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On the day we received Hua Mei in Wuhan, she was a very playful and happy baby throughout the day. In the evening, however, she soon realized that she wasn’t returning to her foster parents and was remaining with these strangers. Throughout the evening and night she was confused, afraid and inconsolable.
At the hotel store, the manager said that the hand drum was a very popular toy with kids and that Hua Mei would enjoy it. Sure enough, when she saw the drum and played with it, her spirits rose immediately. It was a way to distract her, make her laugh and have something to play with. We told the other families about it and they also got drums. It did make the transition easier.
The staff at the store was quite kind to us. When we first arrived, they gave every family a complimentary jade necklace for the baby with a monkey for the year they were born.
btw, later in Wuhan, Hua Mei graduated to a larger drum.
One of the famous sites in Nanchang is the Pavilion of Prince Teng. It is one of the three Great Towers of Jiangnan.
It was first built in 653 AD. It has been destroyed and rebuilt many times over the centuries with its latest incarnation completed in 1989.
The Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan is another of the Great Towers. When we received Hua Mei in Wuhan, we visited the Yellow Crane Tower.
Interestingly, the corner towers of the Forbidden City were built to imitate the Yellow Crane Tower and the Pavilion of Prince Teng.
The third Great Tower is the Yueyang Tower in Hunan.
We don’t plan to adopt another child from China. We’ll just go visit it someday.
