Anything goes Thursday: Partner parenting

I remember telling Bob when I was pregnant with Calan in a pretty urgent, emotional, hormonal, crazy pregnant tone that I didn't want to be a stay-at-home mom who was afraid to leave her children home with her husband. While the thought was pretty irrational since I know Bob and knew that he would never be "that" type of dad, I still worried about me, my control issues, his passive issues, and how we would work as parents.

I love the father that my husband is to our children. I love that we are true partners when it comes to raising our children. He doesn't leave all decisions to me. He doesn't expect me to do everything. He doesn't expect our children to be perfect. He doesn't expect me to be anything more than I am. 

I think that we work so well as parents together because we realize without an us - our marriage, our husband and wife relationship - there is no us - our family, our happy home. 

Now, I know that many families know that and that I am not saying anything new here and that by saying it, I am not trying to say anything more than how happy I am that I have that. 

I was not raised in such a household because of many circumstances and I think when I told Bob in my urgent, emotional, hormonal, crazy pregnant tone that I was just afraid. I know how quickly things change and how quickly partner parents become solo parents. 

Last night we went out shopping and to eat and I just couldn't help but sit back and enjoy the fact that we can do those things and enjoy doing those things because we get to do them together. 

OK, enough kumbaya blogging. Have a good day!