Wu Yi grieves

After Wendy left yesterday and Wu Yi was left alone in the hotel room with just Don and I, she was silent for about 10 minutes, then ran to the hotel room door and began sobbing hysterically.  She refused to let us pick her up so we sat by the door with her for awhile and tried our best to comfort her.  We knew she was tired from the long drive from the orphanage and she is also used to taking a nap, so Don finally picked her up and carried her to the bed.  She laid still on the bed and sobbed while I stroked her hair and wiped her tears.   Every half hour or so she would fall asleep for a few minutes, then wake up and start again.  She laid so still with her fists in a ball while she loudly sobbed.  What a brave girl.  It was so obvious that she missed the orphanage ladies (one of whom she calls grandma).  After several hours of this, we called Wendy and she promptly had "grandma" call our room to talk to her on the phone.  After they talked, Wu Yi was better.  We found a Chinese childrens program on TV and she sat very still on the bed, watching TV and refusing to look at us.  Finally, at bedtime, we asked her if she wanted to put on pajamas ~ she didn't ~ so we told her it was time for bed (she seems to understand our Chinese, although we find it hard to understand her).  She pulled the covers up to her chin in all of her layers of clothes and laid very still, staring at the ceiling.  Then, thankfully, she slept all night.  Don and I are still not on "Chinese time" and we took turns sitting quietly on the bathroom floor reading and trying not to wake her up.
This morning she woke up, called me "Mama" and told me she needed to go potty.  Off she went to the bathroom and Don and I breathed a sigh of relief that she seemed ok.  We went down to the dining room for breakfast (she is still in her same clothes ~ not interested in anything new to wear)  and she ate watermelon and drank apple juice.  We got alot of stares from people around us ~ they mostly looked sympathetically at Wu Yi.  The staring doesn't bother me ~ I think the Chinese people seem very kind and well intentioned.
Then we had to come back to the room to kill an hour untl we meet Wendy to go back to the Civil Affairs Office to finalize the adoption.  Wu Yi asked to call her "grandma" and quicky dialed the number which she knew by heart.  As soon as "grandma" answered the phone Wu Yi broke down and started loudly sobbing again!  We can't understand what she is saying, but Don and I know she is pleading "please take me home".  This is so heartbreaking, but it is obvious that Wu Yi was loved and well cared for at the orphanage.
It is now time to go finalied the adoption!  The ladies from the orphanage will be there and I dread watching them say goodbye again.  I think we will be going to the orphanage tomorrow, so maybe it is good to let this process take its time.  Thanks so much to everyone for their well wishes!  I am getting my email, but not facebook or access to comments on the blog.  We miss you all!