Big Weekend!!

Well, the Stephens family had a great weekend!  Jody and I celebrated our second wedding anniversary on Friday night by going out to dinner at an Italian restaurant called Avanti in North Dallas.  
We started the night by having our traditional celebratory shots before leaving the house...The restaurant was beautiful and the food was terrific!  There was live music, valet parking, and candle-lit tables.  But most of all, we had a night just the two of us away from the kids, just enjoying each other's company.  I had a wonderful time!


And then Saturday was the annual Stegmeier Lake party that Jody's company throws every year.  You can camp out with tents and campers and everything, but we figured that we would wait to do the camping out until next year when Gage is a little bit older.  We had a very fun day, though, and Zane got to go out on our friends Tamara and Robb's boat.  He even "drove" a little bit!  Amy came and brought Haleigh and Joey, too, so they all got to play together all day.
Mommy and Zane on the boat


Zane and Haleigh LOVE getting to see each other and play together!

Gage splashed around in the kiddie pool for a little while.

Daddy and Zane... taking a break and having a snack after a long day.
All four of the kids were very well-behaved all day long, and it definitely made for a relaxing and fun day.  Thanks to having good friends with campers, Gage got to take his naps throughout the day, so that was nice, too.  We look forward to next year and trying out the whole camping thing with the boys.  That should be quite an adventure!
Finally, Sunday came around, and just when we thought the excitement was over, Gage decided that he would start walking!  I was in the kitchen, and heard little bare feet on the tile, and when I looked up, there he was, standing in the middle of the floor, just waving his arms and grinning all big!  I was like, "Where did you come from??"  Jody had thought he had come from the couch in the living room.  So we took him in the living room, sat a few feet apart, and had Gage walk back and forth to us.  Eventually, after about 10 times going back and forth, he was up to 14 steps!  And then, he had gotten some confidence, and after all that practice, he was just walking around like he'd been doing it all along!  I'm hoping this video uploads and plays okay, but it was one of his longest treks. 

Such a big boy!!
So needless to say, we had a very eventful weekend, but had tons of fun!!  Hope you enjoyed the pictures!