Well she just emailed me back and said...
"Well, he is for sure the same dog. The pictures never do them justice I don't think. I know you will be very happy with him.
Thanks and see you soon!"
She is about 4 hours away and I visited her facility about a year ago and she seemed wonderful as well as her dogs, but I haven't actually met my soon-to-be pup due to the distance and saving up my days off for when he comes home instead of driving the 8 hour round trip to see him.
He just looks so completely different! Hopefully he was just not up for pictures yesterday and was having a bad hair day?