We took Kaika yesterday to visit an uncle and aunt of Naoko’s. It was also my first time to meet any of Nako’s extended family. We presented them with an obligatory gift, as they had given us money when Kaika was born. Kaika slept the whole time, although you’ll forgive me if I tell you that at a certain point I was trying to telepathically send him the message to start crying so we could get the hell out of there. From this picture, I suspect Naoko was trying to do the same thing. The conversation was stilted, I spent much of the time trying to hide the hole I had found (too late) in my sock, and all of us tried to overcome the obvious awkwardness of the situation by staring at Kaika sleeping on the sofa, with utterances of kawaii desu ne (“isn’t he cute?”) liberally proffered in an attempt to salve the stasis. I will say this, however, they had one hell of a nice house. A few more photos from the visit are here.