3 Months Home

We are required to write a post placement report at 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, and annually after we've arrived home with our adopted children from Ethiopia. These reports help the Ethiopian Government see that their children are thriving and doing well in America with their new families. Birth families are also allowed to come and request to see the reports, getting an update on their children. Here is to 3 months as a family - to the good and the bad!

3 Month Post Placement Report

8/22/2010

Redburn Family

Placement Date: 5/22/2010

Bizayehu Lincoln Redburn (Blake Bizayehu Gabriel Redburn)

Sintayehu Lincoln Redburn (Silas Sintayehu Gabriel Redburn)

Date of Birth: 2/23/04

	Bizayehu’s current height is 48 inches and he weighs 49.8 pounds. Bizayehu has been seen by his doctor on May 24, and June 17. He has seen the International Adoption Doctor on June 3. He has seen the dentist on July 20. He is currently healthy and doing very well. He has been treated for Giardia and it is currently gone. His hearing and vision have been screened and are both perfect.
Sintayehu’s current height is 48 inches and he weighs 49.8 pounds. Sintayehu has been seen by his doctor on May 24, and June 17. He has seen the International Adoption Doctor on June 3. He has had an Echo for his heart murmur on July 9 and the doctors have told us it is nothing to be concerned about. He has seen the dentist on July 20. He is currently healthy and doing very well. He has been treated for Giardia and it is currently gone. His hearing and vision have been screened and they are both perfect.

Both boys have wonderful appetites, and are adjusting to American food. We visit the local Ethiopian restaurant regularly, and they still adore their native foods! They have actually taught us about several new foods that our family now enjoys. They are both very active boys, who love to swim, jump on the trampoline, ride their two wheel bikes, play on the playground at school, and play on a local soccer team. They are quickly picking up on the English language.

		Bizayehu and Sintayehu have come home to their dad and mom as well as a brother (age 6 yrs), and a sister (age 2 yrs). Both boys are building an attachment to both of us, and their siblings. They are openly affectionate and enjoy spending time with all of us. They are comfortable with the many extended family members who live nearby. They are very social. They are smart and happy. They really enjoy playing with their new brother and sister.
	Sintayehu and Bizayehu are currently enrolled at the local elementary school and are attending Kindergarten five days a week. They are in separate classes, and are enjoying making their own friends and excelling at their own subject areas. Both boys’ teachers speak very highly of them. They are funny, well behaved children, both at home and in school.

We attend a Christian Church weekly and the boys are both active in the Jr. Worship program. We also have a weekly Bible Study group and the boys have become good friends with the other children in that group. I believe they are growing an understanding of Jesus Christ and the Salvation He offers us.

We completed the process to readopt Bizayehu and Sintayehu and our case was heard in US Courts on July 14. Their new names are Blake Bizyaehu Gabriel Redburn and Silas Sintayehu Gabriel Redburn. We chose the name Gabriel as an honor to their birth father. We kept Bizayehu’s birthday as February 23, 2004, and changed Sintayehu’s to February 24, 2004, as their birth mother told us he was born after midnight. We believe it is special to know such an intimate detail of their birth story and wanted to honor that.

We are very thankful to the Ethiopian Government for allowing us to adopt our sons. We believe the Ethiopian Government is making a good plan for children by allowing them to be adopted abroad. We have found a small community of local Ethiopian people and other Ethiopian adopted children to surround Bizayehu and Sintayehu with and intend to help our sons maintain pride in Ethiopia, in hope that someday, in some way, they might be able to give back to their birth country.

Sincerely,

Lincoln and Ashley Redburn