I’m all about chambray right now.
It’s soooo comfy for the warmer temps!
Technically, I think this is a dress, but…yeah that’s not happening 🙂
LOVE!!
Maya was adamant about Star Lily being in our pics…
Honestly, whatever makes her happy and willing, I’m IN at this point!
We got her for Maya a few years ago for Christmas. Costco had them (for $50!), and I KNEW the minute I saw it, that Maya would love her!
I was right 🙂
Twinning is always winning! 🙂
AND….haha.
These were taken over TWO months ago, when I could still pick Ruby up!
She’s now 5 months old and weighs 65 lbs!!
SO…no more picking her up 🙂
Such a little nugget!!
On me…
Top- Rails (eBay, similar here and loving this long sleeve one!)
Jeans- Genetic “The Shane” in Pale (eBay, sold out similar here)
Sandals- Saltwater Sandals
On Maya…
Top- Crewcuts (thrifted)
Dress- Gap Kids (thrifted, but similar here)
Leggings- Children’s Place (thrifted)
Sandals- Salt Water Sandals (thrifted)
Keeping it Real…
Pretty typical face from Maya…
And yes…for those following along for a while, STILL licking.
Before she heard the shutter clicking. It seemed to mesmerize her, which was great!
(all pictures taken with a self timer/shutter release and tripod, except ones of Maya :))
It’s hilarious. Now when I’m trying to get pictures of just me, she wants to jump in them!
The days of doing this are numbered. I know I keep saying that…
If you look closely, you can see a chestnut that Maya was tossing in the air. She collected a bunch for some squirrels (video at the end!!).
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’m not 100% sure how I found 
LOVE the back on this dress!!
And the twirl factor is off the charts. A total win in Maya’s book 😉 
I took these the day before I left on my girls weekend over a week ago…
For a sizing reference. I’m 5′ 8″, and I got a small. It’s actually almost too long! Nothing a little knot doesn’t fix!
Because…twinning is winning! haha. 
Maya wanted to “Make me look beautiful” by putting weeds in my hair 😉 
You can’t really see them, but…so sweet! 
I can’t even handle her sweet smile!!! LOVE HER!
The low tide was SO cool, but it was SO slippery out there on the rocks. We ventured out a little bit, and then came back.
I thought about messing with this image in Photoshop to enhance the beauty, but decided to leave it exactly the way I took it in my camera… 
Same with this one. I’m not much of a landscape photographer, but I couldn’t help but take a picture on this day. 
And, I’ve always wanted to capture Maya mid jump. Oddly…when I finally did, I realize it wasn’t exaaaaaactly how I pictured it in my mind 🙂 
It’s hard to get Maya to come anywhere near me, because she just wants to run and play in the sand.
Yup…this view is only a few yards away from the above shots! Honestly, not even that! I could have pivoted from the above shot to get this!! 
She honestly face planted in the first 5 minutes!! 🙂 I’m SO glad I thrift all her clothes!!
EXCEPT for the fact that once she’s down there…she doesn’t want to get up ;{
So, I have to offer to play with her (which is really all I want in the first place!) 🙂 
And….back to playing in the sand.
Until I gave her permission to just jump and play! 
But….
So, I ordered another shutter release, but it’s on back order. SO…the last few shoots have been all with the self timer. I CANNOT WAIT for the new shutter release to get here!!
And…her chasing me to the spot 🙂 I love this little pocket of sunshine and all the shade around it…
Wanting up…
Once again, I hadn’t planned on throwing her, but she came running full force at me, and we caught it perfectly. Well, not perfectly because I chopped off half of her body. Love that I still got her face…in the shadow and all.
Bubble gun that we got from the dollar store. So cool, because it doesn’t require batteries. NOT so cool, because you have to push the trigger a kazillion times to get a lot of bubbles. That’s hard for her, so she usually gets one big bubble… 
This next shot is totally blurry, and I don’t care!! I tried “gunning” some bubbles for her, and then attempted to run back to catch her chasing them. Well, the wind was too strong, and… 
You can’t tell, but it was 75 degrees. We were both HOT! And I was totally sweaty from running back and forth between the camera, and then chasing her. SO…we made the executive decision to leave and go play at the indoor gymnastic free play. Always sad to leave… 
On me…
and the back of this top?? LOVE!
If there is one thing I consistently love (besides an interesting back on a top haha), it’s a red shoe! LOVE the pop of color that instantly makes any outfit 10 times cuter!! 
I decided to play around with the 
Ladybug! 
It’s been a long time since I’ve captured this, but it’s one of my favorite sights!!! Maya running in for a big bear hug (which usually knocks me over, haha) 🙂 
I still cannot believe I got so lucky to have such a sweet happy little nugget…
On me…
Oh, and note to self. You have to stay within the sweet spot when shooting with a Lensbaby 😉 What you can’t really see is that Maya is desperately reaching down to tickle me on the way down haha.
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