2.0, installed and preparing for launch

James and I both agreed that we wanted to have our children close together, for many reasons (not having to buy new items for them like car seats since they "expire", me getting to go back to work sooner, etc.).  We were so happy to get pregnant so quickly the first go around, but we really had no idea how long it would take the second time.  Cadence has LOVED to nurse, so her ability to keep my supply up even once she started solids kind of made it all a guessing game.  The first menstrual cycle I had since getting pregnant with her started on Jan. 7, 2013, but then I didn't have another until March 15.  Clearly, I thought I was pregnant again, but 7 tests later spread over Feb/March proved that I was wrong.  Oh well...no worries.  When I had another cycle in March, James and I were excited to get to try and conceive again.  We were in New York for most of my "fertile" days, so I thought we had missed the window this month, but I guess I was wrong!

Before I had Cadence, my cycles were exactly 28 days long, so with that as my only reference, I figured I could take a test if I didn't have another cycle by April 15 (3 days after the 28 day mark).  However, on April 7 and 8 I felt unusually queasy, a feeling I'd never really experienced before.  I joked with James on Sunday that I was pregnant, but when I felt the same on Monday, I decided to take a pregnancy test while he was at work.  It took all of 5 seconds for the test line to appear (it appeared before the control line!), so I got my answer!  I wrote James a note from Cadence to tell him the news that said, "Dear Daddy, I have good news and bad news.  The bad news is you have to move out of your dressing room.  The good news--I think you know.  Love, Cadence."  I gave it to him after lunch, and he was shocked and elated.  He told his mom and his friend AJ right away, while I decided to keep it a secret until a few more weeks down the road--especially since we were REALLY early in finding out this time--this little egg just got implanted after all!  I did end up telling AJ's wife Sarah since he told her first, but as James said, they are good people to tell because we know that they will pray for Baby Garcia #2 as we progress through this pregnancy.

I bought a couple of more tests to ease my worries until I have my first doctor's visit--which I don't want to schedule until next week, just in case.  But for now James and I are very excited about Cadence having a little sibling--I think he will once again be very bad at keeping it a secret, especially after that initial doctor's visit!  He thinks it's a boy since I did not feel bad at all when I was pregnant with Cadence, but of course we will wait and see.