The Crazy Life of the Milius Family

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Ugly Christmas Sweater

For our December Bunco I suggested we do "BEST" holiday sweater!! I was unable to find my old really GREAT sweater and DI came up empty so I had to use my sisters. Christmas Kitties did the job!!!

If you know me at all you know I'm not happy unless I'm doing a project!! From building shelves to painting countertops I. Love. It. All.
Our front door was the standard builders white. BORING!! I have wanted to paint it for 5 years!!!
Last summer I finally got to it!! While I was at it I painted our faded shutters black also!!
LOVE IT!!

Dawsons MRI

I know it's been months but with no Internet at home right now blogging has taken a back seat!
Dawson had an MRI in September as a routine follow-up to his brain tumor and also as requested by his ENT to make sure his severe nose bleeds were not being caused by something more serious!
Happy to report there were no surprises and no post op changes!!! We are 3.5 years from diagnosis and he is still doing great!!! Love this boy!!

Friday, November 4, 2011

Dawson vs. Dallin

Dawson 2007 Dallin 2011

They do not look alike to me...What do you think?

Halloween 2011

We had a great Halloween this year!!!! We LOVE Halloween.

We had two American Ninja Warriors and the cutest turtle you ever saw!!

Seriously, cute!

Turtle boy...

Adorable...

I was one of Warren Jeffs wives. I won the prize for Bunco and created quite the controversy. hahaha..Just what I expect from a Halloween costume. David was a little weirded out because he thought I look too authentic. haha

David was some sort of Dr. Death. He was able to get a hearse and an old casket for our "trunk or treat" at the church. We had a strobe light and dry ice to add to the creepy effect. We WON best vehicle!! I like to win ;)

Milius Family 2011. btw that is a fake prego belly!

Creepy old casket!!!!

Just because he is gorgeous....

Just because he is gorgeous.....

Black Island Farms...

Every year the kids preschool goes to the pumpkin patch! My kids love it. They have slides, hay rides, animals and face in the hole. ;) Being the great mother I am ;) I allowed Brielle to skip school and we made a family day of it.

This is Dawson with his best buddies, Trevor and Hank.

My kids...I'm so proud.

The three amigos...

Brielle showing off her mad skills...

Oops that hurt a little...

David and his best friend Karl the llama.

My good lookin family....

Brielle and her awesome pumpkin..

Dawson and his awesome pumpkin...

Sunday, October 30, 2011

First Birthday Photos....

My sister Karly took first year photos of Dallin this year and I have to say I like them better than Kiddie Kandids! (which has gone down hill since their buyout) My sister does great work, is very reasonably priced and getting a nice new camera next week, so check her out here.

Okay some people do not like his crown but I DO...so too bad! ;)

This is one of my FAVORITES! I saw this picture idea on pinterest but it was a little girl wearing her moms heels. Well since I do not have a girl...we improvised with David's vans. I love how it shows how small he still is.

My sis had a great idea to let him do the cake again and take pictures as he goes....They turned out awesome!

Poor cake never had a chance! HA

Disclaimer: I have the cutest baby ever! Just sayin. hehe

Brielle's Corner!

3-19-10
"Mom, I want some Meat Loaf from the gas station." Translation......Beef Jerky

10-31-09
"Mom, I miss the good ol days...." What good ol days Brielle? "You know when I was a baby!"

9-28-09
"Mom we need to get OXY CLEAN, it is TOUGH on stains.!"

9-21-09
"My Mimi is not fat she is wiggly, you know like a Grandma!"

3-25-09
"I just can't take this anymore!" About the pain from her ear infection!

3-25-09
"Mom, why is this happening to me?" Asking why she has an earache? I explain that her ear drum is infected and she responds, "Buy WHY?"

3-3-09
"Mom, why are the stars following us?"

2-24-09
"Mom, the cold weather is making me feel like a Pea-Cock!"
?????

2-19-09
"Baby D, don't push me! Your gonna make me fall and get a TUMOR like You!"

2-9-09
"Mom can you get me on one of those, "dot com" games?" She calls all websites dot com's.

2-1-09
Kyle asks Brielle, "Oh you use that arm to play the Wii? (Pointing to her left arm) She responds with, "No I have to use this arm (pointing to her right arm) for everything because this arm is crazzzyyyyy! (her left) Well Brielle is obviously right handed!

1-8-09
Mommy, "I can't really control myself not to toot at preschool.!"

1-4-09
"Mom I really like my new church because I am a CCR!" (Brielle moved from sunbeams to CTR this year.)

1-4-09
Brielles asks, "Mom when I get big like you can I go see the Twilight, cause I think I love it too!"

1-3-09
"Mom remember yesterday when it was Christmas time, I really liked it!"

1-1-09
Brielle was in deep reflection and says, "Mom when I get big like you I'm gonna like shrimp, okay?" (Brielle is allergic to shrimp.)

12-31-08
"Mom since I have a Dora car can I drive us to Mona's house?" I had to explain that her Dora Power Wheel would probably be to cold to drive to Mona's house in the snow!

11-15-08
"MOM, Baby D is standing up in his high chair! He is gonna fall and get another tumor!"

Mother's Day
Brielle gives me the gift she made me in Primary, a little red bag with stickers on it. I say, "Oh is this a present for me?" She responds, "Yes, the bag is yours, but the chocolate inside is mine!"

3-08-08
Brielle is so funny I called her chicken little today and she said, "I not chicken little, I chicken bigger!" She cannot be called little anything, because she is a big girl.

David called her "little lady" and that did not fly she says, "No, I a big girl!)

3-05-08
Brielle is really into changing the rolls of TP. She thinks she is being a helper and she often says, "See daddy I change the toilet paper." (you can see what David and I argue about). The other day at my moms house she was going potty and my mom says, "Why did you change the toliet paper roll?" She answers back, "I don't like that one." (She threw a perfectly good roll in the trash.)

2-23-08
Funniest thing Brielle said today, "Mommy I don't feel good." I ask her what is wrong and she says, "I got a heaggache!" (headache) It is hilarious, she tries to use it as an excuse to get out of picking up toys our going to bed. I know she doesn't really have a headache because she is fine until you ask her to do something. (David and I are in trouble she is already faking sick!)

2-12-08
We were at the doctors today with David and he is sick and the nurse asked him what was wrong. After he explained to the nurse, Brielle says, "I know what he needs, A KISS!" It was the cutest thing I have ever heard.

1-31-08
I ask Brielle who she loved more Mimi or Mona, she responds very quickly with, I love Mimi and Mona! She is already to politically correct!! HAHAHAHA

1-21-08
Brielle eats a piece of candy in the car and her hands get really sticky she says, "Mommy I need a baby wipe my hands is ticky." I tell her that I am driving and I do not have any baby wipes left. She says, "Mommy my hands is really ticky, really ticky, I freakin out man!" She started to panic at the stickiness. Man she is my daughter.

1-15-08
"Mommy I am going to marry my Uncle Ry Ry." I respond in some parts of Utah that is probably okay but not here Brielle. Then I start to list all the cute boys in our ward she can marry and she says, "Nebermind I will just marry Daddy!"

1-09-08
Well I ask Brielle if David is a good Daddy, and she responds, "No he is naughty, he not listen to you." We laugh and then I ask her if I am a good Mommy and she says, "Yea you listen to you!" (You can tell whose in charge in this family!)

12-01-07
I tell Brielle how Santa will come to her house and bring her presents if she is a really good girl and she says, "No." I say no what and she says, "Santa not have a key for your house!"

11-21-07
Brielle says, "Mommy you really like chocolate, don't you?" I say, "why do you ask," and Brielle responds very accurately, "Cause you eat it for breakfast and lunch and dinner!" She is already noticing my flaws!

11-11-07
At church Brielle walked into nursery and shouted with both arms up in the air, "Happy Birthday to ME!" (It was her birthday)

11-8-07
I ask Brielle where Daddy is and she responds, "At work." I ask her why and she says, "Cause Daddy not listen to you!"

11-6-07
"I'm gonna brush my teeth daddy." David responds, "Well why are you using my toothbrush?" Brielle answers, "Cause Mommy gets mad when I use hers!" (Though Brielle has two perfectly great toothbrushes of her own!)

11-2-07
Mommy I like "funny cake" (funnel cake).

10-30-07
I tell Brielle as I am doing her hair, "Brielle big girls don't cry." She responds with, "Yes dem do!"

10-21-07
"I'm leaving," yells Brielle. I respond with, "Where are you going?" She says, "I need to take a break!"

10-15-07
Brielle says, "Mom I wanna watch Bum Bum." Translation Sponge Bob!

10-13-07
Brielle says, "Mommy be nice to Daddy, he's a nice Daddy to me!"

10-10-07
Brielle says, "Mom lets go to da noodle place!" I respond the what place? She answers, "Odive Gardin!!!""
-----She is her mothers daughter for sure! Who could resist alfredo!

10-6-07
Brielle says, "Mom i'm gonna marry Daddy!" I respond well Mommy is already married to daddy. She says, "Mommy good girls SHARE!!"

10-2-07
Brielle says with a scowl on her face, "Mom, Daddy not put too much toothpaste on my tooth brush!" (What she meant was that Daddy does not put enough toothpaste!")

Dawsons Corner!

5-12-10
Crying, "Mommy, Brielle bumped my head now I'm gonna have a new scar!!"

2-23-08
Dawson is 15 months now and still not walking though in the last few days he has made real progress. He has taken 5-7 consecutive steps and was very proud of himself. I think he is trying to compete with his 12 month old cousin Lyla who is walking. When we are around her he tries harder to walk, man he already has the competitive Stefan gene.

Dawson is still not walking and gets angry every time we try and help him!

Dawson now had 10 teeth including two molars and is working on two more molars! (Which is killing me!

Funniest thing ever, you put any song or music on and Dawson starts to sing. Well, scream! He thinks he is singing along with the music and to tell you the truth it is kinda on tune!

Oh yea, he finally cut his two top teeth, yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Well Dawson likes to eat! That is anything you put in this kids mouth he enjoys. He is crawling all over the place and is into everything. We had to get a child gate for the stair case which makes us all feel better. He is a snuggler and loves his mommy!

Our Love!

Well David and I dated in high school as Freshman and to us that was "it" we would have gotten married then but our parents did not agree with that. In hopes of not having grandkids that soon we broke up. Went through a few years of high school and then when David left on his mission we started to write to one another. As they say, that was all she wrote. He got home from his mission about two weeks earlier than we thought he was going to and he called me to let me know. I was so nervous, was I ready for his arrival, was I pretty enough, I guess so. He got home on July 5, 2003. I refused to go to the airport because I did not want to be one of those "girls." So instead I sat anxiously at my house dressed to impress. When he did not show up right away I figured oh he must be busy with family so I changed into "PAINTING CLOTHES." I was horrified that the doorbell rang and he was standing there. I thought he was the hottiest guy I had ever seen. We went to the movies that night and were engaged three weeks later. I had to plan the wedding around my basketball schedule so December was the month of our wedding. It was great. I never knew it could be like this. He makes me so happy and he never seizes to amaze me, in many ways!!! I look forward to spending Eternity with him. My "Bob."