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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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times, they are a’changin’

I finished Will’s car quilt today.  I took it to him and said “Look—your car quilt is finished!” And he said with Wii controller in hand “Cool.  Cool.  I like it a lot, Mom.”  His eyes never left the television screen.  I knew I didn’t have much longer to enjoy the little boy who was […]

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Ellie, do you want to watch an Eloise rectangle movie with me? It’s about you with cute yellow hair! When you get older maybe you’ll have yellow hair! Will, inviting Ellie to watch an Eloise mini-movie on Netflix instant download. 

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Will has always been such a good little artist—here’s his shark this morning.

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Will has always been such a good little artist—here’s his shark this morning.

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Ellie has mastered saying ‘mama’ and ‘da!’ appropriately for me and Nic. It blows me away at how much earlier she’s getting the communication stuff! She might not be crawling, buy she’s waving and saying mama and da! (mama is always murmured in quiet affection, particularly nursing, DA! Is usually shouted in excitement when he […]

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