He was so amazed by the idea of having a child. Can you imagine him and Abbie having a baby? How excited he would be to be in the child's life? He was immediately horrified at the idea that he wasn't there. He couldn't raise his child. He was gone. And immediately he had to make it right. He had to avenge his child regardless of the outcome of the past. It's that immediate love for his only child. Instant. He had no choice but to love because that is his flesh and blood. And I get how unpopular that this opinion is, but he loves Katrina. It's evident in his every moment. Everything he does. He has to find her, save her, do anything for her. I can't understand why we are so against him loving his wife. I'm not. I rather like that there's this hidden history even he doesn't fully understand. But the real point of all this: ICHABBABIES. All the babies for Abbie and Ichabod. Because he wants to be a good daddy and she wants to have a family. And Auntie Jenny and Uncle Irving will be fantastic family and it will be the best thing ever. Ever ever ever.