Officially Dylan!

Author: Donna  |  Category: Dylan

Remember this picture? 

Another adoptive mom was visiting the orphanage with her daughter, and snapped pictures of the children as they gave them treats.  We were fairly certain it was our Dylan, but not 100%. 

Today, we received new “official” pictures of Dylan!  See what you think…

Using a chair as a walker??  :)

Yep, same guy :)  Our adoption agency will be contacting the orphanage in mid-May to ask for updated pictures.  I knew this…it’s customary that they wait 3 months after pre-approval before they ask.  I was impatient and went another route to get pictures sooner. 

He looks younger here…hair is longer, so it must have been shaved recently (we believe this because the pictures of him with shorter hair match the ones taken in late March by the adoptive mom).  He also appears to be on “both” knees?  I guess we’ll see about that. 

There is a wonderful lady named Adele, who has the website www.blessedkids.com .  She is a Chinese woman, living in Texas with her husband and adopted Chinese daughter.  Her family still lives in China, and through them and because of her good relationship/reputation with the orphanages in China, she is able to offer many services to adoptive families. 

Standing steadily, holding onto the shelf. 

I contacted Adele, because she is able to contact orphanages and ask for digital pictures and updated measurements of a requested child.  She told us that her dad was able to call the orphanage and get this information for us.  These pictures are a treasure!  The measurements, however, are a little confusing.  Comparing them to the stats in his initial file from almost a year ago…he’s the same weight (actually a tad lighter!).  I’m not concerned, because he looks healthy (as much as we can tell under all those layers) and because it’s quite common to get skewed measurements.  We’ll compare these to the ones we’ll get in May. 

Playing with tape!  Looks like maybe they’re making decorations? 

Blessed Kids has many services…care packages, translation, birthday cakes sent to the orphanage, etc.  What a wonderful treat it was to open the email with these pictures on Easter Sunday :) 

We also received an email from Brian Stuy (www.research-china.org) telling us he found Dylan’s Finding Ad!  We’ll be ordering that tomorrow.  All this makes this wait for Dylan easier in some ways (more pictures to stare at) and harder because it just makes us want him HERE now.

5 Responses to “Officially Dylan!”

  1. Janet T. Says:

    He is just….SO sweet! Congratulations. What a darling. Bet you can’t WAIT to have him in your arms!

  2. kpfarf@nc.rr.com Says:

    You’re not kidding it’s a treasure to have this many photos!!! He’s very, very cute!!! And the shaved heads? They look MUCH better on little boys than on little girls. ugh!

    What is a “Finding Ad”?

    Kristin

  3. GramStegall Says:

    love the pictures of my newest grandson !!!

  4. kristin Says:

    What a wonderful gift! I know you will treasure these pictures. When will you be able to travel?

  5. fourgrands Says:

    We knew that was Dylan in the top photo! Now it’s official…and he just keeps getting cuter and more adorable!! When he joins our family, I have a feeling that Ethan will put a stop to letting his little brother have so many hair cuts! These are such cute pictures…thanks!! :)

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