Switching hats....

Being a social worker has many benefits but when you are dealing with your own family it's hard to switch hats. Ive been really thinking about how and what materials to use for Dreycin to help ease the deployment. I want to be counselor yet I know I need to be mommy. My fear is that he won't understand, and writing that brings tears to my eyes. I have read fantastic ideas about calendars, videos, flatdaddies, daddy dolls, build a bear, and tons of books ive seen on amazon!
And my first instinct is that I want to do them all(social worker) but then I cry when I really start to think about having to explain Daddy being gone(mommy)! I will eventually find my happy medium. I'm also staying busy googling things to buy for Derek to take....digital camera bc he obviously isn't gonna want to take my pink canon, sheets, towels, webcam, grooming stuff, pics of us, plus I'll have the help of his brother Elliot who is actually returning to Germany from a 1yr long deployment in Afghanistan this week! Oh and I already have given the cleaning lady a heads up for while he is gone, lord knows I am not gonna spend time cleaning! She is a military spouse who lives just down the street! This month we are also going to try and go to a deployment brief/class. We have to do power of attorney, family care plans, and find time to get me a new ID.
Aaaaaand my awesome Aunt(dads sister) found out Derek was deploying and jumped on booking a beach house vacation for all of us aug 4-11th to spend time together before he leaves! We are going to the gulf shores! Can't wait!