Adoption Chronicles: T.J. and Brandy's Journey: Picture This

First, a message from Brandy from her Facebook page:

Just received our PA (pre-approval) from China for our sweet little Jack!!! This is a HUGE step closer to bringing our son home! We get to send him care packages now, and I want to fill that package with everything! LOL T.j. Paul and I are so blessed and we are praising God! Now we are just waiting on our Dossier to get certified from Houston (Chinese Consulate) then we will be off to the next step! — feeling excited.

Okay, so we've been waiting to share this cute little face with the world for a few weeks now since we got his referral. We had to wait for our pre-approval from China before we could do that. A pre-approval is pretty much a formality, but our agency asks everyone to wait for that before we share any of his bio or pictures. I actually had to delay a blog post called "Meet Jack". You can go back and read that to learn more about his personality, but for now............

ENJOY!

These first pictures are from when he was a little younger.

Brandy just loves those lips!

Look at the flexibility in those toes!

Looking a little shy.

These next photos were taken just for us, only a few days before they sent his file to us for review. He's three years old, and he turns four on September 25th.

This is the picture I have put on the lock screen on my iPhone. If you've seen me the last few days, you've seen this picture because I'm showing it to err'body.

There is a video of him, and this shot is from when he had about four or five Chinese people speaking to him and trying to get him to do something. It's okay, Jack, I would get confused if one person was giving me commands in Chinese. Really, he looked more like he was just defiant like Butters does when you know she knows what we are saying, but it's just not something she wants to do right this second. Lord, help us if we spoil this boy the way we spoil Butters.

This is another picture from the video. There is an American girl to his left. I think she was there from our agency. You can see a tape measure, and it looks like he is sitting on a scale. It looks like she was there measuring him and checking on him. He's drawing circles with his left hand. Future owner/manager of HP Graphics?