already?!?!??!

i guess i should not be surprised when Adler meets or exceeds a milestone ahead of schedule as she has always been the top of her class. lately thought i have been thinking the terrible-two's have set in. OMG. it is the little things, like full blown tantrums when she does not get what she wants. this morning she wanted her juice and it was on the dinning room table where she could not reach. she was "wa-wa-waa" whining for it. I told her to ask for it and i would happily get it for her. all she had to say is 'apple juice please' these are all words in her vernacular so i was not stepping outside the box. she was just being STUBBORN (like her father :) ) and stood there and would stare me down defiantly because she was not going to give in and ask for it nicely. she continued to whine. i continued to stand there and watch her and explain that if she asked for it nicely i would of course give it to her, but i was not succumbing to the crabbiness when she could easily use her words. after about a five minute stand off she gave in and asked nicely and i handed her the juice and a giant hug. this next year is going to be a long one if this is already starting. hopefully this is over very, VERY soon.