Fathers Day

Well ... mom bought some cute shirts from Food Lion they said: Worlds Best Grandpa Hands Down ... the idea is to let the grandchild paint their hands on the shirt ... well this is NOT A VERY GOOD IDEA for a 1 week old! Not only does she not have control of her hand, neither did we! We tried to put the paint on her hand for her and then place the hand on the shirt ... UM NO! That didn't work either ... in the end she had blue paint all in her hair, her ear and from her hand to her elbow! I think my mom wet her pants laughing hysterically and I said something like " okay I am stressed out this is enough" I almost lost it again ... theses damn hormones are killing me! Anyway ... in the end we painter her feet and put them on the shirts ...

My Dad's was the first we tried ... the image on the far right of the shirt was our attempt of her hand ... The four little dots to the far left of shirt was my mom's idea of a dog print ...

Second Shirt was for Andy's dad ... you can see the 2 feet, they worked much better!

And here are the 2 proud Grandpa's ...

For Father's day Andy got 3 retro body suits ... (all for baby ... hahah) They say: "That's How I Roll" "I take the Bottle" and "Lil' Pimpin" - he wanted some "fun" items so when he takes her out around the town she can be stylin' ... then he also got this:

We had been looking at Golf Carts for sometime ... and we finally found on ... yes the day that we got home ... so Andy was off to get it! He had a great weekend!

Tatum Lyndsey Kemp

Hey everyone ... our bundle of Joy is here ... she is BEAUTIFUL!~ I can't stop touching her!

It has been a roller coaster! I tried very hard for the vaginal delivery but in the end it did not work out ... I was taken to the surgery room around 7 pm on Monday and they had to perform a c-section. Baby would NOT DROP - I had very sever contractions from 9 am until 6 pm with no change in cervix or dilatation. It was all very emotional ... which by the way all still is. I had no idea I would be a mess like this but I am. Andy has done great, and he seems to totally understand my SOBBING for NO good reason! I am pretty sore and tired so I am going to take a nap while baby is asleep and I PROMISE I will write more this weekend! I PROMISE for now here are some pictures for ya ...

Trying to walk her down ...

5 hours until blast off

Hey everyone ... well it is almost 11 and I am to report to the Hospital at 4. I am not nervous about the birth ... that is what our bodies are made for. i am not nervous about the pain, that is what DRUGS are for ... but I am nervous about not getting to eat for HOURS AND HOURS and I am nervous about bringing baby home! I have prepared for her arrival at home for 8 LONG (itchy, swollen, tired, cranky, sleepless, ... most of you know) months, all very worth it may I add. But why do I still have this sickening sense that I AM NOT READY?! I read in one of my many "get ready" books that this is normal and that I wouldn't be a "normal" woman if I weren't second guessing myself! I guess that is true cause I have second guessed just about all MAJOR decisions I have made in my life. I think that is a prerequisite of being a woman.

Anyway to stop the rambling ... in hopefully 24 hours or so I will be a Mommy ... I will have the entire package ... the hubbs, the car, the house, the job and the baby! WOW it all seemed so much more promising when I was 5. HAHA no really I am excited and I know that there will be hard days, good days and sad days ... all very welcome. I am going to be a MOMMY! Well wish me luck and I will soon see you back here ... pictures and update as soon as I can!

NEWS FLASH

News Flash
Baby Kemp will be arriving next week FOR SURE!
On Sunday I am to report to the Hospital by 4 pm. They will check me in and start Cervidil - a gel that is used to thin the cervix. I will have that for aprox 12 hours, the next am I will be allowed to shower and take a break and then they will start the Pitocin - the drug used to make contractions start. I was only 2 centimeters dilated today, but last Thursday I was only a finger tip ... so some progress was made! We will have some more uncomfortable sex, we will walk and I will be drinking my raspberry tea. I am open for any other suggestions you have for me to try ... so send some love and tell me what to do. The rash has gotten worse with each passing day and it is almost unbearable to not scratch it ... but yet when I TOUCH it, it burns and stings ... makes my eyes welt up with tears and my stomach hurt with horrible pain. I can't believe that something can itch like this ... never in my life have I experienced something so aggravating. I try very hard to put it out of my mind, but it is really hard.

PS I am not drinking OIL ... don't tell me that one please!

Dr Tomorrow

Well tomorrow is another Dr appointment ... that is fun isn't it I think I am sick of doctors poking and prodding me. I think at the first "physical check" I asked if she could please remove her arm from my viagina ... geesh lady is that your elbow??? Not that it wont soon be worth it and trust me, I am not complaining ... I am very excited about what is happening in our lives. At our last appointment the Dr told me to walk, drink raspberry tea, and to have SEX ... yes lots of SEX. My husband stood in the corner grinning form ear to ear all while red faced and embarrassed ... I laughed so loud I thought the Dr might pee her self! I proceeded to tell her that was exactly what got us into this mess and had she missed all the tears that were flowing 1 minute before her she started to tell us how to "hurry" this along. Her reply was I didn't say romantic sex ... he just needs to do it with quickness and make a deposit! I was like OMG ... she just told my husband to completely enjoy himself, no worries about me, but to rape me! Haha ... he loved it ... so yes since last Thursday we have had sex all but 1 day and yes every time was very uncomfortable and most defiantly not about PLEASING ME ... anyway with this uncomfortableness - if that is even a word I am hoping and praying that tomorrow I will be further along than a finger tip and "high and dry!" haha
I really would like to be further along, then I wont feel so bad about scheduling this baby to come early! I have been having some slight contractions ... nothing big, nothing to harsh, but something! I haven't has that "bloody show" some talk about ... the mucus plug ... if I have lost it I did not know it! The contractions haven't been constant or even remotely close, but at least it is something ...
Anyway with the boring and rambling post please say a quick prayer for me tonight ... a prayer that I am further along that a finger tip and for a induction date to be set!
I will let you all know tomorrow!
Good night for now!

I was Tagged

Okay so I was tagged by Chris ... you can see her blog Bresnan Family Blog here!

She tagged me to post 7 random things about me that you may or may not have known ... so here I go and if you want to play please leave me a comment that you played so I can go check it out!


1) I was a soccer star!
When I was in High School I was the ONLY girl on the soccer team. We did not have woman's soccer and my freshman year I tried out ... they wouldn't let me play ... we had to FIGHT the school system ... anyway I made the team my Sophomore year, but did not get to play ... they said I wasn't good enough ... however most of the boys starting didn't get to play on the club team I was on cause they sucked! Junior year and Senior year I WAS THE MAN ... or woman ... haha the coach finally let it all out ... I was not only a starter but I was the captain of the team!

I also tried out for the Olympic team when younger ... I was a alternate 3 years in a row ... which means I was one step away from the actual team!


2) I only dated the Hubbs for 3 months before we were engaged!
I think it was date 6 ... still no kiss and most def no sex, but I told him we would be married soon! hahaha The day of our second date I drove past a wedding boutique ... saw a dress in the window and said that will be my dress ... I bought it before he proposed! haha!


3) I have 5 tattoo's ...
the first ... at 18 with my college friend Stacy is a flower and is on my hip.
Second is a Moon with a flower and a star with a oh so neat sex symbol in it ... got it at 22 with my at the time Boyfriend who I was madly in love with ... is on my right ankle.
3rd, 4th and 5th all at same sitting ... A SnowBE ... which is what my college girls call our selves ...




4) I am what most woman would call a redneck ....
I love sports, I love to hang with the guys and I like beer out if a can! Yes I said I prefer beer out of a can. We will see if that is the same after baby Tatum comes! I have even drank beer from a boot ... another old college thing!


5) I was the proud owner of a Harley!
When we got married I sold it to add to the building of our dream house ... I loved it while I had it! I only had it for a year and never really got Comfy on it ... but I did ride it from my house to my parents quit a bit ... only 7 miles haha ... I taught my mom how to ride it too! PS ... see next answer ... I never did tell Chirs' mom I had it, until after I sold it!



6) While filling out any questionnaire ... if the question asks if I miss anyone or if I could spend the day with anyone who would it be ... my answer is ALWAYS the same ...
Chris Ball, I would give anything to spend one more day with him! He was the best friend any person could have ever had, he was friends with my dad and me ... he was killed in a motor cycle accident in 2000 ... he was killed 2 days after his 23rd b-day! I will always have a special place for him in my heart and I will never let a day go by without thinking of him!


7) I am sure all of you mothers have been through this ... not sure if I have said it before, but I AM SCARED to death of the up coming birth and raising of our daughter! I know it was planned, we did this on purpose ... for sure it was on purpose! It took almost 9 months of actual trying, 11 months of not preventing ... and now in the last 2 months I am so nervous! I am scared that I will not handle giving birth well and scared that I will be horrible at raising her!

Well that is it ... please play and please let me know!

Photo Shoot

"The belly picture" wasn't the only photo that I LOVE from the photo shoot ...

Belly picture (see below on my wild card post) ... was Provided by Terri - you can view her web page if you would like

These 3 were taken by Kim Jones

Still No Date Set

Well today was what I thought would be "B-day" announcement ... but once again I thought wrong! The Dr's would like to me to report to one more VISIT ... before they pick a day to induce us! I know some of you are saying "why is she pushing for an induction?" Let me begin by telling you that the PUPPS are back and they are far worse than they ever were before ... I am not sure if is because I have been off of the steroids for 10 days ... but it is really HORRIBLE! I called the Dr yesterday in tears begging for more steroids ... and yes they gave me another dose of them! Which today is say 2 so they should start kicking in soon ... I hope that is soon like NOW, but we will see!

Anyway today at the Dr my blood pressure was way high so they made me lay there of course on the left side and of course half naked ... until it went down ...

So here I am PITIFUL, MISERABLE and ready for this baby to come show us her pretty face! Next appointment is Thursday next week at 10 am ... they will hopefully then talk about what day we will induce. Today she said the earliest would be the 11th! Not to much longer!

PS today she measured at 7 lbs 4 oz

Wild Card Wed and I am alive

I told a few I would play and told a few I would not ... but here I am playing.

Oh Friday the hubbs and I had "our" belly pictures taken ... I still have not purchased or decided on the exact ones I want so please excuse the writing across the picture, it is one I will purchase, but have not yet ... so here is my wild card ...

OUR BELLIES:

PS- Ultra sound and Dr appointment tomorrow I will update you all!

2 quick things

1st - I have changed my profile name to MBKimmy ... that is also what I am on my MySpace page. I wanted to make sure that NO ONE got confused ... KimmyK and I have been leaving comments on pages back to back and I thought it was going to get confusing to some people out there ... so not that any of you were confused but just to make sure you still knew it was me! Haha
Second thing - A Mommy Story lead me to this wonderful site offered by google - check it out!
It is called Light Iris and it is a google search engine specific to New Mommies ... check it out - you can search mommy stuff without all of the SPAM and PORN ... hope you like it and Thank you Mommy Story!

That's it for now, I go to the Dr again on Thursday to discuss how early they will induce or is it enduce ... which ever. We have another US scheduled for May 31st and I think that we are having our pictures taken this Wednesday at the Castle ... I will of course post some when we get them back!

Young Love

Okay so the Hubbs and I went to dinner tonight ... we went to Miyabi's ... one of those OH SO great Japanese restaurants, you know the kind where they cook in front of you. Well we eat there at the least every 2 weeks. Sometimes we eat in the sushi bar (just in case you were wondering I have only eaten shrimp and crab both cooked since we found out I was preggers) ... anyway we either eat in the sushi bar or at the grill. We have a hard time eating at the grill when it is HOT outside because it is so darn hot inside! With the birth of this baby not far off we decided that we should go eat there as much as possible ...
Okay I will get on with the young love ... the cook comes and asks as always if anyone is celebrating anything special ... all of the cooks know us so we just grin and let them do their deal. The first 3 people at the table say nothing and then the VERY YOUNG couple seated next to us says ... "our anniversary." I look at Andy with that OMG how old can they be look ... maybe at the MOST 20. Then they proceed to say we are celebrating our 9 month anniversary ... I look over for the surprise on my husbands face. Yep they have on rings, they are married and here they are celebrating their 9 month anniversary. I was in shock not only that they were really their celebrating their 9 month anniversary, but that they were also ALL OVER each other. MY GOD GET A ROOM! Did they really think I wanted to sit right next to them groping and oohing and ahhing. Oh well ... Young love. How nice that 9 months was such a HUGE Milestone that it resulted in a night of going out and showing off all of your PDA moves. At the end of dinner when I stood to leave ... the Young love girl's eyes GOT HUGE ... which she then responded with a WOW how much longer do you have ... my response 4 weeks, can you believe I have been this way for almost 9 months?! .... HA AHA
Anyway should I feel bad because I thought it was silly they were there celebrating 9 months or should I feel bad that my Hubby and I didn't get all mushy like that at 9 months? Maybe I should feel bad that here I am SO HORMONAL that I am actually taking the time to write about some YOUNG COUPLE that is so in love it made me sick!
With that last line I am getting off of here ... Good Night and I wish the YOUNG LOVE couple the best of luck on the next 20 years ... or months for that case!

32, 35 and Crazy

Well Monday was my Birthday ... I am now officially 32 years young. I feel like a old hag but I really do not thing that 32 is old, nor do I think I look like a 32 year old woman. The 35 ... 35 represents how far I am with the pregnancy. I am officially 35 weeks tomorrow ... baby should be measuring 5 lbs and the Ultra Sound we had on Wednesday determined she is weighing

5lbs 15oz. Not as far off as they made me think it would be ... I kept telling them I was just fat ... maybe next time they will listen to me! Haha At the Dr. appointment today they did say they will probably induce 1 - 2 weeks early. I have another US scheduled for May 31st and we will see how much she has gained, then they will determine how early we will induce. No talk of a scheduled c-section just talk of induction ... which is fine with me I AM READY to meet the princess that has been kicking the tar out of me for the past 8 months.

Here are some Pictures from my Birthday ... Enjoy!

32 years old ... 35 weeks preggo

Me and my wonderful Hubby!

Me and Susan!

Pretty flowers from the wonderful Hubby!

My Pregnant Race Experiance

My Pregnant Race Experience
Well being at the Atlanta Race was not all that bad seems how I was not surrounded by people I knew. The Darlington Race however is a different story ... well I guess being 8 months preggo and swollen to the hilts did not help! I think it is fair to say that I was MISERABLE ... never mind the fact that since the PUPPS hit I have taken 2 - 3 baths a night for 2 months and I was out of town in a camper with no bath for 4 nights!
Everyone was drunk as hell ... with the exception of my parents ... my dad will drink a few, but I have only seen him drunk 2 times in my life and both were at college parties I threw. I have seen him with a buzz since then, but it is very very rare ... my mom on the other had will only drink a beer every once in a blue moon - I have never seen her drunk!
My Husband was on his race binge as usual ... and don't let me leave out the ever so wonderful comment "I want to get the party out of the system before Tatum gets here" what the fuck is that supposed to mean?! I have had to be a responsible MOM for 8 months now and I am assuming that will not go away anytime soon ... so this get the party out now shit really stuck a nerve this time!
This was the extent of my race experience:

Yep I bought a fan at Wally World ... it was the best $12 I have spent in MONTHS and I sat my Fat Ass in a reclining chair with the fan blowing on me, barking orders at my DRUNK hubby to get me H2O and Juice watched TV and chilled ... got a tan too!

Off to the Races

Well I am outta here ... I am off to the races ... my last big outing before becoming a MOMMY! Holly beegeejesus ... I am getting nervous. I sat up all night on Monday worried to death about "to do lists" and such ... I thought I would have 6 weeks and now that may not be the case! I am sure a planner this is very hard for me to grasp! Haha
Other than that the meds (Prednisone) they gave me are wonderful ... the ITCH is gone and I feel great! I have a slight headache from the meds but I will take the headache over the ITCH any day! If anyone out there knows if that Prednisone will help develop babies lungs let me know ... since they are talking about taking her early ... just because she is BIG does that mean she is READY?! I am ready but is she?! Any feed back is welcome and I will catch up with all of you Monday after the race!

I Will Be a Mommy Sooner Than Expected!

Well here it is your latest baby update from The Kemp House -
I went to the Dr today just for a check up on my rash ... it has gotten much worse and is spreading fast ... all the test results came back and it is defiantly PUPPS. They were trying to narrow it down from 2 things ... the other (which I can't remember right this minute) has been ruled out! With my rash check up the doctors have determined that the Baby is LARGE! By large I mean she is already measuring a 40 week length and she should only be at 33.5 weeks. I will be 34 weeks on Friday. I am gettign ready to google I am not sure how early they can "take" her but they way the Dr sounded was it will be before end of May!
I have not dilated or thinned any ... I had a ultra sound scheduled for June 6th ... they have pushed that back to May 16th ... the ultra sound will give them a better "measure" and they will decide from there to induce me or schedule a C-section.

The ITCH gets worse

So on Wednesday when I went to the Dr the "rash" seemed almost bearable ... of course until Friday afternoon when it seemed to get worse ... I called the Dr that afternoon just before lunch. I told her I had been in on Wednesday and that the Dr told me if the rash got worse to call in they would get me some relief called into the pharmacy. So I tell the nurse that the ITCH is killing me I can't handle it! She says no worries I will get a script called into CVS right away! I said thank you have a nice weekend.
Keep in mind my Dr's office closes at 2:30 on Friday. I leave work at 4pm and go to CVS ... I go through the drive-thru window to pick up my meds ... I get my bag and shake it with delight ... AWWH drugs ... wait no shaking. What? What is this? No Drugs? Where the HELL are the pills? Where is the reliefe?
They had called me in a topical cream ... yes that was the size of a eye dropper ... what in the HELL do they want me to do with this?! Apply it to 1 centimeter of my rash .... it is all over my body ... if this a joke?! I am starting to cry and the Pharmacy tech sees it in my eyes ... "Honey are you okay?" "No, No I am not okay you see I have this rash and I don't need this freaking cream I need a cure ... this wont even cover an inch of the damn itch." I get my card back and leave.
Immediately I call the after hours number to my OB ...
Nurse: hello, how may I help you?
Me: (Sniffle Sniffle) I called in today to get a script for my rash and they seems to have misunderstood what I was looking for
Nurse: mama is this an emergency
Me: Well my rash is much worse than what it was this morning and I want to scratch my legs and belly off
Nurse: mama I can't call the on call Dr for a script
Me: (now hysterically crying, and barely heaving out my words) I AM NOT CALLING ABOUT A SCRIPT I AM CALLING ABOUT THE RASH THAT HAS TAKEN OVER MY LIFE. I am not trying to get you in trouble, but you see this rash is all over my body and they have given me a cream that wont even begin to cover the infected area. (Still weeping) I guess I will just go to the ER cause I can't handle this.
Nurse: mama I am so sorry I didn't realize you were so upset, please calm down I will call the Dr right away! How can she reach you?!
Me: (Still sobbing) I am sorry I didn't mean to yell or scare you ... she can call me at 843- ... - ....

So by the time I get home from CVS which is only 4 miles from the house ... I talked to the Dr 2 times. Still hysterical and apologetic to her, I must have said I am sorry 15 times. Within 45 minutes I was in the tub, out of the tub and back on the way to CVS for round 2 of drugs.

I take a HUGE Glass of water so I can gobble down what ever it is I get ... I get there get the script, take one immediately. By the time I get home ... the Wonderful Husband that I so carefully picked out if the sea ... had started to fix me a bath ... I sit on the couch to wait for the bath to get ready and before I know he is asking if I am ready ... I died ... yes died! The drugs didn't really stop the itching but they KNOCKED ME OUT! Kinda hard to itch when you are dead asleep! He puts me in the tub and checks on me several times ... wanted to make sure I wasn't drowning!

I slept through the night for the first time in weeks ... woke up ate breakfast took another miracle pill and slept until 1. YES 1 pm ... got up and got ready for my last shower and the
Cinco De Mayo Party Andy was throwing after the shower.

I felt great all day and night ... hardly no itching ... until this am ... now the itching has turned into bright red spots ... little spots almost like ant or bug bites ... all over from my knees down. My belly is still itchy but not near like my legs ... it is unbearable. It is 5:30 pm ... I woke up this am at 7 am took a shower (Water is the only thing that seems to relieve some of the itch) Took another pill, and was back in the bath by 10, another bath at 2 and yet another at 4. I have another Dr appointment on Monday and I HOPE they can give me some kind of solution for this ITCH. I think I will die if they don't!


PS The Cinco De Mayo party was a hit ... I think we had 50 - 60 people stop in to eat and hang out ... it was nice to see all of our friends together ... but very hard to digest the drunks ... being sober isn't always easy ... haha!

Taking Time Now!

I keep reading blog after blog by mothers and fathers who have young (under 2 years of age) children who can't seem to find time in their love and joy of having that baby at home to write a blog, or respond to a comment or send e-mail or send snail mail (and no it isn't just you Steph) ... so I AM TAKING MY TIME NOW!
A friend asked me last week how I find time to update this and to change pictures on my myspace ... well I can put it to you simply - I cheat at work ... haha I do! I am a owner, I can do that! If I get my work done then so be it, right! (And you better not question me) But now I am sitting here asking myself what will I do when I am home those couple of weeks with the baby away from my work, where I cheat and update all the loved ones in my life? When I FINALLY have that precious baby in my arms and I am coohing and caahing all over her, how will I do it?! I have to work from home before that 6 week period is up, but I KNOW I WILL NOT WANT TO CHEAT THEN! Why would I cheat at home, when I can spend time with the baby, bathing, napping or just sitting staring into space. (I have heard you do a lot of that staring in the first few weeks, haha)
Anyway I am sad already cause I know I will neglect you all ... all 1 reader I have ... haha! I will try hard not to, but when I do please don't get mad at me!
Have a great weekend!

Did my fatness induce my PUPPPS?

Do all overweight girls get stretch marks?!
I was overweight before I got preggo and I know that is my fault, but that is not the point here!
The point here is that I think I was already stretched to my limit before I got preggo, okay maybe not my limit, but I was pretty close! (most of you know I had 9 long months of timed sex before we actually got lucky) Now I am popping up with stretch mark after stretch mark. (I thought about taking a picture for proof, but with the rash and the stretch marks it is really really gross!) So the question here ... is the PUPPPS related to me being fat?! I haven't seen any evidence of that in the research I have done, but in every picture of the rash I have seen it has been on a overweight pregnant woman. So maybe I am on to something here! Second ... all of my skinny friends have avoided stretch marks by lubing up, I tried belly butter and it worked great up until the rash, which by the way is WORSE when moist. So now I try very hard to keep it dry and only use anti-itch cream when I absolutely think I am going to scratch my belly off ... or in this case scratch that baby right out of my skin!

Okay so is the PUPPPS related to me being fat, and do all overweight woman that get preggo get stretch marks?!
Just wondering!

My Next Big RV Trip

Well I think I mentioned it a while back but I want to go to the Grand Cannon Sky Walk so so bad. My parents have a RV and yes since I am a spoiled BRAT most of their vacations revolve around me. Now of course they revolve around me, my husband and my dog ... oh yeah and soon a little one ... which I am sure will be EVEN more spoiled than I ever was. But anyway, when I first heard of the Sky Walk (about a year ago) I asked my parents, husband, and my mom's family if they would be interested in going. Amazingly everyone responded YES ... so I have been keep an eye on it in the news ... I awaited the opening, the first walk and yes all of the Hype cause for sure I thought it would never "really" open! But my friends it did and here it is ... a reporter gave a wonderful description of their first steps on it ... check it out: Grand Canyon Sky Walk Adds to the Wonder. I can't wait to go there ... I hope we get to go in September of next year and I know that is far off, but a girl has to have things to look forward to!

As for my travels to come ...
We have 2 more races to attend this year, one I can't go to the actual race. I will be too far along and it would hurt the babies unborn ears! The second is in October, The Martinsville Race, my mom and i have it all worked out ... I will attend the Busch race she will tend the baby, she will attend the Nextel race and I will tend to the baby! If it is cold when we go, I get both races! :)
Then for Christmas this year Andy's family wants to go on a cruise ... so that will be in January I guess then it will be time to start planning out next year! Also this year I have Melanie's wedding in Raleigh, and the LMC SnowBE's Christmas 10 years ... in Banner Elk!

Okay gotta get to work ... enjoy reading about the Sky Walk ... I can't wait to go!

I was a bully

This is serious ... growing up I was a BULLY! From the age of 6 I played soccer on the all boys team. I played Rec League with all boys, I was on the Coastal Travel Team with all boys, I was on the Myrtle Beach Sand Boys team. It may be horrible to say - but I was GOOD ... I really was ... I made the "All Star Team" in every tournament we were in, I was the captain of several of those boys teams and I was always a starter! I was the "talk of the town" the little girl that could out do the boys every time! I had articles about me in the paper weekly and I continued to get better! We did not have a girls team at school and my only choice was to try out with the boys as I always did!

I guess it was my 8th grade year of middle school when we were at a "all boys tournament" and a gentleman named Herm Halter approached my parents asking why I was on the "boys travel team?" My parents replied that we did not have "girls" soccer in Myrtle Beach ... Herm then proceeded to invite me to try out for the all girls travel soccer team in Charleston, SC ... my parents were ecstatic! Anything to keep me out of trouble and away from my home "crowd." You see I hung out the the athletic boys ... yep those boys the boys who knew they were "IT" the boys who carried themselves different that the other boys. Since I was one of those "BOYS" I carried my self different too!

After trying out for the Woman's Charleston Travel Team "CTUSA" and making it ... I was invited to try out for the Olympic team. Which I made too ... I was not too far away from playing with the "big girls" and by big girls I mean Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain , yep I was good. I never made it to Alternate - who is someone named to step in in case someone else gets hurt but I was only 1 step out! My Soccer life was a blast I met so many people and made so many friends ... but it wasn't until I started to play College ball that I realized I was MEAN! I really was. I carried myself different than all the other girls, and I always blamed it on others ... "well she started it" "it wasn't my fault." 1993 my coach at LMC sat me down and said "Kim, you don't have to be Billy the Bully anymore ... you are "it" no one can take your spot, you are the one in charge of your life. You have one choice to play for me ... you will grow up and you will stop all of this!" It wasn't until then that I realized I carried myself different, I held my head WAY HIGH, I gave looks to those that didn't deserve it ... only because I was trying to prove myself ... but to who?! I Guess that all started when I was "one of the BOYS!"

Why am I telling you all of this ... well this weekend someone from my past ... a girl from High School left a very mean comment on one of my MySpace pictures. I checked it all out and this girl left a blog about me on her MySpace. It wasn't enough that she called me FAT on my own page but then she wrote this blog about me on her page saying how mean I was ... that I ruined her life and how I beat her up and stuff ... (which I never did). I remember being not so nice to her ... she was one of those "different girls," She dated my boyfriends best friend ... she was a vegetarian, she protested Procter & Gamble because they tested things on animals, she was just different. Not that those things are bad, but in High School when you are young and dumb different is different no matter why it is that you are different. (by the way I don't use P&G products because of her, so I must have listened to her) I can remember getting into 2 debates with her, never any fights but debates ... anyway she wrote this blog about how mean I was and how fat I am ... and I am here to say I am glad that I had the past I had. I am glad I was the athlete I was, I am glad I was mean enough to get the life I got out of soccer, however I am not PROUD that I was mean to anyone. I am not that person anymore ... 1993 that was 14 years ago. I have changed SO MUCH that it isn't even funny.

While I am very upset that this girl threw me out there, trashed me and called me FAT, I am sure in her eyes I deserved it ... so this is MY APOLOGY to anyone out there that I was mean to! I am sorry, I honestly am ... that was then this is now. If you would give me a chance you would see how much I have changed. For this girl I hope that she can move on and let it go ... it was 14 years ago, my goodness ... I have asked for forgiveness and I hope that God knows how sorry I am. As I am sure he does ... I have been asking for forgiveness since 1993 ... my freshman year in college. I grew up and all thanks to two men ... Herm Halter for taking time out of his day to invite me to Charleston to play with girls and then my College Soccer Coach, thanks to both of them for seeing in me what I could not!!

I am moving on now, I was mean, I am not anymore! I was young and dumb, I am now married with child on the way and I hope and pray that Karma does not treat our daughter the way I treated others!

Thanks for listening to me ramble and if I have ever in anyway been mean to you ... I AM SORRY!

31 Weeks and ITCHY AS ALL GET OUT!

I AM A ITCHY FAT GIRL!
I think all the bragging about how “easy” and “normal” my pregnancy was going finally caught up to me. I had to go to the Dr yesterday because I had this HORRIBLE HORRIBLE itch on my belly. My skin had started to become raised up and very puffy. I went to the Dr … they said I have a condition called PUPPS.

But if you want the broke down version it is basically a rash that is caused by pregnancy it usually surfaces around 32 weeks and lasts 6 – 10 weeks. Most cases dissolve after birth bust some last up to 2 weeks after. It is very itchy and they said the only way they knew to describe it to Andy was that if you have ever had Poison Ivey, Oak or Sumac that you could multiply that by 10 and then you have it. I personally am not allergic to any of those things … I have never had any of them … but if this is what it is like I AM SORRY TO ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE EVER HAD POISON! I can only rub the infected area … if I scratch it, it can spread, if I touch it skin to skin it burn like the worst SUNBURN I have every experienced in MY LIFE!!! I can take benaydrll by mouth and cream, if that doesn't help by Tuesday they will give me a cortizone shot to help! Here is a site that has some pictures if you are interested in seeing what it "looks" like … NOTE: these are not pictures of mine, mine is not near as bad as these women and I pray that it does not get that bad, if it does I will GO NUTZ!
Rash Pictures
Other than that not much going on … only 9 weeks to go, this weekend I am starting to wash the clothes and get things into the "ready" stage. Please pray for me and my rash … maybe the prayer chain will help aleve some of my itching!

30.5 Weeks

Well on Friday I will be 31 weeks ... and for some reason TIME SEEMS TO BE STANDING STILL. It has been moving so fast and now all of a sudden it is not. My friend Aundria and her mom got us a package to Prenatal Peek for a baby gift ... they got us a 2 part package ... the 1st pictures were posted here for week 20 and I wish I was neat like all of you and I could reference it, but I you are lucky I can do what I do ... so look back and find them if you want ... haha!

Anyway today was our second visit ... the 3D pictures are amazing I can't believe how much of the baby you can actually see ... I love it! As of Friday only 9 weeks left and I am sure I will be keeping you all well informed!

Say hello to Tatum:

Local Newspaper

Every morning I read the column in the local paper by Issac Bailey ... most days we do not see eye to eye on the subject. Most days he seems to be very anti "white" and very "pro black" this morning his words were RIGHT ON! I really enjoyed reading his column and I wanted to share it with you! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, if not sorry!

ISSAC J. BAILEY A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
Exit niche, change the world
The Rev. Al Sharpton can change the world today ... if he joins forces with the former Duke lacrosse players who were wrongly accused of rape. Together they can help re-establish the lost ideal of innocence until proven guilty and fight justice system inequalities.
The boys were unfairly demonized, and Sharpton years ago led protests in a rape case that turned out to be a hoax. Symbolically they would make a powerful team that would be hard to ignore.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson can change the world today ... if he publicly forgives Don Imus. Jackson years ago was caught saying "Hymietown." Imus is roasting in the aftermath of his own racist comments. No better pair could illustrate the power and purpose of forgiveness.
The Rutgers' women's basketball team could change the world ... if its members began a speaking tour on high school campuses and told young girls they are not the helpless victims a sympathetic public is trying to make them out to be. No one is in a better position to help the younger generation recognize that being called a dirty name today is almost nothing in comparison to the days when black men were lynched in the public square. What better way to illustrate that young people can - and will - determine their own worth, no matter the circumstance, no matter what some strange man behind a microphone says.
Black people could change the world today ... if more of us began to believe that there is no shame in nappy, kinky hair. Too many of us believe the lie that only a particular skin tone and hair texture make you beautiful.
CBS Corp. can change the world today ... if now that it has fired Imus, it also pressures its colleagues at the Black Entertainment Network to stem the tide of demeaning videos flooding the airwaves. If it's not acceptable for an old white man to make disparaging remarks, it shouldn't be acceptable for young black ones to make them either. What's more demeaning? A shock jock making a joke about "nappy-headed hos"? Or a video by a top black rapper smiling into the camera while placing a credit card in an intimate part of a half-naked black woman's body?
Activists can change the world today ... if they realize that getting loudmouths fired won't advance equality. It is like trying to defeat terrorism by trying to shoot all the terrorists. It may resemble progress but only makes the fight harder.
You can change the world today ... if you love when others demand you hate.
The world won't change until we elevate selfless courage above moral outrage.

Damaged Goods

The babies furniture came in last week ... I never thought to check it all out until the room was ready and wouldn't you know it ... when I did open it the ONLY piece that came assembled was DAMAGED. Now we ordered 4 pieces of furniture ... 3 we had to put together our selves and 1 (the dresser) was already put together for us, YEP YOU GUESSED IT ... the dresser was damaged! But here are pics of the Crib, Changer, and Book Case ... Dresser to be added after they deliver a new one and pick up the old one!

We got a lot done this weekend

Well Saturday me, Mom and Andy worked really hard to cut in and paint the babies room. Then Mom and I went to Julia's baby shower ... Andy called Brandon and asking him to come help him put some dresseres and a shelf together ... they continued to work on the room until very late at night. They constructed 2 dresser systems and a shelve on the wall. This morning Mom and Dad got here around 8:30 and the rest of the decorating began! Dad hung the chair rail, mom and I sized the walls and then hung the border. While Dad was working on chair rail mom and I painted the Kemp letters and that is my favorite! I had SO MUCH fun! The room is great ... I LOVE IT! Andy really likes it better than he thought he would ... tomorrow the furniture assembly process begins ... good luck to us! Haha ... Hope you enjoy the pictures!

The room is not done but we are getting there ...

Mom trimming and Andy Rolling

Mom putting up the border

The closet is all together

The Shelf and fun stuff!

Since the name is still up in the air I just did our last name ...

Small update (same as babysite.com) sorry!

Short Update not much has been happening ...

I have been feeling pretty good, I have a cold still, but I really think it is from the pollen. I have never really had a problem with Pollen, but since I am preggo it is hard to tell. My sinuses are all jacked up and out of wack which is making my throat all sore and raw. Gross I know!

Also the tired stage has come back ... Sunday when I got home from out of town I was in bed by 7:45 and that was pushing it. Monday I was in bed by 8 and yesterday I left work at 2 went home, napped until 6 got up to eat with Andy and was back in bed by 8:45 ... am I old or what?! I feel like I can barely function it is all I can do to stay at work a full 8 hours. I have quit bowling ... it was killing my belly, maybe my ball was too heavy, not sure but it is time to get a sub!

The LMC Girls threw Kim and I a double baby shower last weekend ... it was WONDERFUL to see everyone and I got SO much great stuff. I have another family shower on the 28th and then the Murrells Inlet crew is throwing us one I think on the 5th of May ... I am so so so Thankful for all of our wonderful friends and family that have helped us out ... I can't wait until she arrives!

I just got the call that the baby furniture will be delivered tomorrow between 8 and noon ... I am so so very excited ... My Mom stopped at Sherwin Williams and got us some paint samples so we can pick our colors before Friday ... mom and I will start painting this weekend and hopefully have it all finished by May 6th ... I guess we will keep the furniture and all the other stuff in the garage until we get done then it will be time to start washing and putting up all the great clothes we already have!

We go to the Dr on April 5th and then start to go every 2 weeks, and of course I will keep you all posted!

Our Pretty Cake

It was so so tasty!

Mommy 2 B # 1

Mommy 2 B # 2

Snow BE's in the house!

Kim and Kim "Bare" all!

I think I am crazy

Well last week when I went to the Dr, she asked me "what if she is not an Abigail?!" I was like, "What do you mean?" She went on to tell me this story about how she had both her babies named before they came and then when they came she named them something completely different ... so now I am dwelling on that. What if i have chosen the WRONG name?! Andy likes it because he wants to call her Tatum anyway! So now here were are back to square one with the nursery theme ... yes i took the sheep stuff back ... and now with the name too ...

Please vote:
Abigail Ann
Tatum Ann
or
To be Determined when baby arrives?!

I AM ALIVE

Okay Okay I was doing so well at keeping you all updated and now it has been like 3 weeks ... I am so sorry! I am alive and I am almost well. Mentally still off but I am starting to see the end of this horrible cold. Yes a second cold ... and this time it was MUCH worse than the first. I actually had to be put on antibiotics and a decongestant. (I tried to avoid that for Abi, but my nose ooze had started to turn green.) Other than that the Ohio trip was a success, my Grandma's 93 Birthday was great ...

Then my Aunt and Cousin threw me our first baby shower ... it was amazing ... we got SO MUCH stuff. A lot of cute clothes, the highchair, open cradle swing, bouncer and a lot of great books. The best ... cut little pink Crocks ...

Aren't they the so cute! I can't wait for her to get here!

Even got a couple blue outfits for Andy to dress her in! He begged I not go Pink crazy, but since that is already my Favorite color I am not sure if that will happen!

Here is the last belly picture taken: Feb 24th I was 23 weeks.

Well again i am sorry I was so slack and I will try better ...

we leave Wednesday to go to Atlanta ... NASCAR in the house! This will be the first sober race for this chick we will see how I like it! Haha

Then the 21st is the Double K Baby Shower, with all my college girls ... it will be a blast!

I will keep you posted!

21 week Belly Pictures

21 Weeks February 9th 2007!

It's A Girl!

Smile Big!


My First baby a boy .... Dudley!


Getting big girl!

Introducing Abigail Ann Kemp

Well I hope you can see these - here is the little darling -


All Six Pics

This is of her bottom, she is sitting,
you are looking up at her girl parts!

Happy Feet!

Side view - she is smashedd in there!

yes that is her flipping you off ... just like mommy!