Hellobee

I’m pretty sure my procrastination level has reached an all-time high lately. I haven’t been keeping in touch well with my friends. I haven’t been planning new and fun things to do for the kiddos. I certainly haven’t been keeping up with my house cleaning. So, what have I been doing then?? We are in […]

Three years ago, the Gumdrops hesitantly became a smartphone family. Late adopters, I know. I hoped for the best and feared for the worst and wrote myself this letter when we ordered our phones. I have been thinking again about my smartphone use ever since Baby Jujube joined us… I’ve been using it a lot more […]

A few weeks ago Mr. Ice Cream introduced me to an app called “Moment” that tracks your iPhone usage. Admittedly, I was a little nervous to find out exactly how much time I spent on my mobile device. Before M was born, Mr. Ice Cream and I probably made the same promise all new parents […]

The upside of being married to a tech geek is pretty obvious: lots and lots of gadgets. When it comes to a new product launch, it’s pretty much a guarantee that Mr. Ice Cream and his Dad will be on the phone gabbing about all the awesome new features and discussing their plans to get […]

I own a smartphone, as does Mr. Pen. We both have our own computers and Mr. Pen will be receiving a tablet through work that will also be allowed for personal use. Technology has consumed our lives. I hate to admit how habitual checking my phone is. I check my email, then my text messages, […]

I attended a wonderful birthday party for a one-year-old a few weeks ago, and found myself talking with a friend about nursing. My friend had her babies in the seventies and eighties, when breastfeeding was far more unpopular than it is today. Of course breastfeeding in public was quite taboo. As a result, she spent […]

I’d been looking for a safe, easy, and cost-effective way to store my images online for years, but online storage space has always been cost prohibitive due to the sheer amount of data I needed to back up (100gb+). Now that I have an endlessly growing collection of Charlie and Olive pictures, affordable online storage […]