Dancing girl....

Here is a little video of Summer dancing along to Thomas the Tank Engine!!

Isabellas Birthday Party

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.



On the Saturday Summer and Isabella spent most of the day playing together - spreading their toys everywhere and chasing each other around Granny and Grandads house.



Below is a lovely picture of the birthday girl and above Granny is reading a book to the girls.

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.

Brought home from nursery...

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!

Busy couple of weeks....

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.

Last weekend we went to stay with Granny and Grandpops. Summer got to play with her cousin Isabella - they had lots of fun crawling after each other round and round Grannys kitchen! Below Granny is looking after both Summer and Isabella!

A busy couple of weeks....

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!

Vote for Summer......

Mummy has entered Summer in a cutest baby competition in the Sun newspaper.

Voting starts tomorrow 9th September 2009 . To vote click on go to:

http://sunbeams.thesun.co.uk/index.php

Type in Summer Hope and you will see a picture of her. If you click on the picture you should be able to vote.

Much appreciated!

Raising money for Southampton Hospital

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.

Any donations will go straight to Southampton Hospital and will help so many more babies and children.

Summer with Auntie Mandy and Auntie Sam

Summer's first haircut....

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.

In the last couple of days not only is Summer trying to walk but she has also started crawling forwards. She has been able to go backwards for quite a while but she is very pleased that she can now go forward! The video below shows her crawling.

She'll be running next......

This week Summer has been practicing walking more and more. Here she is in our friends garden with a baby walker.

This week Summer hasn't been feeling very well. She is still teething with her four molars trying to come through all at once. On top of that she has picked up a chest infection and has been started on antibiotics. This hasn't stopped her trying to pull herself up on everything as you can see above. I think she was after the CD's in this picture!

The video below shows how Summers walking is progressing . She is holding onto mummy but is getting quicker!