Birth Certificates

Someone noticed that I have a running total of adoption related expenses on my left sidebar. That same person asked why my birth certificate total was so high.

Aaahhhh because, if you've been following along with this saga, you know that nothing I do is "simple". (If you're new around here, keep reading.)  No, instead it is all complicated, and I often have to take the hard-to-travel mountain trail instead of the well-traveled, paved interstate! I couldn't just go down to the county office and get copies of birth certificates. No, I had to add a whole entire step to the process. Added steps mean added costs, of course!