Boo. Hiss. The holidays are over. And while I do have holiday-ish pictures and tidings of comfort and joy to share, I am going to slow play my posts. Frankly, we’re not that exciting and if I leap to current day, well, you’ll likely get a post about the (delicious) soft pretzel I just ate.

Before we left, some friends thoughtfully gifted Maxine some really awesome booty for her birthday. And as I curate these first pics of Maxine and her birthday monkey friend Alex, I can’t help but see a visual metaphor for how I feel about the holidays. Lovingly dragged around and then left lifeless on the floor.

Perhaps it’s just a tad bit of an over dramatization BUT I’m that tired.

Sidenote: Alex is a great baby friend. He’s got every kind of zipper, button, snap, and/or tie for which little baby hands could ever want. She LOVES him. Totes him around. Chatters to him.

And his buttons.