Voting closed: Stay tuned to meet SA’s cutest summer baby 2025

Time has run out to vote for one of our 40+ finalists in the race to be named South Australia’s sweetest summer arrival. Meet some of the adorable nominees while you wait to see the winner.

Tiny toes dipping in the ocean, picnics and barbecues in the sunshine and for the lucky ones Christmas – these are some of the firsts proud parents share with their summer babies.

Across South Australia families have welcomed new bundles of joy into their homes over the warmer months.

The Advertiser is searching for the state’s cutest summer bub for 2025.

After receiving nominations of adorable babies across the state it is time to reveal our finalists and put them to a vote.

Last year, little Milah Di Raimondo took the cutest summer baby crown with her mum sharing her rare en caul birth story.

But who will take out the honour this year? Voting is now closed.

Our adorable winner will be announced shortly.

Is this little miracle the state’s most adorable bub?

After enduring four rounds of IVF and seven embryo transfers to have their first son, Elysia and Kieran Andrews faced the process again in hopes of welcoming a second child.

“Our first round of IVF was a big shock for us when we only had one embryo, and then we transferred that little one, and that didn’t work and then we sort of did round after round,” Mrs Andrew said.

“It was very challenging … we wanted to be hopeful, but also realistic every time we did another round.”

Elysia and Kieran Andrews with their sons, Spencer, 3 and Isaac, 9 weeks old at their family home in Vale Park SA. Picture: Ben Clark

Fortunately, after 18 months the couple fell pregnant with their first son, Spencer who was born in March 2022.

“We were hopeful that we would be able to give him a sibling, but we were really sick (at the) thought we (didn’t) know how many attempts we (would) have in us (that) time around,” the Vale Park mum said.

The family headed back to the IVF clinic in May last year and were “heartbroken” after an egg retrieval led to only one fertilised egg.

“We weren’t too optimistic that it would work knowing that it took a lot of attempts to get pregnant the first time but luckily he was the little embryo that cooked … and it worked,” Mrs Andrews said.

Cutest Summer Baby finalist Isaac. Picture: Ben Clark

Baby Isaac joined the trio in January to the delight of his parents and his big brother, completing his family.

While Mrs Andrews said her second experience with IVF was somewhat daunting, she was able to turn to the love and joy that their three-year-old brought her.

“On the hard days, if we got bad news or a bad result, it sort of made it easier to know that we had (Spencer), we still had our one little miracle,” the 36-year-old said.

After all the injections, surgeries and difficult times, Mrs Andrews said seeing her boys together makes it all worth it.

“It’s very sweet,” she said.

Could this tiny Bon Jovi fan be SA’s cutest baby?

Tish and Phil with baby Richie, 2 months Eric 11 and Axel 16. Picture: Brett Hartwig

Cutest Summer Baby 2025 nominee, Richie Swanson. Picture: Supplied

He may only be two months old but little Richie Swanson is already showing major rock star potential.

The bub is even named after legendary Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora.

“When I was pregnant, we went to over 20 gigs with him in my belly and he would always move around in my tummy … almost like he was dancing,” his mum, Tish Swanson said.

“Some of those songs we play for him now, and he moves and grooves with a massive smile on his face.”

Mrs Swanson and her husband’s love story is grounded in their passion for hard rock and metal music with the pair co-hosting community radio show, Rock Hard with Phil and Tish on PBAFM 89.7.

“Our first conversation we actually had over the phone, Phil asked me what my favourite song was (and) my answer, of course, was Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi and his answer was exactly the same,” Mrs Swanson said.

“We knew we were both in the radio industry for exactly the same things.”

Soon enough, sparks started to fly and the couple were married in December last year.

Richie joined the band in January, to the delight of older brothers, Axel and Eric – who are also named after music idols, Axl Rose and Eazy-E.

“He’s the light of everyone’s life at the moment, he’s the best thing,” Mrs Swanson said.

The family look forward to seeing Richie, who has been nominated as South Australia’s cutest summer baby, find his own soundtrack.

Originally published as Voting closed: Stay tuned to meet SA’s cutest summer baby 2025