Separated, new baby, but still hopeful

[newmama]

ok today's update:he texted me this morning, checking on S as usual (is this really necessary every day? I mean let's just assume S was fine and I'll let him know if there's a problem! but I am humoring him) I replied short and to the point. He sends back 2 text messages; one is a q. I answer. He sends back a longish reply and tells us to have a good day. I reply "thanks, you too!"

my aunt and cousins come over and take S and I out to lunch. We have a nice time but it starts to snow...unexpectedly and heavily. WH calls and says traffic is the worst he has ever seen...the freeways are terrible...I can tell he is hinting (like he does)that he doesn't think he should come over. I just ask him if he's not coming over. He says he will miss S but it would probably be better if he didn't risk it. I was talking to a friend on the other line so I just said "ok, drive careful, and I'll give S a kiss for you-see you in the morning!"

I go back to talking to mt friend and 20 minutes later he calls again! I don't click over this time. When I finish my call, I call him back.

He was feeling guilty I think because he tells me they closed one of the freeways he normally would take to get over here, and describes the dumb drivers around. He asks me how our day was. I chat with him about that and a few other topics.

We end up talking for about 10 minutes.(a long time for us to talk on the phone, LOL! I hate talking to him on the phone because he is a slow talker with pauses and I am a fast talker. Silence on the phone bugs me way more than silence in person!)

So I am noting the extra texts and conversation on his end.