It's been a long-time coming, as we met and have been together since August 2012. The first day we met, Nino was walking his parents' dogs around the cul-de-sac and I (Elisa) was watering flowers at the Porter's house across the street (my grade school friend and maid of honor) while they were out of town. It was only a few days later that I was asked to pet-sit the Maglio animals while they went out of town for Sam's wedding (Nino's older brother and best man). Nino just so happened to be the last to leave that day to head to New York, and he left me a post-it note on the garage door. The post-it note had his phone number on it along with the words, "Let me know if you have any difficulty getting the garage to open. It can be stubborn." And while I had absolutely no trouble opening the garage door, I texted him daily pictures of the animals back at home, proving that I had in fact been able to get inside. We never stopped talking, and so the story began...