When a baby cries

Before Evan was born, I thought all screaming babies sounded the same - loud. Having spent some time with my sister and Evan's older cousin, Logan, I now know that is not the case. Yesterday, was a bit of a girls' day. My mom, my older sister and her two kids, my sister-in-law and her son, and myself and Evan had a day out on the Plaza.

After walking around and window shopping for a bit, we hit the Cheesecake Factory for some dessert. Logan started to get hungry and fuss and I noticed how he sounds completely different from Evan. I shared this observation with Brian and we both agreed that we could stick Evan in a room with 100 other screaming babies and be able to pick out our son on just sound alone. Especially with his patented hyper-cry or his very cute - yet pathetic and heartbreaking - and succint "Wa's."

About a week ago a neighbor came over who was working to overthrow the long-reigning HOA president at the next meeting*. We went out on the balcony to discuss things as Evan was sleeping in his swing in the living room. I had to cut the conversation short when I heard him start to cry. She quipped, "You have mother's ears now! I didn't even hear him." I was surprised by the comment because I thought he was crying loud enough to hear him across the street!

*I am very happy to report that said neighbor won the election and during her very short tenure, she has already managed to get the HUGE parking lot pot holes fixed (a product of the multi-blizzard and freeze-thaw cycles of the past winter)**, a roof repaired, a light fixture for the outside of our building installed and a mirror to cover up the holes in the entry way from where the original building radiator use to be. Awesome.

** The potholes were absolutely ridiculous. Couldn't even use one of the driveways into the back of the complex. What was more infuriating than the actual potholes was the half-assed attempts to fill them. The previous president just had someone come in and fill it with loose gravel and dirt. That lasted until about four cars drove over it and threw all of the fill out.