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This is a wet Alex. I gave him a bath yesterday morning. I put him to bed Friday night, kissed his head, and man did that boy stink. I am curious.. how often do you bathe your children? I used to think once a week was sufficient for children that young, but I am starting to reconsider. Seriously, though, how often?

This weekend was pretty rough. My mother was in the hospital last week getting a two day session of chemotherapy followed up by surgery where they insert beads filled with chemo directly into tumors in her liver. The result is that as the beads dissolve, the chemo will eat away at the tumor. As you can imagine she was sick from the treatment, and worst of all I could not be there with her — the weather in Oklahoma has been horrible. Thankfully my sister lives in Tulsa, and she has been spending time with mom during this rough time. I have an amazing family!

The weather in general has been brutal. Audrey and I stayed home a couple days last week from work, because it was too icy here in Texas to drive anywhere. Luckily I am able to work from home, so I wasn’t exactly stuck with nothing to do. I had an opportunity to post on the a href=”http://photos.clickprintmedia.com/”>Digital Photo Blog an article on how I made my homemade light box. I had a couple requests for instructions, so I think you will enjoy that.

I was also able to spend some time on my web site. I didn’t really do anything noticeable on the front end — the stuff you see, but I was able to spend some time analyzing user clicks and patterns. From the heat map (you can click on the image to see the full size heat map), I can think of reworking the archive and search tools on the web site as no one uses them. The heat map just shows where users are clicking the most — the hotter the color, the more clicks. I appreciate all your feedback on the photo galleries, and I will continue to ask for feedback as I try to improve things. Thank you.

This week is shaping up to be a pretty busy week. My company, is7, is working on a new web site for Paula White Ministries, and is slated for release on February 1. We just published Jentezen Franklin’s web site, and I am amazed at the amount of traffic it is getting. I have a lot to do before the end of the week. I am taking some time to go visit my mother at the end of the week, so I need to make sure things are all taken care of at work before I leave.

I’ve been asking Alex if he wants to visit Grandma. On Saturday morning, I had a conversation with Alex about visiting Grandma, and it went something like this.

I asked, “Alex, are you ready to go visit Grandma?” He looked at the television, and then looked back at me, “She has a guitar!” He was referring to an old guitar my dad had in his closet. “Yes, Alex, she has a guitar.”

“A Wagon!” I thought for a moment. “Yes, Alex, she has a wagon, too.” Alex was referring to a small plastic wagon she uses to store some toys for him. The look of excitement on his face was hysterical. He has so much expression when he gets excited. The boy never forgets a think, either. It’s pretty cool.

I hope everything is going well where ever you are.