Merry Christmas to everyone and a Happy New Year !!! Hopefully 2010 will be a great year. Above is Summer opening one of her Christmas presents and below Oma helping with another (which turned out to be her favourite)!
Over the last few days Summer has started walking. Below is a little video of her practising with Daddy. She is getting more and more confident each day. There is also a video of Summer on Thomas the Tank Engine (her favourite!).
This weekend we all went to stay with Granny and Grandad as it was Isabella's first birthday party. Below is Grandad and Summer at the party.
We have had a busy couple of weeks with mummy and daddy working and Summer still enjoying nursery. Summer has taken her first steps on her own - only a few as she doesn't seem to have her confidence yet but I'm sure she will get there in her own time. Also we are getting lots more words - I think she is going to be a chatterbox!! Favourites are hiya, dada, mama, nana (banana), oof oof (woof woof for dog), ummer (Summer), oh dear, yeah yeah.
The picture above is Summer showing off the painted masterpiece that she brought home from nursery yesterday. Below is a stick on creation that came home this week as well. I think she definitely has an artistic streak!!
Above Summer looks a bit guilty as she was hiding her sock from mummy whilst we were trying to get ready for nursery! Below is the plant that she grew - she was very pleased to present it to mummy!
Two weekends ago Auntie Mandy and Auntie Sam came to visit. Above is Summer holding hands with Auntie Sam and below playing with Auntie Mandy. We had lots of fun playing games and reading books together.
Well its been a busy couple of weeks. Two weeks ago Oma came to visit which was lovely. Summer and Oma had lots of fun together often bursting into laughter for no apparent reason!! 
Last week we went to stay in Dawlish with Granny and Grandpops. We had a lovely week with great weather. We visited the Model village in Babbacombe as well as taking Summer on a steam train and a ferry to Dartmouth.
Summer spent most of the holiday wanting to walk everywhere as you can see from the picture above! So when we got home we went to buy her first pair of shoes which are pictured below. She loves them and doesn't want to take them off at all!
Below is a video of Summer walking up and down our sofa which is her latest trick!
We have finally decided that the time has come to start raising money for Southampton Hospital. They have done so much for Summer that we would like to give them something back. We have started a fundraising page that you can find at www.justgiving.com/summerhoperudd. 
Summer with Auntie Mandy and Auntie Sam
Yesterday Summer had her first haircut. She was so good at the hairdressers - maybe because she got to sit in a car whilst they trimmed her hair! She has now got rid of the hair that kept getting in her eyes and the back is very neat.
