Six weeks ago today Ellis was born. The day after his birthday was Mother’s Day.

On his six week birthday, which we celebrated today,  we were back in the hospital – in the ER – and tomorrow, on Father’s Day he will have a surgery to correct a condition that he has called pyloric stenosis. I’m too tired to tell you about it, but if you google it, you can learn all about it.

Jan is spending the night with our little guy in the hospital. I had planned to make Jan a special Father’s Day dinner — and a special cake – a chocolate flour-less job. The kids I and were out earlier in the week buying him gifts. I had planned to wrap the presents we got him with a beautiful bow, and let him sleep in. Instead he will spend his Father’s Day ON DUTY  and if he is lucky he will get a few hours of sleep tonight.

I just wanted to honor the good man who is the father of the little boy who I love, the little boy who will be sleeping in his father’s arms tonight.

When I married Jan I really wanted my babies to look like him.  He was handsome, strong, successful and I was in love with him. HIM, HIM, HIM. He was all mine. Now I share him with three other little people. I feel that the four of us (me, Millie, Clara and Ellis) are some of the luckiest shmos on the planet earth. I had no idea the kind of husband and father I would be getting when I married him. I just knew I loved him. But boy, did I get me a winner.

The man is rock solid. I count on him for EVERYTHING.

I want him to know how much I love being on his team. Today when I was in the hospital with Ellis and Jan was taking care of the girls, the resident surgeon came in to have me sign a consent form. I was a bit unsure what to do regarding one of the issues they talked to me about so I called Jan. There was my rock – he knew the answer and knew just what to do.

I just trust him with my whole heart. He is competent, committed, helpful, loving, hard working and 100% tuned into me and our kids.

I love him more than I can say.

And I love our little boy.

The blessed little boy who, will spend the night in his father’s strong arms.

Happy Father’s day to one of the world’s finest fathers!