Stuff On My Kid dot Com
August 11, 2006
Because stuff...
Plus kids...
Equals awesome.*
You might think...
This might get a little old...
After awhile, but...
You would be wrong.
Although I am thinking...
That leaving the house every now and again...
Is probably a pretty good idea.
*If I was the brilliant person who came up with that confoundingly simple equation, I would indeed, be brilliant.
You are too too cute!!
Posted by: Nicole is Pgh | August 11, 2006 at 03:05 PM
Hillarious. Was it one of those things that made Noah do an adorable baby-belly-laugh (a la the doll repeatedly falling to it's death video from a while back)? Because there's nothing funnier or cuter than that.
Posted by: Jessie | August 11, 2006 at 03:06 PM
Great pictures!! He looks so happy :-)
Posted by: Nicola | August 11, 2006 at 03:08 PM
That kid is SO cute!!! I can't get over how sweet he looks in all those pictures! And the one where he is leaning back laughing with his arms up is hilarious! Thanks for the smile on a boring Friday afternoon!! :)
Posted by: Becka | August 11, 2006 at 03:08 PM
Wow, that website is awesome?
Posted by: Theresa | August 11, 2006 at 03:08 PM
Amy you look so adorable with stackable rings on your head!!
Posted by: Starbuck | August 11, 2006 at 03:14 PM
That is quite the talent, with having ALL the stacky rings on your head and taking a self portrait.
I'd totally drop them all when I lifted the camera.
I am impressed.
:)
Posted by: Iris | August 11, 2006 at 03:19 PM
Genius! And so much more compliant than the cat... He's so adorable!
Posted by: e. | August 11, 2006 at 03:21 PM
Brilliant! I don't care whose idea it was (and I totally think putting stuff on cats is completely different from putting stuff on kids. Or oneself, for that matter).
Posted by: karen | August 11, 2006 at 03:25 PM
I'm impressed. You can balance so many objects! Noah? He's just learning.
But! What about Ceiba?
Posted by: jes | August 11, 2006 at 03:26 PM
thanks for the big, huge smile on a rather boring Friday afternoon. I Noah!
Posted by: Linda | August 11, 2006 at 03:30 PM
That is hilarous!!
Posted by: Beth | August 11, 2006 at 03:33 PM
Even better than putting the dog in a long-sleeve shirt and watching her try to walk on hard wood floors. HOURS of fun.
Posted by: Moose | August 11, 2006 at 03:37 PM
Oooh! I second Jes!
Posted by: Meg | August 11, 2006 at 03:38 PM
Hilarious! I just discovered stuffonmycat.com like, yesterday and I love it. Also, Noah is such a cutie! I think we will need more stuffonmykid.com pictures for sure.
Posted by: Krista | August 11, 2006 at 03:38 PM
Seriously... when did know become a real life little person? He looks like he is 3 or 4 despite the whole not quite walking thing. He has grownup in a matter of days. I don't know how you function with that much cuteness!
Posted by: Imaginary Grownup | August 11, 2006 at 03:39 PM
I honestly think that this is the cutest post and group of pics you've ever posted :)
Posted by: Meg | August 11, 2006 at 03:41 PM
heh heh heh! I was doing the exact same thing with my daughter this morning (same stacky rings even!) Didn't get the camera though, will have to try that next time.
Posted by: mrsgryphon | August 11, 2006 at 03:54 PM
I just discovered stuffonmycat dot com a mere few hours before your post! A bizarre cosmic coincidence? Or maybe that it was featured in the Boston Globe today. Perhaps the Washington Post too, I'm guessing.
Posted by: Rachel | August 11, 2006 at 03:55 PM
Is that on the mommy aptitude test? How many plastic rings can you balance on your head...
Posted by: Mother | August 11, 2006 at 03:59 PM
I totally have pics of my son with the rings...on his head, on his wrist, looking through the middle like a donut hole. Sigh. My son is turning 6 years old in 10 days...Man, they grow up fast. Sounds VERY cliche but it is so very true.
Posted by: ktbug | August 11, 2006 at 04:00 PM
It makes me really happy to see that kids still play with those rings!
Posted by: Lauren | August 11, 2006 at 04:02 PM
You have one criminally adorable kid.
Posted by: Coleen | August 11, 2006 at 04:04 PM
Good lord. He is so cute.
And your unfinished and unpublished posts were cracking me up!! (Actually, I mostly enjoyed all of the "today's take" sections...)
Posted by: Kristen | August 11, 2006 at 04:06 PM
don't you love that game, it gets even better once they are walking!
Posted by: lindsay | August 11, 2006 at 04:07 PM
Oh man, these pictures remind me of how my nephews looked at about 11 months old. Soooooo freaking precious!
Posted by: Sparkles Anon | August 11, 2006 at 04:10 PM
Who IS that grown up baby? You borrowed a baby, didn't you?
Posted by: PaintingChef | August 11, 2006 at 04:10 PM
Awesome!
Posted by: Sonja | August 11, 2006 at 04:12 PM
Awww that idea comes from Oolong the rabbit in Japan. Oolong has since passed on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oolong_(rabbit)
Oolong was so cute.
Posted by: Julianna | August 11, 2006 at 04:17 PM
omg, I just don't think he could be any cuter.
Posted by: elizabetht | August 11, 2006 at 04:17 PM
Wait...that is a self portrait?
AMAZING balance, grasshopper... :)
Check out Cute Overload. Crazy cute stuff. A lot like stuffonmycat.
Posted by: Heather | August 11, 2006 at 04:18 PM
I so love that webpage!
And a kid webpage seems so obvious! Where is it? Start it! In your free time :)
Posted by: Kristy | August 11, 2006 at 04:24 PM
a) Hilarious. Just what I needed after a ridiculously long and terrible day.
b) Noah looks like such a little man in the second photo! When did that happen?!
Posted by: Denise | August 11, 2006 at 04:28 PM
That's awesome! He is so cute and look at allll of those teeth! He's looking less and less like a baby. My goodness!
Posted by: MMM | August 11, 2006 at 04:44 PM
wow, he looks so much like you in those pictures!
Posted by: dcfullest | August 11, 2006 at 04:51 PM
Oh, and how they giggle when whatever you've put on their head falls off. Such a great game.
Posted by: mothergoosemouse | August 11, 2006 at 04:52 PM
Wait, so there can be stuff on my cat that isn't dander and dried remnants of puke? Who knew!
Posted by: mom101 | August 11, 2006 at 04:55 PM
Too cute! I especially love the pic of Amalah at the end. It's so Dr. Seuss-y! LOL
Posted by: Ivie | August 11, 2006 at 04:56 PM
Noah is the cutest baby ever! I think every Friday from now on should be Stuff On Noah Day. At least until he revolts.
Posted by: Lola | August 11, 2006 at 04:58 PM
Every time I see Noah I am amazed at how cute he is. He is SO cute.
Posted by: Nosila | August 11, 2006 at 05:12 PM
Bless! Noah looks rather like he's letting rip maniacal laughter in that one photo though. Did he turn and play a dramatic organ solo a la 'Phantom of the Opera' right after that?!
Posted by: Em | August 11, 2006 at 05:14 PM
lol to cutE:)
Posted by: beth | August 11, 2006 at 05:49 PM
Absolutely, by far the cutest thing I've seen in a long time.
He's got great hand-eye coordination. Nice!
Posted by: Kiki | August 11, 2006 at 06:01 PM
How funny is that? I was doing the exact same thing with my 8 month old this afternoon while sharing cheerios. I think I even made Zach resemble Princess Leia with that toy as well. Good times.
Posted by: Stacy | August 11, 2006 at 06:12 PM
and anyway - exactly how did he get so big? Are you doing the countdown to "Noah's first birthday"? One of my all time fav pic is of me (too long ago to mention) on my first birthday - picture this - sitting in a high chair, in a very fluffy princess-y dress, with a home-made crown on my head, deciding that it would be a very, very good idea to touch the flame of the candle on my cake. My dad got the before and after pic. He tells me that he was yelling at my mom the entire time to pull me away from the candle, yet, he did get the picture. One wonders where the dad ends and the artist begins:-)
Posted by: Linda | August 11, 2006 at 08:04 PM
Haaa. I am such a Stuff On My Cat addict and have been meaning to get Real Cat on there for a while.
As I'm sure you know, they LOVE babies on cats over there. If Noah ever feels like hugging your kitty I might keel over dead from the cuteness of it.
Posted by: Real Girl | August 11, 2006 at 08:18 PM
Now you could make a companion picture shooting _through_ the rings, as I just saw done here: http://ispeakfilm.dpblogs.com/2006/07/30/using-toys-as-camera-accessories/
Posted by: Lauren | August 11, 2006 at 08:24 PM
Did you know that there's a Stuff on Cats calendar? I just discovered it while perusing the web site of my company's sister publishing house. There's something very wrong with the fact that this idea is making money. Though Stuff on Noah (or babies, in general) would probably make money, too. Too funny.
Posted by: Jen | August 11, 2006 at 09:21 PM
Some of these comments..."how did Noah get so big?"? I guess a grasp of basic biology is missing. (sorry, could not resist).
Posted by: Suebob | August 11, 2006 at 09:23 PM
This cracked my shit up. He is concentrating so hard to keep the rings on his head!
Posted by: Nette | August 11, 2006 at 09:46 PM
Those rings are totally for puttin' on the head! That's all we ever use them for around here.
Posted by: Stephanie A. | August 11, 2006 at 10:17 PM
wow. Can I just tell you that the page I was visiting in my bookmarks before clicking on yours was STUFFONMYCAT.COM??? Imagine the freakiness that shivered up my spine when I read this entry!
And.. your kid is way cuter than the cats, I have to say ;)
Posted by: Jen | August 11, 2006 at 10:39 PM
LOVE IT!!!! Just think, when Noah is old enough you two can go outside and play with diet coke and mentos like my kids and I did today. Although when they get older they tend to put stuff on their own heads...
And Noah? ADORABLE.
Posted by: warcrygirl | August 11, 2006 at 10:55 PM
For some reason, I am delurking now (I have been reading since the Washingtonian pic/feature) after these pics. Just wanted to say thanks--for the gift of--absolutely all of it.
My husband and I just separated after a long, painful time (mostly me wanting a life, and baby, with him, and him not being sure). You and your site (and your great wriing especially) have been, really, a joy and solace after some hard days. Thank you, Amalah...
Posted by: Alice | August 11, 2006 at 11:12 PM
My sons are six and four now. We STILL play put-stuff-on-their-heads. But now they compete to see who can keep the Star Wars figures balanced up there the longest.
It's a good way to kill a hot afternoon.
Posted by: Susan | August 11, 2006 at 11:24 PM
Oh my GAWD, he's adorable. Elle, my 4-year old, is here saying "Mommy, that little boy is so cute."
I want him to be Anna Sofia's (10 mo.) boyfriend!!! ;)
Posted by: Ninotchka | August 11, 2006 at 11:40 PM
Oh Amalah, he is getting more and more handsome every time you post a picture!
Damn baby toys and their addictiveness.
-Aly
Posted by: Aly | August 11, 2006 at 11:47 PM
This is my favorite post that you have created on this site!
absolutely darling....
Jill from Silicon Valley Moms Blog
http://www.svmoms.com
Posted by: Jill | August 12, 2006 at 12:46 AM
Hours of fun! And the one of you is priceless.
Posted by: Maria | August 12, 2006 at 04:34 AM
How is it possible to be cuter than your own cute baby? But you are. That was so funny. Just your eyes peeking over the edge of the photo with ALL the rings stacked. Ha!
Posted by: Rachel | August 12, 2006 at 08:47 AM
It's nice to know where he got the amazing balancing powers from...
Posted by: Suburban Turmoil | August 12, 2006 at 09:39 AM
Next thing you know, you'll be putting him in sinks. :) http://catsinsinks.com
Posted by: KTinDC | August 12, 2006 at 10:01 AM
I can see why you resorted to putting plastic things on his head; it beats the hell out of searching for another damn blue paw print.
Posted by: Heather B. | August 12, 2006 at 10:19 AM
How can Noah possibly have so many teeth? My son is only 2 months younger and doesn't have 1 tooth yet!
BTW: Noah is adorable and so are you!
Posted by: earlyduckie | August 12, 2006 at 02:30 PM
I laughed until I cried. How do you do it?!? My kids had this switch that turned them from jolly and filled with personality to sour and suspicious at the appearance of a camera.
Posted by: zorgon | August 12, 2006 at 02:54 PM
Duude! How on earth do you stack those on your head like that? Brilliant!
Posted by: Stepherz | August 12, 2006 at 04:42 PM
OH my god, that cracked my ass up! Very amusing. More please.
Posted by: Sarah | August 12, 2006 at 05:29 PM
I love stuffonmycat.com! I think I love this post even more. That picture of you at the end is great. It's like you're wearing one of those fancy hats that women wear to the Kentucky Derby.
Posted by: *pixie* | August 12, 2006 at 05:54 PM
He just has the best hairline.
Posted by: Melanie | August 12, 2006 at 08:26 PM
that boy is some kinda scrumptious. truly adorable with a smile that melts even this jaded heart...
Posted by: therubygirl | August 12, 2006 at 08:41 PM
Awesome! This made me LOL!!!
Posted by: Tam. | August 12, 2006 at 08:57 PM
Noah is just a few months younger than my son but they both do that stuff-on-the-head thing and yes...it's cuter than cute. And yes, we need to get out more, too :)
Posted by: Izzy | August 13, 2006 at 02:11 AM
dude. we play hats with EVERYTHING in the house.
because? it never stops being hilarious.
Posted by: deb | August 13, 2006 at 01:24 PM
dude. we play hats with EVERYTHING in the house.
because? it never stops being hilarious.
Posted by: deb | August 13, 2006 at 01:24 PM
oops. I get to be the re-posting idiot today. sweet.
Posted by: deb | August 13, 2006 at 01:25 PM
Too funny! And, how talented you are for balancing all those rings on your head! That is just WOW! And, yeah, that Stuff on My Cat site is totally brilliant!
Posted by: haley-o | August 13, 2006 at 03:58 PM
Reminds me of that pancake bunny, only cuter. Oolong! That was his name!
Posted by: jonniker | August 13, 2006 at 05:16 PM
I've said this before, but this is the cutest set of Noah photos EVER. Totally raises the bar for babies across the nation.
He has your eyes. So damn adorable, I want to squish him.
Posted by: Patchie | August 13, 2006 at 05:18 PM
Great pictures. Our youngest daughter, Ella (1 year), loves to put just about everything on her head and walk around. It is quite funny and cute.
I'm fairly new to your blog and think you do a great job.
HH
Posted by: Helmet Head | August 13, 2006 at 06:31 PM
Amy, is that the newly-painted orange wall behind you? If so, it is gorgeous.
I was looking at it and thinking how pretty the wall/sofa looked together when I remembered you mentioning painting a wall orange.
Posted by: Starbuck | August 13, 2006 at 10:51 PM
LOL!
You two are just soooo funny!
Your little one reminds me of mi nephew...
:D
Posted by: la agua fresca - happy...??? | August 14, 2006 at 12:19 AM
I'm oh so very excited that my brother is bringing my niece over for a visit next week. Why? Because now I can try balancing rings on her head! Hurrah! You rock most excellently. : )
Posted by: shy me | August 14, 2006 at 03:59 AM
Aw geez! Thanks for the great start to a Monday.
Posted by: Bozoette Mary | August 14, 2006 at 08:36 AM
Yup, looks alot like what we do with the Fisher Price ring set....though my husband likes to model the ring on his head first and then let our daughter do it! :)
Posted by: birdgal | August 14, 2006 at 08:38 AM
Most excellent!
Posted by: Shelley M. | August 14, 2006 at 10:19 AM
OMG, pic #2 is the best yet. He looks sooo cute, yet evil. Delish!
Posted by: JP | August 14, 2006 at 12:10 PM
the pictures are beyond adorable. my son worshipped those rings. probably the best $5 toy ever purchased.
Posted by: Nikki | August 14, 2006 at 12:35 PM
I love Deal or No Deal, and used to make my ex-BF watch it with me. Hmmm. Maybe I should think that sentence through completely.
And! baby in a soup pot! Genius! I'm glad you reposted.
Posted by: Neomi | August 14, 2006 at 12:49 PM
No, don't leave the house. Ever. Not if this is what we get when you stay home. He is too cute for words. Literally. I got nothing.
So, the big birthday is right around the corner. How are you coping with that?
Posted by: Silly Hily | August 14, 2006 at 01:29 PM
the teeth! omg all of his teeth! He's getting some serious choppers there
Posted by: B.J. | August 14, 2006 at 01:57 PM
I know this is not a unique thought at all, but I just had to comment to say how incredibly cute Noah is! Oh man, do I want one!
Posted by: alison | August 14, 2006 at 03:45 PM
lmao
Posted by: christie | August 14, 2006 at 03:51 PM
Awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome!
Posted by: Shiz | August 14, 2006 at 07:17 PM
Flippin' Sweet.
Posted by: tracey | August 15, 2006 at 03:08 AM
That child is adorable, but you can tell he's got an impish streak, which is just perfect.
I truly enjoy your blog and the Wednesday Advice Smackdown, even though we have little in common (well, I don't have any kids and am probably older than Noah's grandma, but other than that . . . ).
Posted by: mizburd | August 15, 2006 at 11:32 AM
somehow with those things on your head you remind me of a Who from Whoville with a funny hat on.
...i don't know why, or what that says about my mental state. but that's what i see. not that anything else about you is Who-Like, what with those weird bulgey eyes and starving children in africa tummies.
god. i'm going to stop talking now.
Posted by: Sarcomical | August 15, 2006 at 01:52 PM