Motivational Monday - even though today is Tuesday - Week 3

So it's been just 3 weeks since the Motivational Monday started and on the second one I was already too busy to post. Almost gave up doing it this week as well but if anything I think this is one more thing I can do for myself. 

I was doing well on the health eating front until the weather went freezing and I ended up stuck at home with a teething little boy. I'm not too worried about that as I know health eating for me is a marathon, not a sprint. Also I know I'm a bit limited with choices at the moment as i can't really cook everything from scratch as I used to do but the they will come and I shall be able to change that.

We were snowed in for a couple of days, with Harry having just recovered from his ear infection I didn't want to be out and about on the cold. When Sunday came it all got a bit too much for me so daddy and I went on a snowy walk with lill guy. It was rather hard work but it was also quite fun to just walk about watching kids - and adults for that matter - running around starting their snowball fights and parents dragging their little ones on sledges of all shapes and sizes. Above all it was good to have a nice little break and enjoy daddy's company while Harry had a kip all cosy in his pram.

With the weather my plans of treating myself to a hair cut had to stay for another day, maybe this weekend coming.

Now the most lovely thing i done for myself was yesterday. I took lill guy for a walk and when he was just about to fall asleep -instead of keep on walking and then get stuck outdoors because he is all wrapped up and would be too hot if i went into any shops at all - I went into my favorite tea room at pram town, gave him a little feed and got him down for a kip in his pram so I could enjoy a lovely lunch accompanied by a book that I have being trying to read for weeks. Such a simple pleasure but it felt great to have some ME time during his nap rather than end up being in front of the laptop working, walking on the cold or even just laying in front of tv with a pointless daytime show.

This is it, slowly but surely I start to feel like myself again.

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#R2BC - Reasons to be cheerful... 1, 2, 3

looking back at 2012 I've spent half of the year being pregnant and the other half learning to be a mum. i must say the second half is by far my favorite. Pregnancy wasn't exactly fun and even though being a mum is proper hard work, even overwhelming at times, it also is one of the most beautiful things I have ever done in my whole life. If I was ever to name one selfless act I'm sorry but being a mum isn't that. i love my little guy, in a way that I never thought was possible and whenever you do something for love you do it for that amazing feeling love brings. I do everything I do when looking after lovely Harry not because I am this saint of a person but because I want to see him happy as that makes me happy. so agree with me? Not selfless at all.

On that note - and to take part of one of my favorite memes for the first time- here are my three reasons to be cheerful this week:

1 - I have a lovely little boy, or a big baby as you wish. He is healthy and strong and as far as I can tell he is also a happy baby. I love the way his face lights up with a smile about a thousand times a day. He is extremely curious and inquisitive and I just cannot have enough of watching him discovering this world.

2 - I have an amazing partner who really embraced the daddy inside of him - who knew he had it in him at all? - I can see in his eyes how much he loves Harry and I just love watching them playing and bonding. Every morning after my cuddles Harry looks for his dad and he now gets smiles as huge as the ones I get after a good feed. He might not be perfect and neither am I but he is turning out to be a great dad and partner.

3 - my boobs. lol nope, I didn't go crazy or am about to write about my neckline. Feeding my little guy is one of the most amazing accomplishments of my life. As many others, we had a bit of a ruff start with lots of  challenges but thankfully we both stuck to it and 5 and a half months on my boy is healthy and happy and i'm back to reason 1.

This is a post for Reasons to be cheerful... 1,2,3. If you want to learn more about #R2BC click here and read about how the linky came about, be sure to link up, share your own reasons to be cheerful and visit the other blogs too.