I really can’t believe it…..my baby is already 3! We have been party planning this entire month, and despite unnecessary stressing and worrying on my end, everything came together perfectly. We went with a candy theme for her party, since it is her absolute favorite thing in the world. She will do anything for a piece of candy. All her friends and family were there, and she just couldn’t have been happier! The weather was perfect, sunny and warm. We had her party on top of a little hill, with a park at the bottom. As more and more guests started arriving, Maya took it upon herself to be the hostess of the party. She asked every person who walked up if they wanted a cup of lemonade. She proceeded to get each and every one of them a cup, ice included! I feel so blessed to have such an amazing daughter, she is my whole world and I couldn’t ask for anything more =).

This was my favorite photo of the day, Maya with her favorite cousin Anthony!

And finally, Maya as soon as we got home from the party! (Don’t mind the disaster of a room! haha)

We are finally on vacation and loving every minute of it! Its so nice to just relax all day and then walk up to get some ice cream at the local ice cream shop on the corner. The weather out here is perfect, I was expecting it to be much more humid! Maya cant get enough of her aunt Gracie…. I really wish we lived closer =(. Who knows, maybe we will move out here? =)

Okay so obviously I am REALLY behind….but I do believe i have photos from every week, so once school is out for the summer, I will be back tracking and updating all the past weeks. BUT, I might as well continue so I dont get even farther behind! =) These were taken at Maya’s first Dodgers game against the Angels. She had so much fun, and I couldnt believe how into it she got, cheering and everything! =)

For Mother’s Day I decided to take Maya to the nail salon for us to get our nails done together (Thank you Rafa!). She was really excited that she was able to pick out her own nail polish, and decided that she wanted her fingers yellow and her toes pink. Unfortunately I guess everyone else had the exact same idea for mother’s day, so it was a bit too crowded to really take photos, but I am so happy to have gotten these =)

Here are a few pics I took while taking a natural light workshop. Our focus in this one was dramatic lighting. I am so lucky to have the cutest little model!

This week we went to Chuck E Cheese for the first time in a while! She was so excited to see Chuckie, and ran to give him a big hug! =)

While driving to my Dad’s house one day, I drove by this old hiking trail that I have always known was there, but had never really seen before. A few weeks later I decided it would be a perfect place to take photos of Maya for fun one day after work. I quickly fell in love, and it has quickly become a place that Maya and I love to go to together to get out of the house. The entire place glows as the sun is setting, and I have a feeling there will be many more photos from me from our new favorite spot =).

Just a few quick shots of Maya in front of my friends turquoise fence that I love =).

This week we went to my little brother Blake’s soccer game. He wasn’t playing because he was injured, so we went to keep him company. Maya was so excited to show off her new gray converse, and had so much fun running around!

This week I just took a few photos at Maya’s cousin Anthony’s birthday. The two of them are like brother and sister, and whenever I take them both anywhere, everyone thinks they are twins! He had a Spongebob theme, and I also included a picture of the cake that we made the night before. =)