And baby makes three!

Ha! I knew that would get your attention! We are now the proud parents of a beautiful four-legged baby girl. We adopted Emma, a 9 month old yellow lab mix, and picked her up this morning! She's fabulous. She was hyper when she got off the trailer, but settled down quickly. She will definitely make a great running partner, if we can get her to stop sniffing everything. (Her mix? Her foster mom thinks part hound. Definitely explains the sniffing.)

Ready for all the pictures? Here we go -

Our first picture of Emma.

Super excited to explore!

 Running to Mom

Emma loves getting her belly rubbed.

Excited to head to her new home.

Exhausted from all the excitement

She was running all over today any time she wasn't sleeping. Hopefully I'll get some even better pictures tomorrow when we go for a hike. She seems to be fitting in just fine; she knows our house and goes right to the back door. She even brought all her toys into her crate, which was hilarious! She'd bring one in, play with it, look up and see us and come running. Too cute! She's still exhausted - she's laying next to me on the couch right now! Enough gushing about the new dog, you'll have many more posts to read in the near future!

Weekend Visitors

Dad and Dylan came out for a quick visit this past weekend. Thank goodness they did, we (at least I was for sure) were in desperate need of some family time. It didn't hurt that they brought us pumpkin pie, fudge, and apple cider donuts from Goebberts!!

They got in late Friday night, so after a quick tour of the apartment we headed to bed. We had to come up with a new New England experience, so we spent Saturday in the White Mountains enjoying the fall foliage. My camera is acting funky, so I didn't take any pictures. (Shocking, I know.) Dad took some video with his iPhone, so I'll let you enjoy the footage that he shot (and spare you the unending blog full of pictures).

Ripley Falls

We came back to Boston in time to enjoy a delicious dinner in the North End and some yummy desserts. We were pretty chill on Sunday. We took them to our favorite Indian buffet, which is the fanciest and the tastiest Indian buffet we've been to, and walked around the mall to please Dylan before we dropped them off at the airport.

We had a lot of fun and were so sad that it was such a short visit. Eating our donuts in the morning does help to ease our pain, a little. Hopefully time will fly by and our trip back home for Christmas will come quickly.

Thanks again for being our Columbus Day visitors, Dad and Dylan!!

Good Reading

Want to laugh and be terrified all at the same time?? You gotta read this article. Guess I have a few new books to read. Check it out.

Are We Raising a Generation of Nincompoops?

In case you were wondering, the answer is yes.

Schooner Cruise

Oh, how we love the ocean. Seriously. It is our favorite place to hang out, study, eat, and take a nap. The only way to enjoy the ocean more?? By going out on a boat. Amit had bought another Groupon for a cruise and it wasn't just any cruise. We went on a 90 foot schooner, it was just gorgeous. We got lucky with the weather, too. My camera was acting up, but here are a few of my favorite shots.

A slightly fuzzy picture of the boat

 The fuzzy things prevent the sails from chafing

I loved the ways the sails look when you're sitting underneath them

And when they pass over you

See how happy we are when out on the water!

What a breathtaking sunset.

Another picture of us!

We had a fabulous time on the cruise and can't wait to get back out on the water. I think we'll need to buy a boat one day...