Visiting Mom's relatives

Iris and Mama spent a week in WA with 2nd cousins and many aunts, uncles, a few grandaunts and granduncles. First, she was greeted enthusiastically by Colin T., whom she called "Ge-ge."
In fact, she had several ge-ge s, jie-jie s, and it soon became apparent that Iris was the
mei-mei.

Iris thoroughly enjoyed her time running around the house, going up and down stairs and playing with different toys alongside the three Thompson children. Yes, and there was a bit of video watching, too, that Iris was attentive, too. The three two-year olds are here with "ai-yi" (Betty). Please note the lovely pink high heels that the girls liked to wear; gifts from her 2nd cousins, Angie and Ellie (different family). In all, Iris met 9 second cousins, 8 aunts, 5 uncles, 3 grandaunts, 2 granduncles, and a gentle 8-year-old black lab.
The occasion was the wedding of the oldest son of one of mom's cousins (Susan). A-ma and A-gong were there as well to help feed and play with Iris at times. Most of the get-togethers centered around food, and we even managed to have pizza a couple of times that week. Yum-yum!

It was a great visit to see how the "children" have grown and for Mom (Cindy) to talk with cousins in person. We were most thankful that Betty and Dean opened up their home and allowed Iris to share all the diaper/potty stuff, so we didn't have to pack it up. Still, I managed to pack a large suitcase that was near the limit of 50 lbs. Oops!

Here's a glimpse of the active chaos that happened when the three two-year-olds got together:

Now, onto Christmas at the homestead.