The Duntons...: March 2012

For the past few years I have been completely obsessed with the city of Boston. I am not sure how this came about but it became my dream city. Eric and I finally made it down there (we currently live about 2-2 1/2 hours away) and I really fell for the city. We left Bath around 1 pm and drove to Salem to check things out. Unfortunately it is off season so a lot of the things were closed but we were able to go to the cemetery that has the memorial to those who were accused of being witches and put to death. it was really sad to see! After spending a few hours in Salem we made our way to our hotel in Woburn.

The next morning we got up early and made our way into Boston. We bought a city pass that included 2 days worth of attractions all over the city. Here are just a few pictures from the trip... I can't wait to go back!

So here we are living in Maine for the past 6 months now and I have been extremely horrible at updating our lives! We arrived in Maine on Sept 17. Eric's dad and step mom have been amazing! We lived with them while looking for jobs. They had a spare room outside in their garage area. The view from their house is amazing. They live on Westport Island and have an ocean view with a rocky beach. Bostyn quickly made friends with their dogs and had a blast running on the beach with them every chance she got.

Eric's parents house...

Our first make shift room...

Our garage apartment...


Bostyn, Koda and Bear playing on the beach in the front yard

While living in the garage I quickly became accustomed to sharing my life with rodents... We caught quite a few mice and found a flying squirrel living with us. Eric tried catching it but we were never successful with it. However I was able to get some pictures...


My friend the Flying Squirrel...

At the end of September an Air Show was held at the private airport up the street and I just had to go to it. They had so many cool World War II fighter planes. However the day of the show it was extremely foggy and the planes were not able to go into the air but it was still worth going and looking around. Here are a couple pictures:

At the end of September I went in for an interview at a place called Providence Service Corp. They are a private school that services kids with autism. On October 14 I started my job there as a Behavioral Analyst. I am so thankful that I was able to get a job so fast!

Since moving here I have become close to Eric's nephew Xander and niece Azara (or Zaza as she goes by). We have spent a bunch of time together and for some reason they love to attach themselves to me (which I am fine with... it helps me not miss my two babies back home as much). Right before Halloween we decided to carve pumpkins together and I had so much fun having kids around to do fun things with!

Eric supervising the carving...

Around the end of November we added a new member to our family. Bostyn, Eric and I went and got Salem from a breeder in Auburn. We have fallen in love with the American Bulldog breed and knew that is what we wanted to get.

On Dec 1st we moved into our own place in Bath, Maine. It is a few miles from my office and fit with what we were looking for.

A week or so after we moved a new job opening became available at my office for a temporary Office Manager while the Office Manager was out on maternity leave. I applied for the job and got it. I was so relieved to finally be doing something that I love to do! I was told that once she came back on I would be kept on as an Administrative Support Professional and be doing a lot of them same things under her.

We spent Christmas morning with Eric's family at his grandma's house. Eric and Alec (his sister Alyssa's boyfriend) thought it would be funny to play a joke of sorts on Eric's dad since they couldn't come up with a good gift to get him. They went and bought a 12 pack of beer and then glued the bottoms of them to the box. Alyssa and I were embarrassed about that and claimed nothing to do with it. We (Alyssa and I found a cute picture cube that we decided to paint purple for her mom and we also found their dad's favorite TV show and bought him a season of that)