Owen's first steps!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDuNujEyTiY

Epiphany

So I always have been annoyed at those vacuum commercials of the stay-at-home-mom vacuuming with orgasmic excitement. I felt they were playing into the stereotypical role models and woman as wife and homemaker with no greater joy or goals in life than a freshly cleaned carpet. It was contrived happiness based on a patriarchal idea of womankind.

I was wrong.

She is truly and blissfully happy to be vaccuming. You want to know why? Because the noise of the vaccum drowns out the temper tantrum of the toddler in the background.

And some days, there is no greater pleasure.

A few highlights from my blogging absence:

- Finished our Christmas stockings (all four, Yay!!)
- Rhianna had her first haircut (by yours truely in an effort to combat the mullet)
- Owen is a stable stander -- no steps yet
- I attended my first real rock concert (Daughtry) and found it.... loud :)

The last month has been full of "to dos" that leave little time for fun things. Like blogging. I'm hoping to get back here and keep you all updated on our lives and maybe throw in a laugh here and there.

Here's a few pictures. The first two are from Sweet Pea.

Questions of the day:

1. How long has my fly been open?
2. How many people saw my cyan underpants?