Oh where oh where has the time for blogging gone?

Once upon a time, I made time for a somewhat regular routine of posting photos and updates about the boys and our lives on this blog. Lately the following reasons have made this much more difficult:

1. The whole family has been taking turns feeling like complete doodie, including (especially, in fact!) Paul. We're all over the weather and germs that this winter has brought!
2. I've decided that it's high time that I start printing this blog into a series of books (realising that each page adds to the total book price has made me keenly aware of my verbosity) which has eaten up heaps of my time as I go back through all the old posts to edit and reminisce (which might just take longer than the editing). But after several weeks of hard work, I've published the first one and a half years of our blog in a loverly 171 page volume!
3. We've been so excited and anxious for our upcoming trip to the States! Planning the trip and travel arrangements, buying airplane appropriate toys (including our new ipad), organising all the baby gear we've got to have once we get there, and daydreaming about all the fun we're going to have catching up with our family and friends that we haven't seen in soooo long (and all the great food we're going to eat) takes time.
4. I've joined the Global Corporate Challenge at work and being the overly competitive girl that I am has led me to come up with all sorts of ways to fill my day with achieving an ever higher step-count.

Now that we've only a couple more days before we fly away and knowing that I'll have so many exciting stories and photos to share once we get to the States, I reckon I better do some catch-up posting quick!