My mood totally changes with how I want to dress…boho, edgy, rock, grunge…
The one look I’m not that comfortable in is preppy. I feel totally out of place. 🙈 BUT…add a studded belt, and some funky cut out platforms, and I feel ok. 🤣
This might also be in the running for Thanksgiving! And…both of our entire outfits are thrifted or from Ebay 🙌🏻🤑
Also, to keep this post extra disjointed and random 😂 I’m super thankful for a week off with this sweet nugget. ❤️❤️❤️ I may be having to squeeze work in here and there, but getting to hang with her all day is pretty awesome.
Some pics we took from the other day’s AMAZING golden hour ✨💫 (at 3:30 😂) 
Mom…spread your arms out wide like you’re flying…
I KNEW what she meant, but…I mean. I had to.
Me once again not realizing where I need to be and dancing out of the frame…
OR…creative crop?!
This face…
BUT…that light!!!
As the sun went down, I switched angles…
That golden light!!!
And…Maya off playing with my phone that she found in my bag ;}
Maya is actually wearing boys jeans. I am not afraid to buy from the boys section when thrifting! Roll them up, and they are super cute and comfy boyfriend jeans!
LOOOOOVE this next one!
A glimpse into the future tween and teen years…
BUT THEN…
My same goofy girl that just wants to run in for a hug!
and I want to eat her up.
So….I took a picture of Maya and then my camera went wonky. It would take a picture, but wouldn’t show me what it took.
Now…I have a very nice camera (not bragging, it’s my job, and it was a gift from my parents), so when it goes wonky and won’t take pics, I freak out!
But…in my test shots, it took this. I didn’t have it on manual, so…weird.
YET…I LOVE IT!
And, love it even more, because my camera is back to normal!! NO idea if I inadvertently hit a button but…PHEW!
On me…
And failing 🙂
She loooooves to play with my phone.
It’s actually fun for me to go back and look at all the pictures and videos she’s taken on my phone! I complain about it and tell her NOT to…but…I secretly like it later.
The trigger on the top of my camera fell off, so she was like “Uh oh…no more pictures!”
I’ve realized that I’ve photographed these jeans repeatedly (ok, not sure I’ve posted them repeatedly yet, but they are coming!!)
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.
And no shame in my game. People were walking by left and right this foggy morning…
But in between….don’t mind me!
But…my neighbors that walk by all the time…yeah, that’s still awkward.
Looooove!
And…I took another 
and then….so subdued…
But that LIGHT!???
I can’t even… 
Yeah, this is what I envisioned most of the images looking like haha.
Can you see what I wanted to do here?
I want to eat her up!!
One of my favs of us!!
The raw hem…done two different ways. Hers came that way, I DIY’d mine!
Her faces…hahaha.
These were one of the first flares that I chopped. They are my FAV!! And…the ones that started the chopping addiction ha!
Baby Birks!! DYING!
These next images are some of my absolute favs of us!
And….Maya totally schooling me on the art of posing!
Always a neighbor or FIVE that walks by…and usually when I’m taking pics ALONE!
And I CAN’T let these images of US go by…. 
And…ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
And the actual lifts themselves…. 😉
Second thing…we took these images a YEAR AND A HALF AGO!!!
BUT…I couldn’t NOT post these!!
LOVE!
One of my fav pics of Maya, and…you might have spotted this image in 
But these next two are favs too!!
Um…BOTH of our faces!
No caption needed.
I can’t even…
RARELY do I look at the camera (Tripod!), but I’m sure Maya was running around behind it!
Picking flowers for me… 🙂
LOVE HER!
Twirling and dancing is where she’s happiest…
BUT…you’d have to know my history with them to TRULY understand my fear!
And….these adorable piggy back shots?
AND…Maya frequently dances with my focus stand…Which miiiiight be why some of our shots
Oh, wait….no. I never give Maya my phone when I want to get a shot of just me!!
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