Please help me, lying husband....

Hi,
This is my first visit to this phorum. I am hoping so bad that someone will have some uplifting advice. I have a 6 month old baby and really do not want to leave my husband. I just found out my husband has been lying to me about paying the bills on time. He has done this once before and we almost had to forclose on our house. This time I opened a forclosure notice and saw that he had not paid the mortgage in 2 months. When I called him he immediately denied it and acted like it was their fault. I am 99% sure he would never cheat on me, but now I am having so many trust issues. He says the reason he lies about money is because when I want something he can't say no to me, so he lets me get it then pushes the bills back to pay for the following month. I had perfect credit before I met him and now my credit is horrible. I do love him and want to work this out, he started going to counseling last night and is going to continue to go.

He wants to stop lying and is trying to take the appropriate steps, but what I need to know is, is there hope that he actually ever will stop? His mom is a compulsive liar, so that's where he got it from. He has told me he doesn't want to be like his mom. Someone please help me! Thanks.