Alice

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday!

I decided to make some time this morning to make a post.

It's about one of those things that everyone asks but I never really tell the full story.

How I came up with the name Alice.

If you didn't know that is what I am naming our daughter.

Recently I started expressing that I have a slight obsession with Alice in wonderland. But I think only a few people actually know where that obsession comes from.

I have always liked the weird-ness of Alice and the idea of Wonderland sounds well wonderful. But it wasn't until I received an Alice in Wonderland doll after my sister passed away that I really felt something for the story.

My oldest sister had a doll collection. Honestly I had no idea until the day of her memorial service when they were given to me.

I guess whenever my dad would go someplace new he would get her a doll. There was no rhyme or reason for these dolls. They were all different types. Some of them were more elegant and kept in nice boxes, others were small and honestly...out right creepy looking. Ha-ha. I looked over these dolls and honestly I wasnt sure what I was going to do with them. They didn't really mean much to me. It wasn't a memory I shared with my sister and I think when they decided to give me the dolls it was just a nice gesture. Not something my sister decided before she passed.

I went through the boxes of dolls and tried to like them. I pulled out a few here and there and set them outside of the box so they could be seen and remind me that...well if my sister wasnt watching someone one was... haha.

But there was one doll the only doll I really felt a connection with and it was...if you guessed Alice in Wonderland you are right.

Her box was damaged but she was still in decent condition....compared to a lot of the other ones.
Some day if I find someone that does it I might get her restored but honestly her creepy vibe she has brings a weird smile on my face.

Wonderland is a little creepy so it fits.

This is the only doll I kept. I have other trinkets and what not that I feel a connection with my sister. A box full of dolls in my closet that would just get moved to one place to the next was not one of them.

So because of this doll I guess I added Alice in Wonderland to my list of likes. And because of that my friend introduced me to a Syfy original mini series "Alice"

This interpretation of Alice is by far my favorite. Alice wasn't blond this time and the mad Hatter was well... very attractive in a nerdy way haha. and of course.... he wore hats so we all know that's one of my favorite things.

Somehow this became something my husband and I bonded about when we first started talking. It is hard to find someone who has seen that specific movie so I was excited to know he knew what I was talking about.

This movie became the theme of our engagement photos and the theme for our wedding.

And the reason it became our daughters name is because well... it came to me in a dream...HAHA. When I started to really consider becoming a mom I had a dream about having three kids. The oldest, was a girl and her name was Alice.

I don't know if that little girl in my dream is actually my daughter or if it was something I conjured up somehow. But it just made sense that would be her name.

So in my own way its a way of honoring my sister because with out her...with out the doll... who knows if I would have gone down this rabbit hole.

I hoped you enjoyed my story :)

Have a wonderful day and a great weekend when it comes.