Summer

I just realized how much time we have spent outside this summer.

My baby loooves it!

Here are a few random pictures from our summer. outside at the air show at the beginning of summer

Hayes' reaction to these... ...was so funny! He wouldn't even blink!

watching dad and pop-pop golf in a derby

a little drive in fun

hanging out in Park City and at the cabin

Look really close at the outfit my dad bought Hayes. Yankees, Chris' family just loved that one!

and tons of swimming

(these ones are from a day at the pool with some teacher friends at Davis, I miss them already)

Summer was so fun! Now bring on the hot chocolate, chilly nights bundled in blankets, cozy sweaters, and (finally) some good TV!

White coat ceremony

Boy, you look good in white! So professional! Sucky that school already keeps you up way too late at night. At least one of us should be getting some sleep. Anyway, I just wanted to say that you worked hard to get here and we are darn proud...you little pharmacist (in training) you!

p.s. Update from last post...we didn't find a darn thing wrong with Hayes. Good news, but now we must look elsewhere for answers. A third medicine maybe, a voo-doo doctor, anything else we can think of... we are pulling out all the stops here.

Officially crazy!

It is way too hard to blog with one hand. In fact, it is really hard to do anything with one hand for that matter.

Let's just say that we have quite the demanding child (to say the least). I feel like I haven't been able to do anything for the last four months let alone catch up on a little blogging. Why? One hand is always full. All I do all day is try to entertain a fussy baby. He DOES NOT want us to do anything except sit outside and bounce his little stubborn bum. Let’s not even talk about the sleep issue. I know what you are thinking, just put the baby down and he'll get over it. I've heard it over and over, you have to let him cry it out and he'll learn. Nope, not this child. He'll cry all day and night and it doesn't even faze him. Hayes sucks at sleeping!

Lack of posts lately, that's the least of my worries. I still have a stack of thank-you notes to send out from baby presents. Oops! Seriously, I apologize to everyone for the lack of...well the lack of everything. I truly want to be thoughtful, but my brain can't get past the yearning for sleep. I am not trying to stare into space all the time, I really want to be normal but normal is hard lately.

The puking has to stop. Four months of wiping puke off everything is quite enough. We have tried everything from Zantac to Prevacid and rice cereal and nothing seems to work. I stopped eating dairy and chocolate (and just about everything else) for months, but still more puke. At times I think it is even getting worse.

So tomorrow Hayes has an ultrasound and Barium x-ray to see if we can find the problem. I'd love to tell you more, but my brain is already shut off and refocusing on the screaming child.

I do love you child. I wish we could figure out what's wrong so we can stop the puking/fussing.


Hayes’ 4 mo. stats…

Weight 13.2 lbs. 18%

Length 25 in. 57%

Head 23%

Oh you little stink, you are just too adorable!

And the winner is...

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

You are all awesome for helping me spread the word about my eyelash extensions!

Because I have had such a great response and so much support, I want to sweeten the deal even more! If you were one of the people who posted my link and picture on your blog, I'll do a full set for you for $55. I know, I'm crazy! The only thing is you have to book by Sept. 1st.


Can you feel the excitement?

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The Thompson's that said...
Super FUN! I am a friend of Kami's and saw this on her blog! I would love to get this done! I bet you will do so well doing this once the word is out! Who can resist a set of great long lashes.:)
August 6, 2009 11:46 AM

E-mail me at mitziray@yahoo.com to set up an appointment!

Giveaway!

What started out as a personal obsession has now become my new business...

Eyelash Extensions!

What better way to celebrate then a giveaway worth $75!

Here's what you have to do:

1- leave a comment by Aug. 8th at 6:00 pm (Saturday)

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AND a link back to this post from your blog!

http://mitzirae.blogspot.com/2009/07/giveaway.html

If you are the lucky winner you'll get your eyes glamourized with a beautiful, flirty lash set for free!

If you don't win, I will still give you $10 off a full set just for posting on your blog!

Starting price for a full set is $75 and a fill (within 6 weeks) is only $35!

How about a before and after

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And a big fat thanks to my gorgeous eyelash models! The pictures don't even explain how awesome you look!

I can't even tell you how excited I am about this! Thanks for your help in spreading the word!

Oakley

Aly, I know I just barely met you, but you and Oakley are already some of my favorite people! I felt like a little girl at a slumber party because we were giggling so hard during the entire shoot! Oakley couldn’t have been more adorable! Just a few of the many...

A perfect day

What an incredible blessing!

June 7, 2009

family, friends, and a heart full of gratitude

Rosie and Spencer

This was way too much fun! Thanks for letting me take your pictures! Girl, look at you work this one!
Or maybe edited like this?

And my favorite!

What to do?

I am not a decision maker. With that being said, I have about a week to make my decision.

The question isn’t can I do it, because sure I can. The question is do I want to do it and is it worth it. Is it worth my sanity?

For the last month or so I have had anxiety about starting school again. The last two years have been so hard for me. Maybe it’s just my personality, but sadly my entire life revolves around school from August to July. The housework slacks, the good wife disappears, and out comes the obsessively stressed out teacher with way too much to do. Teaching is like a heavy burden that follows me around everywhere and is constantly in my head telling me how many papers I still have to correct and how little time I have to do it.

After the first year of pulling in my parking space in the early morning dark and pulling back out at night without seeing a drop of daylight, I decided something needed to change. The obvious answer was that I was trying too hard and doing too much. Yes, I am a perfectionist, but the solution of slacking a little more and depending more on teacher aids still didn't solve the problem. I feel like I slack already, how can I let even more go? I decided I picked the wrong subject to teach. It’s not just me, all the English teachers seem to have my same time problem.

So, is this what I really want again for this year? Do I want to jump back into school when I just barely found happy Mitzi again these last few school free months?

With Chris’ first year of pharmacy school and a new baby, I often think I need to be at home. With us both going full speed, I'm sure Hayes would suffer if not. When school starts, Chris would have to give me more laundry responsibilities and dish scrubbing lessons though so I could be a good wife again. But at the same time, I think I shouldn't waste my degree and give up on something that helps society and doing something that I think I do well. Why can't I make a decision? Either decision I make makes me feel guilty and like I'm doing something wrong or letting people down.

I have one week to decide or I'll have to pay a $500 fine if I quit. Right now I'm leaning toward staying with my family and trying to make money wherever I can. My family is my numero uno priority, so I need to do what is good for them, but thinking of quitting makes me sick to my stomach. What to do, what to do? To leave on a happy note, here is a picture I snapped of my 3 month old!

Hayes' birth announcement

front back

So it took me a while to post this, but here it is!