the Wry Baby Blog

	Mysterio Predicts the Week of April 27, 2009 Temper tantrum on Aisle 6! Temper tantrum on Aisle 6!

Mysterio Predicts is a special guest and co-contributer to Raising Funny People – The Wry Baby Blog. Wry Baby, makers of funny baby clothes, unique baby shower gifts and fun gifts for new parents bring you Mysterio Predicts every Monday here at wrybaby.com/blog.

To learn more about Mysterio, or purchase Mysterio’s popular baby tee shirts featuring Mysterio’s predictions of your baby’s amazing future, visit Mysterio’s corner of Wry Baby at www.wrybaby.com/mysterio-predicts.aspx. You can write to Mysterio at mysterio@wrybaby.com but be aware that not only is he very busy with his predictions and may not reply right away, he is also kind of a jerk. All the great ones are.

One of my favoritest ever blogs is Lovely Package. It’s a parade of the most beautiful packaging from around the world. Well, Lovely Package featured Mysterio Predicts’ rustic package last week! Mysterio has far been one of my favorite products to create. While the concept is super fun and unique (Mysterio predicts your child’s FUTURE on a t-shirt), my favorite part was making the POP display. It’s a handmade, stained pine crate from a family operation, Poole & Sons in Emmett, Idaho. I love contacting a vendor and telling them I want something really rough and messed up. That the printing should be bad, but legible and if some of the boxes come kind of broken, that’s okay. Any art-types in the crowd can testify that the hardest thing to make is something intentionally bad and  I’m glad Mysterio’s packaging ended up bad enough to make it onto Lovely Package. We’re truly honored!

	Mysterio Predicts the Week of April 20, 2009 Your child will celebrate Earth Day this week by eating many, many dirt clods while you are not looking.

Mysterio Predicts is a special guest and co-contributer to Raising Funny People – The Wry Baby Blog. Wry Baby, makers of funny baby clothes, unique baby shower gifts and fun gifts for new parents bring you Mysterio Predicts every Monday here at wrybaby.com/blog.

To learn more about Mysterio, or purchase Mysterio’s popular baby tee shirts featuring Mysterio’s predictions of your baby’s amazing future, visit Mysterio’s corner of Wry Baby at www.wrybaby.com/mysterio-predicts.aspx. You can write to Mysterio at mysterio@wrybaby.com but be aware that not only is he very busy with his predictions and may not reply right away, he is also kind of a jerk. All the great ones are.

Mysterio Predicts, Wry Baby’s resident infant mentalist, was featured on cookie.com’s NESTING blog. Thanks to Sarah for giving him some ink! Of course, Mysterio claims he knew you would eventually. He’s kind of a jerk like that. Click here to check out the review.

We took a company vacation over Spring Break to cruise down to Mexico to crawl around some Mayan Ruins. If you’ve never been on a cruise, they have formal nights in the dining room where you and the other 2997 of you dress in your fanciest of fancys. They take your picture before dinner against a beautiful backdrop on loan from the Sears Portrait Studio and it’s all very elegant. Unless you’re cruising with the Wry Baby family who takes every opportunity to goof around.

We do not recommend trying to eat through Lucha Libre masks. Also, we found them to be increadibly hot. Otherwise, a good idea for shaking up any stuffy situation.

Another Super Baby has been spotted! Authorities claim the baby, called Tebow, arrived quite spectacularly and single-handedly wrestled a grey blanket into submission. These dramatic action photos were taken by little Tebow’s Mom, Allie, who had this to say, “My baby IS super!” Due to this adorable evidence, we have to agree. Thanks, Alli!

Tebow IS super with or without his Super Snapsuit by Wry Baby. Just $30 at wrybaby.com.

Our little guide on how to properly (and improperly) care for your newborn has cleared 85,000 sold. That’s 85,000 new parents with at LEAST 85,000 new babys. Kind of a lot, no? We couldn’t be happier and we’re celebrating by offering 20% OFF our Nursing Baby Snapsuit™. Just use the coupon code: NURSE at checkout (offer ends May 1, 2009). But why celebrate a hit book with a Snapsuit?

Our handy baby instructions were actually first printed on our fun Snapsuits.  Nursing Baby was one of the Snapsuits that caught the eye of Running Press, our eventual publisher. Here’s some Safe Baby Handling Tips trivia for y’alls:

• The book was designed and illustrated by Dave Sopp, Wry Baby’s resident art guy. In fact, every bit of design and illustration produced by Wry Baby is from his hand. You can see how he did it here.
• The couple in all the illustrations are Kelly and Dave, the authors and founders of Wry Baby.
• The poor baby featured in the book isn’t their son, but a generic, made-up baby. Kelly and Dave’s son was a toddler when they illustrated the book.
• The Wheel of Responsibility® was a last minute addition to the cover of Safe Baby Handling Tips. It was (and still is) a stand alone best-selling baby shower gift that has recently also become Wry Baby’s first iPhone App!
• We hear a lot of stories from folks who experienced some doofus rookie parent moves similar to what we feature in the book. Like the gentleman who really did throw his child too high into the air…into a ceiling fan! His wife was quick to tell us that it was okay because the ceiling fan was off.

	Mysterio Predicts the Week of April 13, 2009 This week I see your child being equally frustrating and a joy, a treat and a terror, and, on Wednesday, a beautiful tax deduction.

Mysterio Predicts is a special guest and co-contributer to Raising Funny People – The Wry Baby Blog. Wry Baby, makers of funny baby clothes, unique baby shower gifts and fun gifts for new parents bring you Mysterio Predicts every Monday here at wrybaby.com/blog.

To learn more about Mysterio, or purchase Mysterio’s popular baby tee shirts featuring Mysterio’s predictions of your baby’s amazing future, visit Mysterio’s corner of Wry Baby at www.wrybaby.com/mysterio-predicts.aspx. You can write to Mysterio at mysterio@wrybaby.com but be aware that not only is he very busy with his predictions and may not reply right away, he is also kind of a jerk. All the great ones are.

	Mysterio Predicts the Week of April 6, 2009 Drinking from countless bottles, prancing about in public half naked, sleeping during the day, up carrying on all night long. For your baby, Spring Break Week is EVERY week!

Mysterio Predicts is a special guest and co-contributer to Raising Funny People – The Wry Baby Blog. Wry Baby, makers of funny baby clothes, unique baby shower gifts and fun gifts for new parents bring you Mysterio Predicts every Monday here at wrybaby.com/blog.

To learn more about Mysterio, or purchase Mysterio’s popular baby tee shirts featuring Mysterio’s predictions of your baby’s amazing future, visit Mysterio’s corner of Wry Baby at www.wrybaby.com/mysterio-predicts.aspx. You can write to Mysterio at mysterio@wrybaby.com but be aware that not only is he very busy with his predictions and may not reply right away, he is also kind of a jerk. All the great ones are.

The dust has settled on our monitors and as we process the last of the orders today we find that the biggest winners from our 2nd Annual April Fools’ Day 1/2 Off Sale was…YOU! That’s right. Because with all the bad news out there, you found a glimmer of astoundingly affordable baby fun. A big thanks to all of you (even more than last year!) who paid us a visit yesterday. Have fun out there with your new swag, and Raise Funny People!

Best-Sellers from wrybaby.com’s 2nd Annual April Fools’ Day 1/2 Off Sale

1. Mysterio Predicts
2. Attack of the 50ft. Baby Stacking Blocks
3. Photo With Baby Snapsuit™
4. Organic Gift Set (organic Snapsuit™ with organic lotion & body wash from Bath By Bettijo)
5. I Might Barf Snapsuit™
6. The Wheel of Responsibility®
7. I Can’t Read Snapsuit™
8. The Drooly Bib
9. I Don’t Floss Snapsuit™

and last, but not least…
10. I’m Super Super Snapsuit