House of Bennetts

We just got Lyla's pictures from her 7 month photo shoot with our dear Angie (it was supposed to be her six month pictures, but with moving crazy and timing, it became her 7 month birthday before we knew it). We just love that she captured our happy girl's spirit so well. I don't typically share a lot of pictures of Lyla on here, but these are just such a great snapshot of where our family is at these days, that I decided to share some of my favorites.

*Please credit the source if you share them. :)

As of today (at almost 8 months) Lyla is essentially crawling, gabbing up a storm, and eating baby food like it's going out of style. She is such a happy and content little peanut and we are so enjoying watching her grow up every day. She's amazing.

If you are in the greater Denver metro area and in need of family photos, get ahold of Angie ASAP. Mean it.

I promise that I will do a check in on last years goals sometime soon (along with a birth story, a birth announcement, and a general list of things I think a post-partum momma really needs), but I wanted to get these goals out into the universe ON January 1. House

There is really only one house goal that I keep coming back to: a total gut job of the upstairs bathroom. PERIOD. It needs to happen.

bathroom 2

Life: List style

Learn how to become Lyla's momma. Not the momma that anyone else thinks I should be, but the momma that Lyla actually needs
Go to yoga one day a week and to the gym two days a week at lunch when back at work. This is not a vanity goal... it is a sanity goal. Period. Also, when I go to the gym at lunch I don't spend money eating out. Win win.
Allow LB to be Lyla's dad. Trust him to do this well by giving him space to make mistakes without judgment.
Read one book a month. They can even be about parenting, but continuing to broaden my worldview by reading makes me a happier person. Plus, I want Lyla to know her momma is a reader.
Sleep. Sleep as much as I can, but also not be crazy about it. Coffee exists for a reason.
Use my for real camera once a week.
Continue to love on and invest in my friends. This also means being bold about investing in new friends too.
Leave the house without baby for something just for myself once every two weeks. (Once a week will be hard to do once back at work).
Ask for help. Always.
Take a for real vacation with Lyla and LB.
Bask in the glory that is my little family instead of being so afraid that something will happen to it. I am so lucky RIGHT NOW and I just need to dwell in the right now.
Love. Gratitude. Simplicity. These three. Always, but especially this coming year.
Continue to evolve organizational systems for our new family of three (babies come with so much stuff).
Blog more consistently again as a means to connect to the broader world.. which now includes the broader world of parenting.