Hi, Jessica. I know I answered this on Facebook for you but I wanted to post here as well in case anyone else had this question:
The court rules say that the ordering party has to provide copies to the other side on appeal, but not that they have to get it from the reporter. You can simply say to the ordering side that if they would like "certified" copies, that she will need to order from you. It's been more of a way of practice that we've gotten our copies paid for by the ordering attorney, but it's not mandatory. MCR 7.109(B)(3)(c).