazy, impress me, make me proud, and often times sway me.
I am so unbelievably proud of who you are and feel SO lucky to be your mom.
These images are so you… You love a fancy party dress, and love getting it dirty even more…
A few images from our trip to Friday Harbor this weekend.
Love you Maya! I hope you have an amazing 9th year!
xx,
Mom
We had collected a bunch of shells during our many beach visits…I thought it would be a fun accessory!
Ok…it was SERIOUSLY COLD! BUT…I can rarely keep Maya out of the water…
So, these are SO HER!
GAH!! LOVE THIS ONE!
I still can’t believe this was just a branch we grabbed that had fallen down in a storm! I just wound it around and tied a bow in it. Literally…less than a minute, done.
ALSO…can’t believe it was slightly warm enough to get a pic without her coat!
This dress is actually an adult size ballet costume that I thrifted probably 3-4 year ago! Maya hadn’t been that keen on it, but she loved the idea of it for this costume-yay for hoarding haha!! I had to knot it up in the back to make it fit.
This last one is so good. Honestly, I LOVE it, but it’s also indicative of her feelings…
But, I admire the thought!!
Uber car selfie for the win!
I mean…
And bathroom selfies! 🙂
I ran outside before the boys left to see if they’d at least let me take a picture with my phone, but…
On me…
Again…I just want a hug!! haha.
Oh, and while I have the tripod set up….can you take a few of me, since the remote still isn’t working?
My face is like “You’re ok still snapping, right??”
We started off the night going to the 
Next, we went to the 
On me…
LOVE this one too!!!
We were taking pictures right in front of my neighbors house, and of course they came outside…haha. Don’t mind us. Fortunately, they are used to it by now!
Hope everyone had an amazing Mother’s Day!!
It was SO windy when we got to the beach, and I was worried we wouldn’t be able to get any shots! I actually LOVE how the wind made our hair crazy! Definitely good for a laugh!
I jumped in for a few 🙂
Looooove.
One of my favs!
Almost blew her over!
Because it was so windy, I couldn’t hear when the shutter would go off. SO…there’s a lot of me checking the remote.
I’m obsessed with anything cowl neck!! If it has it in the back, I’m always in!
That grin though…
Slightly out of focus, but whatever….
Getting the Huz in front of the camera requires a special occasion, and I WILL pull the bday card!! 🙂
Loooooove this next one!
Maya fake laughing…um…?
One of the reasons we didn’t celebrate a little sooner was that Maya fell off a bench at Girl Scout camp and cut her head open. This kid can handle pain like a CHAMP, but…trips to the Dr and treatment…not so much. Trips to two different Urgent Cares later…she was totally fine, but our dinner reservation was not. BIG thanks to my parents who had dinner waiting for us when we finally came home.
Maya’s in a “I’m going to make any kind of face but a real smile for pictures” phase…it’s neat.
But she sure does love her Meme and BOPO.
Maya aka Zoolander….
Um…is this thing on?
And where are we supposed to stand??
Pretty typical Maya shot as of late…
AND…I messed up where we were supposed to stand!!! SO BUMMED, but…still love this in all
What to say about this sweet nugget…
And…twinning is always winning!
Love these next few!!!
My new favorite of the three of us!!
And…to my amazing mom and friend…
I can’t even…
Again….NEW FAVORITE!
Funny story. I cropped myself out of this shot because I was frantically running towards the camera on the tripod that was going CRAZY taking pics! Maya’s face though….WORTH IT!
All the heart eyes…
Pretty much the best reality of our group shot attempts…
But then we got this!!
And this, so…I’ll take it all!
And then…letting her do what she loves to do.
Hahaha. Yes, by butt as a try to stop the shutter AGAIN, and Maya picking her nose…as she does ALL THE TIME.
Licking me….as she does ALL THE TIME 😉
Me trying to wrestle her to NOT lick me…
Maya giving herself a hickey that you can STILL see 3 days later…
I love that I caught the remote being thrown in mid air. I’d had it with it’s craziness!
Maya probably explaining to me how I can fix it 🙂
Love these shots of them!
And Maya could NOT be any luckier in the big brother department! I kind of feel sorry for any guy that dates her…
That gap tooth smile…LOVE! And it’s even more gap toothed now! And will be SO gap toothed in few more months!
And…getting this guy in front of the camera is not easy.
I need to mention that I couldn’t be more thankful for this guy! The way he looks at me is enough, but what he does on the daily…
Might be one of my new favs of the three of us! Thanks Huz!
Oh, and had to take an outfit pic!
Oh, and the fact that my parents are only a few blocks away? Don’t get me started on how thankful I am for that!
I will treasure these images forever.
LOVE THEM!!!
And then my sister in law came over unexpectedly and Maya suddenly turned on the charm.
And I couldn’t be more thankful!!
Next week I’ll post our family pics we FINALLY took! That in itself is something to be thankful for, but will be talking about even more things I’m thankful for in that post.
Did I mention it was WINDY??
I often have to wrangle a runaway Maya
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