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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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overheard

[ellie fussing, will trying to comfort her] I’m your BROTHER, Ellie. ELOISE, I’m your BROTHER. I’m your brother Eloise—I love you.

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Will and Ellie are playing together. I hear her giggles turn into hard core laughter. I turn around to watch, and Will is letting her draw on his face with a ball point pen.

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I’m doing dishes.  This evening has been a whopper thanks to the screaching demanding baby, and Nic and I are feeling drained.  Will comes in and stands up on tiptoes to whisper in my ear “Mom—can I tell you a secret?” “Yes” I say, bending down to him.  “I” he whispers, stabbing me in my […]

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Last night Nic came downstairs to tell me this story of putting Ellie to sleep: They rocked in the chair with her bottle, then, like always, he laid her down, turned on her music, popped in her pacifier, gave her a kiss, stroked her hair and said ‘love you.’ Then he turned and walked toward […]

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he looks out for her

“Mom—Ellie’s baba is COLD.” Will, handing Ellie her bottle of ‘big girl milk’ noting the temperature and doubting my parenting skills.  Everyone knows baby’s bottles are supposed to be WARM.

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not at wppi

The big photography conference in Vegas is this week.  I went the past two years and vowed to go always no. matter. what.  The break from real life, the inspiration, the room service, the amazing bathroom, housekeeping to clean up after us…I thought that sitting this year out for childcare reasons would kill me.  But […]

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