Pregnancey Survey

How far along: 11 weeks and 4 days

Total weight gain/loss: Lost 4 pounds, cause you know...being sick and all

Maternity Clothes?: No way, but i prefer to keep my jeans unbuttoned in the evenings and have learned several tricks to disguise my new fashion trend.

Stretch Marks: I mean I am a fatty...I had a few before, but I don't have any new ones from baby!

Sleep: you name when and where and I'm totally there. I swear I can figure out how to sleep anywhere nowadays, and I sleep so hard....I told Philip if I knew how good the sleep would be I would have gotten pregnant earlier!!!

Best Moment this Week: On my lazy Saturday morning I wound up laying in the guest room/eventual nursery and begin envisioning how it would all turn out, and praying for our little maypop! It was kind of reassuring just laying down in the guest bed praying for my child!

Cravings: I ate a jar of French Onion dip this week, but I think that may have been a hunger thing and not a craving, but I could live off of orange sherbet and push ups!! Philip even bought me a half gallon to have in the freezer at my every whim..haha

Gender: We have no idea...Philip's Brothers say Boy and my Sister says Girl.... I always dream of a girl, and am drawn to girl stuff, and Philip talks about feeling like its a girl, but we honestly have no idea, and I don't know if Philip and I being drawn to certain stuff would mean our baby is that gender so its totally up in the air...

Labor Signs: Thank goodness NO

Belly Button In/Out: I have what I like to refer to as a bottomless pit for a belly button, I mean its way down in my fat roll...so if it makes its way to the outie position, I will be delivering a line backer guaranteed!

What I Miss: I miss just picking something up and eating it just because, now I consider what it will be like coming back out the opposite way, and how it smells....I mean I wish I could just say I would like a banana sandwich and have one instead of analyzing every perspective of my and said banana sandwich's future together.

What I am looking forward too: (This is mostly for Philip) Being big enough that Philip can feel the baby move, I think this whole pregnancy thing will be so much more exciting for him when he can reach down and feel little maypop kicking and tumbling around! Also I am looking forward to not getting violently sick and having Philip get a little green around the gills...and threatening to put me in the yard so I won't make him sick too...haha (He can NOT handle puke...and even when I'm miserable he kinda makes me laugh about it cause he becomes a wussy when it comes to puke!)

Weekly Wisdom: Although a strict diet is ideal, and best for baby, sometimes the only thing that will settle a nauseated tummy is some really fizzy Coke or Dr. Pepper!

Milestones: Almost over the first trimester hump! (3 more days) Baby is the size of a plum, and apparently moving like Richard Simmons dancing to the Oldies...

BIG News....Ahead!

and...drum roll please....we are PREGNANT!!! Philip and I are going to be parents...(I know that is a shocker.) Our little bundle of hips is expected around May 18th(Philip and I are both very hippy people! Meaning we both have a lot of room in the HIP region). So my blog will probably now officially be babyfied, and about my new parenting adventure! (Hey you choose to read it!)My friend Kayla did this pregnancy survey on her blog and I thought it was pretty neat. I will try to be better at updating the blog (emphasis on the TRY). I will start filling out the survey every few weeks or so and it should be pretty intresting to look back and see how things have come along. We are 11 weeks and 4 days pregnant. 37 weeks is term, and 40 weeks is the magic number! So as you see we have quite a way to go and it feels like it is taking forever! I have been scouring the net for baby products, safety ratings, and love/hate stories of said products....and at times I think what in the world am I going to do about all of the Baby business. You see it is a very overwhelming new world Philip and I are embarking on! The one thing I have especially been trying to keep my eyes peeled for a gender neutral baby book. I would like to go ahead and start filling out some of the stuff, so that I can really get on top of that because you see, I am a procrastinator by nature! Anyways, on to the survey....I won't do these every blog post, but will try to do them fairly often. I will post belly pics maybe...because there seems to be a morbid fascination with preggo belly pics....(I don't have one right now by the way! I will keep you posted on all the exciting new adventures on the road of pregnancy...
Love and Blessings,
Cara Gail

Summer Time Fun Part 2

Philip n Billy at Wonder Works...avoiding sharks on the blue screen!
Probably the most hilarious thing I've seen in a while.



Learnin' bout space and how to fly this little capsule...I'm ready for NASA!

The scariest thing ever. Climbing a blacklight ropes course 3 stories up and worrying that people below you can see up your shorts!




Boys trying to be cool at Ripleys.





Dinner with George at Boar's Head! I had totally been crying because I had just deleted my camera memory card!

Sooo....in early August I used some more of my vacay time and took a week off to go down to Panama City with the hubs and the Morris brothers! So we had a 4 day weekend at the beach and to top it all off I was George's big 3-0!!!PARTY! We spent time at the beach enjoying the surf and the sand, and we also did a little exploring. We at fantastic food the entire time! We had breakfast at Thomas' (my total favorite!) Margarittaville, Fatty's Deli, Pineapple Willy's, Boar's Head...just to name a few...I mean I could gain weight just thinkng about it! We went to Wonder Works and Ripley's...it was fun. Vacay with the Morris boys is always an adventure and there are always stories to tell, but I'll just post a few pics from the trip. After all a picture is totally worth 1000 words!!!! PS...we are missing several pictures from the trip because I somehow completely erased my memory card on my camera. I know....I'm a nerd...and yes...I cried!

Summer Time Fun

Aunt Jo enjoying the Coed's at a Pub!


Elise (Left) and Kaylin (Right) Love them!



Posing with Blowie the Blowfish at the Columbia Blowfish Game with Momma! I mean how do you look cute posing with a flippin blowfish?


Sooo...this one is for the Momma... She has been riding my case about the blog. Apparently she has nothing better to read! So for the last few weeks I have been one busy bee. So this post may likely have 2 parts. First off, The first week of this month I had some PTO time built up at work that I had to use so I took a road trip with my Aunt Jo! Where to? Welp we went to Columbia/Charleston SC to visit my Momma. There is not enough space on this post to tell of all of our adventures, but needless to say there were quite a few. Lesson Learned #1 Robert (our GPS man) will intentionally try to get you in a wreck. Lesson #2 My mother can not 1. see to drive nor 2. follow directions to drive. Lesson #3 If its to hot for Aunt Jo to shop its just plain to HOT! We had a blast...though. Columbia (Being the heart of Gamecock country) was full of college kids and obnoxious fans.(Insert a loud ROLL TIDE here!) On a side note while we were visiting Charleston I did get to see the cutest little girls in all South Carolina! We went to eat at Califonia Dreamin' with Jon and Sarah Compton and their ridiculously adorable little girls Kaylin and Elise. The girls were totally sad that "FiLip" wasn't there, but were so excited to see me. I sure do love those girls! Part 2 to come very soon!

A Few of my CV Memories!

R & R for a Fattybread

Okay, so I know it has been a while since I have had a post...and I also know that I have not really changed the crazy template or text color of my blog, ITS COMING SOON! Okay now that that is off of my chest, we shall continue. I had a little use it or lose it PTO built up at work so I decided that I needed it to use it. I spent the last week working as the nurse at Camp Victory (CV from here on out). Let me give you a little back up info on CV. It is a CBM (Children's Bible Ministries) camp located in Hacoda, Alabama(like 10 miles from my house). I went to CV as a camper, and CIT(High School Staff), Counselor(College Staff) and have filled all imaginable roles at camp in some capacity or another. To say that I love the place would be a terrible understatement. It is my home away from home. My Oz at the end of a gravel dirt road so to speak. You get the idea. The full time missionaries that work there are practically my family. I love them very much. I have met some of my very best friends there, met my best friend through there(Heart my JMO), and essentially met my hubs through mutual CV friends. This place is part of who I am! The best thing about CV is that when I was 8 years old, I realized my disgusting sinful nature and accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior on the porch of cabin 3. So as you can see CV is near and dear to my heart. Back to my past week. I spent the last week as the nurse at camp. It was amazing to see campers that I had in my cabin as a counselor now counselors themselves. The neatest thing about my week was that CV celebrated its 50 year anniversary while I was at camp. I got a little nostalgic looking back at all the changes that have happened at camp since I have been there. I realized that in total I have logged like 19 years at CV. It is crazy to think about. The motto of Camp Victory is " Where Memories are Made and Where Lives are Changed" It blesses my heart to think about the tens of thousands of lives that have been effected by the ministry of Camp Victory...AMAZING. God is so Good. I would like to close my post with the following:

The Top 10 Reasons I Love Camp Victory

10. I love CV because I have friends all over the world that I have met at CV!
9. I love CV because I have a passion for Missions because of missionaries I have been exposed to at CV.
8. I love CV because it was there I learned that serving others is truly a ministry.
7. I love CV because it taught me how to be creative and make the most out of everything...I mean these people save stuff that you wouldn't believe.
6. I love CV because I learned that encouragement is vital in order to have an effective ministry.
5. I love CV because every time I show up there no matter how long it has been I feel like I'm home.
4. I love CV because I have met my very best friends there...Ms. Libby calls us "The Herd".
3. I love CV because I met my bestie Jennifer...aka JMO...and where the majority of our many adventures began.
2. I love CV because my CV friend Andrew introduced me to my hubby...Philip George, and Philip and I have had opportunities to work side by side in the ministry at CV.
1. I love CV because it is the place where I fell in love with Jesus Christ and gave him my entire life!
What can I say I LOVE Camp Victory!
Cara Gail

One giant step for a fattybread....

I am officially a member of the blogging community....Wow! If you are gonna read my blog, I guess I should give you fair warning that I tend to punctuate when no punctuation is needed. I also tend to spell things how they sound to me. If you are a grammar or a spelling freak this may not be an easy journey for you. I guess I must define the term Fattybread for those of you who may have no clue what exactly that is...if you need this definition I would probably classify you as a yankee (or you are at least from above the sweet Mason Dixon Line or from below the Bama/Florida border!) A fattybread is defined as(this is the Cara's dictionary version) someone who is slightly pudgy, fluffy, or the new pc term would be curvy or voluptuous. I'm a true southern girl in that I'm definitely a fattybread. In short, my thighs rub together, I'm not afraid to eat a carbohydrate, and I'm actually about 10 sizes away from a 2 or 4 and I'm okay with that. Now that we have the fattybread part out of the way, I must also give you fair warning.... I love the Alabama Crimson Tide, I'm definitely a conservative, and I'm a little opinionated, and that I can talk myself in circles until my thoughts make since to me. I ask for patience and mercy as I discover this whole new world of blogging. The most important thing you need to know about me is that I'm a sinner saved by the cleansing blood of Jesus Christ. I am currently running a race in my life you see. I'm not the first to run this race and I won't be the last. I have to ask for forgiveness and grace often. I'm so thankful that Jesus is patient with me and doesn't give up on me when I make a lame decision or when I get prideful. I love Jesus with my whole entire heart. I love my husband Philip as well. You will probably become very familiar with him in my little blogging adventure. I hope you enjoy this blog. I pray that it brightens your day or at least reminds you that it could be worse. You could be in the crazy life of a FATTYBREAD!!!
Blessings,