Ritzy Baby Blog I forgot why I started...

It is 8:54 a.m. here in Spring, TX. I am feeling this gigantic tug at my heart strings to take the time out and share a few things. I know this is completely random because I haven't blogged on this site in forever...like REALLY forever. If I did blog it was impersonal and I am over that! Of course I will want to share our products along the way, but I also want to share so much more. Life has thrown many curve balls and although Ritzy Baby may look perfectly Ritzy on the outside, let me assure you we are just your typical family.Right now my youngest son is sitting at the dining room table working on his school, my middle daughter is in my husband's office doing her school, and my oldest daughter is upstairs doing something that most likely has to do with Ritzy Baby. I am attempting this post...I have no idea how long it will take because the interruptions are crazy around here, but I am going to do my best to share a little with you as much as I can.This past weekend my oldest daughter and I decided to load up a U-Haul (yes I drove it...see I told you it isn't as Ritzy as you may think) and take a little jaunt to Waco, TX to participate in a Christmas show selling Ritzy Baby. It has been years since I have done a show and I believe it got me to really thinking about my company as a whole. This blog may just be my therapy moving forward...I started Ritzy in 2004 when I became pregnant with my first daughter and so much has changed since then. My daughter is now 12. (yes we are that old) We have built such an amazing online presence, but after this past weekend I realize there is so much more that I have missed out on over the years...The people I met this past weekend and each sweet customers that has been such a supporter of my business for a very long time were amazing. After sitting behind a computer monitor tweaking keywords, adding products daily, doing social media posts, designing new products, juggling mommy do's and homeschool with my children...it just isn't fun anymore and that truly bothers me. It is as though I am just a robot going through the motions. (I absolutely know this sounds awful, but I have literally been interrupted at least 15 times and I just want to scream) It is just crazy how we evolve, we get busier and we add more in, we make more money and we somehow end up with less... I KNOW that being a mom is the hardest thing ever and I started my business to be with my children. I hate that I have lost myself. I want to connect with my customers again, I want to know what works and what doesn't work. I want to create things that are practical and soft and easier for mom's...because boy do we need ease more than anything these days. I want my customers to know that I am here and that I am not some big box store.It occurred to me over the weekend that I haven't connected with my customers and that really got to me... I hope you will share your comments with me and I pray that I didn't bore with this post. I want to share how we create our items and our AMAZING quality, who does our sewing here in the USA and how we make it all work! (sometimes, it doesn't and I will share that as well...) Moving forward I want to connect and remember why I started this journey to begin with...I hope you will join me.