Solo Mama

Alan departed for Reunion this past weekend. No, not his reunion but Reunion, the country. If you're like me, you have no idea where that is. Reunion is a small French island off the coast of Madagascar in the middle of the Indian Ocean which begs the question, why am I not there too!!!! Well, occasionally work calls and this time the locale is not too bad. So I have embarked on my first week with Eli on my own and so far so good but I have a feeling that as the week gets into full swing I'm going to really wish Eli's papi was around especially during diaper changes since the boy refuses to stay still and it can get quite messy.

So with Eli asleep at 7pm these days, my evenings have gotten pretty quiet so to keep myself entertained, I've started a new project - my Ghanaian quilt. I'm trying to use mostly batik fabrics that I've collected over the last 2 years and if I can stay focused on working on it, the quilt will eventually be for a queen size bed.



I also thought it'd be great if Eli could learn to walk while papi was away so we've been practicing our moves. Eli can now stand on his own for a second and loves to push the laundry basket around to practice one foot in front of the other. Unfortunately, every time I try to capture him practicing, he becomes way more interested in me with the camera and gets distracted from the task at hand.