Our life
These two photos below kinda show Aria’s life in hospital I think. Â One min she is lying down peaceful and happy and the next there are two people’s hands in her face. Â She does really well though.
Smiling
Asher standing still for a second so I could take a photo. He got dressed all by himself, including the shoes. Ok so his tshirt is on the wrong way but who cares? And today he spelt his name all by himself A S H E R
Our dinner tonight. It is sunday night and we didn’t feel like cooking. Check out this HUGE pizza- and this was a medium!!! No kidding. It was pretty good and we will be eating leftovers for weeks.
Just for interest sake- a picture of our apartment building. Or rather the second apartment building when standing on our deck. Check out the big truck!
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# 20 Jun at 9:26 pm
wow! What an amazing smile. Aria looks fantastic!
xox
Liz
# 20 Jun at 9:28 pm
ha, the photo with the “big truck!” hehe! thats all we have here in louisiana!! just about anyway! thought that was funny. and aria is looking so much better..so happy for her and yall! poor baby with those chubby legs…hopefully those kidneys wake up better and better! continuing to pray for u all!
# 20 Jun at 9:58 pm
Those big trucks are what my parents used to work with in NZ, lol. Amazing what people ‘need’ them for!
Aria is amazing, dealing with everything with the grace that she does.
# 20 Jun at 10:15 pm
Wow, the photo with Aria’s beautiful smile shows (I think)that Aria is less jaundiced. Loving all these positives, and I’m sure she’ll kick psudamonas’ butt!! Love Angela.
# 20 Jun at 10:39 pm
I love the pictures! Aria and everyone is looking wonderful! 😀 Keep smiling, Aria! We love you! 😀
# 20 Jun at 10:49 pm
Lovely to see some more photos of your life in usa! Aria’s eyes seem to have more of a sparkle in the third piccie – she’s getting back to being Aria – she is coping amazingly well with all the poking and prodding she has to put up with! I totally admire her as I’m sure I would have gone nuts with all that interference if it was me!
# 20 Jun at 10:50 pm
Oh that was a nice visit to your corner of the world. Aren’t we spoilt with the technology our grandparents never even dreamt about! I mean cameras and internet that makes comunication so fast and brings you so close, so quickly! Thank you for your smiles Aria! Love you lots.
# 20 Jun at 10:50 pm
Good to see Aria smiling,its lovely to see, Asher good on him changing himself and spelling his name good on ya Asher, love n hugs to yous all
# 20 Jun at 10:55 pm
thanks for the great snaps of the kids-and of you too hamish! -i think that little man asher looks a tad like his daddy-hope you got to watch the all whites hamish-i know patrick did in london and was blown away by their performance! so good to see little princess aria smiling at the camera-what a brave little soldier she is-take care of yourselves and bless you all – Jeannie
# 20 Jun at 10:57 pm
Lovely photos. It’s so great to hear that Aria is smiling lots now (or so it seems), when just a few weeks ago I remember you saying you were rapt to get one or two smiles per day.
Wow Asher is one smart kiddy.
# 20 Jun at 11:12 pm
Good on Asher for dressing himself then spelling is name.Gosh Aria looks wonderful sitting up -oh those smiles are wonderful. Like others have said Aria definately looks less jaudice. her eyes are looking wonderfully clear and yes there is a twinkle in her eyes.
# 20 Jun at 11:28 pm
loving seeing so many more photos 🙂 Arias colour is much better!
# 20 Jun at 11:54 pm
what a trooper your princess is
wtg Asher
yum pizza!!
nice looking apartment
# 21 Jun at 12:24 am
awesome photos of the kids etc,smiles all round,GREAT!!!!!!!!
# 21 Jun at 12:27 am
blimmmon big truck – Aria looks amazing so good to see her sitting up and smiling 🙂
# 21 Jun at 1:31 am
So lovely to imagine you in your surrounds and world. Aria looks incredible – her colour is so much better and her smile is wonderful. You have 2 very amazing kids. Hoping and praying it won’t be long before Aria can join you in your new US home. Much love. X
# 21 Jun at 2:03 am
Great to see some photos of your life in the USA so far. Aria is looking great!! 🙂
Hehe yeah i saw heaps of those ‘trucks’ when i was in Texas and Arizona.
And yes, their pizzas are HUGE! Makes our “Large” pizzas look pathetic and the size of a small one over there. Enjoy 🙂
# 21 Jun at 2:23 am
What a beautiful smile Aria and your clever little brother dressing himself and spelling his name. Praying for you all,
Judy.
# 21 Jun at 2:42 am
Way to go Ashie you are a clever boy dressing yourself and spelling your name. Aria you look beautiful with that gorgeous smile. love you both heaps Nana
That is one very big pizza!!!
# 21 Jun at 3:06 am
Dear guys, love to you all. God is so good God is so good God is so good hes so good to you amen amen amen! Persisting in prayers and thanksgiving – thinking of all that our Papa has done for you and especially for Aria. Your journey is just like the way we had always pray together for the Redeemer church preschool, it had bumps here and there and now the preschool is here. The same I keep thinking of Aria and all the journey with her and because I am going to see beautiful miracle of having the goal of seeing her coming back to NZ to Redeemer with more than we expect,beautifully saved and healed by our Papa amen amen amen! Expect a miracle daily!!!!!!!!!!!!
# 21 Jun at 3:17 am
Ohh!Well done Asher. You are a great young man! Lovely smile from Aria ! Hey – love to help you eat that Pizza. I look so forward to reading your updates. Thank you for your time updating your site. You are very special people and I feel privalidged to share your lives each day. Thank you.
# 21 Jun at 3:18 am
And I cant spell privaleged!!!!
# 21 Jun at 5:47 am
Your children are both so beautiful! May Aria have more peaceful, smiling moments and fewer moments with everyone’s hands in her face. And good luck with the American obsession with giant food portions and bigger vehicles. I was born here and I still find it overwhelming sometimes. 🙂
# 21 Jun at 6:19 am
Love the new pics. Glad things are going smoothly just now. That big truck is the norm here in Texas.Asher looks so big and happy after dressing himself.Good to see that sweet smile from Aria. Still praying for all good things for all of you.
# 21 Jun at 11:07 am
Aww…Aria looks great! 🙂 I love the 3rd pic. of her! Kids can be so funny when trying to dress themselves. My nephew Benjamin tries to dress himself, & he’s always has something on wrong, lol. Good try Asher! Unfortunately, I think we Americans are starting to realize how huge our portions are here, & that’s why more health & wellness companies are teaching true portion sizes. We’re so used to huge portions here, & that’s why most of us are overweight here. You have the right idea, about eating a little bit at a time! I hope all is well, & God Bless!
# 21 Jun at 4:27 pm
Thank you so much for the photographs. I feel very privileged that you have let us into your family, and that we are allowed to see what is happening, and what is going on with Aria.
God bless you all and keep you strong.
Thank God too for Asher who brings normal family life into your bigger picture.
With love and prayers
Eve
# 22 Jun at 2:16 am
Love the photos. Aria does so well. She is such an inspiration to us all. The photo give us a real sense of life over there – thank you so much for taking the time to post and share them. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.