Fun at Lunch in Yueyang City

The orphanage staff took us out to a lovely lunch in a private dining room at a nearby hotel.  Annabelle ate her weight in watermelon!  We were joined by the other family adopting from the same orphanage.  Their new son is eight years old and a bundle of energy

Sights along the way on our two and a half hour drive.  It poured rain all the way back to the city.  Thankfully, Annabelle was able to curl up in Mom's lap and sleep most of the way.

The Nearby Vegetable Market

We were able to walk to the market where Annabelle was found as an infant.

Let's hope she wasn't too close to this vat of live eels!

It is a very colorful place.

They had beautiful produce!

A Visit to Yueyang

Here we are in Annabelle's classroom.  She handled the visit to her orphanage very well with the exception of crying when put down in this room.  Once she was told that we were only visiting she was willing to get down for a few minutes.  She waved goodbye happily to all her little friends.

This is a picture that decorates the wall.  Red must have been color of the day!

She showed us her bed.  I just thought the bed at the hotel was firm!

Annabelle had a corner bed with a view out the window.

The front of the orphanage was very impressive.

So was the lobby!  Had we gone no farther, we would have remained impressed.