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This is what’s on the Activity portion of our registry! 1. LEKA Baby gym – I love wooden toys for babies. They’re cute, fun, and not plastic. However, I have heard that babies enjoy those little attachments that rattle, squeak, or crinkle. Luckily, those can be attached to this baby gym. Add a simple baby […]

Ever since I was about sixteen years old, I’ve suffered from various degrees of depression. Depression isn’t an emotion… it’s an illness. You can be happy while you are depressed. You can feel sadness while you are depressed. Depression is not an emotion that comes and goes with an event the way sadness does. It’s […]

Over the past year, I’ve struggled with the “Mommy Preference”: the intense preference that Charlie has developed at times for his mommy when he is doing any of his daily rituals: Drinking his morning bottle Reading a book together Dropping him off at daycare Picking him up from daycare Taking his evening bath together Drinking […]

When I saw the gorgeous invitations Julie of Duet Letterpress created for her daughter Emily’s first birthday, I asked her to share them with Hellobee. You may remember that she also designed my Hellobee business cards! ~~~ I’m so excited to share with you the invitations we designed, letterpress printed + mailed out for our daughter’s […]

I was obsessive about researching baby gear while I was pregnant. Our registries were practically a work of art. I maniacally cross-referenced reviews in Baby Bargains and on Amazon to make sure we were getting tried-and-true products that would offer the best bang for our buck. I’m proud to say the obsessing paid off, with […]

Every time my mom visits, I love hearing stories about what it was like when she raised me and my brother. I think raising kids is much more complicated now, but just because it was simpler back then, I’m not sure that it was any easier! I thought it’d be interesting to share how differently […]

On our honeymoon in Mexico in May 2009 About three days minutes after returning from our honeymoon two years ago, I started planning for and obsessing about having babies. I was ready, but I thought we should give our marriage a year before we added pregnancy hormones and diapers to the mix. Also, Mr. TTT […]