Weeks 24-25

It is pretty amazing how much can change in two little weeks. Two weeks in the spectrum of a year long deployment is the about the equivalent of 1 mile of a full marathon. 1 little mile out of 26.2 is nothing , but if that mile is straight up hill it can really kick your ass. We seem to have just reached the end of a LONG 4 mile gradual incline , an incline that at times made me want to give up and go home. But just like in long-distance running, a long deployment is going to have many ups and downs along the course. The past 'mile' so to say has been nice and steady- full of rainbows and sunshines.

There are no more sleep anxieties going on in our home- for a solid 17 days now! Mr. Kane is getting to be such a big guy the past few weeks, it makes me sad. He is starting to do the little kickstand crawl showing that he WANTS to walk, which is a lot more than his brother could say at his age. The craziness that comes with having kids 1.5 years apart is finally starting to pay off. I LOVE being able to watch the two of them play together , tackle each other, and the most beautiful noise in the world is them laughing hysterically at each other. They are such perfect brothers. 

Besides having him gone obviously, I feel like life is just falling into place. We have a great rhythm going. Things are busy enough to keep us occupied yet calm enough to enjoy our moments together. On top of all of that, the light at the end is getting brighter each day. August is so close I can almost feel it. We only have a few more months left on our lease here in Phoenix which means it is FINALLY time to really start looking for houses down south. The boys and I really have enjoyed spending this time here in the Valley of the Sun more than I thought , but Tucson feels more like home than anywhere else. We had our first house together there,  spent our first year of marriage there, basically started our ' grown up' life down there... it really became home to us. I'm definitely excited/anxious to find our  new home there, get settled in, and have our family whole.

So... two more weeks down! Here's what we've been up to-

Typical wrestling matches on Mom's bed before bedtime...

Steven made this beautiful artwork with his great Aunt Vickie who is a wonderful artist and Art teacher in Alaska. Apparently he was shy about his artwork.. or the sun was just too bright ;) 

Snow on Daisy Mountain

Play at the park with memaw

Pizza and Movies in the living room- our typical Friday night

Playing at the park with the Coey. Wish I had a picture of Steven pulling the big boys in the wagon... the 2 year old pulled the 4 and 6 year old. Daddy would have been proud ! 

Eating breakfast and watching cartoons with Daddy =D

We have been taking advantage of this gorgeous weather and running outside pretty much daily, can't get much cuter cargo than this

Steven before his little surgery Thursday. He really was such a trooper. A day of a liquid diet followed by a morning without food or drink is tough for a 2 year old, but he did great. We were able to facetime with Daddy right before we went in. He took the anesthesia fine and recovered afterwards with no problems. Next week we meet with his doctor to find out what is going on in that tummy of his ... YAY ! FINALLY!! 

Mr. Pants with his superheroes- Spiderman, Ironman, and Daddy! 

The boys got to meet baby Addison- you can't get more beautiful than this little girl! Which should be no surprise to anyone that knows her parents :)

Playing out on the Eastside At Grandma and Grandpa's house...

Stevenson III  vs  Stevenson I

Mr. Kaners LOVED his gluten free oreo from the package Grandma Fran sent us ! 

So I'm starting to feel really dry and boring with these updates. I like to keep everyone posted but I may switch to monthly family updates instead. It's crazy how fast time flies by, I never believed anyone who said that it would. But it does... and thank goodness for that. 

Happy March everyone! Looking forward to what the new month has in store :)