Need some advice... or at least some opinions.

Yeah, I know this is what I should probably do. It's probably what I'm going to do. My godson is the only thing that makes it hard because even though he is so young, I have developed a very strong relationship with him. I was there the day he was born. She's not a very great mother and in a lot of aspects I have been more of a mother to him than her; as far as getting him the things he really needs when she wouldn't and giving him the attention he needs and working with him helping him learn how to crawl, sit, etc. when he was falling behind for his age because nobody in her family was really giving him that kind of attention. I'm gonna probably have to make myself let him go and just hope for the best.

opposite I misread I thought she was a roommate. I read someone elses response that went off of supposition. WHich is right to a point. I mean if you really think about it and the money was counted by you all before and after it went missing and she was the only visitor than chances are that she may have taken it. What I strongly suggest you do if you remain friends is count all your money before hand this includes your roommates. There's nothing worse then a roommate taking advantage of this situation and blaming lost money on you 'friend' now with that being said it sucks to have to do but install locks on all of your doors. Ask that they keep their doors locked at all times. This really alleviates the possibility of something being stolen from anyone other than the guests they 'allow' in their room. Strong suggestion to you is never leave her unsupervised in your home. You seem to have known her tendencies beforehand so do whatever means possible to prevent this behavior. Or you say to her that you prefer she not come over to your house any more because it's all to suspicious that every time she comes over items go missing. And when she's in your house you be sure to have ALL your valuables including money in your room locked so she can't get in the rooms. If I was a roommate of yours I probably would have requested that she not be allowed in the house any more. I would suggest you take their feelings and possessions into consideration as well. Is it wroth it to have her over and always have stuff go missing? Go for the locks thing and tell your roommates since no one has officially been caught that you all get locks on your doors for protection from the missing items. Any rent money should go into a safe. and locked away. That way you know if anything is taken it is only the roomates who know the key code and can only be one of you who took the money and eliminates outside sources having their fingers pointed at them.

tossing it under the rug doesn't solve the problem nor bring the items back though.