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  • Welcome to my blog!

    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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sick babies make my remaining ovary shrivel up

Elsie is sick.  She cried every 1-5 minutes last night until around 1am.  She was in bed with us and would settle and I’d think ‘ahh—maybe I can sleep’ and then she’d start crying again.  I put her in her crib around 1 and she cried for about 5 minutes then finally fell asleep.  She […]

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Ellie was in her bounceroo.  I was at the table sewing.  She started fussing.  I tried to get a few more stitches down.  And then I heard “Ehhh!  Ehhh!  All done!  Ehhh!” Holy crap.  I think she might be the smartest baby ever!  Or maybe even a normal baby seems brilliant after your first one […]

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Yesterday in the car Will asked what his Bioncles’ names were.  I told him that he could pick their names.  He chose George and Hello Kitty.

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You look gorgeous, Eloise. You look so gorgeous. Will, while ‘buffing’ Ellie with my scarf.  I think he’s playing out the grooming robot scene in Wall*E.

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Super pretty snowy night—we’ve got an inch or two.  I’m ready for Christmas!

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