And the 30 Days Of challenge is complete. Here are the final five shots...

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It's a sheer and utter madhouse in Chicago right now. Well, it was and it's now dissipating, but still.

Today was the parade and rally to officially welcome home the 2013 Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks.

Dear Foursquare,

We've had a torrid little love affair these last couple years, haven't we?

I just put Nathan to bed so now it's time for Snippet Wednesday!!

Believe you me, if he was still awake and I let him type this, it would be only slightly less comprehensible.

The good thing about me not posting these photos regularly is that you're not getting bombarded by Nathan photo posts. I could do that. Very easily.

You're welcome.

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OH HELL YEAH!!!

I got a little too into video today and forgot to take a picture of the day so I'm going to count this Vine as 30 Days Of: Day 22...

Playing catch-up. Again.

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Yesterday, our kiddo turned three-quarters of a year old. He's growing up so quick! Here are his monthly tracking photos...

I promise... no 30 Days Of photos in this post. That will be separate. This will be a real post. And a Snippet Wednesday, to boot!

These are inspired by Tweets I either wrote or read this week. Credit will be given as it's due.

This would've been so much cooler with a macro lens...

11 more minutes...

So guess what came and went with zero fanfare and shameless self promotion this past Saturday... my eighth blogiversary!

I'm such a bad blog daddy. For shame, kapgar. For shame.

Happy Father's Day!!

And, yes, he wore that same outfit two days in a row. That never happens.

Really falling behind on posting these. Here are three...

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Let's tear through this Snippet Wednesday before the predicted high winds and rain tear through me! Ready? Set? GO!

Ah, the good old days of mix tapes/CDs!

Remember making mix tapes for family or friends or that girl you had a crush on? Remember spending hours picking the songs, picking the order, listening to it to make sure it was perfect?

Missed posting yesterday, so here are both.

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The UWD has come and gone and, as the saying goes, I'm no worse for wear.

That's not true. If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook or you were there with me, you know that's a load of crap.

Let's recap this mutha step by step, shall we?

Coffee... tea... or Snippet Wednesday?

I hope you said the third one. I'm too tired and lazy to make you either of the other two.

Have you encountered a situation where you completely misconstrued a band or a type of music or some such? What I mean is, did you ever have pre-conceived notions about a band only to later discover you were completely wrong, either in a good or a bad way?

This happened to me and I was thinking about it recently for whatever reason.

I was late in posting my Day 3 photo, so I'll put both 3 and 4 in a single post. Cool?

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Time to get back in the swing of this here blogging thing.

What better way to do that than with a monthly recap of my monthly goals!

Katie and I made these. Wooden letters as a base with LEGO bricks glued to them. We love how they turned out.

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