It was Christmas evening, and then-3-year-old Emilia Tepe was wearing her custom princess dress for a fashion show in her grandparents’ living room in Mason, Ohio. Mom Monique, 39, and dad Spencer, 37, beamed with joy. “My brother has always been the biggest fan of my art,” says Spencer’s sister Madeleine Misleh, 35, a fashion designer who made the pink gown with ivory trim for her niece. “He was always proud.” After a day spent showering Emilia and her 17-month-old brother Beckham with gifts, watching movies and eating holiday treats, Madeleine’s husband, Rob Misleh, 34, and Spencer stayed up playing pool in the basement. “Neither of us wanted to go to sleep,” recalls Rob. “I hate to say that was the last real ‘bro time’ I had with him.”
Rob,…