This one is being Dedicated to the ONE We Love

This Sunday Andrew and I will be dedicating Sarah at church. You can watch it live here on Sunday Morning at 10:45 am CST (First Euless- Has livestreaming )CLICK HERE 

What does dedication mean? Well in 1st Samuel (in the Bible; Hannah who in the anguish of her struggle to conceive a child  prayed a prayer and Told God that if He gave a child, she would give Him to the Lord's service.(I'm breaking it down for you but I did provide a more exact  Street address) ------->(1Samuel 1:11)

What does  this mean in more practical terms.  Andrew and I are publicly dedicating ourselves to raise Sarah in such a manner that, in time when she's a little older and able to decide for herself to follow the Lord Jesus and ask Him to be her Lord and Savior. This could happen at any time and we'd be pleased as punch.

Many things that happen in church are mainly symbolic gestures of what we have already done in our family's walk with the Lord. Only there is something very important about doing things as the Corporate Body (as in everyone gathered together).

Andrew and I have dedicated both Jonathan and Daniel.

 I     Daniel's dedication 2009  

It sometimes only feels like yesterday that Jonathan was holding newborn Sarah for the first time. He begged more than some of my lady friends. :-)

Something you may or may not know about me:
In 1995 I was  having trouble with my girly parts, as in I wasn't having a monthly occurrence  I went and saw a really great doctor and after a bunch of tests; told me that my ovaries were not very functional and that trying to conceive would be very difficult if not near impossible.
I thought that my dreams of having a family someday would be exactly that. A Dream.
 Andrew and I were married in 1997. In 2000 we decided to try to conceive. In 2001 We went to see a doctor that a dear friend (and a reader) had gone to.(eternal Thanks to both God and Barbara).
Late 2004 we conceived Samuel, and this baby passed away in utero sometime in January 2005.  Although that was a horrifically awful loss... 6 months later we conceive Jonathan.  By that time we had been married for 8 years.  at his dedication we were able to share His testimony and share God's great faithfulness.
When Jonathan reached about 18 months we prayed for a sibling for him. We conceived and quickly lost again.
We decided to get some of our friends to pray for us, as we were praying and Daniel was conceived(by prayer and without the use of fertility drugs using a Natural Family Planning method) and Born in Late July of 2008. (2 weeks shy of the Olympics). Jonathan was 2 Years and 4 months.
In early 2010 our hearts were stirred and prayer began although I told no one...several people who mean a lot to me who had no knowledge...began having dreams of me holding another baby. Some were even certain of the sex and even certain aspects of this baby's giftings,  Sarah Grace was conceived and entered our world after a very difficult and drama-filled pregnancy. Hypermesis G was and is NO joke and landed me a week's stay in the hospital.
She arrived and made her debut  Dec. 27th 2010... (Daniel was 2 years and 5 months, Jonathan was 4 and change  She has been a very sweet, loving and although if you mess with Texas you will get a side of her that would make the devil pack up and leave (but she still has Carolina in her so she will smile and be cute while she makes her displeasure known)


We have learned along the way in our life that EVERYTHING is a gift. That no matter the difficult things we have had to deal with, it's still something we GET to do together.
Dedicating her will be so sweet. Bittersweet. I remember the before we had kids time of going through years of infertility. Seeing dear friends have their babies and praying for the strength to be able to stand with them as they dedicated theirs. It was painful, but God is faithful.  He brought new friends into my life who even on dark days seem to know how to lift my spirit and to be able to laugh (even without consciously trying). Friends that inspired me and my faith (even when things were happening in their lives- they were still the most caring people in our life).
I run into amazing people both in the every day and on Facebook and the internet who amaze me at how strong they are.
So we honor God in Dedicating Sarah Grace.
We Love you little Ms. Sarah Grace.
Your love is amazing.

Christmas 2012

 Taken at Bass Pro Shops in Grapevine. Somehow the 3 of them never ever look at the camera at the same time. Like EVER.

 Taken Christmas Eve before we went to a candle-light service at our Church... Don't know what Daniel was up to but his expression is priceless. Jonathan is dressed up  for his performance in the Kids Choir.

 By the Way Sarah Turned 2 years old on December 27th. She is by far the sweetest little thing ever. The girl loves.Her.Shoes. She got a doll for Christmas and a really warm jacket that seemed to scream Sarah's name.  We really enjoy her and wish her a very happy 2!

Merry Christmas and a Happy 2013

From The 

Hoover Household

Andrew & Trina

Jonathan, Daniel and Sarah Grace

Santa Arrives by Helicopter to Oakwood Terrace Elementary- HEB ISD Eules...

Santa arrives At Oakwood Terrace Elementary school. Childhood should be absolutely magical. Similar flights took place all over HEB ISD

Christmas stockings made by Mommy

I got inspired by pinterest and decided to dive into sewing. The last time I sewed Anything was in high school in 4h. I think it came out great.

Prayers needed

Last Thursday started out like any normal day... Only we ended up in the emergency room at the end of the day.
Daniel had some kind of seizure at school. Not the kind where you see people flopping like a fish on the floor like they're out of water... but the kid when you see kids staring into space unable to respond.. Daniel had this one at school where 2 other teachers and his teacher saw this one. The nurse took him to her office and he began responding to commands after 10 minutes. He was not aware of how he got to the nurses office...  As soon as he got to the office prior to that I received a phone call no parent wants to get..  After these people called me I promptly got everyone else together and headed to school.
I am REALLY glad there are really caring adults who sprung into action and kept him safe.  This was scary for all of us. Well except for Daniel who has no clue of what happened.
We decided that since he had a short period of time where he didn't respond, he was walking like a drunk sailor and his speech was sloppier we were driving to Cook's Children s hospital.  It took us the better part of an hour to get there due to rush hour traffic and road construction. YAY Fort Worth! We wait two hours to get seen and by this time Daniel's his normal BOUNCY self, although he has a weird bump on the back of his head,and is tired and has a headache  and Jonathan's alter ego came out as Scared y cat or Fret boy.... He tends to freak out in situations like this when we are in a medical setting. I don't think the apple falls very far from the tree as Andrew does the same thing and becomes not a very nice person.  So instead of dealing with one kid with an  issue now we had two. only one didn't see why everyone was worried about him.
We were released because they didn't have any space on their monitoring unit and I was told to call the neurologists nurse that we had seen on Sept. 6... It's 1230 pm and I left a detailed message at a little after 8 am.

I am asking for any and all prayer warriors out there to join us in praying for Daniel.

Thank you and be blessed

UPDATE: Daniel Will be having an EEG (1.5 hour) on December 4th.

Halloween and update

Update- Since last I posted we received a phone call from The Child Study Center in Fort Worth saying that  we now have an appointment for Jonathan on February 14th!  We got this call because somehow our mailman sent the letter back returned as a wrong address.(makes me wonder what ELSE I'm not getting).

School has it's challenges, but we are all having more good days than bad.

Jonathan was placed back on Dad's regular insurance and as soon as we choose a new pediatrician we will be getting referred to where he needs. I'd like for him to get seen by Genetics at Cooks Children's hospital.

 Thanks for all the prayers and messages of support. Thank you.

Be blessed.

6 Degrees and answered prayers in disguise

I've had a few people ask me to write here and tell you If I had an update. Up until two to 3 weeks ago I didn't have one. We had applied for a transfer to another school for Jonathan (who was going to be starting First grade). We have been patiently waiting for a spot to open up with a developmental pediatrician so we could be seen.  We have been fighting with a pediatrician who really honestly needs some retraining in patient care.(won't go into  that at length because trust me YOUR blood would boil).
About the day after I last posted, a dear friend of mine who saw my desperate, frustrated plea, sent out an email to their circle of friends and prayer warriors and made them aware of our situation.
I have to say that as I was seeing the responses of support I felt touched, if for nothing else to help my child.
We waited almost nearly the whole summer very nervously by our mail box, and by our phones waiting for a word on where our son would be attending school this year.We prayed a lot for the teachers and the principals who would be making this decision, and just give us a chance. We got our school supplies ready for both Jonathan and Daniel.  We even took our supplies for Daniel early because we were afraid we would  not be able to carry them in one trip.
We decided since we knew who Daniel's Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities(PPCD) teacher is that we would go visit her for meet the teacher...Good thing is that although it is a 2 year program and we are entering our second year, all the parents got to meet too.  We planned this ahead of time because throughout the district there was only one night to do this in.


We do Love Daniel's teacher and ask that if you do pray please do. She has her own special needs child who just had surgery and is having complications.  She also has 6 very special kids (Daniel's class) with unique needs and challenges. Please pray for the RIGHT person to come along and assist her as her assistant said Goodbye (with tears) as she was moving on to another opportunity.

On the morning if Meet the teacher...Daniel's teacher calls me. we have a very good conversation about this year. While she was talking to me my call waiting beeped and I saw a number that looked like a number from the district office. I was totally unaware of who it was because sometimes the schools use a common caller id. It was a principal. The principal of the school that Daniel goes to and she was calling to let me know that Jonathan would be joining his brother at the same school.  Oh there was cheering and dancing at our house. Tears were shed and hugs were given.
What we were not aware of was that there were more blessings that day. when we got to the school and came in (although we were told they didn't know who his teacher was going to be) They told us who Jonathan's teacher was. We all went to meet her. As first meetings go  it was like 2 cats meeting (without the sniffing). He was sizing her up totally. You could tell he was nervous. She was trying to get who he was in that little time. I felt like she was very neutral.I couldn't get a read. I took a picture with my phone of them together and although he smiled...he was still terrified.  We left knowing he was in good hands. Daniel's teacher told me about her in her perspective. lots of experience with resource and special ed stuff. we'd like her.
we  all Get home, and Jonathan is in tears. I take the time to find out what's going on. He's afraid. Afraid he'll have no friends, no one to turn to, and all the what if's he was living with because of last year with the bullies, and the falling down and everything. Desperate to stop his anxiety from taking over... I tell him to take a deep breath and tall him that he's going to have a super great year (because hope had been infused again)
That I would be there for him, that his teacher would be there if he needed something. and told him that if all else fails go talk to Daniel's teacher because she is trustworthy. He had met her before so not a hard sell.
I tell him I pray for him and a lot of people do. This quieted his fear. He became excited.

Since writing last I came down with some sort of evil thing that started with an ear infection and ended up in some kind of pneumonia. I was S-I-C-K for a month and a half.  Being sick stinks. Being a MOM and being sick and needing to still function sucked worse. Especially when it was back to school time.

The last two weeks at school have been a terrific flurry of notes back and forth, paperwork and emails and phone calls. Thank God no discipline issues so far.
Jonathan's ARD (or IEP Meeting which is called an ARD because Texas does things differently) is This Thursday. I am pretty confident due to their track record that this will go well. This also means we are a little bit nervous as well. because .we . Have. An . Invested. Interest. in our son's Education. that and last year wasn't so great.
Last Wednesday morning Andrew gets a phone call from our therapy provider for Jonathan. They were having trouble getting him approved through medicaid. After Andrew spent the next 90 mins. on the phone discovering governmental inconsistencies that no one at any level understood why it was. He found out that although our 2 younger children still qualify, Jonathan doesn't because Dad is making slightly too much (hallelujah, Thank you Lord) the 2 younger are on a Birth to age 5 program and that has different requirements.
So Jonathan was left out there and we were not made aware he was possibly in their eyes without insurance.  But with us, not so he has always been on Dad's health care. just we were limited to a tiny few health care providers and scarce care by specialists.  Now we are in the process of finding a new pediatrician who can get us to see a new set of specialists.  I found out it was medicaid and insurance that was making our lives way too difficult.
Jonathan has been temporarily taken off therapies until we get insurance back in the right place.

 Jonathan I hope you have a great year in First grade and you make a lot of friends and win more hearts than ever at your new school.

 Daniel, you've already stolen hearts, broken hearts (and blinds) have a great year and try to get as many happy behavior days as possible. You are so loved.

So that's our update. By the way Sarah misses her brothers. He asks for them by name. specifically Jonathan.
She is the shoe diva. and she will came to me, get on the ottoman with her shoes(or her brothers shoes) and will put her foot up and say shoe. she may eventually take it off and change her mind, but heh she can do that. She's in a size 7 shoe. She has a crazy sense of humor, and will de clothe herself at a moment's notice. she'll let you know someone took her diaper off as if someone  else did it...even if it was Sarah.
She is now learning to climb stairs and prefers going down the stairs to going up. We still don't know where we stand as far as her development goes. so we'll see.
 Go and Be blessed.