big fish.

i've been wanting to brag write about this since last week but have completely lost track of time...until tonight! Will and i are not usually too competitive in a general sense....but a couple mondays ago i decided to challenge him to a fishing contest. it turned into a pretty big deal throughout the day and Will thought it was pretty humorous when i started "acting feisty" and talking about how bad i was going to beat him at his own sport. we got out on the lake and after a couple hours were stuck at a tie score of 2-2. we decided to continue the contest on friday when he came back from his business trip.

there are really no words for what happened between us that friday. i've never seen him so focused. we normally chat and relax together, but not that day. he barely said two words for me as we headed away from the dock. it was pretty funny to see him so worked up! we went back and forth for the next couple hours and kept a pretty close score at 5-5 as we rounded into the final cove of the lake. we decided to end it at first person to 7 fish won the championship. the winner got a 10 minute back rub and choice of restaurant and movie (thanks for the Fandango card Aunt Lynda!) for date night.

guess who caught two big ones back to back and went on to win the contest?
me!!  and despite his competitiveness, Will was actually really proud of me and even told some friends at work how awesome his wife is at fishing.

and as a tribute to how talented and great my husband truly is at fishing, here's a picture of the giant he caught yesterday morning:

Will guessed he weighed about 6-7lbs. and was definitely the biggest we've caught out at my dad's lake. he put up a fight and i didn't realize how big he really was until Will got him to the surface. even a few strangers called out to us and said that was the biggest fish they had seen anyone catch out there! it was a fun weekend! i'll be really sad when i can't go out on the boat anymore in a few weeks.


in baby news... all is well with baby Boatright! she gave us a little scare on friday morning with barely any movement and some fakie (but painful) contractions the night before. we got strapped in to the non-stress test machine for what seemed like forever and waited for Audrey to let us know everything was alright. she did, but took her sweet time doing so! i was thankful that Will was able to be there with me.

here's the latest in the baby bump department... a stranger stopped me at the store yesterday to tell me how great i looked and that i was "all baby." she couldn't believe i was due in only a couple months. it completely made my day :)

29 weeks!



30 weeks!

we did some more unpacking and organizing at the house this weekend and also put the crib together! i love walking past her room now and seeing it all set up. i've even caught Will pausing to look in a few times and it makes me smile :) here are some pictures of Audrey's pink elephant themed room...

matching pink elephant Wubbanub that we found at a little gift shop in Waycross! :)



a sample of items that Will's mom sent for Audrey -- she is so talented!!

we ran a few errands yesterday and got some things for little projects that i like to work on and keep busy with when Will is out of town. one of my projects for this week is to start washing all of the baby blankets, bedding, and outfits. to do this, we had to get a laundry detergent that is safe to use with sensitive baby skin. as simple of a task as this sounds like, Will and i ended up spending about 10 minutes standing in front of the laundry detergent at the store having a conversation that went a little like this...

me: (holding a bottle of Dreft baby detergent) "this is specifically for babies but it's really expensive and we'd still have to get a whole separate bottle for our stuff so why don't we just get one kind that we all can use."
Will: (looking bored) "okay sounds good."
me: (holding a bottle of Tide Free & Gentle detergent) "this stuff is like normal detergent but it doesn't have any dyes or perfumes in it so it's safe to use on baby stuff and we can use it for our stuff too."
Will: (now looking concerned) "wait but i like the stuff we normally use."
me: "i know, i do too but this kind works just the same. the only difference is that it doesn't have a color or smell so it's safe to wash Audrey's things in.'
Will: "but i don't want my clothes to smell like a baby!"
me: ?????

i couldn't help but laugh. a few strangers who happened to walk past us during our enlightening new parent conversation also had a few laughs at our expense. it was pretty humorous. i still don't think he's completely convinced that his upcoming laundry won't come out smelling like a baby. he still looked pretty skeptical when i put it in the cart. i love him.