The Great Christmas Gift Exchange

I haven't blogged in forever. What a bad blogger I am. But, what better way to get back into it, then posting about the kids performing in our church Christmas play. They were two of the cutest bells I have ever seen. Not that I am biased or anything. The name of the play was the title of this post. The Great Christmas Gift Exchange. Evan did not even want to participate at first but when he got up on stage it all changed. He is quite the performer.

I am especially proud of Morgan. During practice all she wanted to do was lay on the stage and look at the pretty lights but when it came time to perform she participated fully and really shined.

Evan Being Silly Before the play

Love his cheesy Expression

He really is a cutie pie.

Look how pretty she is sporting her new hair cut

Go Evan Go!

Words can't express how proud of her I was

He loved being up there. I see Hollywood in his future.

Evan Taking a Bow.

Praying for Baby Stellan

God has really laid on my heart to pray for this precious little boy Stellan. I have been reading his mom's blog for a very long time and have fell in love with this sweet baby who was born with a very serious heart condition. I often participate in his moms NOT ME MONDAY posts but thought it best not to do that today and just ask every one to please pray as his condition is very bad and deteriorating quickly. To read updates head on over to www.mycharmingkids.net
We are dealing with our own illness with Morgan right now so this is short but I wanted to get it on here.

an anniversary of sorts

I wish so badly that I had a picture on this computer of this anniversary I am referring to but I do not since its a brand new computer. Hopefully though I can dig one up and get it on here soon but I did not want this day to go by without mentioning that today marks the 7th anniversary of Morgan becoming a NICU graduate and finally getting to join us at home.
I remember how happy and terrified I was at the same time that she was coming home. She had to come home on a heart/apnea monitor and she remained hooked up to that for 7 long months.
Our journey has been so hard and little did we know that what we thought was the end of her struggles by being released from the NICU was really just the beginning. I love you Baby girl!

It's my birthday and I will cry if I want to!

Why would I cry on my birthday? It started out nice getting to watch my friend Stacy's beautiful girls who I love so much but then got depressing when the place we thought we would be moving to turned out to be the biggest crap hole EVER!
I know we need to get out of here. There was a huge fight with the in laws on July 5th.
I have not blogged in so long I will have to back track later.
I really thought this trailer was going to be the answer to our prayers when Brent's coworker sister passed away and his family was selling her place dirt cheap.
Dirt cheap is all we can afford but dirt cheap in Delaware means well you get Dirt.
Oh how I long for my 2,200 square foot house in PA back. Which was dirt cheap but wonderful. I don't regret being here in Delaware. I know we moved here for Morgan's benefit and since finding our church I know this is where God wants us but I am praying and praying for a place of our own. Selling our house was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do and I can't help but ache for it sometimes.
I am trying so hard to keep faith but its so hard in this situation because I wonder where the money is going to come from so we can afford a place here. At this point it will take a miracle. Of course I know my God performs miracles everyday.

Daily Bible reading 6/28/09-7/04/09

6/28/09
1 Samuel 9
Isaiah 53
Revelation 15,16

6/29/09
1 Samuel 10
Isaiah 54
Revelation 17,18

6/30/09
1 Samuel 11,12
Isaiah 55
Revelation 19,20

7/1/09
1 Samuel 13
Isaiah 56,57
Revelation 21,22

7/2/09
1 Samuel 14
Isaiah 58
Matthew 1,2

7/3/09
1 Samuel 15
Isaiah 59
Matthew 3,4

7/4/09
1 Samuel 16
Isaiah 60
Matthew 5

Not me Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.


I did not let my kids where the same clothes for two days straight including to bed. Nope not me. My kids always have on clean clothes every day and jammies at night.

I did not let Evan have ice cream and a cookie for breakfast on Friday morning. Even though it was 90 degrees. Nope nobody would do that especially not me.

Somebody did not ask if I were Evan's big sister when we were walking on the beach the other night. And I most certainly did not almost say Yes because I was so flattered.

I did not call the bus driver on her cell phone to see why she was late picking Morgan up for summer session at school this morning. I mean really who would be that impatient?

I am NOT sitting here typing this not me Monday post when I am supposed to be cleaning for the inlaws.

Mini golf fun

So we have decided we really love going to play putt putt. Evan is just too funny to watch. He totally does not follow the rules and sometimes even uses his putter backwards. Is there really anything cuter?
Yesterday after church we went for the second time in the past few weeks. This time to Shell we Golf. It was a lot harder then the last place we went and though it was not really handicap accessible for Morgan we had a great time. Luckily I have a strong husband who was able to carry her special needs stroller and all through the course.

Something big happened at our house this week

We have waited 7 long years to see this..................Drum roll please..............................


Wow! Can it be that she is feeding herself???????

Yes she is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so proud and amazed. Thank you so much God. For so long I doubted this day would ever come but you knew it would. I must say it was well worth the wait. We still have a very long road ahead of us as far as feeding goes but this is such a huge leap.

She has been feeding her self about 1-2 jars of baby food a day. She won't do it in the morning yet because she is to sleepy but she has been doing it consistently.

Sometimes(especially lately) we question moving to Delaware to get her help since we had to give up our house in PA to live in house that is not ours but something like this makes us realize God has us exactly where we need to be.

A Pirate in the Delaware bay?

This guy has been spotted several times lately.
Hmm!

Daily Bible reading 6/21/09-6/27/09

I haven't had the chance to blog all week so this is a "Ketchup" post LOL

6/21/09
Ruth 3,4
Isaiah 45
Revelation 1,2

6/22/09
1 Samuel 1
Isaiah 46,47
Revelation 3,4

6/23/09
1 Samuel 2
Isaiah 48
Revelation 5,6

6/24/09
1 Samuel 3
Isaiah 49
Revelation 7,8,9

6/25/09
1 Samuel 4
Isaiah 50
Revelation 10,11

6/26/09
1 Samuel 5,6
Isaiah 51
Revelation 12,13

6/27/09
1 Samuel 7,8
Isaiah 52
Revelation 14

A cake,a rainbow, and a case of pink eye 6/20/09

Today was Morgan's 7th Birthday. It so hard to believe that she is 7. Not to mention that she now weighs about 44 pounds which is huge compared to the 3lbs. 5oz she was at birth.
Today did not turn out exactly as I would have liked.
When Morgan woke up this morning I took one look at her and realized very quickly that she had a case of pink eye in both eyes. Yuck! We went through this last June. Not sure what it is with June and pink eye in this family?

So my mom and step dad decided not to come down for fear of getting the dreaded pink eye. I already swear I am getting it, not sure if its paranoia or not.
It also rained most of the day. That seems to be the norm lately.

I have to admit I was feeling really down and depressed. That was until I saw this.
Just as God put a rainbow in the sky as a covenant that he would never flood the whole earth again, I feel I was given this rainbow to show that even though today did not go as I had planned God is always there for us. It was only in the sky for a few short minutes but it sure had a big impact on me.

Oh and here was her cake. Since nobody was coming Brent picked it up at Walmart. I think it was the perfect cake for a princess. Even though she would never eat it LOL.
Sometimes things don't go the way we want but in the end it all works out.

Daily Bible reading 6/20/09

Ruth 1,2
Isaiah 44
Jude

Daily Bible reading 6/19/09

Judges 21
Isaiah 43
2&3 John

Daily Bible reading 6/18/09

Judges 20
Isaiah 42
1 John 5

Daily Bible reading 6/17/09

Judges 19
Isaiah 41
1 John 3,4

Daily Bible reading 6/16/09

Judges 17,18
Isaiah 40
1 John 1,2

Not Me Monday

This is my very first time participating in a Not me Monday
To learn more click below

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I did let my son eat two cheese slices and a piece of Salami for dinner last night. Nope not me. My Kids always eat balanced meals.

I also most certainly did not let my son get soaked playing with a water gun in his clothes. I would have of course put him in his swimming trunks so that was not me.

I did not let my daughter empty a drawer of DVD's and line them up all down the dining room wall. Nope not me I am way too much of a neat freak for that.

I also did not let my daughter sleep in her clothes because she had no clean pajamas left and I most certainly did not go to do laundry this morning only to realize that we had no laundry detergent nope not me. I always keep up with my laundry.

I hope you enjoyed my first not me post. Check back to see all things I don't do next week.

Daily Bible Reading 6/15/09

Judges 16
Isaiah 39
2 Peter 3

And since today's reading just happened to be Judges 16 which is the story of Samson and Delilah I thought this was fitting. (yes its Tim Hawkins again LOL)

Daily Bible reading 6/14/09

Judges 14,15
Isaiah 38
2 Peter 1,2

Daily Bible reading 6/13/09

Judges 12,13
Isaiah 37
1 Peter 3,4,5

Because sometimes we all need comic relief..

Today was a good day. Brent saved a turtle from getting run over a long a busy road and God rewarded us a few minutes later by getting a very close look at a bald eagle.

However, this afternoon a few sentences written in a letter to us from a family member made me feel very low. We have been talking a lot at church about how bad words can hurt. Boy can they ever. Sometimes the way people word things can make you feel 5 years old.

I prayed a lot about it and was not going to let it get me down any longer. Well I was bored so I hopped over to tangle.com (formerly Godtube) and typed in a comic our pastor told us about a few weeks ago.

His name is Tim Hawkins. Oh my he is so funny. I can't believe I never heard of him before.
Tonight I needed comic relief and boy did I get it.

I especially loved this video!

Daily Bible reading 6/12/09

Judges 10,11
Isaiah 36
1 Peter 2

Daily Bible reading 6/11/09

Judges 9
Isaiah 35
1 Peter 1

Daily Bible reading 6/10/09

Judges 7,8
Isaiah 34
James 5

Talked to Stacy

She is very tired but luckily not in too much pain.

Thank you Lord for being with her and healing her.

I wish she was not so far away so I could visit her but, I know she needs a lot of rest right now anyhow. I want her feeling great so she can get home to her family where she belongs.

Hopefully she can come visit us again soon.

Here is a picture from her last visit over Memorial day weekend.

Those are her two beautiful daughters.

It was such a fun weekend.

Praying for Stacy

My beloved friend Stacy is in Surgery right now. She has cancer and has to have a full hysterectomy to get rid of it all. My heart is breaking for her and I am so scared for her. We are the same age and I hate the thought of her going through this.

Stacy was a such a source of support for me during my pregnancy and the NICU experience with Morgan.

Her husband Marvin is awesome and is keeping me updated via text messaging.

So please join me in praying for Stacy's safe surgery and a speedy recovery.

Daily Bible reading 6/9/09

Judges 6
Isaiah 33
James 3,4

Daily Bible reading 6/8/09

My mothers day present this year was a Blackberry Cell phone. I downloaded this wonderful App. that has daily bible reading and I have decided I will post the recommended reading daily.
So here is today's reading:

Judges 4,5
Isaiah 32
James 2

Welcome to my Blog.

I created this blog so everyone can keep up with us.

So let me introduce ourselves in case you don't know us.

We are the Pearsall family. We consist of Me (Missy), Brent, Morgan, Evan and our dog Rosie.

This is My husband Brent. We have been married since May 24, 2001. We met online.

















This is our daughter Morgan A.K.A Princess. She is a true miracle sent from God as she almost did not survive the pregnancy she was born 8 weeks premature on June 20,2002. She has had a very long hard road. She has many developmental delays and feeding issues and has a G-tube. She is nonverbal and has a diagnosis of Autism and Epilepsy. She brings us so much joy.









This is our son Evan A.K.A Bubba. He was born full term on July 6, 2005. He is a very articulate and passionate little guy who does not know the meaning of quiet. We would be lost with out him.
















Last but not least is our Boston Terrier Rosie. She is a very hyper and loving little creature. But no family is complete with out a dog to love Right? And besides she is just plain cute.