If you're happy and you know it, shout HOORAY:
If you're happy and you know it, oh your face will surely show it:
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.
AA is 11 months!!!
Her little personality is definitely forming. AA is normally filled with the most precious smiles ... yet she can bring on the tears and quivering bottom lip in one second flat! (And then she'll put the smile back on if she gets what she wants!) She loves giving kisses to mommy and daddy, her baby, and any kind of animal she sees in books. AA does the hand motions for If You're Happy and You Know It like a champ. She claps her hands and waves bye-bye on command. She bounces up and down at the sound of a musical tune, just like her big brother. She loves playing with JP's cars and trucks when he's not looking. She loves looking at picture books.
AA took her first steps a few weeks ago, though she still prefers crawling. She'll stumble through five or six steps before putting her hands on the floor and crawling away.
AA still resorts to calling A Dadda ... and calling me Dadda too! She'll go a day calling me Mamma, but then the next day I'm back to Dadda! Although I haven't heard any obvious formed words, she's always mumbling something ... AA has the sweetest high pitched voice.
She drinks 5-6 oz of milk 4 times a day and eats 3 meals. AA is a great eater ... she often polishes off JP's dinner! She prefers feeding herself. Her favorite foods include avocado, cottage cheese, sweet potatoes, and bananas.
AA takes 2 naps, each around 90 minutes. She goes to sleep around 7 pm and doesn't make a peep until 6:30- 7:00 am.
AA is still toothless! I just adore her gum filled smile!
AA saw the ocean for the first time. 
Since this milestone happened while I was at conference, I was determined to take her again with my camera. Of course, the remaining days of our trip were chilly and windy ... so we mostly just watched the ocean waves from our balcony. On the final day, I rounded up the gang and we headed down to the beach.
AA worked on her walking
while JP braved the cool waters.
We had a wonderful time. JP and AA are beyond blessed to have such amazing grandparents ... all 5 of them! 
Grandpa A rented a golf cart one afternoon and we zoomed around Amelia Island.
We found a little tree fort in the middle of the resort.
We went on nature hikes led by JP.
We danced our dinner off at an aviation themed restaurant.
We splished and splashed at an indoor pool.
For the first time, JP was allowed to pick out his own ice cream (hmm, I wonder who suggested this activity!)
We even let AA try raspberry gelato! She LOVED it!
We rented bikes one afternoon. This little gal was NOT happy with our idea at first ...
but JP was! Grandpa A got more of a work out than he bargained for!
Eventually AA enjoyed her ride.
We arrived at the airport with just enough time to wear off some energy before the three hour plane ride.
It turned out that AA was the one who needed to burn off more energy than JP.
JP was set sitting next to Grandpa A with headphones and the new Cars DVD. AA sat with the gals ... after tossing the magazines on the ground about one billion times, eating a large amount of cheerios, reading Ten Little Monkeys more than ten times, and rearranging our bags and shoes she FINALLY fell asleep for the second half of the flight.
When we landed in Florida, JP's wish came true (wait, I think it was A's dream instead!) and the boys visited the cockpit.
Minus a major JP-meltdown in the airport before leaving Florida at the end of our trip, the kids did really well with flying. JP slept the entire flight home (the DVD player never came out!). 
