I can't believe we leave on Friday to get to Birmingham for the BPA Baby and Child Fair.  Normally when we do an exhibition it's a chaotic frenzy to get props for the stand, produce literature, and get the products to us on time.  This time we planned everything with plenty of time in advance.  So why I am sitting here at just after midnight frantically trying to get everything sorted?  Well, we are nearly there...but our new and very exciting packaging has been delayed due to the fact that the couriers have lost the ink, our new adorable prototypes have been sent to Glasgow by mistake, and the bracket for our fantastic new stand is stuck somewhere between Switzerland and the UK.

It would be very easy for me to start to panic, particularly as the girls have been struck with nasty colds - the eldest being sent home from school today and was diagnosed with tonsillitus and as sorry as I am for her, demands from under the duvet on the sofa for Annie, Bugsy Malone and High School Musical have started to wear thin.  Add to this we are trying to move into a new office, so nearly everything is in boxes and I'm currently sitting on the floor with the computer on the coffee table trying not to get lost in The Restaurant and indeed tomorrow when the demands for the DVDs begin again to not give my daughter my rendition of 'It's a hard knocked life' (if you haven't seen Annie you will have no idea of what I'm talking about)!

So as we pack up our leaflets and get ready to display our wares (which will all hopefully arrive) I wonder is it all worth it, but already we have received calls and emails from people we have sent pre-show registration forms who are looking forward to meeting our new friends and the thought of meeting new people fills me with pre-show excitment.  The bunnies are all packed up and looking very adorable next to Blankie Bear and I can't wait to show them off.