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This is YOUR day (no matter what all those dang graduates say). Let it all hang out and have a great day!

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Argh! We Wry Baby folk be lucky to be spotted in Earnshaw’s Magazine. Aye, and it be our new Pirate Hooded Towel that be gettin’ all the glory! Ye won’t be findin’ it in stores, ye scurvy dogs, until later this year. But if ye be a land lubbin’ habedashery o’ sorts, ye can set sail fer the NYIGF ‘n get a glass eye full o’ our fare.

Kelly and I loves us our iPhones. It’s no secret that we also love being parents. So it’s only fitting we should meld our favorite life-changing things together: iPhone + Parenting = ?

Wry Baby’s been working super hard with the good people at Paze Interactive to bring you a little prezzie for your pocket. It’s in Apples approval hopper now and we expect to launch in Apple’s iTunes App Store in a couple of weeks. Anyone care to guess what our first Wry Baby iPhone App might be? The first person who correctly guesses what our iPhone app is (in the comments to this post) will be sent a FREE original, analog version of our Wry Baby iPhone app’s inspiration.* Go nuts and have fun!

• CONTEST RULES: Friends and family are totally excluded becuase they should be punished for being in our inner circle and because we probably already told them all about this. Entrants must supply us with their real email addresses because if you win, we’ll have to email you to find out where you want your prize sent. Contest results will be posted after our fun new app launches (approx. two weeks from 3/9/09). By entering, you agree that Wry Baby reserves the right to make (and own outright) an iPhone app of any guesses regardless of how ridiculous, physically impossible, fiscally irresponsible, pattently imporbable or plain, flat-out genius.

I must have died and drifted off to heaven last night because when I awoke this morning, I saw that not only were our Attack of the 50ft. Baby Stacking Blocks featured on BoingBoing.net, but my illustrations were likened to those of Mad Magazine’s “marginal” genius, Sergio Aragones! OMG. Please send money in lieu of funerary flowers to the Sopp estate, Mooresville, NC.

Of course, our fun blocks are available from your presumably deceased pal, wrybabydave here for $28

The second day of the New York International Gift Fair and it’s time to meet some of the great stores from around the US who carry Wry Baby’s fun baby shower gifts, funny baby clothes, baby books and baby accessories. Did you know that most stores that stock Wry Baby are also full of great things for adults? Bosses? Girlfriends and boyfriends? Wives and lovers? You have access to literally hundreds of fun stores near you via our Wry Baby Store Finder. Check out this video of some of the great sore owners that come to the NYIGF from all over the country to find special things just for YOU!

It was so fun to see our fun friends today and we encourage you to visit them (and hundreds more around the globe) for more fun times:

Pop Deluxe
310 state street
Madison WI 53703
608.256.1966
toll free 800.399.5757
http://www.popdeluxe.net/

Rockridge Home
5418 College Avenue
Oakland, CA 94618
510-420-1928
http://stores.rockridgehome.com/StoreFront.bok

Happy Jacks
4941 Lake Shore Drive
Bolton Landing, NY 12814
518-644-2424

The Spoon Sisters
Great Gifts Opening Everywhere
http://www.spoonsisters.com

The Wry Baby Store Finder
Find a Store that Loves You. Near You.
http://www.wrybaby.com/storefinder.aspx

Sunday is opening day at the New York International Gift Fair and we’re all ready. All our fun baby shower gifts, funny baby clothes and accessories are set for viewing and our new cool baby outfits are front and center for their big debut. It was a busy first day, but we managed to squeeze out some video of Wry Baby’s first day at the 2009 New York International Gift Fair.

Coming to the NYIGF? Stop by the JUST KIDS STUFF section, booth 1740-1742 and get in on the ACTION! Get it? See what I did there? “Action” as in “lights, camera, ACTION”? Oh, so much cleverness to behold at the always fun Wry Baby booth!

Earnshaw’s magazine is the baby biz’s bellwether for what’s new, fun and cool in the land of baby clothes and cool baby shower gifts. We at Wry Baby were extra excited to see that Angela Velasquez included our fun baby blanket/hat combo, “You Wake Me, You Take Me” in her PAMPERED section. Thanks, Angela!

You can find this fun baby shower gift at wrybaby.com for $34 or pick one up at any of our fun stores around the globe!

I’ve so got pirates on the brain. It all started when Cost Plus World Market asked us to design some fun hooded towels. We did a Princess towel for the little ladies and the funnest ever pirate hooded towel for little buccaneers. Now my world is all piratey!!!

I recently found that coolest Pirates of the Caribbean vinyl figure, the worlds worst pirate accessory and now, the world’s best pirate haberdashery! Captain Jack’s Pirate Hats are the best pirate hat replicas you’ll find this side of Port Royal. For how crazily well-crafted these hats are, they come in a huge number of styles. Most of his pirate hats are handcrafted from wool felt and treated with either acrylic (a dull matte finish) or an oil/wax treatment (for maximum weatherproofing), but there are also cashmere, straw and sea grass styles to choose from. Ahh, but that’s not the only reason we’re obsessed with Captain Jack’s Pirate hats.

These exquisite hat stands are also available to display your awesome pirate prize! Ranging from $175 to $325, they are every bit worth the booty in their attention to concept and detail. Guess what’s going on wrybabydave’s Christmas list this year?

And while Captain Jack’s flippin’ awesome pirate hats will make an excellent gift for Dave and Dad, why not let all adventurers in your family play pirates with our Pirate hooded towel? Captain Jacks hats can be found at captjackspiratehats.com and they range from the insanely acheivable $80 to the super fancy $225 (with lots of choices in between). Our pirate baby hooded towels at Cost Plus World Market for just $19.99.

Finally! Documented proof that Wry Baby has achieved its lofty ambition. And it’s proven by Target, no less. Wry Baby’s newest, funnest holiday greeting card has hit the shelves of your local Target.

You know, looking at our fun Christmas card again (we haven’t seen it in months because we sent it off to our friends at NobleWorks last February), I’m really not sure this IS for “anyone” as Target so boldly claims.

Would you give this Christmas card to your Grandmother? Yes? Can I get your Grandmother’s phone number? The shocked look on my face doesn’t mean the card holds further bawdy sentiment. I was doing it for laughs! Because that’s what we do here. Every day. God help us.

Actually, as suggestive as our new Christmas card is, we suggest you pair this with our famous Baby Care suggestions over at wrybaby.com. Our informative child care tips are helpfully printed on our popular cotton snapsuits. Calming Baby, Lifting Baby, Playing with Baby and, of course, Nursing Baby. All at Wry Baby for just $24 ea. at wrybaby.com

First we launch a new line of 100% super organic baby clothes and now we’re getting all stoner for Barneys NY? I’m having our water tested ASAP. Actually, we’re totally stoked to announce that we’re a part of Barneys’ HAVE A HIPPIE HOLIDAY fun-fest. Barneys asked us to do a set of fun, 100% organic baby bibs that, like, totally jived with their peace + love theme. We were more than happy to set down our bongs and hooka tubes to cooperate in a non-violent fashion.

On your way to the head shop, stop by your local Barneys and pick up one of our 100% organic cotton bibs. Or, if you’re too baked to go outside (everyone really is looking at you, BTW), amble over to barneys.com and score some sweet Wry Baby bibbage. $20 each only at Barneys.