• If I stay with my current agency I still have a MAXIMUM of $6,713.00 to raise. A big amount, yes. But I'm cooking up a fundraiser idea and I'm hoping that my family will be able to help me out a bit.
• If I switch to the OA I'll need to raise a MINIMUM of $11,684.00. That's at least an additional $4,971.00. Yeah, right.

So, that's that. Combine the red flags going off in my head with the added $$$ and I have my answer. I'm sticking with my original agency. If the rumors of a March accreditation meeting aren't true, I'll revisit switching agencies again. But for now, I'm good where I'm at.

On a lighter (and much less expensive) note I'm finally getting the picture frames I wanted for Peanut's room. I saw these back before Christmas and decided that they weren't practical. I can justify buying clothes and even toys for Peanut. But picture frames just don't make sense when you're living on an adoption budget. But Christmas came and went and I couldn't get these frames out of my mind. So, I've been saving my spare change for over a month and I finally have enough.

I went to the small gift shop that I first saw them at and they were (of course) gone. But, the internet's a wonderful thing. So now they're ordered and on their way!

Peanut loves American football despite the fact that the first time he played he ran into a tree.

Peanut knew about basketball, but I don't think he had played it before. Attempts at dribbling inevitably ended up with him plopping on the ground and cracking up.

My kid is tough as nails. He throws a mean ball and can catch with the best of 'em, but he doesn't want anything to do with a glove. Gloves are for wimps!