We are on the downhill!

Things are really starting to pick up here at the White manor. I enrolled the kids in school this week & their first day will be on August 18th! I'm having a hard time letting myself believe my little Channy guy is going to be in big kindergarten this year! We went back-to-school shopping last weekend and got them all their school supplies, so now it seems waaaaaaaaaay too real!

While we still have a little bit of summer left we are trying to enjoy it when we can. We took the kids to the pool last Sunday & boy was it HOT! We had a great time swimming, but even the pool water was a bit warm. Looks like things are cooling down now, but I'm in no hurry for fall to be here just yet. I still have way too much to do!

I found some cute baby bedding at Target & it was even on sale (really on sale!)!





This is what the bedding looks like :-) Not too bad for $19.99, eh?












To be honest, I just picked out the bedding, but my mom and sister bought it all for me :-). Seeing that this is my fourth baby, I probably won't have a shower this time, so my sweet, sweet family is still seeing to it that I get a few new things for this little one. We now have the crib and bedding, so at least we are now acknowledging that we have another child on the way-LOL! If all goes as planned we may even have the boys room painted this weekend and then we can set up the crib and start pretending like we are ready for this baby to come.

In case you are wondering why I don't already have all the baby stuff I need, well.......truth be told this little guy was a bit of a surprise, and I actually sold almost ALL of my baby stuff last year at a garage sale! So, now I am having to replace all the stuff I got rid of (including a crib, bedding, clothes, baby gear, blah, blah, blah). So far I'm very fortunate to have my sister who was smart enough to hang on to all of her baby gear, so I'm borrowing several things from her to use for this little guy :-). Thank goodness it's garage sale season too! We got our crib for $60, and my mom has been finding cute little outfits, onsies, and pj's at garage sales too. All I really need to buy now is my double stroller, a diaper bag, a bottle or two, a few binky's, a couple of boyish blankets, and lots of diapers. I think I'll be pretty much set after I get those things. Well.......those things and a whole new closet organizer that can accommodate clothing for 4 kids! But that project has been a long time coming......

Sorry for such an ADD kind of post....I really do have more thought-provoking things on my mind these days, but I'll wait until the kids are in bed to delve into those things-LOL! For now I leave you with my (almost) 31 week belly shot :-).

*These pictures are headless because I have to set the camera on top of the dryer and put it on the self-timer to take the shot. I guess if I was only 5 ft tall then my head would make it in the shot, but alas, I'm a wee bit taller than that!