Father/Daughter Dance

Last weekend was the event that Payton talks about ALL year long, the Father/Daughter Dance. The ladies hosting it really went above and beyond this year with a castle/princess theme. The even have 5 "real" princess there. Payton seriously talks about the dance all year long. This year Payton still got daddy to herself for dinner and most of the dance. I worked the dance so Presley was there for some of it, but Payton enjoyed the last year alone. Colton went to his favorite friend E-mans house and wrestled the night away.

Colton's night

Years past

2013

2012

2011

Presley is 1!

Presley turned 1 a few weeks ago.

She is a delightful addition to our family. 

She has the sweetest temperament and loves her sister and brother. 

We are so thankful for the gift of Presley Rae to our family!

Presley's nursery

Now that sweet thing is almost a year-old and we are about to change the nursery for baby #4, I figured I should take some pictures of her room. I loved working with the Navy walls that we had from Colton's nursery.  When I decorated Colton's nursery and I chose the navy walls I knew that if we had a girl in the nursery I would use fuchsia and turquoise with the navy. I spent well under $100 for the update and I am so glad as this nursery will be changed back to a boy nursery in the next couple months (different than Colton's decor because I like change). This room will be 3 styles in 3 years. That is exactly why I do not spend much on my decorating. Even if we didn't keep adding children, I love changing up decorations so I do my best to spend as little money as possible. 

Here are more pics from the room and I will break down the few items I purchased or made throughout the post.

The rug is Target clearance, the throw is HomeGoods (one of my favorite places for throws), crib sheet is Target too and fabric for Pelmet box is Ikea.

The canvas with her initials and the framed scripture were both gifts from girlfriends.

The little rabbit was actually from my nursery as a baby and has my birth information on the bottom.

A few of my favorite projects on this shelf were the color blocked antlers and the gold glittery owl. My husband (the hunter) looked at me like I was crazy when I asked for some small antlers and pulled out bright colored paint. The owl was from a friend who was cleaning out a foreclosure home. He gave it to me for Colton's nursery and it was a trivet that was all rusted. Nothing a little gold spray paint couldn't fix. The block is a custom gift from a friend and on different sides it has all of Presley's birth information on it. 

 

The paper mobile was a beast to do. I am not sure if I would do it again. I was at a girlfriends Christmas craft party over a year ago (right before P was born) and she had a huge scrapbook collection. So instead of making a holiday craft, I spent the whole evening punching out circles to sew together. I do loved how it turned out.

I had the mirror and the lamp was a target clearance and I made the shade from a Hobby Lobby shade kit that I added white linen to. 

The frames were reused from previous nursery I just added some pics from Presley's newborn session. 

Table, lamp, frame and ball are all reused from different rooms. This ball (and the ones of the wall shelves) were actually part of my Christmas decor. The frame with the P was in Payton's room. The table was green and got a fresh coat of spray paint. 

The "PS" were in Payton's nursery (you can see below). It worked well to use again for Presley but I wanted to add a little design to them. I got out stencils and paint that I already had and did the P first and did not like how it turned out. So I went to see if I could wipe off the wet paint and ended up liking the paint job so much better when it looked "worn" that I tried to duplicate the look for the S.

Here is the evolution of the room

Payton's room 5 years ago

Colton's room

Presley's room

My thoughts for Stetson's nursery are the colors below, but we will see what I find in person. It will probably have some dead animal on the wall if my husband has anything to say about it.

 

Picture Update

Here are some pictures updating the last few months for Team Southards. I finally feel like I am entering the land of the living again, after 15 weeks of being sick I am starting to feel good again. I am 17 weeks and hoping to enjoy this 2nd trimester and the holiday's with family!

Papa and Gigi came to visit in October and we went to the Cider Mill that we love.

We picked apple's 

Mid-October Steve went on a once-in-a-lifetime hunting and fishing trip to Alaska. He was gone 10 days and I broke my foot the first day he was gone. I was so thankful for all the family and friends that helped care for us while he was gone. My brother and his family made their first trip to Kansas during that time as well.

The kids enjoying being kids.

Late October, Steve and I took the older 2 kids to their first (and our first) Chiefs game.

 

First of November, Presley and I took a trip to Florida to visit family and celebrate my Grandma Anderson's 92nd birthday and Grandpa Wiens' 85th birthday. I got to see a lot of family, friends and the beach!

November hit hunting season hard and we went to Papa and Granny Southards' farm for opening weekend. A tradition that takes Steve back to some of his fondest childhood memories. We also got to visit Papa and Granny Coats while in Southern Missouri.

 End of November we packed our bags again and headed to St. Louis to spend Thanksgiving at Steve's parents' house. That weekend is one of my favorite times of year as it is usually the only holiday we actually get to spend with family. We have started traditions there (amazing Christmas light show, Ted Drewes custard, Santa at the poinsettia farm) that our kids now look forward to.

 

 

Steve has continued to hunt and unfortunately has not gotten a buck yet this year. 

Little miss P is moving everywhere and getting into everything. She has started to communicate by screaming and I am sure she will make herself known and will not get lost in the mix when baby #4 trumps her as the baby.

Payton had her annual Christmas Program for preschool. She was more interested in twirling her dress this year than signing.

I was actually sending this picture to a friend to show her my early Christmas present of new boots to keep these toes warm as it has been sooooo cold here, but you can also get a view of my 16 week bump under winter clothes. 

That is a 3-month update, hopefully won't be so long until I blog again, but if it is, oh well :)