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A letter to my boy on his first birthday

Karen — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:16:32 +0000

(Or a couple of days after…)

Dearest Patrick,

I can’t believe it’s been a year since you came barreling into my world. It’s a cliche for sure but it seems like only yesterday that we were at the hospital, waiting to meet you, waiting to see if you were a boy or a girl. Waiting to see what life had in store for us. Waiting for them to pull you out of my stomach and place you into my arms. You were well worth all 40 weeks and 5 days of that wait.

There are no words to describe a mothers love for her children. There is no way for me to explain to people how wonderful you all are and what joy you’ve brought into my life. Apparently, I can’t even explain it to myself. The year we’ve had has brought me a fear unlike any I’ve ever known. Your surgery took me to a place I don’t ever want to go again. My heart was bursting for you, my mind was spiraling for you, my soul was crying for you. I knew that I loved you but I’m not sure that even I knew just how much. You are a miracle and a wonder to me. Your smile and your laughter bring me such joy. Your scooting across the floor and your love of food just make me laugh. Your admiration, and tolerance, of your sister endear you to me even more. And your big blue eyes will probably get you anything you want in life, forever.

Thank you for being you and rounding out our family so perfectly. Thank you for being such a wonderful baby and a huge love. We never expected that you would be so good all the time, we didn’t think we could get that lucky twice. But you are and for that I truly thank you. If the rest of our years are like this first one, minus the surgery and fear, I can only imagine the ride that we’re in for. The joy. The laughter. The love.

I love you little man.

Weathering the storm

Karen — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:00:23 +0000

Our week at the beach was full of ice cream and beer and sand and deer and exhaustion and laughter and tears and much family time but I’ll write about that later. Because of course I have to write about the Storm of the Century. Which, really, turned out not to be much at all by the time Irene worked her way to our neck of the woods. Or blew over our heads. Or her bands reached us.

The weather in Nantucket was really nice all week. In the 70′s, maybe 80 degrees here and there, decent ocean breezes and much sun. We were lucky that Irene didn’t make her way north until we were ready to go home. And when the lady did arrive, she really messed stuff up. Logistically, not weather-ly. Part of our happy group left Friday, instead of Saturday, which was really the best option of all. All of our flights on Saturday were canceled which left us stranded in Nantucket until Wednesday, so said the unhelpful folks at Delta. We would have enjoyed staying in Nantucket until Wednesday but the car and the car seats were leaving without us and really, staying in Nantucket for several extra days is not cheap. So, we piled into the car on Saturday, taking as much as we could fit, shipping a bunch to Atlanta and leaving the rest there for some soul to go back and retrieve at a later date and headed to Connecticut. There was some concern about the ferry and our general safety, which turned out to be completely unfounded as the ride was smooth with the occasional burst from the fog horn.

Ferry ride during Hurricane Irene from Karen Chatters on Vimeo.

Hurricanes are no fooling, I’m not trying to make light of something that can harm others. We were quite lucky, I know that. But sometimes you need to find some laughter in the storm.

Love this!

Karen — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:00:51 +0000

You may have already seen this but I love it. I actually love all three of his videos. Oh, and the guys that made the videos aren’t too shabby either…

MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

Peek-a-WAAAAAH

Karen — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:00:27 +0000

Apparently peek-a-boo isn’t always funny. It would appear that it’s funnier if it’s delivered by someone under 10. Otherwise, it’s completely terrifying.

Peek-a-boo from Karen Chatters on Vimeo.

Who said the ABC’s were as easy as 1-2-3

Karen — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:30:10 +0000

Courtney is brilliant, of course. She really knows her ABC’s, thanks to her dad. Paul has really worked with her on knowing her letters and her numbers. And if there’s a letter somewhere in the world, there’s a 97% chance she’s going to get it right on the first try. We haven’t, however, taught her the ABC’s by singing to her. Now that she actually knows the letters, I think the song probably means a bit more to her but it hasn’t really been a priority. But now, now she loves the song and we sing it a LOT. She hasn’t quite gotten the hang of it yet but I’m sure it will come with time.

This is a typical morning in our house. Lots of running (“super fast”) and singing. It’s kind of hard to make out what’s going on here but she seems to have the Q-R-S part down pat.

ABC’s aren’t as easy as 1-2-3 from Karen Chatters on Vimeo.

Wouldn’t you kill for just a fraction of that much energy??? And aren’t these pajamas crazy MC Hammer-like??