Playin' around (hooray videos uploaded!)

For some reason this one loaded a lot darker than it is on our computer. So it's hard to see his beautiful smile! He was shutting the door and then I would knock and Ryan would open the door and Noah would get this huge smile on his face. So he smiles and then he sees the camera, so he ran around to look at the LCD screen.




This is him watching Pops play a little while ago, I love how he is so intent on Pops' performance.

More Park Pictures

Look at that big boy going down the stairs all by himself.  He is getting quite independent these days.  :)  It makes me proud and sad at the same time.  We went back to the park last Tuesday with our play group.  We are so glad that we have our play group buddies to hang out with!

Suddenly he is climbing on everything.  Eek!


This is Noah, Brian, Marquez, and Anna-lynn (that is spelled phonetically because I have no idea how it is actually spelled!)

Pops' Gig

We went to hear Pops play last night and Noah was very intrigued.  He was very excited to see his Pops up there singing and playing guitar.  It was cute to watch his response, I just had to share :)  I tried to upload a couple videos, but failed miserably.  I have no idea what is going on with blogger!!!  Someday hopefully you will get a post with like 20 videos on it

Sundays :)

My boys all ready for church

We love Sundays, especially during football season!  We get up at our usual time, there's no sleeping in with a wee one around, eat pancakes or cinnamon rolls for breakfast, and head to church.  Noah is only crying about 50% of the time that we drop him off at the nursery now, hooray!  We are all about celebrating little victories.  When we get home, we change into our comfy Chief's apparel and lay around at watch football.  We usually take a nice long walk after the 2nd game and let Noah run around outside for a while.  It's just about perfect for us, exactly our speed.  

These are our attempts to have Noah "perform" on camera.  The problem is, I was dumb and let him see pictures and videos on the LCD screen on the back of the camera, so now whenever he sees the camera he just wants to run around and look at the back of it.  Ok, I was going to upload some more videos, but it wouldn't let me, it kept telling me to contact customer support and I am frustrated so this is all you get until my patience comes back!

Just some random pictures

This is what I usually see when we go to the park for play group.  I see Noah's back as he wanders off.  He's a big wanderer...I have to watch him very closely.  Most of the other kiddos stay fairly close to their moms so they get more chatting in, I'm always chasing down the Boo. In this picture he is looking at the train as it's going by.  
"Come here?...No thanks I'll just keep going...."
A rare moment where Noah is in the mix, hooray!!
He enjoys bouncing this turtle more from the ground than from the seat..


Ryan and Noah discovered Playhouse Disney online.  Noah is a HUGE fan!!!
Mmmmmm I thought homemade pizza sounded good, so we had this the other night and it was so delicious!  It's half cheese and half tomato-basil...nummy nummy nummy.  This picture is mostly for Emily, lol.  

Deals, Deals, Deals

This is Ryan.

Alright, most of you who know us, know that we are all into the CVS / Walgreens and Coupon deals of the world. I am posting today's deals mostly because I think both of our parents think we are insane. So, look at the pictures below. I got all this in one trip to CVS and one trip to Walgreens. 

After coupons, etc all items were FREE! In fact, after I turn in the rebates on the Walgreen's items (put them on a Walgreen's gift card for later deals), I will actually MAKE $12 on all this stuff. That's right, I will MAKE $12!!! My reciepts show that I saved over $85 today using coupons! 

So, for those of you who think we are crazy, while you are paying for your deodorant, shampoo, advil, toothpaste, laundry soap, diaper rash cream, gum, body wash, pain gel etc, just think of me getting paid to take it all out of the store! 

This post is meant in good fun and not to be mean (Nikki said it sounded a bit mean).  If you want to learn more about how to do the same, email me at ryandieker@gmail.com

Consignment Sale!!!

I went to my first ever consignment sale this morning and stocked up on some basics for Noah for the winter...I'm not sure why I feel the need to share, but I do, hooray bargains!!!  It was a lot more organized before Noah crawled into the mix.  We got him 3 pairs of jeans, one pair of cords, some khaki pants, a pair of sweatpants, one sweater, two sleepers, two pairs of shoes, six books, a truck and a train and a present for his cousin-to-be for under $40!!!  Not too bad, eh?