Monday, February 25, 2019

Happy 2nd Birthday Ollie - Boldog Szulinapot!




Dearest Ollie,

You barely turned 2 years-old but you are wise way beyond your age. You have managed to charm your way into every heart you have come across – teachers, school friends, grandparents, neighbors, uncles, and of course Daddy’s, Noah’s and mine.

You are a special little thing, with a huge heart. Your smile and laugh are contagious, your sense humor refreshing, your will power commendable, your voice loud and full of conviction. You already seem to know exactly what you want, and you go for it.

I find it difficult to write these letters as I always think the only time you guys will read it is when I won’t be around anymore. But today I realized that doesn’t have to be the case. You can read it as a teenager, or when you are ready to fly out of our nest, or when you get married or when you have your own little 2 year-old running around – I will be here waiting for your questions, which I am sure you will have.

So as a tired but oh-so happy mom, I am wishing you a very happy birthday my little one. I hope you will always keep smiling and find the humor in the smallest things in life. I hope you will always remember and feel how much we love you and that no matter, what we will always be here for you – to witness your successes, to pick you up after few failures, to listen when you need to talk to someone, to talk when you just want to listen, to hold your hand when you need us to.

I figured I would write a little about you – so you can look back one day and understand who you were at the beginning. Because remember…it all goes back to the beginning.
You love books – you can look at them and read them and talk about them for hours. You like to savor happy moments and linger on things that make you happy. When you open presents, you do it one by one, and you like to play with one before opening another. I love this about you.
You like to copy your big brother – seemingly more out of admiration rather than annoyance. You like to play with him and you seem to enjoy that he looks out for you, even though you tend to be rough on him when you don’t get your way. You are crazy about Daddy, he can do no wrong in your eyes. You love me endlessly, though you like to set the record that sometimes you just want to do whatever you want to do; and you will not have it in any other way. You often charm Daddy into giving in but you get surprised when it doesn’t work on me. Well….at least that’s what you see. Because let me tell you little one, it does. It kills me to say no to you – I just try to tell myself that I know I am doing it to ultimately benefit you.  
You LOVE going outside and play ball or play on the slide. You do NOT like snow. YET. You do not like to be cold. You love brushing your hair and you love brushing your teeth as long as it goes your way. You LOVE pancsi (bathing) and you still take naps (unlike your brother). You LOVE to eat and the only way for you to miss a meal would be if you were sick. You are hard headed but easy going at the same time – much like Daddy. Most of all you love being with all of us at once – and you like to carefully count and announce everyone in attendance at home. Currently your favorite word is: “All done” and “not that one”. For a parent this means increasing push back and more time spent on convincing you of things you actually want but decided to consider in the “not that one” category just to push and test limits.

You love Bogyo es Baboca and PJ Masks, but most of all YOU LOVE DANCING!!!
Your favorite song is hokey pokey by Dave and Ava, We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions by Queen. You also love Imagine Dragons – Naturals, and I’ve got this feeling by Justin Timberlake. You could sing and dance for hours to these songs.

Well, I have to go now, I am writing this at the end of a work day and I have to head home to take you for a flu test (poor bubbin – I hate that test but we have to be safe).

I love you with all my heart,
Mommy