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Home Sweet Home
Jonathan and I have finally reached a decision on where to have the baby. A final decision. We’re coming back to the States. That’s right. Believe it or not the cost for us to go to Kenya (the only viable option for birthing our first child in East Africa) is the same as going to the States. So. Here we come! 
Now that we’ve settled on this and have begun making plans I’m really excited. We get to be there from the end of January to the end of April. My due date is March 1st. I even get to go to my friend’s wedding in April. Bonus!
Of course the cost for this is unbelievable to me. (Who knew!?!) But what was even more unfathomable was the thought of spending that kind of money on going to Kenya. If we’re going to spend the same money either way, I’d rather go home. And by doing this we’re solving a lot of logistical problems we were having earlier. We can bring the baby items and the dogs back with us on the plane instead of shipping them all separately and trying to time it to coordinate the birth of our child and when we would finally get out of Kenya – all impossible to predict accurately. Also, we’ll be surrounded by friends and family instead of those we know in Kenya – um – nobody.
We can’t wait to see you all. We’ll keep you updated and we hope to visit as many people as we can. As far as the baby registry items, there’s no need to ship them to Africa now! Hopefully this will be easier on anyone wanting to bless Baby Boy McCall on his arrival. We’ll simply take the items with us on the plane on the way back.
See you soon…
3 Responses to “Home Sweet Home”
October 26th, 2007 at 9:07 am
YAY on all accounts!
October 28th, 2007 at 5:42 am
Ah, rats. I just sent that box of stuff to you!
Oh, and when you say you’re going to be *home* for the birth, do you mean *home*? (Heheheh… gets off soapbox…)
October 30th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Hi Dana,
I don’t remember how I found your blog, but I’ve been checking it a bit because we are actually coming to Tanzania in January to work with Wycliffe, and will be doing the same language school that you’re doing now and everything. We have a baby who is eight months old now. We decided to try and have the first one before coming to Africa, and I am soooo glad we did. I went into premature labor at six months and had to stay in the hospital for the next two months, and if that had happened where we’ll be living in Tanzania (Babati, kind of in the middle of nowhere) things could have gone very badly. We almost certainly be going back to Norway some months before the birth if and when we have another one (my husband is from Norway and that’s where we live now). By the way, I’m very impressed with you handling the whole transition to Tanzania in the middle of horrible morning sickness.