Kelsey PetersenMay 29, 20183 minTHE MOM BOD POSTSometimes I think that reproduction is a little sexist. I could list all the ways the scales are tipped, but I’m sure you can figure it ...
Kelsey PetersenMay 1, 20184 minHEY MAMA, YOU’RE DOING A GOOD JOB.It’s easy, so easy, for us moms to feel like we are doing it wrong. Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking to a brand-new mom. We chatt...
Kelsey PetersenApr 13, 20188 minA BREASTFEEDING STORYNear the end of my pregnancy with Ellie, I went to a free one-night class about breastfeeding. I left this class feeling completely pumpe...
Kelsey PetersenFeb 24, 201812 minSCARLETT MICHELLE: A BIRTH STORYThe day after Ellie’s first birthday party, a Sunday, I was standing in the bathroom at my in-law’s house when I got my positive pregnanc...
Kelsey PetersenJan 19, 20183 minTO MY FIRSTBORN DAUGHTERA while back, your dad collapsed on the bed next to me as I was completing my nightly ritual of shoving pillows between my ankles and kn...
Kelsey PetersenDec 12, 20174 minI FORGOT ABOUT THE BUGS Now that I’m in Texas, the land that I fantasized about during many long, Idahoy, winters, I realized something about myself—I only remem...
Kelsey PetersenAug 29, 20175 minPUT ON YOUR BIG GIRL PANTIES AND MOTHER THAT CHILD!This baby of mine. She’s obviously utter perfection. Check out those baby blues, that perfect face, the too-big bow on top of her too-sho...
Kelsey PetersenAug 24, 20172 minCUTE LITTLE NASTIESA mom’s life is a charmed life. It’s bows and books and wet kisses and high-pitched giggles and toe-counting, toddler-chasing, fun, fun, ...
Kelsey PetersenAug 18, 20173 minMOVING COSTS A MILLION DOLLARSSo, I’ve kind of grown accustomed to being a college student’s wife. There are some serious perks, man. For starters, you get to be super...
Kelsey PetersenJun 25, 20175 minON WHY I LOVE MY CHURCHDisclaimer: For the most part, I’ve tried to keep my religion out of this blog. My reasoning behind that decision came with wanting this ...
Kelsey PetersenJun 24, 20173 minBE KIND WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHINGI’m sure by now, many of you have seen the video of the Queen of comedy and kindness–Ellen Degeneres–calling out an audience member that ...
Kelsey PetersenJun 23, 20174 minON GOOD PEOPLELast Thursday I did something I’ve been dreading for a while now—I flew with Ellie all by myself. Michael had an aerospace competition i...
Kelsey PetersenJun 7, 20172 minA LETTER TO MY GIRLDear Elise, Now that you’re one, you toddle around on chubby legs that you clumsily lift high into the air with each step, as if you’re d...
Kelsey PetersenApr 5, 20174 minMY FRIEND, MICHELLEThe second time I met Michelle, I was wearing zebra pajama pants and crying. She lived in the apartment next to mine, and she had already...
Kelsey PetersenApr 2, 20173 minA LETTER TO MY SUPER SMALL COLLEGE TOWNHey, Rexburg, When I first met you back in the fall of 07′, I was a naive, almost 19-year-old college freshmen grounded in my Texas route...
Kelsey PetersenJan 9, 20174 minOVERCOMING THE NICE-GIRL SYNDROMEI was the one who asked Michael out first, only I was so bad at it that he didn’t know that’s what I was doing until much later. Like, no...
Kelsey PetersenJan 8, 20174 minOVERCOMING THE NICE-GIRL SYNDROMEI was the one who asked Michael out first, only I was so bad at it that he didn’t know that’s what I was doing until much later. Like, no...
Kelsey PetersenJan 2, 20173 minTAKING FLIGHTToday, we were those people. The ones taking up way too much space in the very back left row of the 737 with our half-zipped carry-on bag...
Kelsey PetersenDec 17, 20163 minLIFE IS SNOW GOODI sit here typing while my husband and baby nap, watching the snow just come on down like it’s been doing all day. I haven’t seen it bliz...
Kelsey PetersenNov 14, 20162 minWHEN WHAT YOU WANT IS WHAT YOU GOTIf you know me, you know I’m obsessed with Harry Potter. I know it’s not uncommon or anything, but seriously, obsessed. Since I was elev...