One of the worst days of my LIFE!

On Tuesday morning I woke up like any normal day, except I woke up at 4:00, and couldn't go back to bed. So I was starting the day off pretty tired. So I did my routine during the day, dropped the kids off, went to training, and then came home and picked up Jon. We had picked out a new washer and dryer the day before, so I was SOOO excited to bring them home on Tuesday. We went to the store and went to pick them up. Nothing was ready, so we ended up waiting around for about a 1/2 hour, which wasn't that big of a deal, but we also had to go to the bank and I had to go to the college for some things.

So I barely made it to the bank in time, and then went off to the college. The dept. I needed closed at 5:00, and I made it there at 5:15. AUGH!! So I figured I'd just register for some classes. Yeah, the lady behind the counter was sooo slow, and was just messing around and joking with the other people. So something taht should have taken 5-10 min., ended up taking about 45 min.! So while I was in there, Jon was in the van with all three kids, trying to keep them entertained.

So we finally got the washer and dryer home, got the old ones out in the garage, and I started hooking up the new ones while Jon was trying to get the momma mouse and her babies out of our grill!!!! (yeah, another nuciance!) I was so excited to try them, but I had to go to walmart to get some HE detergent. While I was just pulling into the parking lot, I get a phone call from Jon saying that ALL the water that was IN the washer, was now on our floor!!! We had standing water in the laundry room, bathroom, hallway, and part of the boys room. We were both really mad thinking it was broke. So Jon sends me to Home Depot to pick up a wet vac. As soon as I got the wet vac in the car and I'm on the way home I get another call from Jon saying SOMEONE (umm... me...) forgot to put the drainage hose in the drainage hole for the hose... So yeah.. the whole water mess was MY fault, cause I was a do-do and didn't hook up the hose right!!

So.. I get home, and Jon starts sucking up the water, but I wanted to do it (to make sure it was done right :) ) So I ended up almost going into labor because I was so persistant on doing it myself!! (not really going into labor, but it sure felt like it!) So I finally get it most of the way dry, get to bed, and the next moring my alarm didn't go off, so I didn't get up till 7:45! Then I found out a little boy that we'd been praying for really hard died the night before.

This was, seriously, one of the worst days of my life.

Makayla is a ballarina!

Here are some pics of Kayla in her ballet uniform. She really won't take it off!!

lovin' it

I'm now ending my second week of training at my new job. I'm doing very well, and am one of the top keyers in my training group. I'm catching on quickly to all the rules and regs on what to look for and things like that. I can't wait to start working from home instead of working 6 hours at the office every day!

My schedule is going to be soo busy this fall, I don't even know how I'm gonna have time to sleep! The boys will be in football from Sept-Oct, every Saturday from 8:30-12:00. Kayla will be in ballet on mondays from 5-5:30. We all have church on wednesday nights from 6:30-8:00, and then add on there 5 hours of work every day for me, plus house cleaning and dropping off the boys at 8 and picking them up at 3 for school!! Sometimes I want to keep Jillianne in her incubator until next summer when things calm down again! But I really can't wait to meet her. I know Kayla will be a big help when she's born.

I'm about 23 1/2 weeks now, and I can really feel her move a lot. I can even see her jumpin in there! I'm to the point now where I can't bend over, my belly's in the way! And to think that it's only gonna get bigger... much... much.. bigger!! But I guess I need to enjoy it. It'll fly by and before you know it she'll be here. this is definately our last one, so I am trying to cherish everything about this pregnancy.

Can't sleep!

I start training for my new job tomorrow and I can't sleep! I was supposed to be in bed by 9:00, and it's 10:22 and I can't sleep! I'm just too excited for tomorrow. Excited and nervous. Maybe I need to quit with the coffee and soda??? :)

School, work, and sports

I took my compass test yesterday at Blackhawk Tech in Janesville, and I passed all the requirements to petition for a spot in the nursing program. I am just so excited that finally after all my hard work, I can start the process of getting into the program! I"m praying that I'll be able to get into the next spot.

I am starting my training for my new job on Monday. My days of being a stay at home mom are over, at least for the next three weeks until I"m on my own typing at home. I'll be training Mon-Fri, 8:30-2:30. Luckily I have a friend that has offered to watch the kids for me, so that's one less worry.

The boys will be starting flag football at the end of August. This will be Tyler's first sport "league" he's ever been in. I'm excited for him! He's so good at everything he trys, so i know he'll be great!

Major Updates

My plan was origionally to keep up with this blog at the start of 2008. I obviously didn't do a very good job! But I'm determined to stay current with it this time. I think this is a really good way to keep track of what's going on with our lives, especially tracking my pregnancy.

So... We moved to Janesville, WI in April, and I love it here. We found a great church, New Life Assembly of God, and I am meeting some really good friends. The kids are enjoying their summer break, although I can't WAIT until they go back to school! Tyler will be in 1st grade and Michael will be in 3rd grade. Big boys!!

I am currently 21 weeks pregnant. Our baby girl (who will be named Jillianne) is quite an active little thing! I've had 3 ultrasounds and every one of the techs commented on how active she is, not to mention I can feel her too! Jon's excited about that, and thinks that she's active because she wants to come out ready to catch a football or hit a baseball!! Kayla is very excited to have a little sister, and the boys are excited and ready to help mommy.

I will be starting an at-home data entry job next week, and I am VERY excited for that! I have three weeks of training, and then I'm on my own, working 4 hours a day from my home computer. God has really blessed us with every possible thing we could need. We have a great place to live in an awesome community, We found a wonderful church the first week we moved here, Jon has a wonderful job that is only 2 miles away from our house, our kids go to one of the best schools in Janesville, and I will begin contributing money to the household by working at HOME!

Decisions, decisions...

Written: January 4, 2008

So we finally picked a permenant date for our wedding. January 26. I'm so excited!!! The year ahead is going to be very eventful with all the new things happening in our lives. We will be getting married, going to Florida, moving SOMEWHERE, and we don't know where, the kids going to a new school, meeting new friends, a new church.... But this time whereever we move to we will STAY there!! I can't wait to just settle down and start my life with my family. As for the wedding, we are planing on having it at a place called spring house inn, in Chesterton Indiana. It's a very cute little country place, with great views if all the leaves were still on the trees! All I can do now is pray for snow, which any other day I would hate, but if I can't see green, I'd like to see white!!! Then we will be going out to dinner at a place called Portobelos, or something like that. Jon and I ate there a couple days a go to try it out and the food was Excellent!! Were thinking there will be about 12 people there, perfect! Now I just have to find a dress, not too fancy, not to plain.... We are going to send out invitations tomorrow. I love this!! Today Jon said to me "In 22 more days you won't be Judy Munding anymore you'll be Judy Van Laanen, JVL"!! That made me get that excited, jumpy feeling inside, and I just can't wait!!!!!! Another cool thing is that everyone in Jon's family (his brothers and sister) all have J names.Jeff, Jody, Jay, Jim, Jerry, Jill and Jon. So they all have the initials JVL, and so will I! So if we ever do have a child together, you can bet their name will start with a J!!