Going shopping for the baby has been a pretty daunting experience. What to do if you stand in front of a selection of 30 strollers? It’s like going into a supermarket and finding yourself in front of a long aisle with different types of cereals to buy without knowing what you really want.

After cross examining the sales person about the differences of each stroller, we decided that it was probably best to return home and ask my cousins for help. This was actually a pretty good idea - and thanks to them, I got a better idea what to look for. We have now bought a stroller, car seat, bath tub, swing and a baby crib. But the list is actually so much longer. Even just for the basics. I am overwhelmed. As for me I have bought for myself only two dresses that I switch back and forth and that fit my slowly growing belly. All of my other clothes don’t fit me anymore. I have so far gained about 18 pounds at the most and have still about 3 months ahead of me.

Yee-haw! I can’t wait for the baby to arrive. She kicks my belly like a little kung-fu master. And as for the name…we are still undecided….

I just came across this story that caught my eye on CNN’s website. It is the story of an Ethiopian woman, who is a manicurist and who has raised her own two children working unbelievable hours and who ended up selling her house and her car to raise enough money to build a school in Ethiopia, one of the poorest nations in Africa.  The school has been completed in 2006 and has now close to 1500 students attending. Before the school was build, some of the kids had to walk up to 3 hours to finally reach their classroom: a tree. One of them got even killed on the way home by a hyena.

This is a remarkable story showing that even a single person can make a big difference in the life of others. If you want to help raise money for the school then click here and visit her website. You will find a ‘Donation’ button.

Voila, another music video from the movie Summer Scent featuring Son Ye Jin. Isn’t she cute?

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As I just started my business a few months ago and as my pregnancy has progressed I have had quite some work to do so my priorities have shifted and I have come to kind of neglect my other baby: my blog, that I had so well nurtured over the years! Darn. I wished I had more time.  As for my pregnancy, I still have a few more months ahead of me. The baby is pretty developed and is kicking me which kind of makes me giggle, lol. And for those among you that are curious: yes, it is a GIRL!! Yay!

I woke up this morning at around 5:00 am to listen to the sound of pounding rain and thunder outside the house. That’s pretty rare here. The rain has cooled down the air quite a bit so that our morning stroll to the park with our ‘Sunny’ became quite a blast.  We usually walk her around 6:00 am every day. This is the best time of the day as it does not get as hot yet. The temperature now usually reaches around 100 Fahrenheit during the day and makes it pretty unbearable to be outside.

My parents-in-law visited us about a week ago. We went for a day trip to Arizona to visit the so famous ‘London Bridge’ - a bridge that was constructed in 1831 in London and was purchased and brought to Arizona piece by piece to Lake Havasu City to build a tourist attraction. The bridge apparently was not sound enough to support all the London traffic and therefore was sold by the City of London in the sixties. The trip there was kind of exhausting. The temperature kept climbing and by the time we reached our destination point the scale showed 106 Fahrenheit! I did a terrible mistake that day by deciding to bring ‘Sunny’ along to this ‘family’ trip. She hates to stay back home so I thought that we could take her out for a stroll once we arrive - little did I know…On the way back, despite all the AC that was on inside the car, ‘Sunny’ suffered a heat stroke and when we stopped for a bathroom break she had diarrhea and started to vomit. I felt so bad! If this ever happens to your dog, make sure to give your dog a cool 10 minute bath and if it looks bad take your dog to the vet. Dogs that suffer from a heat stroke can actually go into coma and die from it. Give your dog plenty to drink and don’t ever make that mistake and leave your dog inside the car during the summer time. We never do that unless someone stays with her. Make sure to walk your dog in the morning and in the evening when it is less hot and give your dog an appropriate hair cut for the summer time.