I guess I've been fooled...

Normally, the Orkin man is my friend. Bugs are fine, as long as they aren't in my house. Today, however, he is my nemesis.

So last night my dad tells me that Orkin is going to be coming by around 10:00 to take care of a little centipede problem we've been having for a bit. Cool. "That's perfect," I think to myself. "I have plans to go out to lunch with some friends at noon." April Fools!! (You can see where this is going, can't you?)

Jacob and I straighten up the apartment that night and I wake up to get ready around 9:30. After all, I like it when he comes to get rid of the bugs, I don't want him to know what I smell like before my shower. :) Then, I wait. Elliott wakes up at 10 from his morning nap, and we wait. at 11:00 he falls asleep again so I wait. And wait. And wait.

I was so looking forward to seeing these two friends, Debbie and Janette. I used to work with them and haven't seen them in months. Debbie hasn't even seen Elliott, not ever! :( So I called at around 11:30 to tell them that it wasn't going to happen. And here it is, 12:50, and there's a knock on my door... Finally he gets here. What's the moral of the story? Never count on the Orkin man to come on time when it's April Fools Day and you have plans.

So that's one prank that has been played on me. Here's another one: Elliott's been teething (I know! I'm freaking out... He's my baby!!) but it really hasn't been too bad. I wanted to show my son off and let everyone know that he's still my happy boy even though he's in pain.



Not five minutes later, here he is again:



It's as if he's saying, "Fooled you, mom! You only thought I was in a good mood and this teething thing has been a breeze... Mwa ha haaaa..."

I know, I know... He's not really that fussy in the second video. He's such a good baby! He has his bad times (like right now, as I'm trying to get him to go to sleep), but for the most part he's still his happy wonderful self. :) Night time is another story all together though; can anyone tell me why he seems like he's in so much more pain during the night?

Anyway, I hope all your April Fools day is awesome. Let me know what sort of awesome tricks you played on people, or tricks that were played on you! I'm still trying to come up with the perfect one to play on Jacob... Maybe something about his Star Wars costume being destroyed in some freak fire...