I spilled the beans.

I had to.

We had a meeting about the future of our business, and it was looking like it was going to be all on me to make sure that I could run the business on my own (and partner with our new investors). I had to make sure that Jess & Gramma knew what might be happening come April...

Their reactions were completely insane. I mean, I guess I should have been expecting what they gave me, but... I really was not prepared for the firestorm of shock that came my way. I think Colin's underwhelming, cute reaction to the news spoiled me to a certain extent.

Gramma couldn't stop saying, "whaaaat?!" ... "no...." ... "whaaaaat??!!?" ... "you're kidding...." Literally, for a few days. Shuttling between disbelief and tears. She's settled down a little bit, but... Every now and then she just jumps back to it and says, "I just can't believe it... Oh, it's so exciting!"

Jess had kind of a strange reaction. She seemed really excited when I first told her, but then she really shrunk away... I couldn't tell what was up till the next day when it all came pouring out: She was really worried that she would feel like a less-good mom if I were a mom at the same time... And she was furious with herself for reacting so viscerally to the news. We talked it out, and I think we cleared it up. I hope I was able to ease her mind... What's crazy is that I can't imagine a more awesome mom than her -- she's way nicer than me. :) At the very least she can feel good about the sure thing that my little one will definitely want to go hang out with Auntie Jess & Jhonen all the time to escape my (and Colin's) wrath. (We're pretty tough cookies!)

In her personal upheaval and upset with my news, she couldn't help but slip the word to Ben, which made her feel even worse, when I ended up trying to wait a few more days till Colin felt more comfortable sharing the news with him... and she thought for sure I'd tell him right away. When I finally did decide to tell him, I kind of realized he already knew.

"Did Jess tell you the big news?" I asked.
"Yeah... But I'm supposed to act like she didn't."
I laughed.
"So, how about that?... How about that? That's pretty awesome."

We ended up talking more about Jess's endearing inability to keep anything under her hat. And I told them both that Colin probably preferred it that way anyway.