Kellen's Eye

Kellen just got over an eye infection. I guess it was some form of staph infection. I took him to the pediatrician last week because his eye was red and looked like it had a scratch. The doctor said it looked like a scratch but it was pretty big. She gave him a prescription and we scheduled a follow up. Well the medication caused his eye to become more red and when I took him in for the follow up, they refered me to a pediatric opthamoligist(sp?).

Dr. Miller is the head of the department at University of Arizona. Cool! He said it looked like Kellen actually had some form of staph infection. He wrote him a new prescription and abracadabra! he is better. I took him back to the doctor yesterday for his follow up and we are all clear.

The doc doesn't know how or why he got it but sometimes babies do things that can't be explained. :-)

Day to Day

So since I have been home from Oklahoma not much has happened.

I babysat my friend Mariesa's daughter Mia for a week. That was fun. Mia is 7yo and she was really helpful. We went to the pool and watched alot of Disney Channel. I bought Kellen a little blow up pool for the backyard and he loves it.

I have been baking alot lately for no other reason than boredness. I made banana bread, zuchini bread and brownies from scratch. It is really relaxing. I really enjoy cooking and baking but I don't like doing it for myself. I need someone else here to enjoy it for me to really enjoy it.

My sister Hailey was in Tucson for a few days. She finally came over the day before she left. It was great to see my neice and nephew. I haven't seen them in a really long time and I couldn't believe how big they were. Hailey finally got to see Kellen for the first time too. My Dad came down that day too. I know he really liked seeing the kids. We went to Red Robin for dinner. Unfortunately it was Sunday and we were going to walk around the mall for a little bit but it closed. I think that I am going to go to San Diego to see her soon. I am thinking about maybe going for the Fourth of July. I haven't been since Addy was just a baby and I think it would be fun. I don't really want to go to Round Valley for the 4th because I just don't feel like I fit in there. Everyone has there own lives and it feels like I spend alot of time just watching TV.

Oklahoma Recap

So I should've written this awhile ago. I actually did but when I tried to post it, there was an error and the whole thing erased. I was mad and didn't want to rewrite it till now.

Kellen did amazing on the flight. He either sat on my lap playing and looking out the window or he slept. I was really proud of my little man. Everyone on the plane was telling me how lucky I am and boy do I know it. I felt sorry for the parents who were walking the aisles all flight.

During the landing I was taking in the landscape and noticing how everything was green and pretty. It seemed that everything was outlined in little squares and the there were little ponds dotting the land. It was all very quaint and then it hit me. EVERYTHING WAS FLAT!! Like really really flat. I am not a mountain girl but I never knew how much they meant to me till I realized there were none to be seen. When I was flying back, I was so happy to see the rugged landscape.






The plans sent to me from the Army said that Dustin would get 6 hours off the night before graduation and of course they changed their plans. That night he was granted about 5 hours and we were restricted to on the base only. I'm sure we could have easily left base but neither of us wanted to risk it. So that night we drove around alot because Fort Sill is a large base but only because it is spread out. The only thing we could have done was going bowling and that was packed. We drove around for many hours just talking. That was nice. Kellen didn't immediately recognize Dustin but he warmed up to him quickly and it wasn't long before he was showing off. :-)




The next morning was the graduation ceremony. They changed the location of it at the last minute but Dustin was able to send me a text to let me know. The ceremony was short and sweet. I wish I could have gotten pictures but I was trying to keep Kellen preoccupied. I have a copy of the program. I guess I can scrapbook it. :-)



After Graduation, we went out to eat with a few Dustin's new friends and we went to the mall for awhile. I felt bad for his friends because none of their wives were there. You could tell they appreciated that I drove them around and they were able to get off base for a little bit. There really isn't much to do in Lawton, OK when you have an infant and only a few hours. Once we took in all we could take in, I took Dustin's friends back to base and left Dustin with Kellen in the hotel. This is what I came back to. It was too cute.



The next day we lucked out with our flights. Dustin was put on standby for my flight so we were all on the same flight from Lawton, OK to Dallas, TX. When we landed, we had enough time to grab something to eat and then my flight to Tucson took off. I guess after I left, someone bought Dustin coffee and upgraded his seat to first class. It is really nice when people notice and appreciate the sacrifices that Dustin and all the other people serving in the military make for ourselves and our country.




Dustin was originally scheduled for 13 weeks of training. I guess that he will still be training for that long but there has been alot of in between time. He had to wait for 2 weeks before each training class so that has added another month to his time gone. He said that he was told his next graduation will be August 7th and he should be home right after that. Yeah! We are going to have Kellen's birthday party when Dustin gets home.



Still no word on where we are going to be stationed yet...