Desperately Seeking Shelly

yesterday morning i was in agony

i had the bright idea to start weaning ezra over the weekend

because, really, after breastfeeding assorted children almost constantly over the last 6 years

i. was. done.

we've gone well past my "goal" of march

and even though it's hard to say *no* to this darling face----->

i had  to stop because 

it had just become annoying to me

and that's the last thing it should be....just so much for so many years and i need to not do it anymore.

i feel incredibly guilty about weaning him

isn't that motherhood though?

doing your best and when you've given all you can still feeling bad that you can't give a little bit more.

anyways--so, i was in AGONY and needed some cabbage leaves like woah and begged my husband to pick some up for me and 

he did...

sort of....

except it was  a head of lettuce (which he assures me is the exact same thing as cabbage--to this i say, eat a cabbage salad instead of a lettuce salad and then we'll talk!)

see? lettuce:

 cabbage:

anywho, i thought i was going to die for most of the day but took a nice long nap with the kiddos and some ibuprofen and felt 70% better. thank goodness because last night was FAT CAMP at church which some of my friends organized!

it was brilliant-

-really-

-they organized stations with activities and each one lasted 1 minute and you switched (strength training, cardio, abs rinse repeat). the music and company were outstanding and it was an awesome workout! i could really see the difference in my stamina since i have been (slow)jogging for the last couple of weeks--i was still exhausted at the end but i made it until the end! yippee!! can't wait to do it again! 

and that my friends, is the news for now--happy wednesday!