Hello, my name's Pete and ever since I began dating my partner Kellie 5 years ago I've been making her illustrations based on our lives together, to capture the funny things we say and do.
For the first few years no one except Kellie saw them but last year we decided to set up an Instagram page and since then we've been gradually building up a small and loyal following of super lovely, kind people. We've been overwhelmed by how positive and warm the support is.
Now we also have a daughter, Poppy, and the illustrations have become a visual diary of everything, from us deciding to try for a baby, to the tough pregnancy, right through to her being the amazing toddler she is now :)
I think people follow us because our illustrations are a really honest and candid look at relationships and daily life. The situations we show are very relatable and sometimes the kind of things people don't readily discuss. I think the followers also enjoy the combination of very sweet, tender moments interspersed with silly, crude humour.
Kellie and Poppy are a daily inspiration to me, and I love the thought of the 3 of us in years to come looking back at all the illustrations and cherishing the happy and funny memories.
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The Time I Had Just Got Out Of The Bath And Didn't Realise I Was Exposing Myself Whilst Watching TV
Warm Nights
When Kellie Is Having A Hard Time I Try My Best To Help Her Through It, Because I Know She'll Do The Same For Me. Take Care Of Each Other, Guys
When I've Turned Over To Go To Sleep But Kellie Wants Attention: Shit Gets Real Weird
Anyone Else Do That Thing Where You're So Tired You're Actually Too Tired To Begin The Bedtime Routine, So You Just Continue To Sit There Exhausted?
I didn't know this was a thing, I just thought I was super weird. lol
Sometimes Kellie And I Will Be Talking To Each Other When We'll Suddenly Break Out In Spontaneous Silent Dancing
Spooning Technique No.73
When Kellie Is About To Give Me A Massage And Is Applying The Oil/lotion, She Pretends She's A Guy Ejaculating On Me
Kellie Sometimes Does This Weird Thing Where She Bares Her Teeth And Gums - We Call It The Old Dog Face - And Stares At Me In Silence Waiting For Me To Notice
The Time I Didn't Realize I Had A Hole In My Pants And My Balls Were Hanging Out
Recently The 3 Of Us Were Involved In A Nasty Car Crash. Betty, Our Honda Civic, Protected Us And Made Sure None Of Us Were Hurt, But She Was Too Damaged To Salvage
Most Days When I Get Home From Work Poppy Wants To Play Tea Parties With Me. We Pretend To Pour The Tea And Eat Cake And It's Adorable To Watch Her
The Time Kellie Was In The Garden And Caught Me Flexing In The Mirror Post-Workout
Sometimes I Sleep In Weird Positions
Kellie Does The Most Amazing Job Raising Poppy. She Dedicates Every Waking Moment To Making Poppy Happy And I Couldn't Be More Proud Of Her. We Love You Mummy
When Either Of Us Is Ill We Always Buy Each Other Grapes And Fresh Orange Juice, Like It's A Magical Cure For Every Illness
About 2AM Poppy Comes Into Our Bed. This Is Her Preferred Sleeping Position
We are having the same nights those days ^^ The problem is that my daughter is growing fast, I wonder how long I'll still have a spot in the bed! :)
We Would Just Gaze At Her Lovingly For Hours
Haha yes! Hubby gets home on a Friday and does this. I've seen nothing else for the past 120 hours just let me have a bit of chill out time!
Sometimes She Can Be A Bit Of A Silly Bum, But I Do Bloody Love Her
Kellie And I Are Both Ridiculously Insecure People
I get like that too. And the whole 'Would I do/buy/give/say ____ if I didn't love you' answer is not an answer. Just so you know.
Monday Never Comes (My Weakness Is Chocolate Ice Cream, Kellie's Is Crisps, Chips)
Kellie And I Were In A Coffee Shop When She Noticed I Had A Single Long White Hair Sprouting Out Of One Of My Eyebrows
Kellie Likes It When I Do Chores
Kellie And Poppy Are Staying At Nanny's This Week. I'll Be Sitting By Myself Singing Celine Dion
Every Morning We Wake Mummy Up Like This
Spooning Technique No. 27 - The Bear Grab
When I Try And Be Sexy But Just Look Like A Particularly Feminine Girl
Over 30 Hours Of Labor Summed Up In One Illustration. You Did Brilliantly Kellie. I Love You
Kellie Always Supports Me Through My Latest Crisis Of Confidence
Spooning Technique No. 83 - The Accidental Knees
And They Say Romance Is Dead
Kellie Drops Food On Herself Literally Every Mealtime, And Is Still Surprised Each Time It Happens
I Love Carrying Poppy
Kellie's Belly Has Developed A Soft Coating Of Hair During Pregnancy, Like A Baby Chicken
If You Say 'cheers' To Poppy When She Has A Drink She'll Clink Her Cup With Yours. It's Super Adorable
Kellie Finds It Funny The Way I Always Use Two Towels When I Get Out Of The Bath Or Shower. I Thought Everyone Did?
Weird! I use two as well, but one's for my hair, cause it needs its own.
Our First Day At Home With Poppy
Poppy Isn't A Big Fan Of Sleeping. Once, The Only Way We Could Get Her To Fall Asleep Was By Kellie Getting Into Her Cot Too And Laying Beside Her. I Walked Into The Nursery To Check On Them And Kellie Was Squeezed Into The Cot Reading Her Phone, Afraid To Move
Whenever Kellie Is Unwell She Makes Sure To Keep Me Posted With Regular Updates On Her Condition
This Is Actually How Kellie And I Talk To Each Other
Multitasking
I do this! I sometimes pretend to go the loo just so I can have 5 min peace.
Sorry For The Lack Of Posts Over The Last Few Days, Normal Service Is Resumed. Here's Kellie Shaming Me When I Forgot To Flush The Toilet Once
He does that all the time, that's how I know he DOES drink enough. :/ :D
And The Winner Is
Sometimes At Night I'll Accidentally Scratch Kellie With One Of My Sharp Disgusting Toenails
OMG, yes. Sometimes I feel like my bf is getting ready to snatch his dinner out of a lake with his talons. Cut those things! D:
Kellie And I Call Each Other All Kinds Of Pet Names. This Is A Text Conversation We Had Today
Ready For Sleepy Times
Mine makes a moat of c**p around himself and I have to clear it off to get into bed.
I Love Reading Bedtime Stories To Poppy So Much. They're Some Of My Most Cherished Memories
We have those books, the kids loved them! It's just about time to move them on now though...they grow too fast.
Just As I'm Getting Sleepy Kellie Gets Silly And Craves Attention. Occasionally She Might Pretend To Penetrate Me
I would like to f**k my BF too..isnt it strange? And i am heterosexual :)
Pete Spends So Long In The Bath Reading His Phone That Kellie Wonders If He's Dead
When I Say 'ah, Gentle' Poppy Strokes My Beard Softly
Sometimes When Kellie Is Doing Stuff And She Bends Over I Say 'parp' As If She's Farted
The Time Kellie Had A Single Hair On Her Lip
A Few Weeks Ago I Picked Up A Nintendo Switch And I've Been Enchanted By Zelda Ever Since. Kellie Has Lost Me In The Evenings To It
Kellie Gets Playful When I Want To Sleep
Spoon Techniques
The Time Kellie Woke Up When I Was Reading My Phone, And In Her Confused Sleepy State Thought I Was Reading Her Phone. She Had No Recollection Of Any Of It Come Morning
Pete Gets Down Sometimes
If Kellie Is In A Bad Mood Or Having A Rubbish Day, My Default Plan Of Action Is To Offer Her A Nice Cup Of Tea
As Poppy Is Getting Older (And Has Teeth) Breastfeeding Is A Little More Painful For Kellie At Times
Anyone Else Incredibly Fussy About Bananas? For Me They Have To Be Completely Yellow - Not Green - And Have Absolutely No Brown Spots. Kellie Likes Them Almost Totally Covered In Brown Spots, The Weirdo
I like them when they are just starting to turn yellow. They have to be a bit green to have a good texture for me. After that, they're too soggy. Eww.
Poppy's First Swim, And Someone Does A Poo In The Pool
Now this is one of the main reasons, I will not swim in a public pool!
I Love To Snack On Nuts, Kellie Says I'm Like A Squirrel
Working Out At Home Means Kellie Is Always On Hand To Offer Support And Encouragement
This Is Kellie's Way Of Telling Me I Have Bad Breath
Little Farts
My Cold Feet Annoy Kellie
Occasionally When Kellie Bends Over To Do Something I'll Start Pretending To Hump Her, Only This One Time She Happened To Be Bending Over To Get A Hot Tray Out Of The Oven
Poppy Helps Me Throw Her Nappies (Diapers) Away. I Say 'bye Bye Poo-Poo' And She Drops The Bag Into The Bin
We Bought Two Multipacks Of Differently Flavored Magnum Ice Creams. Kellie Lost Her Shit When I Ate One Of 'her' Ones
Spooning Technique No. 58 - The Life Jacket
When You Have To Go Back To Work But You're Still Breastfeeding
Playfighting
Bedtimes
Kellie And I Are Both Hypochondriacs - We've Constantly Got A List Of Minor Ailments That We Like To Moan To Each Other About, Like Some Kind Of Weird Competition
Pretty Much Every Night Before Bed Kellie And I Brush Our Teeth Together, Every So Often Pulling Silly Faces As We Go
Poppy's First Tentative Steps With Mummy
Kellie And Baby Both Hiccuping Like Crazy
Sometimes Kellie Will Be Cooking Dinner And Burning It, Setting Off The Smoke Alarm. She'll Then Get Irrationally Annoyed At The Smoke Alarm
Smoke alarm makes me angry too :P Especially when it announces the batteries are almost dead by nonstop beeping... in the middle of the night... Try turning that thing off while you're still half asleep and rushing to get that thing off before everyone else is awake :P (I've knocked the entire thing, alarm+holder+screws+plugs from the wall 2x now)
Sometimes When Kellie And I Facetime We Pretend To Feed Each Other
Kellie Discovered Some Hard Truths About Giving Birth
Truths like these make me happy that I got spayed and never had kids..
Pretty Standard Conversation For Us
Chilling Out Together On The Living Room Rug
So We Have This Nice Table From Habitat And Kellie Decided Whilst Changing The Batteries In The Smoke Alarm That It Would Be Totally Fine To Stand Right On The Edge Of It. It Didn't End Well, Folks
Poppy Can Be A Wilful Little Madam When She Wants To Be
Poppy Likes To Ride The Mummy Pony. Kellie And I Both Sing It And She Giggles As She Bounces
Kellie Asked Me To Help Get Rid Of A Pesky Cranefly (Also Know As Daddy Long Legs)
Poppy Isn't A Fan Of Sleeping, But If She Absolutely Must Do It Then She'll Do It In My Bed. The Sofa Is My Bed Now
A Cat That Lives On Our Street Likes To Occasionally Pay Us A Visit And Shit In Our Garden
Poppy Likes To Wash Mummy In The Bath
When Kellie Went For Treatment On Her Bad Neck And The Physio Was A Huge Beast
Kellie Isn't Great With Technology
Every Morning Poppy And I Make Breakfast While Mum Sleeps. I Ask Poppy Where The Weetabix Is And She Looks Up At The Box
The Warm Weather Brings The Insects Out But I Take Care Of The Problem
My place is decorated with blobs with spider legs. The rule is "you can live rent free , but if I see you, the deal is off"! And I say that out loud every time one gets mushed any new tenants that just moved in know I'm not kidding around!
Kellie Thinks I Eat Too Much Yogurt
Literally 2 Weeks After Dropping Her Phone And Cracking The Screen It's Happened Again. This Time Poppy Got Hold Of It And Innocently Threw It
Sometimes - Usually When I'm Worried About Something - This Happens
Kellie Cooks A Superb Lasagne, But Last Night It Tasted Wrong. It Didn't Taste Of Anything Actually. Half Way Through She Revealed We'd Only Had Quorn Mince In The House And She'd Hoped I Wouldn't Notice
Kellie Has A Mole On Her Face. If I Say To Poppy 'where's Mummy's Mole?' She Pretends To Tickle It And Says 'tickertickerticker'
When Kellie Gets Tired And Needs To Sleep She Rubs Her Eyes Loads Like This
I do this too. And feel like a baby when my eyes get warm, itchy and I rub them like a baby / toddler haha
Kellie Drops Food On Herself Literally Every Mealtime, And Is Still Surprised Each Time It Happens
Pete, these comics are hilarious, cheesy but most of all: very, very sweet!! You really care about your better half. This restores my faith in proper relationships again :)
Thank you, Lara! Have faith, there are plenty of good men out there :)
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I love these! My marriage is quite similar; weird and twisted humor, awkward dancing just for fun. I usually tell my husband "yeah you suck it you sl*ut" when I light his cigarette for example. We have fun together.
Hahahahaha I just read that out to Kellie and we both laughed out loud
Load More Replies...Pete, these comics are hilarious, cheesy but most of all: very, very sweet!! You really care about your better half. This restores my faith in proper relationships again :)
Thank you, Lara! Have faith, there are plenty of good men out there :)
Load More Replies...These are honestly some of the best comics I've ever seen posted on Bored Panda.
I love these! My marriage is quite similar; weird and twisted humor, awkward dancing just for fun. I usually tell my husband "yeah you suck it you sl*ut" when I light his cigarette for example. We have fun together.
Hahahahaha I just read that out to Kellie and we both laughed out loud
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