HER FURTURE IS SO SO BRIGHT

Haha ... Tatum ... along with all babies (I think all babies) hate the sun! Everytime we walk outside she wiggles and sqirms and slams shut her pretty little eyes ...

So I bought her some glasses:

She loves her Daddy:

Chillin in her Swing

Our Watch Dog

I feel sorry for the first boy that comes to the door ... not only do they have to deal with Daddy but they have to get past Dudley ...

We are at work today and she is doing great ... mommy on the other hand is ready to pull her own hair out! Did I say I missed this place?!

I miss you all!

Hey everyone ... I miss you! I miss work and I miss my computer! I have a laptop at home, but with the baby and the lack of sleep it is hard to read everyone's blog, check my mail, check my myspace and do all else that needs done. Boy oh boy it is a good thing I am my own boss, I had NO IDEA I spent SOOOOOOO much time on the internet at work! Hahaha


We have been busy ... Tatum has had 2 more bottles since the last entry and one was horrible ... it was followed by about 45 minutes of the loudest, redest screaming face I have ever seen. The 3rd wasn't so bad, but she was still searching for the boob afterwards. We will continue to work on it ... however, warming up the pumped breast milk is a pain in my ass ... now I know the ease of breast feeding!

What else ... oh yeah it was Papa's (Andy's Grandpa) 78th birthday and we went to Glenda's (his Momma's) to celebrate last night ... here are some photos!

All Dressed up for the party!

Happy Birthday PaPa!

Blowing Birthday Kisses!

Really that is all that is happening ... today it is nice out so far ... not too hot! I took the baby on a walk and she loved it, I hope it stays cool so we can go to the pier or beach!

Hope to catch up will all of you soon!

Baby got the BOTTLE~

Hey everyone ... so sorry it has been so long ... but motherhood sure is time consuming! Haha


Things are going well I am very sleep deprived, and please don't tell me to nap when baby naps cause that just doesn't work for me. I am having to work from home, and with that house work and the day time requirements of the baby I have no time to nap, and at night we sleep when we can, but unlike Daddy I can't fall asleep in less than 1 minute.


Yesterday we had a weird day ... I had a hair appointment at 3 ... guess what people 3 is our feeding time. I fed the baby at noon ... at 1:45 she was still awake so I decided I would keep her up until 2:15 and feed her then ... however around 1:45 Tatum was screaming she was EXHAUSTED and she could not even keep her eyes open, so I let her go to sleep. I tried to wake her at 2:15 to feed ... no suck luck. I took her to the hair appointment with me ... she never woke up ... she didn't wake up until 5:15 ... which was against my better judgement, but I could not get her to wake up. At 5:15 she ate for about 6 min on one side ... yes that was it, and it was back to sleep. My boobs hurt so darn bad at that point.


We got home from my mom's around 7ish ... I pumped since I was engorged. I got about 7 oz ... 4 from one side and 3 from the other ... and wouldn't you know it that the baby woke up screaming of hunger minutes after I was done pumping ... resulting in this:

Now that bottle was filled with warm breast milk and it took 2 types of bottles and nipples to get her to take it, but guess what folks ... she took it! Which means ... MOMMY gets to sleep thru one feeding a night! OMG!!! I am stoked!

This is harder than I thought!

Now I know why MOTHER'S DAY is such a HUGE day ... mothers should be celebrated at least 6-1/2 days a week. No one ever told me that the breast feeding was so darn hard. The latch on and the milk coming in was no problem ... the problem is that I can't sleep more than 2 hours at any given time ... and my head is KILLING me! Lack of sleep headache, I remember those from College days, but never remember them being this damn bad. So to all of you breast feeding mommies out there I stand and applause you ... all of you! I am not giving up yet but wow I really want to. I want to more than ever at the 2 am feeding when Daddy gets up and gets her, brings her to me, fills my water and is usually snoring before her mouth is on my boob! That is the worst feeding ever! Oh well I will stick to it, but is any of you have some words of encouragement I would love to hear it all!

PS went to the mall today to shop ... they have this great nursing area ... or so I thought ... the damn nursing room is half the size of my bathroom, they had teenboop music blaring, no air register and 2 spot lights that made it about 80 degrees in there ... by the end of the 30 min feeding session we were all sweating and I was pissed ... next time we will head home to feed!

Less counting

Note the title isn't "counting over" it is just less counting ... I have started to relax a little more! She is eating, she is gaining weight and she is starting to form her personality so Mommy is a little more relaxed. We went to the Dr on Thursday and yes this visit was action free ... no poopie on the table and we didn't even pee on the Dr. YEAH

The Dr told us we are 95% in height, 25% in head measurements and 50% in weight. All in all that sounds like we are all off scale and out of wack, but I happen to think she is perfect. What is a percentile anyway ... haha Precious now weighs 8lbs 1oz and is changing everyday I have taken SO MANY pictures but I am glad that I have cause you can see the change in all of them!

Here are some in chase you need a fix ...

Our Day Out

Well today we had a BIG day ... a day filled with adventure and fun ... it was called WORK! You see I am the VP and part owner of our company and if I ever failed to mention it ... I am a CONTROL FREAK! Several years back ... before I was out of college we had a business partner ... his wife embezzled money and things from us ... so now due to that and the CONTROL ISSUES I refuse to teach anyone how to do what I do. So what do I do?! I pay bills, I do payroll and stay on top of all of our insurance, I do all the billing and all the contract jobs. Mostly I DO IT ALL! I did teach my Mom how to do payroll so I wouldn't get too overwhelmed and behind ... she has done very well. She has never used Quick Books and for the most part she is great at it ... i even think she does better when I am not around! I think I make her nervous! haha Anyway today she picked us up, yep me and Tatum and took us to work ... this was only after it took us almost 3 hours, to shower me, dress and change her ... we went through 3 diapers in 45 mins and feed her ... which by the way she REFUSES to stay awake for! haha then we were off ... off to WORK! I tell you what I missed it, I missed my guys, I missed the control and most of all I missed being in the middle of it all. I will go again next Tuesday and as soon as I can drive I hope to go at least 2 hours each day until we are have somewhat of a routine in order ... that is the Control Freak talking again. I guess some of that will go away with time ... but for now I like to control it all! Haha

Other than that not much happening here ... I hope that all my Blog friends are well and I am off to read all of your recent posts now!

Stop the counting

Okay ... so I count the minutes she feeds, I count the wet diapers, I count the poopy diapers ... when does the counting stop? Holly Molly - I have flipped out a few times during the past few days ... I am so so emotional, that I cry! I cry happy tears, tears of joy and then I will cry tears of frustration ... it is all so much fun! Now my Baby Girl ... she is ADORABLE ...

Also forgot to tell you about our trip to the Dr ... so we went to the Dr again Monday to do a weight check ... they nurse said that we needed to have her in a clean diaper and naked, ready to weigh ... so we start to undress her, I undo the first tab on her diaper, then the second, the hubbs starts to hand me her new clean diaper and she starts peeing all over the place. I start to giggle tell Andy "she is peeing, she is peeing" (Note - I am new at this, her diaper is the first I have ever changed so the remove and replace thing needs work) So then we start to clean up all the pee and I notice this nasty look on her face, I say OMG she is going to shit ... and wouldn't you know it ... she shit all over the place ... I tried to hold her over the table but you know that great paper that is worse than a brown paper bag when it comes to absorbency ... all the pee and poop was rolling off the table! I tried to pick her up cause her clothes were getting wet and she was still pooping ... so I started holding her over the trash can. Andy was laughing hysterically and I was saying "oh this is okay, this is okay it happens, don't stress out" I kept telling myself it was okay not to freak out! It finally stopped and Andy was like Honey you did great it is over you did good, we had to call the nurse in and tell her we did bad ... she giggled and said that "it happens" it was all good.

Anyway ... that is what has been going on here ... I am off now to take a nap ... hope you are all well! My first baby Dudley (the dog) doesn't seem to mind the baby ... see him below, he is so cute!!! Our Honorary Aunt MelBel and Naji came into town to visit us ... Here are some more pictures:

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!