Reasons to be Cheerful

It has been a couple of weeks since I last took part in Reasons to be Cheerful, but after writing a soppy post the other day, I thought why not make it a happy week.  Here goes. . .

1)   Dylan appears to have mastered the act of sleeping so well, that he is getting up about half past 8 every day.  This is a luxury I never dreamt of in the early days, and I am enjoying every minute in bed past the seven o'clock that I expected.

Gemma, Laura and I at London Zoo

2)   I had a wonderful day out with Trunki at London Zoo (post to follow) and met some of my blogging buddies, Thelifeandtimesoftheworkingmum and Alwaysamummy.  I spend so much time chatting online to them, it is lovely to put a face to the name.  

3)  After stopping breastfeeding two weeks ago, I feel like my body has finally gone back to normal.  Sad as it is to have stopped, I am enjoying the new freedom and how much easier it is to have a lie-in now!

Real Nappy Week 2012

4)  Real Nappy Week has been a great excuse for some fluffy shopping, and Dylan can now rock his new spider-baby nappy!  I have had two wonderful guest posts on the blog, one from the bloke which is a man's view of cloth nappies, and one from Sarah at Fluffy Dumplings about caring for your cloth nappies.  We also attended a RNW12 event on Friday, and a photo of Dylan in his lovely fluffy nappy should be in the local paper next week!

5)  I had my first shift back at work on Sunday, and actually really enjoyed it.  I was ready to go back and getting that bit of a break from the little dude is actually lovely.  I also enjoyed hearing how the bloke got on looking after Dylan for the day by himself, as any ideas of a 9 month holiday are now firmly displaced from his mind.




So that is my cheerful week! Sorry about all the links, but it looks like I have quite a few happy posts this week!  What has got you smiling this week?