Long time no see

It has been a very long time since I updated this bad boy. I feel like a lot of the things I write here are redundant though. There is a lack of joy and love and excitement that I feel when I read other mom blogs. So I'm working on fixing that, adding in some whimsy and happiness so you,our adoring audience, feel compelled to come back and read about our mundane lives.

It has been a busy couple of months for us here in the King-Lackey household. Summer was busy with lots of work for Chris, and lots of splash pad dates for Cadence and I. We discovered a cool water park near our house last summer and finally got to bring Cadence this year. Initially she didn't like the spray, which wasn't a surprise as she doesn't like showers or being sprayed in the face with water. But one time we went and there were other kids there having a blast, she saw how they were experiencing the playground and started to play too. One time we even brought the dogs, Emma was the only one who seemed to enjoy the spray. She is a weird one haha.

We set a date awhile back for our wedding and got all our paperwork printed up. I ordered custom invites from this etsy shop I liked and the designer sent us digital prints for us to print ourselves. We have RSVP's, Save the Date and invitations printed. I had our printer change the colours also to match more with our scheme and while I don't love them, they will do. We've been picking up decorations and other goodies as well, at this time we are saving for the big ticket items like venue and photographer etc. it's kind of scary thinking about how much money we stand to spend, and how things will end up looking but it will be a memorable evening to look back on for everyone (I hope!).

One thing we have already started catching flack for is that we are haiving a child free wedding. It's not that we don't like kids, but we would much prefer a night just for adults, also the location is not overly child friendly and would be pretty boring for a child. We are still on the fence about wether or not Cadence will be in attendance, we're trying to get a baby sitter relationship started so we will have someone we can trust to watch her for the night.

Speaking of children, recently the thought of more children has been playing through my mind. I love having Cadence all to myself, and I didn't really love the newborn stage but I want Cadence to have a sibling. Truth be told I'd really love a boy this time around. I don't know how Chris feels about the subject, but I am regretting having set a wedding date now. Just to clarify: I am not pregnant. But Cadence will be almost 3 by the time her sibling is born, ok it's not crazy but I was hoping to get all the teething, diapers and potty training out of the way as close together as possible.

Since I've done enough yammering, here are some pictures of our family recently. I take most of them with my iPhone 4S and use Instagram to edit them. If you were interested in following me, my user name is Madame_Lily. My account is private but if I know you I'll add you!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!