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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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I’m a junk food boy. Will. (After my incredulous “WHO said that to you?!”  He insisted “Nobody.  I said it.  When I was 4 years old.”)

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Els picked up a guy for the first time today.  We were getting lunch and a (cute!) guy at the restaurant said “She is the cutest thing I’ve seen all day.” 7 months old and already getting hit on.  Of course, she was wearing a diaper cover with a big flower on the butt.  The […]

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Everyone says that second kids do everything faster because they see the first one doing it.  This is not true with Ellie.  She continues to show zero interest in movement beyond rolling.  Even if you hold her up so she’s standing and holding onto your fingers, she won’t play walk.  No.  Ellie has Will.  If […]

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got the kind of haircut today that should come with a complimentary paper bag.

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