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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 .

    I've created a map that shows links to our camping/hiking/general family fun review posts that you can find here. It's pretty much the coolest thing on this site. Thanks, Google!

    I great big puffy heart *love* comments, so please let me know you visited! I try to always reply!

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may 2007 (old blog entries)

stress eating I gained 5 lbs last month.  No one said starting a business would be easy, but they didn’t say I’d have trouble fitting into my favorite pants!  Looks like Will and I will be headed to the gym this month…Heather fires any bridesmaids that turn into fatties, right?  It’s a good thing my […]

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april 2007 (old blog entries)

month 15, in which william discovers the naughty corner We have instituted time outs with William.  I am a student of the John Rosemond book of toddler-training, and he says that the “twos” often start at 18 months…but William is advanced.  If he can figure out how to work the lever on the dishwasher, he […]

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march 2007 (old blog entries)

<!– –> burp. I’ve written about Will’s love of farts and burps before.  He thinks they’re so funny. Last week, though, he took it to a whole new level. Nic burped, and Will laughed. And then he opened his mouth wide and tried to force himself to burp. I thought he was going to make […]

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Old Blog Posts: February 2007

so it turns out That a baby’s stomach is the exact size of a chocolate chip cookie. I learned last night why mothers have said “you can’t have a cookie–it will spoil your dinner” for centuries. I have never believed that saying. I come from a philosophy that believes that cookies take up zero room […]

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