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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!

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I often write about what Will does for Ellie, but I forget to write how much joy she brings to HIS life.  She is his captive audience—as impressed by his physical feats as he is.  As he twirled in the kitchen today she stood watching, beaming, clutching her cup of milk and shouting “WOAH!  WOAH!  WOAH!”  When he longjumps along as we walk through a store she claps and yells “WOAH!”  After he got her out of her high chair today, cooing to her “what a cutie little sweetie baby,” he came over to me and confided “I love Ellie best when she smiles at me when I hold her.”

She is his second biggest fan.