If Only These Babies Could.....They'd Shop At Lou Lou's Corner!

My best friend's daughter is expecting her first baby soon, and close friends and relatives are hosting a baby shower for her this weekend. I need to get some gifts for her and her forthcoming baby but I don't have the time to go to the mall to do some shopping...besides, I am afraid I'd be buying more than what I plan to buy...(So, you guessed it right, online shopping went this lazy, penny-pinching slob.) This is how I stumbled on this adorable website called "Lou Lou's Corner" which is selling baby stuff online. But wait, it is not one of those online store sites which promote and dropship products from various manufacturers (products which  possibly have not even been physically handled nor seen by the siteowner/dropshipper - there are a lot of those in the net!).

Lou Lou's Corner is a real specialty store in downtown Hickory, North Carolina. It is a real store with its own unique online presence. Its website describes shopping at Lou Lou's Corner as an extremely mesmerizing and wholesome experience for the entire family. I haven't been there but I tend to believe their claim because mere surfing through Lou Lou's Corner (its online store carrying the same name) is truly a refreshing and rewarding experience for me.

Lou Lou's corner has a well-selected line of designer baby clothes that will surely make your baby stand out with family and friends. Known name brands designed for comfort and style include Appaman, Barefoot Dreams, Catimini, Deux Par Deux and Room Seven. They carry baby accessories from Boon's Fluid No-Spill Toddler Cup, to the super soft cream blanket from Barefoot Dreams, to the Bugaboo Bee compact, nimble, one-piece foldable stroller, to the wonderful Ramba Zamba rattle from Haba, Zolo Linko teether-and-toys chain, and a whole caboodle of other baby accessories. Lou Lou's Corner  also carries baby toys, baby books and other goodies to entertain babies, toddlers, and kids. And of course, the baby corner won't be complete without having a huge assortment of the ever popular JellyCat Stuffed Toys.

Browsing for a product is easy and hassle free with their own keyword site search which you even can narrow down to a specific price range that suits your budget. And yes, shipping is cheap at a flat rate of $4.95 via UPS Ground.

If babies can only surf the net themselves... this is what they may say about  Lou Lou's Corner:

Unfortunately, they still can't, so you've got to do the online shopping for them. Visit Lou Lou's Corner now and find out the many knick knacks and wonderful kidstuff  you may not even find in the malls.

These are some of the great finds you will see in this site:

 

TAKAYUKI -A JEWEL IN THE EYES OF MY WIFE AND 3 DAUGHTERS

Yes! That is his name - Takayuki. My wife and my three daughters fondly call him Taka. His parents moved in to our neighborhood while his mother was still pregnant with him barely a year ago. His father is a Japanese national while his mother is a Filipina. Yuki was born a month before I left for the U.S. I still remember seeing him being taken out in the mornings by her mom for his daily sunning sessions. What I never expected was this slinky eyed baby will be the jewel of the eyes of my wife and my three daughters.

My own daughters are grown ups now although all three are still attending college. Having grown up together with barely a year each in between them, they never really had the joy and the experience of taking care of a kid brother or sister. So all three have always been fond of babies. They, including my wife never really mind babysitting for neighbors. In fact they love it. There is a different joy and excitement in the house when there is a baby around.

At one time when one of my daughters came home from school, she chanced upon Taka crying so hard in the hands of his mom. My daughter, a nursing student, offered to help. The mom without hesitation, handed over the crying Taka to her and lo and behold the baby stopped crying. My daughter was allowed to bring Taka home to the delight of everyone in my house. From then on, Taka became a regular in the house. And lately, I heard that the baby Taka sleeps over frequently with my daughters. There is not a day that Taka won't be at our house after my daughters come home from school because whoever among them comes home first will pass by our neighbor's house and borrow the baby.

Today, a certain sadness is felt by everyone in the house. Taka is going home to Japan with his family on October 9. All that will be left will be the fond memories of this adorable, slinky eyed Takayuki. My daughters and my wife know that baby Taka is too young to ever remember the 3 young misses who adorably love him so much and the misses's mother who Taka has also learned to call mom. For posterity's sake, and to at least perpetuate the memory of my family's lovely experience with baby Taka, I am posting their pictures together in my blog.