Aliza's Favorite Things!
Colors: pink and blue
Food: candy, cake, ice cream
Drink: chocolate milk
Book: all the Froggy books, Pickle Chiffon Pie, The Magical Ballet Slippers
Movie: Enchanted, Mermaidia, Alvin & the Chipmunks
Toys: dolls, tea sets, Dora and her house, Littlest Pet Shop pets, My Little Ponys, Barbies
Other Favorite Things
Preschool
Dance class
Playing games
Swimming
Doing crafty things -- coloring, drawing, painting, pasting, gluing
Playing outside
Watching her favorite movies
Going on rides at the mall
Eating candy
Feeding her fish
Dislikes
Having her hair brushed
Going to bed
Being in the car with her brothers while they are screaming (I have to say I agree with her on that one)
Having no friends around to play with
The dark
Monsters
Spiders
Monstrous spiders
Our daughter Aliza was born on a Monday morning, in January of 2003. We went in to the hospital to be induced at about 6:30 a.m. and by 9:30, we were parents. I had told our next door neighbor, who was outside with her dog at that wee hour of the morning as we were leaving, that I was going to tell my doctor I wanted to be all done with this birthing business by noon. Kiddingly of course, but apparently God heard me and decided that sounded like a good plan.
I knew nothing about her arrival in this world because I was unconscious during the c-section, and due to the emergency situation of it all Mark had to wait out in the hallway and pace as if he were becoming a father in 1954. But he and my mom got to see her within a few minutes of her birth, witness her first bath, and hold her in the nursery.
Anyway, she was born, and while I was still unconscious and couldn't put my 2 cents in, her daddy named her Aliza Jewel (okay, I'm kidding, we had settled on that name for a little girl, weeks before). She was named, bathed and 3 hours old by the first time I saw her. I remember her bright, bluish gray eyes looking up at me so curiously, and her little rosebud mouth so pouty and cute, and I knew immediately she and I would understand each other.
Aliza was a fun baby right from the start. I think most babies either look surprised, confused, or angry during their first few weeks. Entry into this world must bring on extreme emotions. Aliza was one infant who constantly had a look of surprise on her face. True to her name, which is Hebrew for "joyful", she was a happy, bubbly, social little girl. She was smiling at us at 6 weeks, and sleeping through the night at 2 months, and this was of course due to our skillful, brilliant parenting. We just knew we had done something right with this girl.
Now that she's five years old, Aliza amazes and amuses us every day with her imaginative stories and her charming wit. She keeps us on our toes, asking questions and seeing the world in her own unique, fresh way. She is a delightful little girl and we are so blessed to have her in our lives!
