Can you believe its been a year?.........

Well Wednesday was Summers 1st Birthday. I can't quite believe that a year has passed since Summer was born and those frantic first few weeks that we spent driving backwards and forwards between Southampton Hosiptal and home. So much has happened in Summers first year but she is doing so well. Above Summer is trying out a new toy - she had managed to reverse into the sofa! Below is Summer opening another present.

We had a lovely lunch with Granny , Oma, Auntie Lia and Isabella in Guildford. Below Summer and Isabella played together very well.

Today Summer had her 12 month jab at the doctors. She was very brave and hardly cried.

Next Tuesday we have our next appointment at Southampton Hospital with Summers surgeon. We are hoping he will give us some idea of when they plan to operate.

Summers 1st Birthday Party....

Yesterday was Summers 1st Birthday Party which we held in the garden. We were very lucky with the weather - gorgeous sunshine all day . It was lovely to see so many friends and family and hopefully Matt and I managed to speak to everyone. Summer seemed to enjoy all the attention and especially liked seeing all the other children.

Summer had a lovely lemon birthday cake with candles but she looked a bit bemused at all the fuss as you can see above! Summers actual birthday is Wednesday - I can't quite believe she is nearly a year old already. So much has happened this last year that it seems to have whizzed by.

Mummy holding Isabella , Grandpops holding Summer

Below - Summer and Oma

A busy week...

It was mummy's second week at work last week and we all managed to survive! Its hectic getting ready in the morning - you really have to be organised. Summer is still loving nursery - particularly playing in the garden on their swing! Mummy had a busy week at work and has been a bit tired but is enjoying the new role so far. Daddy has been picking Summer up from nursery so gets some quality time with her on his own which he loves.

Last weekend was Fathers Day and Summer and mummy took daddy to the Bournemouth Oceanarium which was great fun. Summer was really intrigued by all the wonderfully coloured fish and wasn't scared at all of the sharks etc

Last weekend we swapped cars with my brother for the week so they could use our bigger car on holiday. This meant we had their Mini Convertible - great fun especially with the wonderful weather we have been having! Below are Summer and her cousin Isabella playing together on Saturday when we swapped the cars back.

Summers first day at nursery....

Today mummy had to go back to work and so it was Summers first proper day at nursery. The day didn't start very well as Summer fell over and bumped her head which came up in a lump! Just what I needed on my first day at work! Thankfully the day got better and she had lots of fun at nursery playing with the other children and all the toys!!

Mummies day didn't go to badly either (after she got over the head bumping incident!). Spent the day catching up with work colleagues and getting my desk sorted!

Our holiday to Woolacombe...

We have just come back from a wonderful holiday in Woolacombe with Granny and Grandad. We were very lucky and had great weather. Above you can see Summer in her sun tent on the beach. Below Summer is enjoying a go on the swing at the play park.

Below Summer and daddy had a swim in the baby pool.

Mummy celebrated her 31st birthday whilst we were away and Summer had three more teeth come through at the top!

Below we were all practising clapping on Woolacombe beach!

This week Summer has got her third tooth - it put her off her food for a couple of days but as you can see above she is always more interested in what mummy and daddy are eating!

We are getting ready for our holiday to Woolacombe. In the picture above Summer was trying on her new UV Suit in the hope that we get some sun!! Granny and Grandad are coming too so it will be lovely to spend the week together.

Summer has had two practice sessions at her nursery in preparation for mummy returning to work in four weeks. She loves the staff and all the toys but seems a bit unsure of the other children at the moment - she isn't used to being around so many all at once. It is a lovely small nursery just around the corner from our flat that only has ten children under two years old.

Last weekend we met up with Matts Dad and his girlfriend Willemien in Winchester. It was a lovely sunny day so here are a few pictures. Above is Summer gazing at her Grandad. Below is Summer and Willemien outside Winchester Cathedral.

Below is Summer and daddy enjoying the sunshine.
We still haven't managed to get a very good video of Summer crawling but there is a little movement in the below video. She is still going backwards but is definitely trying to work out how to go forwards!!

She's on the move......

Well, this week Summer has surprised us by starting to crawl backwards!! We were always told by the doctors at Southampton Hospital that it was unlikely that she would crawl because of her exomphalos and that these babies usually bum-shuffle or go straight to walking. Summer likes to prove them wrong quite often!! At the moment it is a sort of commando crawl but backwards and is very fun to watch. I will try to get her on video soon - when she speeds up a bit!!

Photos from the weekend

We had a lovely Bank Holiday weekend. These two pictures show the three us at our favourite tea room near Lyndhurst in the New Forest on Monday. Summer didn't look very interested in the cream tea but mummy and daddy certainly enjoyed it!!

These two pictures are of Summer and her friend Nuala on the beach on Sunday. They played together very well although they tended to want whichever toy the other was holding!! The art of sharing is yet to be learnt.

Peek-a-boo...............

Here is a video of Summer - she is now playing peek-a-boo with us!!