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Just one week before Kay learned of her pregnancy news, Webbdied at age 22in a rock-sliding accident. Kay was at the scene of the accident, telling PEOPLE her boyfriend “passed away in my arms.”
“I talked to his best friends about it and I didn’t want to name him Spencer Jr. because I believe that Spencer is Spencer and that is his name and I don’t want to take that away from him,” she explains. “I think it would also be too hard on me to call him Spencer. So I was like, let’s call him Spider. That’s a badass name. That was his dad’s nickname. It’s still honoring him.”
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“I think in today’s day and age of naming your kid, it’s more acceptable to name them whatever you want. I just thought it fit perfectly. And so I talked to his friends about it and we agreed that that’s what we were going to do and here we are,” she adds.
“We have pictures all over the house. We have so much memorabilia. And as he grows up, he will always grow up knowing who his dad is.”
“I hope to send him to Oregon, and I know he is going to be D1. He’s already nonstop,” Kay says with a laugh. “We’re both very athletic people. [I hope to] send him to football and just follow in Spencer’s footsteps as much as I can.”
“Even though his son and I are starting this new life with some trials and tribulations, we’re going to make sure to live through Spencer’s strength and guidance to make him proud.”
“[Spider] is my best friend and he is my new favorite person on this planet, and I enjoy every second of it. From the smiling and him making eye contact with me, we sleep together and cuddle, to even the poopy diapers and the crying,” she says. “I wouldn’t change it for the world.”
“I’m just so happy that I have a best friend again. All I ever wanted in life was a best friend, a lover and a partner. And Spencer filled those shoes, and now that he’s gone, I feel like I have Spider and he’s never going to leave me,” she continues. “He’s mine. He’s here forever. This is it. It’s not just Kelly Kay anymore. It’s Kelly and Spider forever.”
source: people.com
