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 can’t even with this next pose. It’s so funny. She definitely went through a “NO PICTURE!!” phase for a while. She eventually would get over it and just play, thank goodness! Unless, of course it’s with my phone. She still is pretty adamant about me not taking pictures of her with my phone! I think she is so used to me having a big camera, that she doesn’t think as much about it. But with my phone, I’m all up in her face and usually asking.
And of course, she’s always jumping and twirling 🙂
After this one, she was like-
On me… (no time for similar links, sorry!!)
And….another picture of her taking a picture of us between my legs 🙂
She was running around by the tripod and ALMOST ran underneath it!! My face…haha.
Trying to see if she’ll share her popcorn with me. I got a kernel 😉 
Maya said she wanted me to throw her.
She’ll have to settle for above my head haha. I swear it still surprises me when I capture these with the self timer. I actually caught a few this time!
“Mom, you chase me and try to tickle me!” Ok… 🙂 
And then….truth be told. I took these next ones over a month ago. We had tried to catch the sun before it went down, but since we can never leave the house without about 20 delays, we got down to the beach after the sun had set. At 4:30pm mind you 😦 So, I didn’t even bother trying to take picks of me or me with Maya, and let her just run around and have fun. I’ve been dying to blog them, but never got around to it! THEN the other day, Maya decided she wanted to wear this dress again, so I figured I merge the two posts!! 🙂 
LOVE her little smile!!!
And…she’s off!
Right after this one, she took off running again….into the water. Lovely. 😉
Didn’t quite catch this one in time 😉
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