Late last week…my husband and I were featured on the blog Quirky, Brown Love
Check out the Entire Feature here
Saturday, I had a chance to get away for a few hours with my mom and sister. My sister volunteered us for Mary Kay makeovers with our friend Angela from church. We have had the facials before but this time we were doing makeup, I was excited because I love playing in makeup! Angela is my pastors’ daughter and we have known her for forever now so our makeover session was filled with laughter, reminiscing, pure entertainment (on my sisters part) and lots of girl talk…LOL!
Angela is doing a lot of makeovers…and my sister volunteered us. At first it was just supposed to be ladies only but since Mr. Douglass is teething and pretty irritable at times, he came along for the trip. He slept off and on during the makeovers so it wasn’t a big deal…Emma stayed with her Daddy and they did a little Daddy/Daughter bonding…
Check Out our Makeovers…
I had a great time…I needed a girls night, not only to reconnect with “Carissa” but also because I have been pretty stir crazy in the house with my kids since its been so cold. Last week they stayed in the house almost 4 full days because I refuse to take them our in the bitter cold temperatures.
While I was out I had an epiphany…
I notice that every-time I get ready to go out with my friends I give Darrick a LIST of things about the kids. Not necessarily a list of things to do but a list about the kids; what Emma can eat if she gets hungry, the last time I changed them, the last time they ate, what clothes to put on her if he has to get her dressed and if they need a nap or something…and so on!
What I am learning is that while I think I am being helpful, sometimes that can come across as if I don’t believe he can “handle business.” I guess that is the overprotectiveness or “Mama Bear” coming out of me. Nothing in me says that my husband cant take care of the kids (he’s an excellent father, and I know he can handle anything thrown at him)…but as a mom often times I feel like if things aren’t done my way in regards to the kids its not right…
Well Im a work in progress and I can admit that I’m wrong for this!
I’m learning that just because we do things differently doesn’t make my way the right way and his the wrong way…or vice versa! It just means we have different ways of doing things (we take different approaches to our kids).
We are a team… #TeamGodbott and as long as we are both working towards our central goal we can accomplish anything! And as long as things get done, it doesn’t matter who does it…
Am I the only one that has this problem?
Is this a common problem for Moms?
