Ticket Home

It has been an on going joke since the day we moved to west africa that the only way I would ever be able to leave this continent is if i got pregnant. I remember laughing about it our 1st year in africa but as the months continued i only began to realize that maybe it wasn't really a joke at all....and well here we are 2 and a half years later and we are super excited to announce that i finally got my ticket home.....



Of course we both are very excited!! Although we dont know which is more exciting, moving home or having a baby?! Im pretty sure my mother almost had a heart attack the day i told her i was moving home and she was going to be a grandma. Anyways i am due Nov. 20th and im just over 14 weeks along. We were able to see our little creature just the other week kicking up a storm....



I was kind of nervous to venture into the hospitals here since we haven't ever had a reason to go to a doctor while being over here. We found a decent clinic through our insurance company though. Nothing like a hospital at home but surprisingly clean for african standards. Although I really thought i was walking into a 50's hospital movie set the day we went in for our ultrasound. Nothing but a small metal-frame cot looking bed and a white sheet over top it in a very basic room. I guess it got the job done though. We are still in Cameroon so the doctor didn't speak a ton of english but enough to ensure us everything looks good and our baby is healthy. That was relieving to hear since my morning sickness has pretty much been all day sickness and i haven't been able to keep much of anything down. Between my Barfuss genes, the 20ft apartment we are living in with not much ventilation, and the combinations of humidity/open sewers i have spent the past couple weeks within very close proximity of the bathroom. But i think im starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel??.....i hope so at least!!

Anyways we are very excited. We are hoping to be back in the states by july if we can wrap up a few things here. I'll be moving into Jeff's house in ogden this summer and start setting things up while he will probably be here trying to get as much done as he can before the baby comes. Unfortunately i dont think his africa days are over but hopefully much more of his time will be spent in america rather than africa. I already know it is going to be very sad leaving all the wonderful people we've met and the adventures we seem to always get ourselves into behind. There will be things i will definitely miss and things i will be very happy to leave behind..ha! But I look at all the crazy experiences we've had, the many things we have learned and grown to appreciate, and the memories we will always have of our time in africa and i wouldn't change it for the world. We are excited to start a whole new chapter of our lives....and it's definitely nice knowing we will be in a "normal" country while doing so!