Kaylee Signed "Please"

I, mommy squilled with delight (yes, if you know me well, I squilled) when Kaylee was in grandpa's arms this afternoon and grandma/pa with Kaylee were asking if she could go ride on the mule(moterized vechile) to go to the barn and feed the animals and I, mommy responded to Kaylee by saying "say please" and she did it! Praise the Lord! Oh my goodness I really did not believe this day would ever come! Kaylee is the sweetest most precious little girl God could have given us but to say she is strong willed would be an understatment! Discipline started at the age of 6 mths and I praise the Lord I was encouraged to start that early with her. We have been working with her to say "please" and "thank you" by signing until she can really say the words. When mommy tells Kaylee to say "please" and then goes to kaylee and takes her hand to demonstate on herself "please" in sign language, Kaylee then jerks her hand away as quick as possible and sometimes deceides to hit. Kaylee has been hitting for a while and by God's grace she doesn't do much of it anymore unless she is in the mood to test mommy and daddy to see what we will do. She knows that we are wanting her to say "please" but for her to stop and sign would be a terrible thing in her little world. She wants to do what she wants, when she wants to and she is learning that this is not how the world works and eventually how God wants us to live. We are just so excited that she is finally doing it. She continued to sign "please" two other times that night before going to bed. Thank You Lord!