Summers special day....

Mummy , Daddy and Summer in her gorgeous dress.

Uncle Stuart, Auntie Lia and Summer


All the Grandparents and Summer (Bob, Linda, Roger, Penny and Andreas)



Auntie Sammy and Auntie Mandy with Summer.

Yesterday was Summers Naming Ceremony. We wanted to arrange it to celebrate Summers birth and to officially welcome her into our family. It was such a lovely day from start to finish. We had great weather and we were so pleased to see so many friends and family members. Summer spent the whole day having cuddles from everyone and seemed to enjoy every minute of it! Stuart, Lia, Mandy and Sam are Summers Godparents and along with her Grandparents played an important part in the actual ceremony. The wording of the ceremony was beautiful and brought a tear to my eye! Afterwards we all sat down to an afternoon tea of scones , sandwiches and cake.

We would like to thank everyone who came and helped to make Summers day so special.

Latest Hospital Update....

Summer in her new door bouncer which she loves! Giggles all round.

Summer reading one of her new books that she got for Christmas.


Today was Summers latest appointment at Southampton Hospital for a check-up on her tummy. The doctors were so pleased with her progress they have decided they do not need to see us again for another six months. At that stage they will decide when they will perform the closure operation depending on how strong her tummy muscles are. They were also happy with how her scar from the operation has healed and also with her weight gain. She is now 14lb 7oz.

A friend I made through the GEEPS website - Nicola - gave birth to a little boy on Saturday 10th January . Theo James is eight weeks early and has a giant exomphalos so please all send as many positive vibes to him as possible to help speed along his recovery. He is currently in intensive care but is stable and doing well.

Leaps and Bounds....

As you can see from the two pictures Summer is coming on in leaps and bounds. She is developing as any baby her age should be. She is starting to sit up on her own and as you can see from the top picture is getting ready to crawl at some point!

Her first tooth came through on New Years Day and today she had her first taste of food - baby rice - didn't look very appetising but she gulped it down straight away and seemed to be waiting for more!

Next hospital appointment is 13th January - Matts Birthday. They will be checking her tummy and may give us some indication of when they want to operate.

Christmas fun...

Granny and Grandad with two little reindeer (Summer and Isabella)

A group photo - Granny, Grandad, Auntie Lia, Uncle Stu, Isabella,
Mummy, Daddy and Summer

Summer under the tree surrounded by all her pressies!!

Summers present from mum and dad - as you can see - she loves it!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone from Emma, Matt and Summer xxxx

Day out with Grandad

Summer (and her mummy and daddy) had a day out today with her Grandad Bob. We met in Chichester and had a lovely lunch followed by a walk around the quay.

Oma has come to visit

Summers Grandma (Oma) from Germany has arrived and as you can see they are already having lots of fun together!!

Summer had her latest checkup on Tuesday at Southampton Hospital. This appointment involved a full scan to check that the blood thinning drugs are working and to try and determine whether the blood clot has started to disperse .

The great news is that the clot has gone completely. "Nurse mummy" and "Doctor daddy" must have done a good job with the injections!

So the last line that Summer had going into her leg has been removed and apart from a few bruises she seems absolutely fine. As you can see from the picture above she can now lie on her tummy and look around at the world from a different perspective!

Update...

Summer is continuing to do really well. She has put on weight and is now eating a good amount of milk each day. She is trying to sit up by herself as you can see from the picture above and has also learnt how to blow raspberries which she finds hilarious - mummy and daddy find it very funny as well!! We are back at Southampton Hospital on Tuesday for a scan of Summers leg to see if the blood clot is still there or has dispersed. Fingers crossed.

Summer meets her new cousin Isabella....

This weekend we finally met Summers new (and first) cousin Isabella Lily Bradley. She was born on Wednesday 19th November - right in the middle of all out hospital drama with Summer!!

Matt looking after both the girls!!!

The girls sitting together



Her mummy and daddy (Lia and Stuart) are thrilled to bits with their gorgeous daughter even if she is keeping them up every night - we've all been there so can definitely sympathise!!