In my shoes

So life has been a lot different lately. For one thing, we are over 1500 miles away from anyone we know. For another, Steven has been sick more in the last month than he ever has. He had another ear infection last week along with an upper respiratory infection. His ear infection is now gone, but he still has a very bad cough and runny nose, and now the poor thing has pink eye! Even with all of this going on, he is still the happiest little boy I've ever seen. He is such a trooper. He is becoming more aware and curious every day. We are having fun exploring our new surroundings together. It is strange for me to be a stay-at-home-mom and a wife. In the past I have only been a wife and a working mother or just a stay-at-home-mom with a husband that was off in the USAF. I have never had the pleasure of taking care of my husband, child, and home. Richard and I have always shared the household responsibilities because neither of us had the time to manage them; basically we did what we could when it had to be done right that second. Since we have been reunited after nearly 5 months of being apart, I am now a full time wife and mother, and that's it. No job to steal my attention and energy; just my family. I have to tell you, I'm loving it. It's just a little strange- I always feel like I should be doing more than just playing with my son, or cooking, or cleaning, or well you get the picture. LOL. I'm confident that I will get used to it. Anyways, like I said Steven and I are having fun exploring this new town of Altus, Oklahoma. The other day, after we brought Richard his breakfast and lunch we went to Payless in search of some flip-flop sandals (I never thought there would be a day when those would be difficult to find- ha! that's Oklahoma for ya, lol). Since we were the only ones in the store, Steven had pretty much full reign of it. While I was looking, he was exploring the shelves of shoes trying each one on and, of course, testing them out. It was really cute to watch him figure them out. I made the mistake of showing him the kids section and he immediately found the Lighting McQueen light up sandals, which I inevitably purchased for him. Now he just loves them and he gets very upset when it is too cold of wear them. He loves to wear them even just around the house, and the best part is, he can put them on himself. He also loves to try mine out once in a while. (see the pictures).

On a different note, Richard was finally able to move off base with us last night. We spent the evening yesterday figuring out where on earth we were going to put all of his stuff in this tiny apartment. I swear, he has more stuff than I brought with me from California! LOL Well, we eventually figured it out and are happy to be a family again, all living under one roof. No more dorm life, no more "details," and best of all no more bringing him breakfast, lunch, and occasionally dinner when he gets stuck on base because of some bogus "lighting warning." He can come and go whenever he wants, as long as he is at his classes.