And this is where it gets hilarious. Maya had been watching Sesame Street while I took my shots (don’t judge, it’s educational! :)) And then…she took over… (the below shot was taken with my phone) I took a video of it and posted it here :).
These next shots SHE took with the self timer 🙂
Yup, she took this one of me too 😉
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Max couldn’t stand to be left out!
And then, I got these of her.
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Black and Blue
Once again, I was in an all black mood… I had to force myself to add some color, and I thought this bright blue might go well. As my dad later told me “That blue is the new black.” haha, so…I guess I’m still wearing all black? 😉
LOVE the simplicity of these Gorjana earrings. I wear them all the time.
So excited because we are heading to Meme and BOPO’s (my parents) to say hi.

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Gorgeous day in Seattle…
It’s so funny how if you give us a little sun and 50 degree weather, we are all happy as clams here in Seattle! I’ve been dying to shoot down by the water with the Space Needle in the background for a while. We walk by this spot almost every morning on our walk. It’s SO pretty…
So…I tried something a little new with my hem. I am 5′ 8″, but have ridiculously short legs. That means, I usually either need to hem my jeans (will do a post on that at some point, because who wants to pay $20 for that??), let them scrunch up at the bottom, or roll them. These jeans have a super long inseam (35!), so I double rolled them. I can’t decide if it looks weird, or I’m onto the next “cool thing” Let’s just say the latter 😉
I really should do more posts with my bags. I only have one actual diaper bag (which I posted here), but it doesn’t even look like a diaper bag (I made sure of that!). I just buy oversized bags, and have a little bag that has a few diapers and wipes that I swap out into each of them 🙂 This particular bag I’m holding here was a major eBay score. Regularly $446, and I got it for $26!
Mini stick!!! haha 🙂
Do I even need to tell you how much fun she had in this puddle and how soaking wet she was at the end? Reason #47 why I buy thrifted stuff for her. My heart rate only slightly goes up when she gets all dirty from playing… 🙂
I mean…could she be any happier? 

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Faux fur and camo in the woods…
I bought Maya’s jeans off eBay. The pictures weren’t that great, so I just thought they were red skinny jeans (totally fine). Come to find out, they were camo!! I was SO excited. I want them in my size… 🙂
I have been looking for faux fur every time I go thrifting, and have not found anything until this last weekend. And proof that everything is worth waiting for… Everything was an extra 50% off-SCORE!!! That is one of the things I love about thrifting. You can try out a trend to see if you like it, and not be out a bunch of money. In this case 4$ for this super cute vest! I wasn’t sure if I would feel to overly done wearing a faux fur vest, but I didn’t at all! Love it!
Oh, what do you know, another stick? Shocking 😉

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Work outfit…
It’s pretty rare that I have a shoot during the week, unless it’s a newborn shoot. The shoot I went on was for Executive head shots, so I figured it would be a chance to dust off the heels!
Btw, it was raining sideways, we we stayed inside 🙂
I don’t know what I love more. Maya’s face, or Max’s behind her haha.

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If you dress for spring…will it come?
The answer was no… We did get a few hours of sunshine in between downpours, though!
Totally messed up the focus on this next one (forgot where to stand), but I still love it…
It was SO windy!!

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Vintage…never goes out of style.
Seriously, everything is better with a stick. So says Maya…
I’ve mentioned my love of vintage coats a number of times, and I’ll say it again. LOVE THEM. Fraction of the cost, totally timeless, and nobody else will be wearing it! Pretty sure this shirt is vintage too, but I’m not 100% sure. Classic Levi’s though.
If you follow us on Instagram, you’ll know that I scored these boots off eBay. Regularly $465, and I got them for $33!
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
If you follow us on Instagram, then you saw this image last night. I take most of the pictures of me/me with Maya with a tripod and self timer. It’s convenient, but there are some limitations. As I’m getting more confident, I’m trying more things. I was SO excited that this one turned out! 🙂
Let’s pretend that I hung the “Happy” up too. The place where we took these is right near a very busy street. Maya was pretty good while I was hanging these two, but then she started getting antsy. Figured it was good enough haha.
Yes, this top only stayed on for the shoot. I wanted to do something a little more dressy for the Valentine’s Day shoot. As if we were going out afterwards (we didn’t/aren’t :))
Puddle! 
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When in doubt monochromatic and metallic…
We had kind of a busy morning, so I really didn’t have time to think about what I was going to wear. That usually means all black for me 🙂 In the summer it always means jeans and a white T, but sadly…it’s not summer yet.
Btw, can we just ignore the fact that my necklace is strung up over my nose? :}
For all you curly hair mama’s (ie, you wake up with a hot mess that can’t be combed into submission) In lieu of taking a shower/wetting your hair, a braid/twist into a bun is a super easy/fast way to look somewhat put together. Yes, what I’m trying to say is that I didn’t take a shower before taking these 😉
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Denim on Denim
I can just see my dad smirking as he reads this. 🙂 I’ve never been a denim on denim fan, until recently. I still don’t think I could do two denims that were really close, but I like how this looks with the really light and really dark denim. Yes, or no?
Vintage belt that I recently scored while thrifting…
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