Real Life, Mom Guilt, and Self Love

☕Coffee☕ my life force at the moment while everyone in my house is sick. Here I am, no make up, still in my PJs, chugging that coffee, sitting in a messy house wishing I had a robot maid like Rosie on the Jetsons, praying for an end to the sickness and chaos of 4 kids…

Hello, Friends!

Welcome! First off, I'd like to introduce myself with a few random facts about me and a little insight on why I decided to start this blog and what I'm planning to do with it. My name is Amanda Kelso (yes, just like That 70s Show and Scrubs). I'm a 90s baby with 4 babies…

Eleanor: Week One in Photos

Week one with our precious little 8lb 13oz snuggler.  08.24.15 7:38am              

Penelope Adelle- 8 Months Old

Man, time is flying by! It's hard to believe it's been eight months already?! Seems like my little baby was only little for a few weeks, now she's closer to a toddler. Only a few more months and i will have a one year old on my hands, AH!   p.s. I still tend to…

Penelope’s 5-6 Month Milestones

My oh my, my baby sure has developed such a personality these past two months. I love seeing her grow up and form as a person and create her own identity already. She's constantly smiling and clapping and waving at everyone. She's adorable! She loves to stand up, always has to be standing or at…

Penelope Adelle: 6 Months

I kind of forgot/never got around to posting photos and updates when Penelope turned 5 months, so I am attempting to make up for it by cramming tons of 5-6 month photos and facts into one post! Holy moly, Here we go!

More Four Month Photos

Penelope Adelle: Four Months Old!

Penelope 3 Months. [Later-gram-post-whatever, it’s late]

Nursery…

This is the one thing that I spent the majority of what little pregnacy energy I had doing... Oh, you should have seen the room before I got to it. When we moved in the walls were black and orange from cigarette smoke and there were magic marker marks all over the walls. The base…