Thought of the day

I want to make a video but need some help. I want to be able to tell Jonathan's story on video, and need some advice on where to do this... This would probably go on his page here on this blog and on my March of Dimes  page.
I will be getting Andrew to follow me in to my appointment and get my peri to talk about it.

I was reading our plan of action and noticed that we are supposed to get an ultrasound 1x a month... My new OB missed this. Should I mention this or should I just wait...

I am facing my giant of fear and although I'm currently at a place where I need some emotional support, I know I need to take this a week at a time and stop looking towards the end. That has been the thing overwhelming me.
I just need to stop and take a deep breath and live in today.
That is the Thought for the day

Now that my break is over

I need a nap.

Life has been crazy here at the Hoover Houselhold. Trying to figure out how to potty train Jonathan who has resisted the attempts of everyone who has tried isn't easy. Got Ideas? Let me hear em.

Other than that things are doing okay relatively. Daniel has learned to scream for attention. The night terrors we were experiencing with him since taking him off of Zyrtec have disappeared. Thank the Lord. We were all very tired there for a while.

Jonathan can identify most of his primary colors through sign. we are noticing that he can identify some letters.

I am wondering if some of Jonathan's behavior is normal though. When the lights went out the other day he became a worried at an almost neurotic level ,even when I wasn't worried at all.

He became the same way when a number of severe thunderstorms were in our area. He also does this when Andrew leaves the car when we are all out. I don't know where all this came from but I'd appreciate it if he didn't do this any more. ;)

Ahhh the joys of being 4.

As for me I see my OB tomorrow hoping to hear a nice heartbeat. I am also very nervous and until I hear that little heart beating I will be holding my breath. You can pray for me, I'd definitely appreciate it.

Trying to find some things to do with Jonathan this summer that will make him use his noggin. I've been letting him help me load the dishwasher and take clothes out of the dryer. He will begin receiving commissions soon (different from allowance see Dave Ramsey's Website )

We saw his behavior ease up when we gave him something to do.

That's all for now

Be Blessed

The Last Day of School for Jonathan

Here is the interview with Jonathan on his last day of school on May 26,2010

I enjoyed this but uploading the video itself was a pain in the(you pick a word)I finally got it uploaded on Vimeo...(which I am trying out before I get pro)

I found out about it being the last day only the night before...Had I more time I would have done something for the teacher.

Jonathan's last day of school interview from Trina Hoover on Vimeo.

Enjoy and be blessed

Life at the Hoover house-Breaking news

What's Happening at the Hoover Household?
We are expecting another blessing around New Year's. Yep we are pregnant..
Because we have experienced the pain of having a miscarriage, we decided to wait until we went found a new OB, got and ultrasound etc.

We are due Jan. 1, 2011 and will probably if we can go as close to it or go over. We went 5 days over with Daniel.
Exciting? You bet. Scary... you know me well enough. Why yes, yes it is (in a way of Ferb from Disney's Phinneas and Ferb) so  I considered this as a call to challenge myself to face it and face the Giant.
Will you come on this journey with me?

Be blessed

May 10th 2010

Jonathan waiting to go to school
Daniel sleeping in the car while Waiting.

March for Babies 2010

Yesterday we did our yearly March For Babies walk... It was amazing. more than 300 people came and walked as teams that had raised money for the March of Dimes.

If you gave or walked Thank You's go out to all. This is an amazing organization which 93% of every dollar of funds raised go to research

Here is a video of us getting to the finish line.

Which totally gave me a flashback of this. Thanks Andrew

The kids were okay during the whole event until after we came back. Then they were tired and needed naps and behavior reflected that. Screaming tantrums and melt downs.
When we got home we put everyone in bed without too much of a fight and the slept a solid two and a half hours.
Be very blessed

What's up?

This week in our family:
 We found out that Daniel had an ear infection and a tummy bug. When we were at the pediatrician's after getting a antibiotic shot we found out just how many pediatricians and nurses were there. Daniel's legs got a little swollen and after some ice and time discovered he probably had a reaction either to the bandaid itself or the adhesive in the bandaid. Mommy has the same problem with the adhesives but not to the degree he had it.
He hates the antibiotic.. The tummy bug passed and he became much happier.

Jonathan had a neurologist appointment to check his cafe au lait spots. We just wanted to see if there is something lurking in the future.
He needs some blood work so he can get an MRI at the Children's Hospital (as they like to sedate these kids so it's not traumatic).
 We will be going for genetic counseling to check for some stuff related to something called NF.(Aug)
We just would like to know again if there is something down the line we need to be watching for.
There was no talk of anything else thank God.

Right now I keep being reminded about all the miracles that keep happening. Yesterday a couple of people I know had their 3rd son. I don't know exact details but hopefully when the baby came out he was screaming.
I remember when Daniel came out when he was born he was screaming. Best sound in our entire life and he at times continues to scream. At the  time we were expecting him to be in respiratory distress. we had gotten less than desirable results during the amniocentesis. Our hearts sank and we prepared for a journey through the nicu. It was awful and we were terrified.
After getting betamethasone over two days and on the day Daniel was born we spoke to neonatal staff and the OR staff and they wanted his birth to be amazing and a source of great memories. Andrew was able to wear regular scrubs instead of the plastic yellow gown we spent so much  time sweating wearing with Jonathan.
The reason I say this is my friends are currently in the nicu and by everything I can read in their status updates it sounded like Henry is under observation. One hour is too long to be in the Nicu and I pray that he can be given the all clear and be reunited with his mommy and Daddy and his 2 brothers.
I hope they can also use the opportunity being that they are pastors to bring the message of love into the Nicu..
Okay enough of me...I must tell you after Jonathan crashed in the Nicu (and was put on Nitric)I decided to start praying for the other families. I started  cheering more when babies improved and they started cheering when we got great news.There was not a lot of privacy but we all respected each other's space. we saw big things like babies only spending a couple days on ECMO(last ditch thing) and come out strong and got to go home like a normal baby.

Okay be blessed and I will get pics up from  the Walk this week. If you can't walk with us, Give. As my hero Naked Lizard (Toni) say... Miracles happen...They just take time. :)