G wrote her first word today - "Beba". She was writing two letters - one to her uncle and one to her Great Auntie. She calls her uncle, Uncle Beba. She asked Mem for help in writing his name.

Needless to say, the adults were proud of her. Then (after raking outside, swinging and checking out the bulbs that are poking through the ground after a long winter), she came inside and wrote GIA and LEE. The "L" was backward and she announced: "I did that one backward. It's OK"....