What a difference a year makes!

We found this photo from 1 year ago and decided to get Leo to dress up in the same hat and coat to see how much he's changed!

He still wears it well!

But now he knows how to take his hat off!

 What a big boy!

Leodini

Just because he's a cutie!

He agreed to wear his hat with the front flipped up..

I left him to play while I was making his dinner and he somehow managed to climb in to his toy box..

He was very pleased with himself..

Run to me

Leo came out to support his parents in a 10K alongside Lake Washington (Sarah completed her first competitive run in 15 months in just over an hour, and Ben got a new PB of 43 minutes, 41 seconds). Danielle and Makennah were out running 5K on the same route.

Leo was happy in his buggy, with Bill, Alex and Richard looking after him.



Of course, he still enjoyed trying to remove his hat. 

 Now we've left Hawaii the cosy sheepskin is back on the buggy.

Leo had fun with his cousin after the race when we went for coffee.

Finally, Leo has started to sit up on his own, and here he is doing just that in his whale bath this evening.

We had a whale of a time

Today was our last full day. The condo we rented was only available for the first 11 of our 12 nights, so tonight we're in another condo owned by the complex. They arranged it so we could just move in next door.

The new place is bigger but we liked the original one best. Here's the view in our first condo from the bedroom door down into the lounge with its double-height ceiling.

The carpet for Leo to roll around on was something else we liked about the first place.

But at least the new place has a super-duper one-and-a-half-person lounging chair.

After a stressful morning of moving, we decided to head back to Hapuna Beach for one last time. Leo had fun eating his hat.

 It was a cloudy afternoon, but who needs sunshine when you can watch Humpback whales spraying and diving from your deck chair or boogie board? They're just leaving Hawaii for Alaska. We couldn't get a shot of them on camera so you'll have to imagine!

 The sun came out just before we left - big smiles all around.

Hats on!

Leo needed some hats to cope with the sun in Seattle and Hawaii (and hopefully Britain when we get home). He absolutely loved trying them on in the mirror, giggling loudly, and he sulked when he had to go back in his pram.