Sox's Homecoming

When we adopted our puppy Sox, there was a local NH news crew there doing a story - it is now available on video at http://www.wmur.com/news/14877425/detail.html
How fantastic that the start of our family was captured on tape!

Check out our puppy's homecoming and the wonderful work of the people from the Homeward Bound project!

Home for the Holidays

Well it was a busy weekend but I can say we made it to our new HOME for the holidays! Thanks to Mike's family, we were able to mostly move out of our apartment in Brighton and into the house last Friday. This feat was not without drama! With 6" of fresh snow on top of 18" already, parking in the hood was challenging with a 26' U-Haul! As you can imagine, moving all our stuff down the narrow U-shaped staircase, out onto the snow covered sidewalks, and up into the truck posed challenges too, but after 6 hours of hard labor, it got done. Sox did very well during the move and continues to make us smile with his hound-like behavior (sniffing a lot and howling occasionally) and his adorable lab-like face. He has made new friends in the neighborhood, both human and canine, and loves to explore his new yard.

Internet is still not installed yet at the house, so I'm blogging secretly from my office. Shhh...don't tell! Will have lots of pics of the new place, as well as photos from the holiday shortly. Merry Christmas!

a VERY busy day!

Today was a marathon day - in short, we bought our first house and then rescued a puppy to bring home to it! The new home is in Holliston, MA, which is about 24 miles west of Boston. It is a beautiful and charming town, with some houses dating back to pre-revolutionary times. Luckily, ours is not that old; although it does have its projects! To see a few pictures, you can view this slideshow from our attorneys: http://www.seemynewhome.net/slideshow/110029907/Congratulations.html








And our new addition is an adorable lab mix puppy named SOX. He was so named for his black fur and white "socks" on all four paws, but here in Boston, his name takes on a new meaning since our Red Sox won this year! Our puppy is 3 months old and is very inquisitive and loves his new bed and his christmas tree squeeky toy that Dad bought him today. His coming home story is a very special one. He was born in Mississippi and was rescued by the Mississippi State University Vet school. One of their students began rescuing dogs after the hurricanes and bringing them home to her native New Hampshire for adoption. Sox was going to be put down if a home wasn't found for him quickly, but after one picture of him, we couldn't say no. He's sniffing around in our apartment and waiting for the excitement later in the week when we rent a U-haul to move into the new house. :)





We were especially surprised to see a news crew in NH when we arrived to pick Sox up! We were interviewed by channel 9 (not sure what that is) and we were on camera to show us taking home our new baby boy. We'll have to see if it makes their website, and if so, we'll link our story for you all to see. Will also put up more house pics once we have the hardwood floors refinished. It's also quite a site to see the almost foot of snow brightening up the neighborhood.

It certainly will be a white Christmas here in New England! Love to you all - Amy & Mike

Last weekend in Brighton

Hello all! With all that we've got going on, we thought we'd set up a site where we could tell you all about what we're up to. This weekend is our last weekend in the city; we are packing and organizing in preparation for closing on our new home on MONDAY! We are thrilled to be moving to the burbs and will have photos for sure in a few days.

Please check back as I will try to post notes about all the exciting things we have going on. In the meantime, we're enjoying our last city snowstorm (6-10 inches) and watching the weather for next week's move. More later!

Amy & Mike