5 GeNeRaTioNs

It is crazy to think that not very many people can say they have a 5 generation picture. Marcella on the other hand is pretty lucky. Her and her Great Great Grandmother were almost 100 years apart to the day, (just a couple weeks off). Grandma Noni was born in 1905 and Marcella in 2005, I think it is incredible to look at this picture and think about the things that happened in that hundred years. From Left to Right: Back row: Richard (Jon's Dad) Jon, Marcella Front Row: Keith (Jon's Dad's Dad), Noni (Keith's mom)

With that being said, I was looking at the 5 generation picture the other day I feel sad that I haven't gotten one with all the grandparents on the other sides of the family, so I decided the next time we were with any of the grandparents I would make sure to get a generation picture. I think they are amazing to look at. So I was able to get this picture yesterday. From left to right: Terry (my mom), Claire, Me, Marcella, and Grandma Pollard (my mom's mom).

Everyone was having a good laugh because Claire had the worse case of the hiccups and was making the funniest faces ever.

My little girl is growing up, but she would say, "no mommy I'm not little, I'm big!"
She started ballet last Wednesday and she had so much fun. Well, she will tell you she loved it, but during the lesson she was really nervous and scared, so not until she came home did she start doing everything she learned and went crazy in the living room. I am hoping her nervousness wears off and she ends up having fun at the lesson as well, I will let you know how it goes this week.

These are her fairy wings that she uses to fly to Disneyland to see all the princesses.

Meet Chris. He will be the newest member to be added to the Wallin Clan on January 3rd. I think the picture just explains it all, he fits in rather nicely.

Sunday we had a fun Thanksgiving Day Dinner. It was so yummy thanks Mom and Dad and everyone else that helped. This is about the extent of what I did to prepare, but I did offer up my child for clean up duty.

Yep she ended up washing them all by hand. She only had to clean up after 15 people so it wasn't too bad. If you look real close I think she is still smiling. (Side note: I think she might have made a bigger mess and Lizzy and Kristin ended up cleaning it all up. Thanks Gals you are the cutest and the Awesomest. Someday you will really be able to make Marcella clean it all up and hopefully she will do the job as good as you guys did.)

Sunday was a crazy day, as Jon and Marcella were leaving for Church I got called into work to reset an alarm, so they ended up being late for church and then came home during nursery for a much needed nap (and because all the other crying kids freaked Marcella out and wouldn't let Jon leave, she actually wouldn't get off his lap so they came home). I walked in to see this, and it just made me laugh so I had to get a picture. I love Sunday Nap time.

Here is Claire's new trick. We like to call her little bobble head, because she acts just like a little bobble head doll. It has been fun to watch her. Just before Jon came in with the camera, she was holding her head all the way up and just making funny faces at me. I was laughing so hard. Then once the Camera came she was being a little bobble again and most of the pictures we got are super blurry.

Last but not least here is a sneak peak of the super cute pictures I got for Claire's birth announcement, I am hoping to get them sent out this week, so we will see how that goes. I hope everyone gets a chance this week to have a day like I am having today. A fun relaxing one with the ones you love. Have a good one!