The First Word…? - Aria MacDonald

The First Word…?

1 Apr at 10:49 am by Anita MacDonald

Yesterday Aria and I where sitting on the bed. The nurse came in and her and I were chatting. Suddenly out of the blue Aria said ‘hello’ or it sounded more like ‘ello’. The nurse jumped for joy and was very honoured. It took me a couple of seconds for it to register. It is hard to know but I know we say ‘hello’ to her all the time and say ‘say hello Aria’.

Aria has been saying ‘mum mum mum’ for a while. I don’t know if she knows it is my name or not. She has been waving hello for a couple of months now. And knows to clap when you say ‘yah for Aria’ or ‘yah for Daddy’. Daddy normally gets a clap when he gets home or arrives to the hospital.

So as you can see she is back to her normal self. Yesterday we also had time off the pump and went for a walk. We were sitting on the couch in the ward hallway and she would smile and talk to whoever went past. She has the coy/shy smile thing going which is very cute.

Aria and our cause got a mention in the Sunday Star Times today. We get this paper every week as it is our little luxury and Aria likes to eat/tear/screw up/wreck the glossy magazine that comes in it. No we don’t let her play with the newsprint. Anyway check out the About Town section written by Bridget Saunders. I love this section but Aria’s Dad prefers the Sports of course.