just for tonight

kevin's schedule is pretty brutal right now, but we were lucky enough to see him for a couple of nights last week (haha! never thought i'd be saying i was lucky to see my husband for 2 days in six weeks!) we defintitely made the most of it and packed a bunch of stuff into two evenings. so, here are some pictures from those two days...










it's so confusing for a two year old (almost 3!). if i'm being honest, two days of daddy being home is almost worse than if he were to just stay gone, behavior-wise. of course we are all so happy to see him when he's here...even if it's only for a couple of days. but at two years old, kaia just doesn't have the skills to cope. i try to talk to her about it, but she deals with it in her own way. she bounces off the walls and backslides in behaviors and skills she's previously mastered. i try to just give her space and time, but that's hard, too. so, we have lots of hugs and sometimes tears. we read extra books and i lay with her in the bed at night before she falls asleep. and we don't sweat the small stuff. luckily her age also allows her to continue life as normal within a day or two. this is definitely not the life i had envisioned for my family way back when, but i wouldn't change it for the world. and in many ways it's better than i ever could have imagined. we all have so much fun when we're together. i just miss my best friend when he's gone...