Janina Podzius: Abigail's playroom and Kristen's going away party

Our upstairs loft area we are turning into Abgail's playroom. :) It used to be a secondary family room per say, although we hardly ever used it. It had a couch and some hand-me-down furniture, but since we had a nicer family room and bigger tv downstairs, that room was rarely used. Now that Abigail is here and needs some space to play, we are converting it into her playroom! We moved out the bulky furniture and went to Ikea for a smaller-scale tv stand and some other miscellaneous items. I love Ikea!

Classic Jim. At Ikea picking up our new tv stand hehe.

Abby enjoying her new play area and Jasper posing for the picture :)

She is pulling herself up all on her own now! That girl amazes me!

This morning we had a garage sale. Since we cleared out the loft area, I thought, might as well declutter our whole home! The rest we are donating to Goodwill. Oh man... clearing the clutter from our home and getting ready for the garage sale this week was waaay more work than I had anticipated! Especially with a very active and mobile little 6 month old!

our garage sale... isn't our home purdy? :)

Last night was Kristen's going away party. I am going to miss her so much! She really was the glue that kept all our friends together. She is so good at staying in touch and scheduling time to hang out and stay connected as friends. First, our dear friend Nikki moves and now Kristen! :( I finally found a close group of girlfriends and then they all move away... only Kelly and I are left. I need to do a better job of staying in touch. Good friends are hard to find!