Great trip report NM. Things can only get better as an EXP!! You may find yourself flying more in AA F wit those eVIPs, though do beware that they only now apparently only allow using eVIPs on AA issued tickets.
I just have to see the photos of a 2 year old sleeping in a Skybed between MEL and AKL .
Well this is a picture of our 18 month old in a Skybed seat LHR-HKG :
http://static.flickr.com/56/167363112_2ffc764f48.jpg