Our loveable Lilly seems to have hit the ‘whiney’ stage of toddlerhood.  It’s amazing how clear she is in telling us what she wants, but when she doesn’t get it (for example, the knife I’m cutting my sandwich with or the pen I’m writing a note with), she sure lets us know!  It is increasingly difficult to divert her attention away from the things she is after.  Lilly makes this almost comical noise that sounds like an ambulance coming down the street to alert us that she is NOT HAPPY.  I was expecting this with the ‘terrible twos’ but amd surprised to see this stage come so early.  In the meantime I’m hoping that sign language and her increasing vocabulary will help put a stop to the phase.  Quickly.  🙂