I think it was definitely money related, her not being able to visit Australia. When they finally did go in 2016, Boss chewed up Ken's passport and he had to get an emergency replacement which costs $1000 or so... I vividly recall Mary freaking out over using their "emergency money" on stream and basically giving the pretty clear impression that that $1000 was all they had set aside to begin with. Flights to Australia are pretty pricey so if they hadn't managed to put more than $1k into savings after 3 years of no travel, I'm not sure what they're doing...
No vlog yet... she finally posted on Instagram again and some of her comments are interesting:
sarahkimball_ Love your growing family! Will you be doing any update videos on your channel like you did with Layla?
suprmaryface @sarahkimball_ I don’t think so, I don’t spend much time at all online any more x
titch404 @suprmaryface I'm glad you don't feel as sick as you did with Layla, hopefully you'll get your energy back soon
suprmaryface @titch404 very different! Not sick like I was with L, just veeeeery tired and grumpy
mischief_neko I was soooo worried! There wasn't a family vlog last week and I was scared something happened! These photos are too cute!!
suprmaryface @mischief_neko I didn’t get time to edit one, sorry! We had a really exciting Sunday last week. I don’t think we’re ready to talk about it fully yet, but will be very soon. X
karebear25162 @suprmaryface do you still have a Snapchat?
suprmaryface @karebear25162 nope!
Possibly her being "grumpy" (which I presume is Maryspeak for her being irritable, snappy and mean) is why she's logged off so radically. At least she's self-aware enough now to know, where in the past she would just take it out on her viewers and feel justified in doing so.
Wonder how she's processing that considering the Layla pregnancy was so "perfect" that she couldn't wait to do it another 3 times over.
Also wonder if she's ever going to officially confirm the Blizzcon plans are off the table.