{"id":1299,"date":"2010-11-11T23:05:19","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T03:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2010-11-11T23:05:19","modified_gmt":"2010-11-12T03:05:19","slug":"and-were-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/1299","title":{"rendered":"and we&#8217;re THERE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TA!  Those lovely 2 little letters that mean we&#8217;re on our way to Dylan Yu Hai &#8211; I was surprised to receive Travel Approval today, thinking it would take at least a couple of days.  Like they say, after you wait for something for so long, it somehow still surprises you when it arrives :)  <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll know our travel dates as soon as the consulate in Guangzhou confirms our appt. date.  Our agency requested dates today.  We could hear tomorrow, but I would expect Monday.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/5167956581\/\" title=\"DSC_5650 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1394\/5167956581_63d9862a55.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"DSC_5650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thought I&#8217;d show off my no-sew skills with this blanket I made for Dylan.  Arrrrgh!  lol&#8230;  It&#8217;s my first attempt at a fleece tie blanket and I think it turned out pretty well.  Next time, I&#8217;ll make it larger and the ties longer (I ended up making the ties a little different on the long sides, but I like it).  <\/p>\n<p>Next stop?  Consulate Appt!  Once we have that, our world will hit warp speed as we prepare to go and meet our son.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TA! Those lovely 2 little letters that mean we&#8217;re on our way to Dylan Yu Hai &#8211; I was surprised to receive Travel Approval today, thinking it would take at least a couple of days. Like they say, after you wait for something for so long, it somehow still surprises you when it arrives :) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yu-hai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}