Livi's Birthday Party

Birthday Cup cakes

Lots of cupcakes

Grandpa and Daddy putting together the new toy

Emme beggin for cupcakes

Livi blowing out her candles

Livi was so excited by her new baby doll from Matt's cousin Marsha's family

Livi, Stockton, and Emme play on the plane

Aspen crawled on her knees so she could drive Zayne and Livi around in the jeep

Livi opening presents she got a hand made card from Stella (Matt's cousin Christine's daughter)

Lots of cute clothes, Stuffie's, books and a pair of birthstone earrings for her birthday

Emme sitting in Marsha's lap

Helping Livi open her presents

She loves her babies and stuffies

Happy birthday girl

Grandpa at the grill

Lots of family

Great Aunt Sherrie helping at the kid's table.  Livi, Emme and Stella

We decided to do Livi's Second birthday party early this year since her birthday is so close to Memorial Day weekend.  We had it at Matt's parents home.  Not only is their home bigger and nicer for entertaining then ours but they have a beautiful finished back yard perfect for a BBQ.  (Plus the idea of having to entertain at six month pregnant made my feet swell)  Both girls were super excited for the party.  Especially for the new toy their grandparents bought for their yard.  There was plenty of yummy food, family, and cupcakes.  The kids played in the yard and the adults sat around and chatted.  It was a fun evening.  Livi loved it and proudly told everyone she was two.  She still had a week to go so I wasn't going to correct her. She got lots of clothes, a pair of new sandals (Emme keeps trying to wear and we have to remind her they are too small) a pair of birthstone earrings.  (These are the kind you screw on because she likes to pull her earrings out), stuffies, two babies dolls and couple of books.  She gave hugs and told everyone thank you for her presents. 

An Amazing Husband and Father

I have an amazingly sweet hubby.  He just makes me smile at all the little things he does to show  he loves me and our kids.  I am lucky to have a hubby who even if he is tired from work comes home and helps gets kids to bed or takes Emme around the block on her bike.  Every day he surprises me in some little way.  He changes diapers, helps with baths, read stories, watches princess movies and kisses boo boos.  Every night he gets off from his 12 hour shift at a very stressful job, walks in and gives each girl a great big hug and kiss.  He loves playing with his girls.  And now he is so excited we are expecting a boy at the end of the summer.  He is already getting ready to work on the nursery and wants to be very involved in everything.  He tries to help with what ever he can so I don't have to do it while pregnant.  He does the laundry because I can't take it up and down our stairs.  He cares for our large fuzzy baby Kenai.  Who thinks she is a lap dog.  He rubs my swollen feet.   And comes to all my doctor appointments (the nurses at the Ob's think he is cute because he wants to be right there every time.  He has only missed one because of work and he tried to get off)
   I have been thinking more and more what a great man I got and how the Lord must have been saving him just for me.  Tomorrow is the anniversary of our "meeting".  It will be six years and next month we will celebrate our five years of being married.  Six years ago I was living with some friends in Anchorage.  I was getting annoyed with the dating scene in Alaska.  I spent most of my time at work or at the gym.  My roommate used to invite people over to watch American Idol and order Chinese.  One night her friend was telling us about this dating site she was on and how great it was.  I decided it couldn't hurt to try.  So I made a profile and sent out some flirts.  Matt was one of those flirts.  We started emailing back and forth.  Emails turned to phone calls and texts.  In October I went to Utah to do genealogy and we went out almost every day. Very little genealogy gone done that trip.  With in a month we were in engaged. (he didn't propose he said we should get married in the fall)  On May 10th we were married for time and all eternity in the Anchorage Alaska Temple.  
   Now six years later we have a home in Riverton, Utah (I never thought I would live in Utah)  two beautiful daughters Emmeline and Olivia.  With a son whom is due in early September.  We still love being with each other, holding hands, stealing kisses.  And knowing that we were meant for each other.  I am grateful for this wonderful man every day.  

Our engagement photo

On our wedding day

With our two princesses Livi and Emme

 

It's a boy!

We are so excited to announce that a sweet little boy will be joining our family.  I am due Sept 5th, however I usually come a week early so most likely the end of August. This pregnancy has been so different from our two little princesses.  I have been craving lemons, lemonade, lemon drops, and veggies with ranch ( I have gone through three bottles)  I have lots of stomach cramps and heart burn.  But happily I am not nearly as sick as I was with our girls.  (I had dizzy spells and was sick the whole time with them).  Now we get to start getting ready for our little boy.  We are so excited to start getting ready for him.  Lots to do but so excited.  Emme is happy and told me we can keep him. We plan on naming him Alexander Clark Losser

Easter

Easter day we had so much fun we are all worn out.  The girls were up early and ready to play.  They loved seeing all the goodies the Easter Bunny left them.  They got tiaras, bracelets, capes and chocolate.  They also got a new toy for summer a water table.  (Utah gets extremely hot in the summer so we thought it would be a great way to help them kept cool. )  They had fun playing dress up and flying around as super heroes.  They loved it when they got to go play in their water table.  We then went to Matt's cousin Marnie's house for Lunch and a hunt.  The girls loved playing with Aspen (their second cousin)  They jumped on the trampoline, played on the slide and swing set.  Matt and me had fun visiting with family.  Matt and the other fathers got to go hide the eggs.  Grandpa took Emme around and Grandma took Livi around.  While I took pictures and Matt helped the girls find the harder eggs.  They each had to find six prize eggs, one gold egg and then all the candy eggs they could grab.  It was a lot of fun.  Both had full buckets.  They both got peeps, a light up wand, bubbles, a book, candy bank, and a stuffed bunny.  For the gold eggs are money eggs Livi got ten dollars and Emme five.  More money for their piggie banks.  I was excited by the food.  (What can I say I am five months along my appetite is growing.)  They had lots of the things I have been craving like shrimp, veggies with ranch, potatoes, and lemonade.  I crave lemonade and veggies with ranch constantly.  The food was yummy as usual.  The girls had fun running every where.  At the end the day all the kids were upstairs running around round laughing.  Giving the adults time to chat.  When we got home we decided since it was so nice and sunny out we would set up the water table and let them play.  This turned into pool time.  They loved it.  And for once we didn't have any kids coming out at bedtime.  No one asking for water or tattling.  It was nice.  Both girls have been saying how fun yesterday was  all morning. 

What the Easter bunny brought

Princess Emme to the rescue

Super Livi

Livi loves the water table so much she won't let Emme play with her. 

Emme showing off her eggs

Aspen with the kids,  Zayne, Livi and Emme

She is so precious.  Just have to kiss those cheeks

She loves stuffies

Jumping on the trampoline

When they started sitting it.  We decided it was time to get the pool out

They love the water

 

Cookies, Eggs and a Bunny Too!

Dyeing eggs with Daddy. 

Emme had fun stirring the egg with the dye

Livi had more fun eating then decorating

She loved decorating and sneaking some candy.

In prepartion for Easter we decided to do some fun activities.  Monday we made and decorated sugar cookies.  Emme loved it and Livi enjoyed eating the candy.  Friday we dyed Easter eggs.  Emme is at the age where she is enjoying doing different projects and wants to learn how to do them correctly.  Livi just wants candy and to twirl.  Livi attempted but after two eggs she was done.  Emme worked till everything was done.  She was excited to go delivery the cookies.  She wanted to take some to her favorite Auntie Sarah.  But settled for our neighbors the Spencers and their Grandparents
 Saturday we went to two new (for us) egg hunts.  We went to our neighborhood grocery store's.  (They are wonderful they do all sorts of stuff through out the year)  They had blocked off several rows for each age group.  They had laid out prizes which were for each age.  Livi got graham crackers, bags of fruit loops, a bunny, oranges and candy.  Emme didn't grab as much because she spent more time looking back and smiling at Daddy.  (He couldn't help her because she was grouped with older kids)  She grabbed a bucket with shovel, marsh mellows, and some candy.  They also got to meet the Easter bunny.  
    Then we went to Thanksgiving Point with Matt's parents for their Egg hunt.  Honestly I wasn't too impressed.  It was extremely crowded.  The egg hunt had lots of eggs to grab but the contents were not that great.  A clue should have been the sign in the zero to three year olds about choking hazards in the eggs.  Everything was small and extremely cheap.  They had other fun things if you wanted to wait in lines, which isn't a strong suit for toddlers and their pregnant mom.  I think next year we will try Wheeler Farm's.  We hear it is nicer and smaller.  

Livi waiting to go on at Peterson's

Emme waiting with Daddy

Looking at all the prizes

Meeting the Easter Bunny.  Livi didn't want to get too close

Walking with Grandma

Picture time

Mommy and Emme on the wagon ride

Livi and Daddy

The girls picking up eggs