This weekend I went over to my aunt Aletha's house for some tea and cake with my other aunts and female cousins and their girls. I think there were 13 of us altogether. My mother and her sister are a year or two apart, but they got married and had children at totally different times in life . My aunt Aletha's kids are 10 years older than my siblings and I.. to the month! it is kinda weird! but we all actually are having children about the same time. so anyways, there was lots of giggling and sipping and nibbling... well the nibbling turned into chowing on finger foods and homemade eclaires!! and a yummy combination of strawberries dipped in sour cream and then rolled in brown sugar... it sounds odd I know... i wasnt going to try it but then my sister did,(if she thought it was grosse i probably would too) so i thought i would give it a whirl. yum! my tea was very interesting though. i thought i would try the Dandelion tea. it sounded weird and smelled kinda funky....my hot water sat with the tea bag in it while i fed dahlia for about 20 minutes, and so when i got to it, it was extremely bitter and cold! so i put lots of sugar cubes and cream in it. but sugar cubes dont melt very well in something cold...and it still needed more cream. so i used some powder creamer... bad idea! it was so lumpy and nasty! it was quite the experience! i quickly washed it down with some ice water and moved on to the other treats! i hope this story doesnt turn anyone off to dandelion tea... given a whole different set of circumstances, i am sure it would taste fabulous (=

Dahlia was super fussy though since she just got her shots.. well it could have been from her tooth coming in too... but for whatever reason she wasnt happy most of the time. but i was in a good place to have a fussy baby... mommies everywhere! i guess there was one boy there... Jerika's baby Jonas. (my sister) but he fit right in with all the other cute babies just fine. he added a little testosterone to the bunch to keep us just under control (=

on the way home, I decided to take a different route than I have before. mainly since the sun would have been in Dahlia's eyes and she needed to fall asleep. so i headed out into the woods on some back roads and somewhere took a wrong turn.... i ended up making a big loop practically back to where i started... but oh well dahlia was snoozing by then so it worked out. taking her places when the sun is out is frustrating... i cover one of the windows, whichever side will most like be in the sun, but when we turn the sun goes in her eyes from the back or the other side window.... so i am constantly reaching back there and adjusting her viser thingy..... what do other people do? i cant cover all of the windows or i will drive like a maniac and ram someone! she hates the sun in her eyes and will not sleep when it is. sometimes i wont turn at all if she really needs to keep sleeping, ill just drive for a while.... its actually really nice... peace and quiet and time to think... i do my best thinking and praying on the road! too bad gas is so expensive, it seems a bit wasteful just for a little peace and quiet )= we were going to pick up some baby sunglasses today at target, but neither justin nor I could remember what in the tarnation it was we needed!but i am getting some tomorrow. hopefully they dont turn into a chew toy...or better yet we could get her some goggles.. that would work so much better!!