Seriously.

Before you read this, go to my blog post titled Big, Big News and check the date of the post and think about what kinds of things sometimes happen on that day.

Pause. Seriously, go back and look at the date.

Pause again.

Deep Breath.

Now you can accept my apology for not being the kind of gal that people expect such silly and truly juvenile behavior [darn it] from, then forgive me and we can be friends again :)

On Tuesday, my Mother accused me of re-activating her 15 year old dormant ulcer, and that is EXACTLY what I was trying to do. You see, when Tony and I broke the news to her and Jim that we were having our fourth child, she had a nervous breakdown [for one day]. Please don't get me wrong, I know she loves her grandchildren dearly, but I think she has a hard time getting past the part where she worries about me too much.

A few hours after I posted on April 1, my sister Renee called me. She casually said "what's goin' on down there?" I said "nothin'...whatchu doin'?" OK, you get the picture, she knew, she was maybe the only one who knew I was capable of such mischief. She told me that Mom was "losing it" and had begged her to call me and find out.

Renee was burglarized [by some very ugly soul-less bad bad mean people I'm sure of it] a few months back and her laptop was one of the items taken, so my Mom had phoned her and read the post to her word for word. When Renee asked Mom if she knew what the date was, she said my Mother replied in a whiny voice, "I don't know, April something." Somewhere in their conversation my Sister asked my Mother "how old is she anyway?"

Soon after I talked to Renee, my Mother called with, "WHAT are you trying to do to me?" I think I had nearly the biggest laugh of my life that day.

This all just cracks me up down to my last bone. You might have to know my mother to understand how I feel. I just wish I could have seen everyone's reaction in person. My brother-in-law Chris must have momentarily flipped out when Renee shouted to him "Mel's havin' twins," and my cousin Jerry in Texas, I wish I could have really heard the conversation in his home with Kris and my Aunt Teri! I wonder how many OMG's were shouted out loud. I feel a little bit bad, a little bit Machiavellian, but not so bad that I regret doing it!

Thank you for all the BIG love and well wishes. Sorry, please don't be mad at me.

You know I love you people! XOXOXOXO