Well done Nat!!

Well the little party wasn't so little. We had almost 80 people through the house during the day which was great. After about 1/2 hour it became obvious that we were no going to be able to cope alone so people started making their own drink, washing up, serving each other. It was a really good time.

And now of course we are the proud parents of a 1 year old, and nearly a toddler. Summer has this last week started to do a sort of crawl. If properly motivated for the plug mainly) she can now get about the living room enough to put the fire place strictly out of bounds and for us to fear for the CD tray. We don't mind of course as we remember a time no so long ago when we thought she may never be able to move around. What an answer to our prayers that is and who knows where it will end; will she ever stand or walk? watch this space...

That feeds nicely to our extremely mobile friend Nat who completed the Edinburgh Marathon in a better time than expected (less the 4h30m) and thoroughly beat the sweeper. She also managed to raise a large amount of money for ASBAH (Association of Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus) and also for Summer and any special things she is going need as she grows up.

Thank you Nat for Doing this for my family You are a very good friend of ours.

We had a lovely time in Edinburgh following her around the course although it was really quite exhausting watching all those people. We needed plenty of tea beaks to keep our energy levels up!

One unexpected highlight of the trip was surprisingly on the train back. Summer was loving being the centre of attention in the carriage with those around us and the 2 girls who were encouraging her to blow raspberry's and shout at the top of her voice. It was such a happy time seeing our daughter just lighting up the train with her personality and seemingly drawing people to her. I found my self wanting to tell everyone one what had happened to us and Summer and to let them know that she has gone through so much and is here now as a beautiful girl.

This wasn't to say look at us and feel sorry for us, not at all. But to say look what God can do, see how things can change and be so much better then at first they appear. We pray that God will use Summers story to demonstrate to other family's like ours just what he can do and how he can turn situations in directions we never thought possible. I cant imagine what I'll be writing here in a years time, maybe summer will be typing with me, although probably not at 21.40; she will be in bed by then.