Carly Llewelyn Tagami came into our lives on May 9, 2005, and she is simply an amazing little girl - always smiling to see you, always wanting to be included, always looking for her big brother.

She's an amazon woman in the making; her five-month checkup put her at 27 inches and 16 pounds, 12 ounces. That's off the charsts for height, and the 90th percentile for weight, compared with other babes her age. Let's put it this way: She's in 12-month clothes, and her socks are toddler socks. Her hats never fit. She's only one diaper size off of Kane. She's such the cute chubbah cherub, though, is she not?

She takes EVERYTHING in. It's amazing to watch her soaking up all her brother's behaviors (god help us) and I live for the mornings, when I can dance with her and watch her grin. She is in the process of learning to laugh out loud, and is eating her peas and spinach, thank you very much. She gets this adorable spazzy, high-pitched grunt whenever she knows big people's food is coming, and clasps her hands together with her mouth wide open, like Mommy couldn't possibly be fast enough for her on this stuff.

She's also rolling on her left side, and is a jumping fool, if you pick her up and let her go like a wind-up toy. Sigh. I love her so much.

Here's an index to a bunch of pix of her. Enjoy!