Today we went for Sitota's first doctor visit and learned that we have a healthy little girl. We had many things to go over with the doctor, including discussing her age. Ethiopia issued her a birth date of 7/12/2004...that would make her 5.5 years old, Yeah right :) Anyhow, after a lot of discussion with our family doctor (who has a lot of experience with international adoption) we have decided to change her birth date to 7/12/2002 when we do her re-adoption in 6 months. This makes her 7.5 years old (which is also closer to what her brother told us her age was when we met him in ET). She weighed 59 pounds and is 4ft 4ins tall. She had 4 shots today, as we try to catch her up on some vaccines. She took them like a pro and was bent over laughing after them because her legs are so ticklish...Too Cute. She was really happy because after she was done they let her pick a sticker and pencil :)
Tomorrow we go and visit her school, where she will start on Jan 18th. She works on "lessons" everyday, because that is what she wants to do. It is really great to watch her so eager to learn. She is really excited about starting school, this is one of the things her brother kept reminding her she would get to do when she came to America. She will be in 2nd grade, but will spend most of her time with her ELL teacher for now.
Micah is doing great and LOVES playing with Sitota. He will walk up to her and give her big hugs and she smiles and hugs him right back. When he woke up from his nap today he wanted to know where "Sit" was. They get along great and you can see their bond grow stronger everyday.
I am amazed at how well everything is going, we are so truly blessed. Sitota is such a strong, beautiful, happy girl and really is the perfect fit for our family. We are a Happy Family!!
I PROMISE TO POST PICTURES AND TRIP DETAILS SOON...this week is REALLY busy :) Melissa
2 comments:
Go Siota! So glad you are back safe and your sweet girl is transitioning well. Really good to read.
Found your blog through a friend (Kara)... we also adopted our older girl after our youngest... we were also told that she was younger than she really was. We actually were able to get in touch w/ her birthmom (through lots of digging and the help of a non-profit) and we found out her true birthday. Our Bereket will be 8 in April... and she actually looks a bit younger than your Sitota! I would guess Sitota is even older than 7.5... just my guess!
Praying that your son in Haiti can come home soon!
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