Visit to Yellow Crane Tower

This morning, Hannah woke up all smiles and giggles and ready to play. Beth had bought her a toy phone last night that lights up and talks and plays music. (We're hoping having it decreases her interest in resetting our alarm clark each night - this girl loves buttons!). Hannah played with it for a long time, handing the phone to us and saying "ello", "eye, eye" (hello, bye-bye). We headed down for breakfast. She is loving the watermelon here. We went back up to play a while and then met our guide for a visit to the Yellow Crane Tower. It is one of the famous sights of Wuhan. All these pictures are from there. I don't know why some of them posted twice - but I'm happy they posted so I'm not messing with them. The view of the city from atop the tower was great. You can see a Christian Church in the background. Hannah's orphanage is next to the church - although you can't really see it in these pictures. Jordan told us that the church was home to Wuhan's first orphanage back before 1945. He said the government stepped in and started providing social welfare after that point.
There were MANY steps to climb up and town at the tower and Hannah is quite good with steps. She loved looking out over the city. I was struck with a little sadness while holding her as I realized she was looking out over her city and tomorrow, we will be leaving. I've heard other families describe the bittersweetness of leaving their child's birth city, but didn't really understand that until now. I'm ready to head to Guangzhou and then home with my daughter. She will have many more opportunities to become the person God has created her to be. And yet - it is a bit sad to think of her leaving this culture and city. But, I'm trying to learn and soak up as much as possible, so that I'll have stories to share with her when she's older.
Hannah got a little restless and whiney at the end of our trip. We headed back to the hotel for lunch (Macaroni and Cheese) and a nap. She is sleeping now. I'm going to go try to pack up some while she is sleeping. Our guide is coming over this afternoon to give us the schedule for tomorrow and to take us to a local restaurant so we can sample some "hotpot" - a dish that is very popular here in Wuhan. I don't know when I'll update again - some time after I get to Guangzhou. Tomorrw we pick up Hannah's passport at the Civil Affairs office and tomorrow afternoon we fly out.
DeEtte