Welcome to the World Maddox!!!

Our sweet little nephew was born into this world via c-section on Monday, January 9th. He was 6lbs 15oz and 18.5" long. He is absolutely perfect!!!

Maddox Wayne Vosberg

Tony, Kacey, Maddox and big brother Zander

 We got to go to the hospital on Tuesday after work and Emily was sooo excited! She had never been to the hospital (that she remembers!) so she asked about 1,000 questions on the way there. I tried to prepare her the best I could. We only stayed for a little while, but it was great to spend some time with Kacey & new baby Maddox.

Em giving him kisses

Look at all that hair!!!

Sweet baby boy :)

 On Sunday, Kory got to meet his new nephew. He had a good time holding the little sweetie. We were over there for 2 hours and Maddox was awake the entire time! Pretty good for only being 6 days old. He is the best baby!!!!

Kory and Maddox

Emily finally got a chance to hold him herself. She was super cautious and had a great time being the big cousin.

Here I am with my new nephew. Getting my baby fix :)

Em even got a chance to feed Maddox. She was sooooo cute with him!

Hi sweet boy!!!

So handsome!!

Congrats Kacey and Tony!!! Thanks for giving us a new nephew. Love you guys!!!

Happy New Years Eve!!!

For NYE this year we went to the annual party at the Mounds Country Club in Fort Atkinson. Our friend is the GM at the club and he throws the best parties! We go every year for New Years and Halloween.

We were lucky enough to have Kory's mom and step-dad babysit Miss Em for us. So we got ready at their house. We went with our very good friends, Kathy & Andy (they also happen to be our neighbors!!).

Kory, Teresa, Kathy & Andy all ready for the party!

Then Em and Zander decided they wanted to be in the picture. It was too cute!!!

Celebrating the close of 2011!!!

Brenda (Matt's wife), Ellie (Tim's wife), Me, Kathy and the bartender's girlfriend :)

The boys looking all studly

Self portriat :)

I really liked my glasses and apparently couldn't wait for someone else to take my pic! LOL!

Ellie, Brenda and Me all ready for 2012!!!!

Kisses for Brenda!

We had a great time as always. We came back to Bonnie & Tom's that night and got to have a nice hot tub adventure before going to bed. Thanks to Kathy & Andy for coming with us and thanks also to Matt & Brenda for inviting us.....oh and Kory probably wouldn't be happy with me if I didn't tell you about the dinner. It's. to. die. for. YUM! Crab legs, prime rib, pork roast, chicken marsala...all you can eat! Kory ate his money's worth...and mine :)

Happy 2012 everyone! Here's to a great year!!

Emily's 4 year pictures

We got Emily's 4 year pictures taken by Krista at Vintage Pear Photography. Emily has had her pictures taken by Krista since she was 6 months old. She does an amazing job! She always manages to capture Emily's huge personality and that is what I love about our pictures!!!

ENJOY!

p.s. Do NOT order pics right from here - there is a link at the bottom to the Walmart website. If you want to order pictures, order them from the Walmart link. The ones posted here are not high-resolution and will probably not print all that well. We have full rights to the pictures so it's fully legal to print them at Walmart. If you are having issues, let me know and I will help you. I am also sending out wallets to close friends/family soon! PROMISE!!!

Everyone has been telling me for a while now how much Emily and Kory look alike...I never realized it until I saw this picture....OMG! She is a spitting image of her Daddy :)

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Em's Actual Birthday Mini-Celebration

We celebrated Emily's birthday a few weeks ago with her big party, but we still wanted to do something special on her big 4th birthday. Kory and I both had the day off, so we let Em pick 2 activities for her day. First we went out to breakfast with Grammy and the Stampf's. That was yummy!! Then we went to her first activity choice which was....

Pottery painting...surprise surprise! They even made her a special birthday crown :)

Here is Daddy telling her how good she is doing

Mommy and Em

So proud of her light switch cover

 After pottery painting we drove out to the west side to go to Build-A-Bear...her second activity choice!!

Here she is waiting inline with her Hello Kitty she picked out

With her Daddy!

Helping stuff her Kitty

Warming her Kittys' heart...awe.....

Giving her Kitty a bath

 After Build-A-Bear we came home for naptime. Unfortunately, the birthday girl decided to throw some fits and she lost her special dinner at McDonalds :( So we made dinner at home and then just the 3 of us had cake and she opened her presents.

More presents!

Woo hoo!

Lots of books and games!

Who doesn't love Perfection?

Her special birthday cake with her 4 candles!

Daddy letting her lick the frosting off the candles...YUM!

FOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have had a great Christmas and Birthday season, but I am very ready to get our lives back to normal. Emily seems to be throwing a lot of fits lately and I wish she would start behaving better. We have implemented some new discipline ideas so we're hoping it helps. Everyone keeps telling me that 4 years old can be quite the challenge. She seems to be testing limits again, kind of like she did at 2 - yet she knows better. We love our strong, independent, beautiful little girl and can't wait for her to be back to herself again soon!!!

To my Emily,
Hi sweetheart. You are 4. I can't believe you are 4. Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you. You have learned so many things this past year. You can now write out all your letters, you can tell me what each of the letters are and the sound they make. You can also write your first name all by yourself. You are an amazing artist. You color almost every day and can even stay in the lines!! You have learned to zip your coat, brush your teeth and started brushing your own hair. You even have recently started taking showers!!!

You are a great friend to your friends at school and your cousins. You make me proud. You are sensitive, caring and thoughtful. You love to give gifts. You have a sparkle in your eyes that I hope stays there forever.

You are a strong-willed young lady. You are passionate about what you want and will fight until you get it. You love to snuggle and give hugs. You are funny, hysterically funny. You will do almost anything to get a good laugh out of others.

I could go on for hours, but I just wanted to write you a little note that I will read to you when you get older to tell you how much we love you. You are so special and mean the world to both me and Daddy.

Lots of love and kisses,
Mommy & Daddy

Christmas Day 2011

Santa came!!!!! Emily got up on Christmas morning and was soooo excited to see that she had been a good girl. Santa came and left lots of presents. One of Santa's tradition's at the Marion household is he leaves each of us a new pair of PJ's and we put those on before opening presents.

Here is Miss Emily fresh out of bed excited to see the jammies Santa left for us

Here she is all changed and ready to open presents - this year was extra special as Santa left matching jammies for her baby doll!!!

Here's mommy and Emily opening our stockings

Emme helping Daddy with his stocking

Em showing off her ornament. Santa brings her one every year and I write the year on the bottom so when Em is old enough we can give her all the ornaments she got from Santa over the years. This one had her name on it and even lit up!!

Emily got the gift she asked for!!! She was so excited to receive her Baby Alive doll. Here she is giving her a bottle with a dish towel to catch the "pee pee"

We had such a Merry Christmas this year. It was wonderful to stay home in our jammies and just relax. Bonnie & Tom came over for a little while and we had lunch. Then that evening we watched the Packers v Bears game and of course the Bears lost :( Oh well. It was still a good game.