A Video from Santa...

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The Princess and The Pea

Ah....our two little girls Ada Lee Pongratz "The Pea" weighed 7lbs-8oz 21 and 1/2inches

December 2nd, 2009

9:51am

Here we are going home from the hospital. We'll always remember this experience with the H1N1 and hospital visitor restriction.
This is their first time meeting one another. It was precious and Ada knows and loves her big sissy. It's so precious. Thanks for all the prayers and thoughts. We are back in the newborn stage again and hanging in there!! Enjoying the best Christmas gift ever!!

Halloween Bliss

This year for Halloween when asked over and over what the P wanted to be for Halloween she would say a Fireman. So we happened to have a dress up fireman outfit that Santa brought last year...Score on the costume! She LOVED it. She didn't want to wear her mask or hat, but she wore this coat ALL day!! A picture of the whole outfit and her neighbor friend batman

We went to the Barn on Friday to have a Halloween Playdate. The firegirl invited her neighbor friends (we live by all boys her age). Here are the 3 of them so cute and ready for some fun!

Mommy's neighbor girlfreinds and all the kids...
The parade

A little craft

Oh and her sweet friend, who moved away last spring was there and we found out she moved back last week!!! YEAH!!! We are so excited. Now we need to get them back in class together ;)

Gettin' down with Aunt Ninni

This is her buddy from school and church. Just the day before I asked the P what her favorite was about her lunch (because I thought I packed her a pretty awesome lunch for school). She replied..."Sittin' by the boys". What a treat. She named all 3 of them that she got to sit by. And he was one. She's kinda one of the boys at school and it is so cute to watch them all have fun together!

Gettin' to take a hayride with Uncle Cecil under Grammy's Umbrella. Grammy is the best! She took all her girls in the rain on the hayride!

Our neighborhood has a parade on Halloween where we walk the kids from the pool through then neighborhood to the firetruck. There were so many families and kids there.

We also went back to the McCord Barn for a family and friends Halloween Costume Party. Here we are an oven with a bun in it and the bun maker.

Trick or treat! It was cold but fun!!

Happy Halloween!! I am 35 weeks and countin' down. Which one comes first Thanksgiving or a baby? We'll keep you posted!!

Fall Bliss

I LOVE fall. It's my FAVORITE time of the year and there have been so many things we've been able to do this year to enjoy the beauty!! Although it's been chili, we still have enjoyed the outdoors with some fun activities. My computer is giving me fits, so the pictures are out of order but I'll give you some descriptions of each....

This is my friend Holly. Holly and I grew up together at Northview in youth group and now are having babies together. We are due within a week of one another. She is having a boy and I am so excited for her in this new adventure!!! This is a baby shower at her parents farm in which we ate, sat by a bonfire, took a hay ride, played games...it was so wonderful!! What an awesome way to celebrate such a dear friend and her new bundle of joy. SO here's a belly shot of both of us. I don't have too many of me, mainly because I don't get a ton of pictures of myself taken, but also because I am on of those "carry a baby all over, I feel huge momma's" ;)! So I thought I would share humbly!

This is our annual tradition of Carmel High Homecoming Game. This year it was cold, but oh so fun with the girls. We get fed as alumni and the kids get to run and play next to the football field. Jenni and I both lead high school girls groups with our youth group, so we also had fun cheering them on with the marching band too!! AND Carmel won again ;)!!


We also went downtown Indy for a 2nd cousin's wedding and reception. It was so fun and really beautiful. The P got to dance and that was her "favorite". She loved dancing with the family and that she did. Here's a picture of her and Daddy at the reception site looking at the view and watching a helicopter land.

brothers...cousins

Dancin' with the GG's

Uncle Steve and Cara

Toasting the bride and groom with Papa...except I think they were putting candy in their water and drinking it. Only Papa!!

Jenni thew me a baby shower with some of my sweetest friends and family. We went to Kona Grill and enjoyed great fun, food and friends. It was so wonderful. This baby girl got lots of beautiful outfits and sleepers, diapers, blankets, hats, shoes of her very own!! We were so blessed and so grateful!!

I just love all these girls!!

SO this is the most amazing cake that Jenni made and believe me it was every bit as delicious as it is gorgeous!! It was pumpkin cake with cream cheese icing...I know mouth watering!!! And we ate every single crumb!!

Hay ride with Daddy at the Hilger Farm baby shower.

Papa and his girls and the fire dog ;) at the homecoming game!!

Yeah for fall!! We have a couple more fun outings to come with neighbors and Halloween that I will post. And then.....BABY!!! (I am 33 weeks and it looks like it's going to be a turkey baby ;)

So Proud of my Hubby!!

I just had to take post to say how proud I am of my hubby!! He has worked so hard starting up his own computer consulting business about 4 years ago. He was the only employee. Today this is his staff functioning out of an office in Carmel and Fishers with 2 support vans driving around town to homes and business.

He took his staff and their families (below) bowling and pizza this summer for a staff Night 'O Fun. We just feel so blessed and so proud of the staff. God is so good and Jason is really seeing the fruit of his labor!!!
Check out his company PC Help on the web http://www.myitsupportguy.com/.

A little this and a little that...

This summer has been a great summer celebrating friends birthdays! Some of her friends turned 3 this summer and others 4, the P's right in the middle. And most are sweet little boys, who she just adores being around.

This b-day Party was for a firemen birthday boy, and his Mommy and Daddy in this picture got to put on the full gear so that we all wouldn't be afraid to see firemen. Aren't they great sports?!!! She got to be with her buddy at this party, who is also in her class at school and church. These two are stuck like glue and so adorable together!!!
One day we got to catch up with her classmates at school at a local playground and spray park. They really missed each other, but the Mommies missed MMO the most ;)!! Can't wait after labor day the new year begins!!!

This is one of our neighbor boy's b-day parties. He turned 3!! Adorable!
And this is the other who turned 4! He had lots of his guy friends at the party, but it didn't bother her one bit!! Aren't they cute!!!

We have 6 September Birthdays to come (not including Mommies) that are direct family (Papa Dan, Aunt Erin, Lo, Jilli, Tylo and Conno!!). So we will have lots of pictures and fun birthday parties to come!!!!

THANK YOU FOR THE PRAYERS!!

After a long and complicated 6 hour prostate removal surgery, my Dad came out of surgery late last night. His Doctor said the surgery was successful and it appeared that all the cancer is out and contained in the prostate that was removed. His bladder needed minor repair, but he should have much relief now. Since the size of his prostate was the size of a cantaloupe and a normal size being the size of a plum, it was definitely causing some discomfort with his bladder.

So he was in a lot of pain, but the doctor expects him to be walking the halls today and leaving to return home tomorrow. He does have quite a journey of healing ahead and you can pray for his pain. He said it was a 9 on a scale of 10 and he has high pain tolerance. When he was out of his surgery, he was so glad it was over, definitely saying some "funny Duane" things like where we were going for breakfast in the morning which is something we do most Saturdays. :) Thank you again for your prayers!!! We just praise God for the good reports and being behind the surgery. Now onto recovery....

Praying for Papa Duane

We are praying for my Dad, "Papa Duane" Keller tomorrow and would love your prayers too. He is having his cancerous prostate removed on Friday at 1pm. If you know my Dad, you know laughter, life, love, ND small town boy who just makes ya feel good!!

We would love prayer specifically for our family, for comfort, peace, protection, safety, all the cancer removed, repair of his bladder and swift recovery. He'll be recovering over the coming weeks.

Here are some great pictures of my Dad and the P the other day during some good ole quality time. Giggles and
Secrets...

We LOVE YOU and are praying for you Dad!!!

Holiday World

Took a mini vacation to Holiday World just us, probably the last one before the baby comes. It was in Santa Claus Indiana and look who was there on vacation!!
She got to ride lots of rides by herself and two with Daddy. Her favorite was the roller coaster!!

She spent 5 hours doing this. Jay and I took turns water logged all day, but it was a great day for it!! We went in the wave pool and lazy river over and over. I was spent when we got back to the hotel. She swam so much that I could squeeze her cast!! P.S. She got it off today and it is completely healed!!

Bumper boats all by herself!

Picture time...can you tell she's a Daddy's girl? She didn't want to take a picture with Mommy.

Awe!!!

We had a lot of fun at Holiday World. It was so clean and they had the best water park for any age. They give out free pop all day and their food was really good and cheap. We loved going as a family and would recommend it. The only down fall is that it's 3 and half hours away. So you really need to stay. But I would highly recommend the campgrounds right next door to it. We would love to do that with a group. You can rent rv's fully furnished and golf carts too.

Our next family adventure is the Pongratz Family Reunion in Milwaukee. Pictures to come...