My Time in the Slammer

Dear people reading this blog -

This past weekend (Memorial Day weekend to be exact), I was charged with a UTI and Kidney infection and sentenced to 3 days in the slammer (AKA hospital). Who knew I could be such a deceiver of illness, I mean I acted just fine for mommy and daddy - just ran a low grade temp for a couple of days.

Then after they took me on a 6 1/2 hour drive to Garden City, KS - I decided I would let them in on my little secret - that I was really sick. They thought we would go to court (AKA the ER) and get off with minor virus and be sent home with the fine of a prescription. No sir! After multiple witnesses (labs, xrays, other tests) the ER doc said we weren't going nowhere! So off we were carted to the cell I would spend the next 3 days of my life in, along with mommy and daddy.



Mommy and me after my sentencing. Our sad faces.












My new jail cell.












They even made me wear an inmate uniform!!!

But I'm a tough cookie, ain't no prison gonna hold me down.



I can still touch my toes, even with a 105+ degree temp!



I can one-hand feed myself even with my left arm all taped and boarded up for the IV. (Mommy and Daddy called it my broken winglet) (Check out my 4-pack in the back ground!!)



And even though they took almost everything away from me, I still found stuff to put in my mouth and eat!! Suckas!!

Luckily, I did have some visitors which made my stay go much faster! Didn't get pictures of them all, but here are some....





While it wasn't so bad b/c we had a great Sheriff (Doctor), we did miss the family reunion we went to Garden City for. After I got out and all charges were dropped, I did finally get to go visit some family who hadn't met me yet. I sure am glad to be feeling better and back home though.

Later my peeps!
Addie 'The Sicko' Maturey

Things that make you go - Mmmm!!

You know, I had this idea of what it would be like when we introduced foods to Addie for the first time. What will we feed her, when, will it be in the new highchair, what faces will she make, will she even like food?? Well, after stiff ol dad said we couldn't do solid foods until she was 6 months I thought I had plenty of time to read as much as I could on what the best first foods are and make an informed decision - which I decided it was probably going to be avocado.

Unfortunately for Addie she had been suffering bouts of constipation and we tried multiple things to relieve her discomfort to no avail. However there was one option we hadn't explored - FOOD!! So we bought that girl some prunes and in simple Maturey family fashion propped her in her bumbo on the coffee table and let her go wild. I thought - Prunes, GROSS!! - but to my surprise she loved them! She did so good, it's like she's been eating for years. We would say 'bite' and she would open her mouth when the spoon came to her lips, swallow most of it (of course some came back out), and then lean forward for more. I, of course, didn't do so hot. Who knew how messy it could really be. Really most of the food on her face is from me missing her mouth than from her spitting it out and drooling.

She only got to have the prunes a couple of times and then back to boring old milk all day. She will be 6 months in a couple of weeks and I've already stocked the pantry with yummy goodness for our new adventures of eating. Hopefully when the veggies in my garden grow I can make her some homemade baby food.


































PS - PRUNES STAIN!!! :(

Just because I'm cute!