Saying Goodbye to Grandpa and Grandma

My parents left to return to the US on Sunday night after a really wonderful visit with us here in Ghana. I think it was eye opening for them in many ways and they got a little taste of our life here in Accra. It felt so nice to have them as guests in our apartment after they've looked after me for the last 6 months throughout the end of my pregnancy and beginning of motherhood. We took them around Accra, visiting local restaurants where we ate mostly good food (Italian, Lebanese, Thai) and one or two bad meals, and we even managed to cook a few times in the house,







Although my parents quickly realized that grocery shopping and cooking can take all day here by the time you struggle through traffic to reach the 3 different grocery stores and then still have to soak and clean all the veggies. We were able to introduce them to some of our good friends and they got to know Rita, our housecleaner/nanny extraordinaire


and our amazing driver, Frank, both of whom they adore now.


We got to play with some of the new toys and equipment we've acquired since arriving back to Accra including a fancy extra lightweight stroller brought back from South Africa by my parents and a this plastic play gym thing that tries to rival the excersaucer but is a stretch. It's all we could find here in Accra!

My parents got plenty of time to play with Eli and I think really treasured the last few days with him for a while at least.


It was sad for all of us to say goodbye especially because the next time they will see Eli, he will have changed so much. But it's something for all of us to look forward to and we'll be using Skype on a daily basis I think!
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