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    Hi! I'm Traci. I'm a Registered Nurse who loves quilting, knitting, cross stitch, and the great outdoors. In my pre-scrubs life, I owned Real Photography, and you can still see my old wedding and portrait photography site here .

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the perfect man

I have Ellie in a tutu today for Will’s party.  After Will saw her he said the following: Will (to Nic):  Ellie’s dress is hilarious, Dad! Will (to Ellie):  Your dress is beautiful, Eloise.

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Will’s birthday party day

Will turns 5 today, but we ‘moved’ his birthday to Saturday so we can celebrate it in Disneyland. It is a harder lie than I expected, pretending that today is just his party day and not the anniversary of the date that he came into our livesand changed them forever.

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Giggles from Ellie’s room after a two hour nap.  I go in and Will is in her crib and they are playing.  “Willie!  Did you wake her up?”  I say.  “I had to check that Ellie wasn’t dead,” he says.  She is, after all, his first baby.  You do things like that with your firstborn.  […]

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Oh Ellie, you look beautiful. Will to Ellie after I put a new pink romper on her yesterday.

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Eloise, I want to tell you something. [whispered] I think you’re the best girl in the world. Will this morning

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