Quote: I am sorry, I want to be here with you and the kids" (ok I know the kids are important but adding them in seems to dismiss the "us" a bit.
I apoligize if my memory is not correct, but didn't you mention that your H was not entirely supportive of you wanting a second child and that he left shortly after she was born? I would think along with his decision to come back would be the onslaught of guilt over the abandonment of his infant children which could understandably be just as big an issue to him as walking out of the M and/or his preception that you may be concern over his commitment to your children. I would think then he would put as much (or more) emphasis on assurances about not abandoning the kids as he does to say he is here for you.