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Friends,

Just wanted to give you an update on where BMB is at.

As you may have noticed, we're running a little behind schedule. Basically, there are a few issues with social networking integration and in-app purchases (new buttons, login interfaces, requirements from Apple, etc.) that we didn't have to deal with in the first version of BeardMyBaby. It's all coming together, it's just taking more time than we anticipated.

The good news is that our developer account has been approved by Apple, and the app is coming together really nicely. Here are a few pics of the app in action (these aren't screenshots or mockups - I took a picture of my phone with my wife's phone. Haha!).

Thank you guys for your patience. We're working hard to deliver the best baby-bearding app we can, and we're doing our best to get it ready as quickly as possible.

-Kyle, Honest Abe, & the rest of Team Ridiculo.us

P.S. While our developers are working hard on making a world free of beardless babies, our launch team is working to make sure those babies don't grow up as alien slaves. If you're looking for something to do while you wait for BMB, click over and check out Your Face in Space!

Friends,

Things are going well in the BeardMyBaby development lab!

All t-shirts have been mailed out, our Apple Developer license has been approved, and the developers are putting the final touches on the app itself!

We should be ready for submission to Apple shortly. And then, we wait....

But while we're waiting, why not take a look at the amazing new beard selection in BeardMyBaby 2.0?

Aren't they beautiful?

Oh, and one more thing. 

Would you head over and check out our latest project? It's an awareness campaign about a very important subject that affects you every day (unless your name is Cody). Check it out here: My Name is Not Cody.

Until next time... stay ridiculous, my friends.

-Kyle, Honest Abe, & the rest of Team Ridiculo.us

Friends,

Last time we updated you, we said we'd be posting screenshots of the app within a week. That was a little over two weeks ago.

Let's just say we were perfecting the infant-bearding algorithm, there was an accident in the lab, and the resulting explosion covered EVERYTHING in our office in a fine layer of stubble. We've been shaving the walls, desks, and ceiling ever since (we let the floor beard grow, because the carpet was due for replacement anyways).

Using advanced laser hair-removal, we've finally gotten everything under control, allowing us to get back to the crucial work of designing the app.

So without further ado, here are a few sneak-peek screenshots of the new app!

The developers are working to merge the front-end graphics with the back-end beard science now, including incorporating all of the new beards and such. We'll update you once we've got a workable version ready to submit to Apple.

In the meantime, everything else is moving forward as promised. Your soft-as-a-baby's-beard t-shirts arrived today, and they look awesome. Barring any additional beardsplosions, they'll all be mailed out tomorrow morning.

We'll keep you posted as things unfold.

Stay ridiculous, my friends.

-Kyle, Honest Abe, & the rest of Team Ridiculo.us

P.S. While you're waiting, you could always swing over and check out our latest project - it's been covered by WIRED, CNET, Mashable, TrendHunter, and all sorts of other outlets. And it's completely ridiculous. Check it out!

Hey friends!

Wanted to give you a quick update on BeardMyBaby.

First of all, a huge THANK YOU to all of you who pledged to make this project possible. We blew our goal out of the water thanks to you guys!

Here's what's happening behind the scenes:

First, we sent out backer surveys today to everyone except the $1 backers. It's not that we don't love you guys (we totally do!), it's just that we needed t-shirt size information and stuff from the other levels. For $1 backers we just need an email address to send the download code to, and we already have your email address from your Kickstarter profile. No survey required!

Once we get the survey responses back, we'll order all the shirts and get them shipped out faster than you can say "Infant Beardlessness".

Second, our awesome developers are working around the clock (Not like 24 hours a day or anything...They're just working in the general vicinity of a clock) to get the app ready. We should have some sneak-peek screenshots later this week! We're super-stoked to show you guys what we've been working on.

Third, since the development team is doing their thing and the t-shirt production team is doing theirs, the product-launch team has been given the green-light by Honest Abe to go ahead and launch our next project.

To be honest, this is our most ambitious project to date, since it requires injection molds and custom manufacturing and stuff like that. It's our first custom-manufactured product, and we're beyond stoked to show it to the world. 

But first, since it's iPhone related and ridiculous (and awesome), we wanted to show you guys.

The project doesn't launch til tomorrow (Tuesday), but you can check out the preview link here: www.theweewow.com.

If you could help us spread the word, it would be awesome!

Thanks for your support! Look for another BeardMyBaby update in the next week or so! Until then, stay ridiculous!

Sincerely,

-Kyle, Honest Abe, & the rest of Team Ridiculo.us

We did it! 

Over the weekend, thanks to you guys, we obliterated our funding goal. We're now over 115% funded, and we've still got two weeks left to go! 

Because our funding is now secure, we're moving ahead with development. We've already unleashed our top scientists to begin cracking the digital infant genome (DIG for short). Our certified beardologists have begun developing the new beards, and our programming team is hard at work moving 1's and 0's into place. 

YOU made this possible. YOU got us this far. But don't stop now! 

There are still two weeks left to help us get the word out. There are billions of beardless babies out there who desperately need this treatment. Tell a friend. Write your congressman. Hire a skywriter. Do whatever you can. The babies of tomorrow will thank you. 

Beardfully yours, 

 -Kyle, Honest Abe, & the rest of Team Ridiculo.us